# The Iron Man / The Iron Giant **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415 "2014-05-14T04:40:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/21 "2020-04-04T18:57:45Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The Who were listed as “Special Guests” in the liner notes for the songs “Dig” and “Fire”. Were they listed first? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/22 "2020-04-04T19:29:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Were they listed first? Who? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/23 "2020-04-05T03:22:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Who? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/24 "2020-04-05T05:29:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Yes. Yes wasn’t even _on_ that album! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/25 "2020-04-05T06:51:30Z")
Guess Who was on that album. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/26 "2020-04-05T07:17:22Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Guess Who was on that album. No they weren’t! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/27 "2020-04-05T13:19:53Z")
Wait, you mean the band? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/28 "2020-04-05T13:51:26Z")
I recall Townshend saying he was not happy with the way the movie turned out. I guess they gave him executive producer title as a way to give him money for his songs being used. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/29 "2020-04-05T14:18:28Z")
The Band was on tour with Dylan at the time. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/30 "2020-04-05T17:19:44Z")
What happens when you try to promote a concert with The Who, Guess Who, and Yes, according to the Credibility Gap: [The Credibility Gap perform, “Who’s On First?”](https://youtu.be/DUG5VMd4TFU) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/31 "2020-04-05T19:00:35Z")
Why? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/32 "2020-04-06T18:57:07Z")
I don’t know! ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415/33 "2020-04-08T06:10:14Z")
Well, you see, Brad Bird is a creative genius. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-man-the-iron-giant/688415.md?page=1)