Couldn’t tell you how true it is, but this is what a They Might Be Giants Wiki had to say on the origins of the song:
In an interview with Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, Linnell said that this song’s origins can be traced back to the KISS song “Calling Dr. Love”, when the two Johns would make up alternate lyrics to it. John Flansburgh also discussed this in a later interview:
Well, for a long, long time we have been riffing on the song “Dr. Love” by the band KISS. And I think just the weirdness of the conceit of that song was kind of rolling around in John Linnell’s head. I know a million, billion times we’ve talked about the song “Dr. Love.” It’s such an absurd song. So I think “Dr. Love” was kind of the springboard for the idea behind “Dr. Worm.”
Couldn’t use the quote thing for this or the links would break.
Couldn’t tell you how true it is, but this is what a They Might Be Giants Wiki had to say on the origins of the song:
In an interview with Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, Linnell said that this song’s origins can be traced back to the KISS song “Calling Dr. Love”, when the two Johns would make up alternate lyrics to it. John Flansburgh also discussed this in a later interview:
Well, for a long, long time we have been riffing on the song “Dr. Love” by the band KISS. And I think just the weirdness of the conceit of that song was kind of rolling around in John Linnell’s head. I know a million, billion times we’ve talked about the song “Dr. Love.” It’s such an absurd song. So I think “Dr. Love” was kind of the springboard for the idea behind “Dr. Worm.”
Couldn’t use the quote thing for this or the links would break.