distantsounds

Lyrics reference opening up for Rev H. H.

Also deals with the theme of a controlling class structure. Les Claypool ~~was also almost in~~ tried out for Metallica and he used to buy weed off Kirk Hammett in high school

Connection: Baseball is a game and the reason of YLT’s name.

They chose the name Yo La Tengo, Spanish for "I have it". The name came from a baseball anecdote from the 1962 season, when New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and shortstop Elio Chacón collided in the outfield. When Ashburn went for a catch, he would yell, "I got it! I got it!" only to run into Chacón, a Venezuelan who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell, "Yo la tengo! Yo la tengo!" instead. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words "Yo la tengo!" as a way to avoid outfield collisions. After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, "What the hell is a yellow tango?"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo_La_Tengo

Edit: I originally heard the story on a podcast (Marc Maron) with Ira (of YLT) and just found it pretty funny

2025-06-02. It’s fresh

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/defense-chief-hegseth-shared-war-plans-second-signal-chat-nyt-reports-2025-04-20/