Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants

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but moxygirl was first  

Watching the preposterously named Simon Sebag Montefiore's TV series on Byzantium reminded me of this daft cover of a 1950s novelty hit.   1

UncannyUK 21 Dec 2013

#nowplaying Istanbul (not Constantinople)-They might be giants》that's nobody's business but the Turks'

juanjoarias 23 Jul 2015

Why the name change? Apparently, It's nobody's business but the Turks...   4

d0minic 4 Jan 2013

So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks (Blame Trivia Crack for this one... )

blackrose 6 Mar 2015

Such a good piece of songcraft. Crazy 80's video too.

fladriss 18 Nov 2014

As my boyfriend would say, "When nerds learn how to play instruments, this happens." Can't believe I forgot about this one!   4

Vickipedia 25 Aug 2014