It's been a really long time since I've seen them in anything, so they look older than they've ever been and now they're even older.

@craigpernis

6 жыл бұрын

fartzinwind and now they're even older

@gunnaryoung

6 жыл бұрын

Nice profile picture!

@garbleduser

6 жыл бұрын

Admit it, you went and watched the flash version of Experimental film either just before or just after this.

@pellelindbergh7483

6 жыл бұрын

...AND NOW THEY'RE OLDER STILL.

@MediumDon

6 жыл бұрын

To be take, everyone is older than they've ever been

"There's a lot of death imagery." Yep, it's They Might Be Giants alright! :-P

@element4studios

4 жыл бұрын

Dark Witty as well. Good terms.

@deanevangelista6359

3 жыл бұрын

They've rewritten "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" many times. Bouncy, melodies with the darkest lyrics.

@corylamond6294

2 жыл бұрын

Dial a song was even more dark. Stuff like Four of Two (the original) and Hi honey I’m home

Their face at 36:05 when they realize the host actually has won one of their contests before

I just saw their show in DC (that was postponed several times since 2020), and they are still great fun in concert. Yeah, they look older, but being their age, I shouldn't comment on that. Their live shows that I've attended since 1992 have always been filled with great music, banter and surprises.

@howard5992

Жыл бұрын

my love of them goes back to 1985 // As your body floats down third street With the burn-smell factory closing up Yes it's sad to say you will romanticize All the things you've known before It was not not not so great It was not not not so great And as you take a bath in that beaten path There's a pounding at the door Well it's a mighty zombie talking of some love and posterity He says "the good old days never say good-bye If you keep this in your mind: You need some lo-lo-loving arms You need some lo-lo-loving arms" And as you fall from grace the only words you say are Put your hand inside the puppet head Put your hand inside the puppet head Put your hand inside Put your hand inside Put your hand inside the puppet head I had to pull my car over and wait to write down the name of the band ! Thank you college radio !

john linnell's single flexed neck muscle has got me goin'

@Schmuckubus

3 жыл бұрын

I love KZread comments

I could listen to these guys talk for hours!!

5:13 linnell tries to figure out what the google watermark is doing here

@siwynjones

3 ай бұрын

Haha, that’s brilliant!

This is hilarious. Take one of the coolest bands ever, the most witty and punny, and put them in front of a bunch of humorless computer nerds. I'm in Silicon Valley myself and the culture here is one of knowing tons about some narrow field and having to have jokes explained to you.

@eepipes

Жыл бұрын

am actually biting my cheeks at how little this kid appreciates their repartee

@bonniebickett4520

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Georgia in the USA Love their music and learned a lot! Nobody liked my cds and I didn't care.

@TheOriginalRobSack

10 ай бұрын

The dude asking for an autograph!

@polygawn

7 ай бұрын

@@TheOriginalRobSackI literally almost cried when that happened like how socially inept do you have to beeeee AAAAA

Did anyone else notice John Flansmores The Shining Carpet Sweater???? So boss!!!

25:31 “Where’s that guy?” had me dying

I found this video because I was really mad that I couldn't find my They Might Be Giants shirt that I've had for 20 years. I put it away somewhere. It has a little picture of a snowman warming his hands over a pile of burning money. The neck was always a little snug. It's in a box somewhere with my favorite skull shirt.

@eliasednie3816

5 жыл бұрын

I frickin lost my awesome TMBG Drinks Crow t shirt to a laundry service at boarding school. They traded me a pretty sweet courderoy comforter, But come on.

@melanthamorgan4232

2 жыл бұрын

I had that shirt too! It was bright yellow with black line art. Got it at a show in Atlanta.

@fooman64

Жыл бұрын

I have that T-shirt ,wearing it tomorrow night to see them in Asbury Park New Jersey

I'm the kind of person that drags a friend (or goes alone), and loses my shit at Hey Mr DJ

these guys, so smart, love them forever

Back in the nineties ringing Dialiasong was very personal. Social media is, paradoxically, highly impersonal.

Been binging on TMBG for a week now, after a nearly 30 year absence-so much I've missed out on that it's so exciting to be catching up with so much 'new' music. Yes!

@floridaflamingogirl3119

10 ай бұрын

Join Us and Nanobots are great recent albums.

Holy shit, I never would have guessed the patented John Flansburgh staccato came about as a way to circumvent the automatic rewind on a tape machine.

I was in the front row singing Hey Mr. DJ, I love that song, so glad you played it. You played everything I wanted to hear except You're on Fire! Loved it.

I love TMBG, but all I see is Flansburgh's amazing sweater. #allworkandnoplay

I want to hear the other Coraline songs someday.

@b.a.s.4194

6 жыл бұрын

Me too. I actually read about the whole situation on the TMBW wiki as it was happening, and I've never forgotten those songs. At first they said they'd release them eventually. Then a few months later they basically said they would never release them. Really depressing.

