4.5M views · Nov 19, 2021 · 2:35 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2022–2025
The official music video for They Might Be Giants' "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" from the 1990 album Flood.
Why Hacker News points people here: Mostly posted as a catchy reference or joke in threads about Istanbul or Constantinople, and as a favorite song.
“My favorite TMBG song (from Flood)”HN comment, 2025
“My favorite TMBG song (from Flood)”
Official video of a favorite TMBG song.
My favorite TMBG song (from Flood): this video (I don't know if they wrote it, but their performance is awesome). I noticed the blank spot in the promo. Probably a rights thing. :(
“For these wondering, this is the song”
The catchy song being referenced.
For these wondering, this is the song this video Very catchy, it was re popularized by a netflix series a few years ago, j don't remember the name lf the series tho
“Been a long time gone, Constantinople”
Quoth They Might Giants, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)": Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks this video
