The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (Official HD Video)

[@sean..L]

It's extremely impressive how they managed to capture the visual aesthetic of the music perfectly.

[@joseville]

Wait, wait. So this video was made to match the sampled dialogue and it was made recently, whereas the dialogue is taken form some 1960s radio play???

[@eddead4235]

Exactly how i imagined it

[@eddead4235]

​@@josevillesampled ancient tracks

[@punkdigerati]

​@@josevillenot all the dialogue, the opening bit is from John Waters' 1981 film Polyester

[@Oldiesmann]

@@joseville Nearly everything in this is sampled. Check out the video "Deconstructing The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist". It's amazing how they managed to pull this off.

[@ZoSo42084]

This video is like one of those weirdly upsetting dreams you'd never consider trying to describe to someone

[@defaultx238]

Accurate

[@seratheeducatedfeline4227]

Good grief it is.

[@willlaflam]

Nice analogy

[@clairduffy60]

Let's hear it for the head shrinks!

[@-CloClo-]

Then you remember only half the dream, which makes it even harder to explain.

[@StealthySpace7]

Every year I come back to this song and video to see if I have enough life experience to understand what I’m seeing. We’ll try again next year

[@pearlyshells2430]

lol

[@kellie5476]

If you ever do understand it, please enlighten me.

[@BigJBlizzle]

How's that working for ya?

[@seafoxx777]

Everyone is nuts in their own way.

[@raquelginezleitao4554]

Lmao

[@andyp6658]

My budgie loves the bird part...starts tweeting and squawking extra loudly. Just another level of genius this piece of art shows

[@ryue65]

Your budgie has good music taste.

[@ManicMindTrick]

Your bird is clearly crazy in the coconut!

[@LegendofLaw]

How old is it?

[@dannytheman1313]

This is like when you fall asleep in front of the tv and your dreams start going on along with whatever's on.

[@gianb3952]

Why is this so accurate lmfao

[@leoniegray6404]

That happens to you too? 😜🤪😝😁

[@dannytheman1313]

@@leoniegray6404 Happens to a lot pf people.

[@MrYeet-kw8fk]

lol

[@MrYeet-kw8fk]

@@dannytheman1313 yeah usually happens when youre half asleep

[@DoubtkeyApartments]

I always love how the horns and choir come in after the principal calls Dexter criminally insane. Makes it sound like he just dropped the greatest roast of all time

[@suannwitt]

@@supathechest in the beginning of the video

[@gachahuskyvidz2.0.2]

I mean u not wrong lol

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

Shots fired too

[@DoubtkeyApartments]

@@hdfxdcsuperglide3016 Yes

[@canlake6496]

I love when she’s like why Mr. Kirk Dexters in school He’s like I’m afraid he’s not Mrs. Fishborn And her face just drops. Along with mr. Kirks mic

[@RubyWeapon07]

This song is everything and nothing at the same time

[@ronchristoffel]

True.

[@Tony_Baloney_69420]

Lol Everything and Nothing James Bond reference

[@e.9370]

We all need therapy 😒

[@MrRMT1986]

You’re a nut! You’re crazy in the coconut.

[@friendlyfire7509]

Shrodiggers music video.

[@Glittersweat]

All adhd assessment needs to include this song and how much you can remember off the top of your head

[@Renegade30]

What does that mean?

[@Crazy_Screwdriver]

@@Renegade30Cuckoo that boy needs therapy

[@TheMysticShaman7]