@daveidmarx8296

6 жыл бұрын

If it helps, I edited together a video for Careful What You Pack which incorporates a fan-made video along with clips from Coraline. You can see it here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmF-pbqGgqrTn5s.html

I want a The Shining cardigan!!!

@miztahfrawg

6 жыл бұрын

Man I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed lol

@fartzinwind

6 жыл бұрын

Kind of majestic.

@rudeboyzippo

6 жыл бұрын

I just posted about... We are true nerds!!!

@CaptainArrrgh

6 жыл бұрын

I was about to mention it. I guess we all catch on if we've seen it or the documentaries about it.

@octangula7914

5 жыл бұрын

Robin probably made it for him

This was an amazing interview. But... seriously? That guy had never even heard of the band and HE of all people asks them to stop the interview for an autograph? Wtf. The audacity. hahah

@fortunamajor7239

6 жыл бұрын

I mean in fairness, he did explain that it was for his friend who was a really big music nerd lol

@Masaru_kun

6 жыл бұрын

he's cool because he admitted he didn't know them

@pellelindbergh7483

6 жыл бұрын

I thought it was beautiful. You could tell the guy was a bit embarrassed, but to me it underlined a few things that I love about TMBG. #1) They are so insanely genious and diverse that it's impossible to classify them. So they have remained somewhat obscure, though very successful. #2) Once They get into your head, it's impossible to get them out. When Flood came out, I was a teenage metalhead... but I had to have that album. I bought it and I still play the same CD today. They and Primus really opened my mind to what music can be when you use your imagination. #3) After all this time, John didn't big-time that guy. He was humble, polite and made time for him in the middle of an interview. That's class that you just don't see out of people these days. Peace!

@pellelindbergh7483

5 жыл бұрын

@Cassidy Wright

They're greater than they've Ever been - and Now they're even Greater!

Thanks for posting this interview! TMBG forever!

Linnell has some nice boots.

They're too clever for the average person. Keep up the good work!

@TheBlueShip100

3 жыл бұрын

ugh.......

I was introduced to TNBG by MTV back when it was what it said it was (wow, I am so old). I have always enjoyed their stuff, but ”Flood,” come on, it is what they will be remembered for. Love the Tiny Tunes “videos” of the classics from Flood. Glad “Dial-a-Song,” is back. Awesome band for those who's musical vision is not only “left of center,” but cross-eyed and dyslexic, with a slight astigmatism on the right. I am glad they survived their original success. (The Kubrick cardigan was a nice touch.)

Ironically the 1st CD I ever bought was They Might Be Giants and I needed to buy my first CD player to listen to it.

One day TMBG will be old before they die...the best they could hope for.

The best video catalog of ANY BAND EVER!

TMBG seem really nice to humor this "Talks at Google" format

Love these guys!

Commercials, kids music, theme songs, a devoted following, Dial-a-Song, the Instant Fan Club... They are for sure a lifestyle band! Despite what John L may say 🙃17:40

Very interesting talk with more interesting questions by the audience.

happy tune, dark dark messages..... that's how they roll.

Self Called Nowhere!!!! FINALLY my fave

Can’t wait for the Seattle show!! #wootwoot!

I'd like to see the resurgence of town crier as means to get news. I worked downtown Portland for years, there are plenty of people going around yelling the strangest shit for free. You could re introduce a job creating industry. That'd be an awesome way to hear about new bands, I'm sure some could even hit a note or two adequately to sample tracks.

Excellent discussion!

a self called nowhere - awesome it's back in the live mess! killer tune.

Saw the show this past weekend. Kurt on horns made the show amazing.

You´re kidding!! I love "Careful What You Pack", now I'm curious about all those songs you guys wrote for "Coraline" I loved the interview by the way :)

@businessgoose6057

6 жыл бұрын

Ana Ng not me. This makes complete sense. I remember thinking it seemed disconnected from everything i thought it was a repackaged stuff at the time.

Flansy's Overlook Hotel carpet pattern cardigan!

My first TMBG song was "Experimental Film" which I found because I had this idea I'd get a movie camera and interview weird people, sort of like a warped Huell Howser so I was looking at how to do this. And well, it turns out that unless you're rich you can't do things like that - I can't afford the bandwidth to upload to here at all. But "Experimental Film" got me into TMBG and also into the Homestar Runner universe.

@MooOinkMedia

Жыл бұрын

Wow, nearly the same for me.

John is wearing a sweater with the Shining carpet...

I wish I could interview with them. 👍

loved the interviewer's questions

Would’ve been wonderful if Flansburgh rode in on a Big Wheel.

20:00 Have you forgotten the “No!” CD?

Did they really skip over CD-ROM, though? What about the Enhanced content on "No!"?

Is John Flansburgh's cardigan a reproduction of the carpet from The Shining's Overlook Hotel?

@kingofwingo

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like it, same pattern.

