They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Lyrics)

Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Album: Flood
Year: 1990

[razorwind]

My teacher played this song 20 years ago in class. It's been stuck in my head ever since lol

[tomahawkprime]

Whoever thought of using this for a vicious brawl scene is a damn genius

[nakubro]

*_Everybody gangsta until a kid comes into a donut shop playing this song_*

[STRAWBERRYTOOTH]

"cute kid" literally kills everyone in the donut shop

[gunes.yapiyo.bisiler]

Listening to this as a Turk from İstanbul just hits different

[triplea]

This song alone made that fight scene my favorite part of the show

[kellywilson]

All the songs in umbrella academy are absolute jams. They even show it in "I think were alone now"

[Xemou]

If you actually read the lyrics this song is so true because it says "It's no body's business, but the Turks".

[lifebehindreins]

This is in my top FIVE favorite catchy songs

[marysmile]

I can't believe I avoided this absolute banger for so long, thinking it would be boring. What an utter fool I was.

[yakulovez]

Everybody talking about just dance and umbrella academy:

Me who had this song pop up one day in my mix:

[larafigueiredo]

Did anybody just immediately think of Vanya at the begging (violin)

[gamzegure]

I actually know why they changed it. The city was named Constantinople to honor The Emperor Constantine, so when the ottoman empire collapsed in 1923 the republic of Turkey decided to change the city's name. So basically they didn't really want to honor the emperor anymore and were entering a more modern era.

[allygee]

Who else sucks at history slash geography and got a solid lesson out of this song?

[nataliekeller]

I'm in Istanbul (not Constantinople) at the moment and this song is on a constant loop in my head!

[brookeharvey]

*me dancing*
*This scene comes on the TV*
Five: *casually killing people.*
Me: 👁️👄👁️

[wikiwiki]

Everyone: I'm here because of umbrella academy

Me: is just here because this song is great

[bilpo.]

this song is on a constant loop in the back of my mind, whether consciously or not

[kieranforward]

I love this song I can't stop singing it over and over again.

[sunsetgacha]

I came from Umbrella Academy and this song reminds me of number five, four and Ben. Thanks so much for putting the lyrics lmao. I think this is the scene of The White Violin (Vanya) auditioning for her violin first chair and the tidal wave she gives off? Idk, I do remember it from the Umbrella Academy series.