Album: Dear Science (2008)
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  • TV on the Radio are renowned for their weird stunts and use of unusual musical instruments. At the beginning of this song vocalist Tunde Adebimpe sings through a portable karaoke microphone.

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  • TetrisDLZ is demilitarized zone, and the song talks about two leaders in their fields turning the world into their battleground from their respective bases. I've always envisioned it as Nicola Tesla vs Thomas Edison, especially the "Death Professor" and "falsify your deeds" line, as it seems to be a reference to Edison routinely going from city to city electrocuting animals with AC current (invented(?) by N Tesla), and also Edison's tendency to patent the works of other inventors under his own name.
  • Katerina from Thessaloniki, Greece[It was actually season 2 episode 12 of Vampire diaries]
  • Katerina from Thessaloniki, Greece[dlz was on the final scene on the vampire diaries season 2 episode 14]
  • Martin from Rostock, Germanyso... what does 'DLZ' stand for?
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