Sweet! I hope they play ‘Self called nowhere’ when I see them in April!

@LukeHennisch

6 жыл бұрын

Ryan Devine same I see them tomorrow night!!

@MisterAppleEsq

6 жыл бұрын

Did they?

@LukeHennisch

6 жыл бұрын

Mister Apple yup.

Awesome Overlook Hotel sweater there!

MORE State Songs!

they were great in Indianapolis on this tour

I didn't know TMBG did the Daily Show theme. Though to be fair, I haven't watched much of The Daily Show, it's mostly been clips, so I've only vaguely heard the theme / motif of the intro.

It’s time these guys are in the Rock and Roll HOF!

41:00 you could do museum pieces of the songs: so you can only hear them in museums (or videos) more like the ghibli museum experience

@floridaflamingogirl3119

2 жыл бұрын

Would that be...a museum of idiots? ;)

Oh and don’t forget, these guys also inspired the artists who made Parappa the Rapper! Rodney Greenblat.

@woohooo9984

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Schmoe I love greenblats work

I like that Shining outfit!

Happy Birthday Floating Heads!

3 metronomes. First ave. Lincoln.

flans is like tony-starked out its kinda cool

....is Flansburgh wearing the carpet from The Shining?

its funny inn 2021 hearing them talk about 2017 in hushed tones. its not wrong, i know where they are going and i agree, but just..post 2020 it sounds funny.

i have so much to say about this video but linnell’s shoes are driving me insane. what the hell are those.

@wasabip.1413

2 жыл бұрын

It’s called fashion sweaty look it up

I come to TMBG for that quality weird shit 👌👌👌

This is such a sad and horrifying video. But still great.

@b.a.s.4194

6 жыл бұрын

Why sad and horrifying!??

@LukeHennisch

6 жыл бұрын

I meant The I Like Fun Music Video. Sorry I just realized that

@MagicTurtle643

6 жыл бұрын

Oooooh! Yes it definitely is hahaha (Oh this is my other account. I'm Ben Simon, ignore that it says two different people)

@MagicTurtle643

6 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the Last Wave video?? I mean there's no video yet, but the lyrics are even sadder and more horrifying lmao. I wonder if they'll re-post a Last Wave video for Dial-a-Song, but with more than just a still photo.

@LukeHennisch

6 жыл бұрын

MagicTurtle643 I know right! We die alone we die afraid we live in terror. They’re crazy but I love them. Lol

There is a contest to make a video for the song and you can win something. I will watch this and learn.

@LukeHennisch

6 жыл бұрын

MrVipitis yeah I made one. But I was three days late to enter it. It’s on my channel.

You hear that Google? Not enforcing creative control is a GOOD thing.

Watching this video is the first time I ever heard the expression "spanking tunnel". I'm not happy about it.

Here's an idea... that song you hate? Learn it backwards! Absolutely amazing... if you haven't seen Stellub Erihppas make a point of it.

@ozharms

Жыл бұрын

I saw TMBG do it on a livestream of a show, it was incredible.

@searayser

Жыл бұрын

....heh heH

That was great, but where are all the women at Google Talks???

@businessgoose6057

6 жыл бұрын

Lesley Gouger fighting for equal pay....

Peter Brady

Flansburgh looks a lot older.

@krudmonger

6 жыл бұрын

He's older than he's ever been.

As you get older you loose bandwidth in your ears. No one tells you that. The just tell you your gonna go deaf. Ah ahhh. You lose bandwidth, then you go deaf.

Summary of I Like Fun video: Anti-depressants don't improve the material conditions of the working class.

Junk Bunk! Junk Bunk! Junk Bunk!

They Might Be Giants...then again They Might Not Be...

Love TMBG but man JL would benefit from a dental/ortho visit. Lookin a little crazy in his older years

@BedroomScenesMovie

6 жыл бұрын

Linnell's always had bad teeth! XD But that's okay, we're used to them!

@ClueSign

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing -- one word "Invisalign"

@blarch2

6 жыл бұрын

Teeth are white, in spite of the caffeine addiction. I'd say let the man be himself, because that's why we like what he does.

@pellelindbergh7483

6 жыл бұрын

stop already, maybe he doesn't like dentists... focus on what matters, not the superficial

@TheLegitMidgit

5 жыл бұрын

It would alter his singing

perfect....i'm not listening

TMBG NFTs, I'd be all over that

@octangula7914

Жыл бұрын

john flansburgh has mentioned many times that he despises nfts

@Persun_McPersonson

Жыл бұрын

Heh, you a fan of the right band?

@predeterminedmeat5024

7 ай бұрын

Flans would rather punch himself in the balls than make NFTs

@BobcatWolfenstein

7 ай бұрын

@@predeterminedmeat5024 that would make a great NFT

@thequeenofnanobots

5 ай бұрын

linnell and flansburgh have both shown distaste for nfts