John Linnell - HAEC QVOQVE EST RES

From John Linnell's "Roman Songs" Get the EP at moremusic.at/R...
Video Direction, illustration, & animation by David Plunkert / Spur Design. Video production & editing by Raven Reyes / Spur Design.
Numquam domum relinquo
Est nimium periculi
Quod foras homines sunt
Eos videre possum
Et miror si me videant
Et miror se mirentur
Si eos videre possim
Et mirantur si mirar
Si me videre possint
Nemo me visitat
Non est tutus hic
Quod in domo mea
Est ego
Sciunt me intra hunc esse
Et cogitant
Cogitata de me
Et sciunt
Me agnoscere
Hanc rem esse et scio
Eos cognoscere
Hanc esse quoque rem
Et sciunt
Me agnoscere
Hanc esse quoque rem
Hanc esse quoque rem
Et scio
Eos cognoscere
Hanc esse quoque rem
Hanc esse quoque rem
Et hanc esse quoque rem
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I never leave home
It's too dangerous
Because outside, there are people
I can see them
And I wonder if they see me
And I wonder if they wonder if I can see them
And they wonder if I wonder if they can see me
Nobody visits me
It isn't safe here
Because in my house there is me
They know I'm in here
And they're thinking thoughts about me
And they know that I'm aware
That this is the case
And I know that they're aware
That this is also the case
And they know that I'm aware
That this is also the case
That this is also the case
And they know that I'm aware
That this is also the case
That this is also the case
That this is also the case

[@viniwooblefloop7618]

Learning Japanese to understand anime < learning Latin to understand John Linnell

[@helix2331]

counterpoint, using john linnell to learn latin

[@timshoppa0]

LATIN GRAMMY HERE WE COME

[@freealter]

Would this even be eligible?

[@timshoppa0]

@@freealter By some bizarre loophole in the definition, it is not technically eligible. Which sucks.

[@stschannelt1476]

We latino now papi! Mue bien! 😊

[@gillianandrews3951]

BEST COMMENT

[@gillianandrews3951]

Y'know, actually? On second listen, I want Cafe Tacuba to do a cover of this

[@jrpipik]

Every album Linnel writes one song that's mostly word play in wildly obscure English. I guess the next logical step is another language altogether.

[@InvisiblerApple]

Newspeak Linnell album when?

[@jrpipik]

@@InvisiblerApple Double-plus good!

[@MooOinkMedia]

Cash fog Ansel Adams mouth

[@jrpipik]

@@MooOinkMedia Did you just what? Is what you yes? Did you whatever, whatever you I guess?

[@anonymous-gl3qu]

@@InvisiblerApple Is this Oldspeak instead of Newspeak? Damn you Orwell!!

[@gork42]

I really hope this entire song is just so John can say he is the #1 Latin artist in the world. Congratulations on achieving global greatness!

[@emilioaladwhosintheinterne8421]

The absolute madman

[@snakes7303]

He _is_

[@ivanterrible7362]

If only this came out when I was in school my Latin grade wouldn't have pulled down my G.P.A. Thanks John, only 33 years late, but better late than never.

[@landonvincent7974]

It's really cool that Linnell has decided to get into Latin music, especially seeing how popular it's become lately. Great job, JL!

[@annaburgooo]

I’m so fucking unbelievably hype. I actually burst out in laughter because of my giddy joy/glee that John Linnell created an album singing entirely in Latin. How cool is that?? He’s literally the coolest man I know of, I think. An inspiration to creatives like myself. absolutely love this crazy genius and am so excited to listen to this album!!

[@annaburgooo]

gonna need some lyrics so I can learn how to sing in latin hell yeah

[@MooOinkMedia]

@@annaburgooo Linnell schooled himself using Duolingo

[@dayf722]

new lorem ipsum just dropped

[@NonTwinBrothers]

LESSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@expandranon]

If the individual band members release music, they should do it under the name He Might Be Giant, no matter who's doing it.

