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What is your favorite State song?
(startrek.website)
I like both "Maine" and "Louisiana". "Maine" has John's classic unreliable, evil narrator, while "Louisiana" just feels like a fun take on a hostage situation.
"The Songs of the 50 States" is also dear in my heart as it gets gradually crazier.
I haven't listened in ages, and to be honest I never loved the album. (I'm the rare person who likes Flansburgh's style over Linell's.)
But I'll give it a couple of listens tomorrow at work and come back with a better answer.
I'd say I'm generally neutral between Flans and Linnell. I might say that Linnell's songs tend to be of consistent quality, but when Flans puts out a good song, it's a great song. Some songs are just better with Flans's helium voice.
Edit: To clarify, I like the experimentalism of Flans's stuff. I find the band needs a balance of both.
I do enjoy both of Linnell's albums/EPs a lot, though. I haven't listened to much of Flansburgh's non-TMBG stuff like Monopuff.