# Istanbul (Not Constantinople) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286 "2006-07-13T03:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/1 "2006-07-13T03:09:30Z")
Who did the version of _Istanbul (Not Constantinople)_ they played at the end of the episode of _The Simpsons_ episode ‘Mobile Homer’? Was that the TMBG version? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/2 "2006-07-13T03:16:05Z")
Oh, this is going to be a fun thread. 😃 Sorry, I didn’t see the episode ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/3 "2006-07-13T03:21:41Z")
According to the episode guide on [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Homer) it was TMBG. That’s by far the most common recording of that song and really better than the original imo. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/4 "2006-07-13T03:29:07Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Who did the version of _Istanbul (Not Constantinople)_ they played at the end of the episode of _The Simpsons_ episode ‘Mobile Homer’? Dude! That’s nobody’s business but the Turks’! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/5 "2006-07-13T03:30:26Z")
why DID Constantinople get the works? ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/6 "2006-07-13T03:40:53Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > why DID Constantinople get the works? That’s what I want to know. Why’d New Amsterdam get the shaft? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/7 "2006-07-13T03:42:16Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > According to the episode guide on [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Homer) it was TMBG. That’s by far the most common recording of that song and really better than the original imo. Thanks. The iTunes sample clip only had the beginning with no vocals. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/8 "2006-07-13T03:46:18Z")
Every gal in Constantople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you’ve a date in Constantinople She’ll be waiting in Istanbul! (Still a Turkish delight (On a moonlight night) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/9 "2006-07-13T03:47:22Z")
Even old New York Was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it, I can’t say People still like it Better that way! ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/10 "2006-07-13T03:55:40Z")
I’ve been listening to this song obsessively lately, driving my husband nuts. Ever since I heard it, incidentally, at the end of the Simpsons a few months ago, and I rushed off to iTunes to grab it, since it had been years… That it is all. Oh, and the title of this thread threw me, as I am playing Everquest II, and the guild description under one of my characters says (and has said for some months), simply “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)”, just to get a rise out of my husband and a laugh out of my guildmates, so it was a little jarring to minimise EQ for a moment, come to the Dope, and see this at the top of the page. Neat. Irrelevent, inconsequential, pointless. But kind of neat. And nobody’s business but the Turks. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/11 "2006-07-13T04:01:26Z")
I would LOVE to find a copy of the Tiny Toon Adventures “music video” of Istanbul (Not Constantinople.) And Triangle Man, too. Tiny Toons was my first exposure to TMBG, and Fox Kids also introduced me to Barenaked Ladies. Man, those were the days. Tiny Toons, Batman:TAS, Animaniacs… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/12 "2006-07-13T04:04:07Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > I would LOVE to find a copy of the Tiny Toon Adventures “music video” of Istanbul (Not Constantinople.) And Triangle Man, too. Try YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/13 "2006-07-13T04:07:23Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Try YouTube. Good thinking. And wth was I doing with “Triangle Man?” Try “Particle Man,” idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Seymour\_Gams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Seymour\_Gams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seymour_Gams)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/14 "2006-07-13T05:59:51Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > I would LOVE to find a copy of the Tiny Toon Adventures “music video” of Istanbul (Not Constantinople.) And Triangle Man, too. Both those videos are on their DVD “Live from Brooklyn” which you can get relatively cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Seymour\_Gams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Seymour\_Gams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seymour_Gams)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/15 "2006-07-13T06:01:13Z")
ARG Someday those quotes will work for me… _someday_! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/16 "2006-07-13T07:10:57Z")
Just for the record: [Istanbul (Not Constantinople)](http://youtube.com/watch?v=pUgfYSbcBAk&search=istanbul) [Particle Man](http://youtube.com/watch?v=qnUXZlatV6Y&search=particle%20man%20tiny%20toons) and [a non Tiny Toons Particle Man](http://youtube.com/watch?v=fJ_uEWDQQQE&search=particle%20man) that I thought was cute. love, sinjin ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/17 "2006-07-13T07:17:08Z")
Man, I forgot how cool that Constantinople video was. I like the little Maltese Falcon thing they have going with it. “Will you do it for this pile of cash?” -No, now get out of my office, will ye? “How about for this beautiful woman?” -Okey. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/18 "2006-07-13T12:27:48Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > Just for the record: Sweet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/19 "2006-07-13T13:51:19Z")
All I can contribute is this: I listen to this song just so I can sing along with the Tarzan-like yodel in the middle. YO–OYOYO–OYOYO–OYO Istanbul, Instalbul, INSTALBUL AH YO–OYOYO–OYOYO–OYO Istanbul, Instalbul, INSTALBUL _sigh_ My day can now commence. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286/20 "2006-07-13T14:11:18Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > why DID Constantinople get the works? No one could make the meter come out right when they did it as “Constantinople, not Byzantium”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/istanbul-not-constantinople/364286.md?page=2)