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

Yes, but that's not how it works 😄

[@c.nelson3747]

Linnell is spitting FACTS here

[@lailinshale]

very much a product of our time. And also ancient times.

[@thebenevolentarchive4578]

This is one of those things that I would never expect to work if I were only hearing it described to me, and yet it totally works, and that's not at all surprising.

[@iamgoingtodeckyou185]

One minute away from Flansy and he’s singin’ in Latin.

[@mathieup5024]

Can’t wait for their next banger in ancient Etruscan!

[@samcopeland3155]

If the next State Songs album is in Latin then I won’t be complaining.

[@crystallastname9675]

provincia carmina EDIT: actually it is. It's called roman songs and is releasing july 2nd

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

It's only an EP, but his son played guitar on it.

[@Ilander86]

It's weird that this isn't weird.

[@lynseyplays9078]

This is the dorkiest shit I've ever heard and I've never loved JL more

[@definitelynotafox6262]

never change, john, never change

[@acceptans7777]

So glad I came of age in the John Linell era

[@CameronRyan2903]

Lyrics: Numquam domum relinquo Est nimium periculi Quod foras homines sunt Eos videre possum Et miror si me videant Et miror se mirentur Si eos videre possim Et mirantur si mirar Si me videre possint Nemo me visitat Non est tutus hic Quod in domo mea Est ego Sciunt me intra hunc esse Et cogitant Cogitata de me Et sciunt Me agnoscere Hanc rem esse et scio Eos cognoscere Hanc esse quoque rem Et sciunt Me agnoscere Hanc esse quoque rem Hanc esse quoque rem Et scio Eos cognoscere Hanc esse quoque rem Hanc esse quoque rem Et hanc esse quoque rem

[@fiestaFoxtrot]

the slow piano part is my absolute most favorite thing 😍😍😍

[@MegaHawk62]

Holy-..! I finally have a use for the three years of Latin I took in high school! Rock on!

[@thereisnocontenthere]

This is not the sequel to State Songs I've been wanting for decades

[@dylannoah123]

I love that one of the members of my favorite band is the nerdiest man alive, he's so cool

[@sadie4412]

didnt understand it but it’s a bop

[@andrews9512]

Not gonna lie... I liked this more than the book singles

[@zrwilson6074]

John out here writing songs in archaic languages. Next he'll probably write a song in classical Chinese or something.

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

I suggest the antique assyrian language that was scaped into clay in Mesopotamia. Well, nobody knows what it sounded like, so maybe better ancient Egypt then.

[@schlega2]

I'm hoping for Esperanto

[@colinm.3021]

John Linnell - Linear B Songs when????

[@InvisiblerApple]

He said he didn't want to write songs in a language current musicians actually speak (staying in his lane to avoid causing accidents on the multicultural highway), so the chance for ancient languages is high if he continues his experimenting. I'm also hoping for something Mesopotamian.

[@aceynickel]

@@schlega2 You know that that's a bitch. 😔

[@user-gj2cn7ki5u]

They need to make this an instrumental, the instruments are epic.

[@carenhelms8518]

Thank you for this video. It's the best thing ever! Those of us who speak Latin know how amazing this is!

[@hanf.1740]

Girl he’s going off what

[@rwall514]

I think this sounds the best of all of them because it sounds the most 'Latin' of all of them. It sounds the most like something that would be sung by a Catholic church choir.

[@potatopotato2635]

So beautiful

[@mfk5533]

this is why John is my favorite

[@LukeHennisch]

Would love other animations for the upcoming songs

[@ThreadBomb]

LYRICS: I never leave home It's too dangerous Because outside, there are people I can see them And I wonder if they see me And I wonder if they wonder if I can see them And they wonder if I wonder if they can see me Nobody visits me It isn't safe here Because in my house there is me They know I'm in here And they're thinking thoughts about me And they know that I'm aware That this is the case And I know that they're aware That this is also the case And they know that I'm aware That this is also the case That this is also the case And they know that I'm aware That this is also the case That this is also the case That this is also the case

[@bloodyscalp94]

I think we can see it... On the video, lol.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@bloodyscalp94 Some people want to see all the lyrics at once, not drip-fed through the video.