*All the known samples in order of apparition* : Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia by Geoff Love and His Orchestra (1971) : melody at 0:11 (and throughout the first dialogue, in background) Dexter's Expulsion scene from the movie ''Polyester'' (1981) : dialogue at 0:18 Wade In The Water by Harvey Mandel (1968) : main drums that begins at 0:31 No Pistol Amigo scene from the movie ''The Good The Bad and The Ugly'' (1966) : gunshot with horse sound at 0:43, 1:21, 1:42, 2:05, 2:13 and 2:49 My Way Of Life by The Enoch Light Singers (1969) : choir and horns at 0:43 and main melody at 0:52 Frontier Psychiatrist by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocals saying : ''That boy needs therapy'' ''(purely)Psychosomatic'' ''Lay down on the couch'' ''What does that mean ?'' ''You're a nut ! You're crazy in the coconut !'' ''I'm gonna kill you'' ''Grab a kazoo, let's have a tune, now when I count three !'' ''Frontier Psychiatrist'' The Leopard by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocal at saying ''He was white as a sheet'' at 1:17 Theme From The Planets by Dexter Wansel (1976) : drums at 1:19, 2:12 and 2:46 The documentary ''The Conquest of Everest'' (1953) : vocal saying ''Avalanches above business continues below'' at 1:33 Lost Mittens by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocal at 1:36 saying : ''Did I ever tell you the story about'' I Was A TV Addict by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocals saying : ''Cowboys'' at 1:38 ''I feel strangely hypnotized !'' at 1:44 ''I was in another world, a world of'' at 1:46 ''A man with the golden eye-ball'' at 1:53 A Shakespearean Baseball Game by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocal saying ''To an optometrist'' at 1:52 Midget by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocal saying ''Midgets'' at 1:39 Cowboys and Colored People by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocals saying : ''Indians'' at 1:40 ''Twenty thousand girls'' at 1:49 Picking Berries by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocals saying : ''Milk'' at 1:50 ''Pour juice on your chin'' at 1:56 Kokoku, Sharkey's Day, Credit Racket [Excerpts] (The Interview From the Film Soundtrack to Home of the Brave) by Laurie Anderson (1986) : vocal saying ''Rectangles'' at 1:51 Riot Suit by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocal saying : ''And I promised to my girlfriend I get her'' at 1:57 The Laurie Anderson Interview (Side One) (The Interview From the Film Soundtrack to Home of the Brave) (1986) : vocal saying ''A violin'' at 1:59 Spitfire Prelude and Fugue by Ron Goodwin and His Orchestra (1968) : Violins at 2:00 The Count Counts Flowers by Sesame Street (1974) : little vocal yelling : ''AAAAH'' at 2:14 Lover and a Friend by Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham (1967) : drums at 2:15 Cuckoo Clocks by Audio Fidelity Records (1962) : Cuckoo at 2:29 The Piece of Wood That Talked by Aunt Theresa (1966) : dialogue grandma/little girl at 3:05, 3:21 and 3:38 and scratched parrot at 3:23 Dr. Domestic's Physical Effect #1 - Piece for Turntables and Records by Doopees (1995) vocal saying ''Yeah'' at 3:12 Anna (El Negro Zum Bon) by George Barnes (1960) : Percussions at 3:37 and guitar at 3:46 *EDIT* : New sample found today June 25 2021 : Side Two from The Gray Line (Gray Line Sound Tour Of Historic Boston) (1962) : vocal saying ''and he also made false teeth'' at 1:19 and 2:47 *2nd* *EDIT* : New sample found today June 29 2021 : La Chaparrita by Percy Faith and His Orchestra (1961) : background melody during the verses at 1:36 and 3:04 *3rd* *EDIT* New sample found today October 16 2022 : Wait Till You See Her by The Eddie Thomas Singers (1968) : opera voice at 1:59 on left/right channel and throughout

[@angelganon8213]

Thats crazy how many samples they used and how well it sounds

[@evilpersonxxiv2881]

You are a legend

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Thank you

[@CLITKING]

Amazing! Thank you so much!

[@BassandoForte]

Wow - You have a lot of time on your hands - So thanks for doing the work for us... 🤣👍👍

[@justarockruff1757]

Can we appreciate how well that grandma plays the drums

[@joelmondragon36]

I Think grandma is a grandpa.😂

[@fishtolizard3930]

Viola Smith!

[@-CloClo-]

She can get it

[@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io]

@@joelmondragon36 That should be the name of The Avalanches' next album.

[@FixedFace]

did you just assume xirs gender?

[@littlestarsprout]

god i miss seeing such creative and unique music videos like this one. absolute masterpiece.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Ditto

[@LordVoltac]

Don't you go talking about this being nostalgic. I'm too young for that.

[@bocolatebhipbookie]

it reminds me of 90s cartoons somehow

[@echognomecal6742]

Maybe some of the Ok Go videos would appeal to you 🤷‍♀

[@Aiden-iy5jd]

I suggest watching some of lowertowns videos

[@lukaslepage3043]

this video is like a visual introduction into sampling and chopping

[@Nelso5000]

Yeah like how each sample is shown by an actor that dubs it. And how they're layered in the mix.

