Editing Long Tall Weekend (section)

==Song origins==
Many of the songs that appear on ''Long Tall Weekend'' existed as demos and selections from the band's Dial-A-Song service. "Drinkin'" was originally written six years prior to the release of the album. "Maybe I Know" had been in TMBG setlists since the 1980s. Many songs were intended for release in different forms on later albums.<ref name="westnet" /> "She Thinks She's Edith Head" and "Older" resurfaced on ''[[Mink Car]]'' in 2001. The next year, "Rat Patrol", "Token Back to Brooklyn", "Reprehensible", "Certain People I Could Name" and "They Got Lost" appeared on the rarities compilation album ''[[They Got Lost]]'', and "The Edison Museum" appeared on ''[[No!]]''. "The Edison Museum" was originally written and recorded in 1991 and featured on the ''Edisongs'' compilation that year. The recorded version appearing on ''Long Tall Weekend'' is largely the same as the ''Edisongs'' version, though the mixing varies.

Some songs, such as "They Got Lost" and "Lullabye to Nightmares" had also existed in different forms prior to the release of ''Long Tall Weekend''. The former was a live track with a much faster tempo from the band's live compilation ''[[Severe Tire Damage (album)|Severe Tire Damage]]'' (1998).<ref name="info club" />

"They Got Lost" and "Certain People I Could Name" were both originally slated for inclusion on ''[[Factory Showroom]]'' (1996).<ref name="info club">Flansburgh, John and John Linnell. "New studio tracks from TMBG!". TMBG Info Club. 1999.</ref>