[@theharveys9724]

First line of the last 4 lines is wrong. Scio is “I know”. Sciunt is “they know”. It should be “et sciunt”. The video has it wrong!

[@9b2wact]

John "guido tabs" Linnell

[@cj4cj4]

It makes sense. When I turn on closed captions, they’re in Dutch.

[@isaiahpetersen]

OMG a new Linnell album!!!! I had no idea. Picking it up post-haste!!

[@blueprintsymphonic]

Hehe I started learning Latin during quarantine too

[@NonTwinBrothers]

Ayyy there's captions, nice

[@matthewselfjones1683]

They might be Gods.

[@nicholaszacharewicz693]

This is incredible! Glad to hear another language in play from Linnel (the last one was TMBG's Greek No. 3, right?)

[@davidbarker2939]

There's also that Spanish bit in I Can Add. Or was that Flans?

[@nicholaszacharewicz693]

@@davidbarker2939 oh, cool! Yeah, that was on a TMBG track (from Here Come the 123s, which explains how I missed it :/ )

[@davidbarker2939]

@@nicholaszacharewicz693 Yeah, not necessarily a classic!

[@midnightcowboy1969]

dude in the pentagram just keeps rolling..

[@subgeek]

John Linnell writes great songs. I am curious what someone who knows the language would think of John's pronunciation. Would it be better than the grade of "crappy" he got from a native Greek speaker for Greek #3 (which I love)?

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

I think it's better than that. Sounds really good to my european ears, better than most latin teachers that I've heard

[@savannah6213]

i read the They Might Be A Wiki page and i believe he has a friend who studies and teaches latin who translated them from english for him! i may be wrong, though.

[@AdamThorton]

FuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUCKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, THIS IS AWESOME AS SHIIIIIITTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@5ch3nk]

This song rages. Hard.

[@suegypt3]

Only Linnell....

[@ashtondoesathing]

They're groovin

[@donofdeaths]

HAEC QVOQVE EST RES

[@dabtonydimple9819]

I have completely failed at learning latin and always joked aroud that the will be a time where I will start properly learning latin again and even enjoy doing so. Well this song is the starting point for relearning latin for me.

[@Unknown-do3oi]

Wow this is amazing! I have already had this on loop for an hour!

[@BojoPigeon]

Looking forward to the CD, the digital download, and the the IMSLP Codex scans.

[@tolistz]

Genius as always

[@arigadatred5395]

Relatable.

[@letitbeknown8126]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

[@jacksobrooks]

Somehow, this is Linnel's best songwriting in some time, imo.

[@MrHeathzilla]

way to keep us waiting!! this is great

[@chaneski]

Mirabile dictu!

[@sonicsophie]

Huuuuuuuge congratulations on release day!! Next stop, Latin Grammy!!! Thank you John for brightening my July. Brilliant as always

[@voleete7090]

Primis!

[@uuuueber]

Wow

[@alexanderdineen2476]

so john linnell can post solo tracks to the tmbg channel yet roger waters can't log in to the pink floyd website... we truly live in a society

[@Donut-Eater]

There are also mono puff (Flans' side project) songs on here

[@alexanderdineen2476]

@@Donut-Eater I know, says a lot about our society

[@WannabeMarysue]

Love watching the channel Particle Men, instead of "TMBG They Might Be Giants OFFICIAL VEVO HD"

[@adjacenttogreatness506]

Does it really say that much about our society?

[@alexanderdineen2476]

@@adjacenttogreatness506 Yes

[@matthewjeffery6481]

Gives Latin music a whole new meaning

[@marisael-irtaimeh6476]

I just subscribed! This sound is amazing! 🎶🎶🎶🤗 TMBG has always been my favorite!

[@PhantomTransmission]

I'm the 1,000th like!!!! I'm the chosen one.

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

Pope Francis approves of this EP I think.

[@andymac1158]

I'm glad you're aware.thank you.

[@csblakeley]

So... the next song is the one about the people called Romanes and how they go the house, yes?

[@chicobri]

OMG, I would play it on repeat for hours....

[@Lectrikfro]

Romanes eunt domus

[@Flippirino]

Exactly what I was thinking, Beau

[@d1nn3r_b3ll]

My latin teacher who is also a TMBG fan is gonna freak out

[@andymac1158]

So funny. I have a client that I talk to about everything. It came up about Latin being a dead language, but she had studied it. I definitely shared this song and the other one. Dont ask me spell it.

[@JoyfulAmalgamation]

Admittedly I'm bad at identifying ancient languages, but this is all Greek to me.

[@JoyfulAmalgamation]

@@Thelaretus I am happy to know this is what you say in Brazil, thank you. XD

[@JoyfulAmalgamation]

@@Thelaretus I haven't heard it before, but regional idioms are all wild as hell.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

(This is a really good joke.)

[@dmt9000]

Can’t wait for Sanskrit Songs.

[@JimmieJimmieJimmieJimmie]

This is like the musical equivalent of when Krusty the Clown played Worker and Parasite instead of Itchy and Scratchy.

[@AcidRavelEffect]

they call me mr. plow. good morning how are you; i'm mr. plow. i'll plow yr driveway. i'm not a real doctor but i'll plow yr driveway. i plow yr driveway-eee-aay-eee-ay. that was a lie too. but i like dehydrated plums...

[@AcidRavelEffect]

or i can collide their lyrics with pavement lyrics. pigs -- they tend to wiggle when they walk. won't u come with me to music jail?

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

"What the hell was that?!"

[@AcidRavelEffect]

don't be rushin' for an answer

[@WDCallahan]

The video was unnerving like those old radioactive fallout training videos.

[@bradwakey90]

“So what did you do during lockdown?” John: “Well…..”

[@andrewbesso4257]

carmen est bonum. carmen amo. exrisi.

[@illiaminati2906]

BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT UPLOAD

[@marisael-irtaimeh6476]

Happy Birthday!🎈

[@illiaminati2906]

@@marisael-irtaimeh6476 Thanku stranger!

[@kylecampbell5153]

Mirabile!

[@vicfitz82]

Now that we know that you know they know you know, how can I ever leave my sofa?

[@johnmacdonald9861]

this rocks

[@blarch2]

Flansburgh Pilsner, John IPA, Actual Size Hefeweis, Linnell Lager, Birdhouse In Your Kolsch, Ale Shell

[@lacunaereversed]

*…yes.*

[@TakeWalker]

Honestly not sure what I expected. Looking forward to this album though! :D

[@noslowerdna]

stellar!!!!

[@dylaninpieces2]

Et tu, John?

[@jaredgraywest]

So Roman

[@SpadeALay]

I fucking love rome

[@jessss27]

These would have been cool in that Plebs show

[@PogieJoe]

Hell yeah!

[@SCWood]

Will this be released on vinyl?

[@afroteddybear]

Umm, I'm too busy wrapping my head around the Latin, but if there is anyone with a degree in philosophy, (or did any extensive work in Propositional Logic) does this song logically makes sense? I mean, it makes sense, but is it true? Well, it is true but… …. Rats. Darn you Linnell! Edit: I Just realised the lyrics are potentially about an agoraphobic serial killer, and it makes me chuckle in my little dark heart.

[@theharveys9724]

Well, the Latin is a little shabby too. “Et scio” is “and I know” and they translate it at the end of the song as “and they know” (et sciunt) I thought a nerd like Linnell would care.

[@kyrawr83]

I think this is fear in song form

[@AidanMations]

Nation State Songs

[@stanley-allen]

😆

[@sinosemite]

quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur!

[@Colorband]

Five thousand, eight hundred and sixty-seventh?

[@cyriccarlin3063]

in villam tuam

[@steventidwell3184]

The most eclectic sound there is are the Johns and TMBG. How do they come up with all these left if center songs?

[@loremipsum7688]

LIMP BYZANTINE