[@k.nicole9452]

the old lady on the drums and the old man turtle make me happy every time i see them OKAY GUYS IK ITS ON OLD MAN NOW JESUS

[@anthonyrotolo8062]

But was that a lady?

[@danieltaber4924]

But what does that mean?

[@anthonyrotolo8062]

@@danieltaber4924 Old dude in a wig

[@sodalitia]

@@danieltaber4924 Well, it depends on what you mean by "that" :]

[@bolo4955]

It’s man 😂😂😂

[@AdmRose]

*walks into retirement home* “Hey guys, who wants to be in a music video?”

[@justinhumphries4674]

Ahahahhaajah. Spit my damned drink out.

[@cavalierliberty6838]

3 words: fire water burn They're performing in a nursing home full of deaf people.

[@bexj1065]

Me! 😁.... When I'm old enough 😋

[@bexj1065]

1st time I took lsd I listened to this 😋 I must be so freaking old because it totally made sense back then... How times have changed? 🤔 Now is so much.. Stranger 😁

[@roberta9950]

Almost to 666

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

The "What does that mean" guy is my spirit animal

[@mags779]

Copious Doinks LLC. He is me in math

[@Zeftax]

soo... a turtle? POLNAREFF IS THAT YOU?!?!?!??

[@k-leb4671]

@@mags779 What does that mean?

[@basedbattledroid3507]

You a demi-turtle

[@rogerkearns8094]

It's a tortology.

[@robertrosselit8241]

I love the way the monkey attentively dampens that cymbal. That little touch cracks me up every time.

[@Osmonic74]

Yeah its pretty fantastic, clearly the monkey has spent some time on the drums.

[@uncleflansy5621]

I've watched an obscene amount of music videos in my 38 years, and never have I wanted to see a 'making of' video more than I would like to see one on this video.

[@ttthecat]

Uncle Flansy yes!!!

[@Hobby-4ever]

Fuck yeah

[@fifiwon]

Uncle Flansy precisely how I’m feeling too

[@northern_moss]

King gizzard and the lizard wizard - people vultures

[@derekdurbin106]

One of the most underrated bands of all time.

[@MrNabows]

for those that don't know, this music is made enirely form clips of other things. Literally nothing you hear is original, even though they made something entirely amazing and original with it!

[@Logarithmic-Spiral]

Right!

[@theeverydayworldofbodies3779]

It's called plunderphonics.

[@nathan6934]

uhh no? This video is entirely original content. You're right about the music though

[@gps1300]

they said "nothing you HEAR is original" ​@@nathan6934

[@honkylips9450]

For some reason, that ghost backing choir just makes sense.

[@OlafoWaffle]

I know right

[@Scrappy909]

Seems natural to them...

[@MarianMurphy-rz8ej]

At least it’s honest about *being* a ghost choir.

[@thePavuk]

they are the most sane part of the video

[@ConjureNoonSloth]

Well, that's what a ghost choir would sound like, no? haha

[@xDOUGHx]

I worked this year with the guy on the Psychiatrists couch. He's a binman now, he told me he was in this video, didn't believe until I went back and watched with him in the van haha. Get in John!, great dribbling.

[@thewingedpotato6463]

I just noticed that the Ghost-Sheet people aren't actually there, they're being projected onto another sheet. That's deep.

[@xoen6]

...white as a sheet...

[@killian0408]

Sheeeeeeet!

[@TheMusicismylife003]

After read your comment, I realize this boy needs therapy.

[@oliwest2816]

Well spotted

[@gloopsgloops]

Wooooooooooo oooooooooh

[@danielrubino2228]

Dexter: misses school a few times School: ... He's criminally insane

[@ruzzodac]

I'm Just as affected from you as Dexter's truancy

[@d.ferrell2639]

🤔 i get it now 😂

[@ianryan2058]

But that boy need's therapy

[@hatrick3117]

I mean did you even watched the TV show??

[@timothyweston6087]

I was criminally insane.

[@marcusolugosi6969]

My wife loved this song, for whatever reason... I miss her. RIP, Sweetie...

[@southsiren]

I'm so sorry

[@ottoon6294]

I can feel your pain. I have lost mine two years ago....... Miss her every day.

[@codekhalil6437]

Don't know who you are. But we are all connected by music. My condolences friend.

[@EvilTim1911]

Because she had awesome taste in music, man. RIP

[@marcusolugosi6969]

Thank u All. ♥️❤️

[@JoeyMcNelis]

The first time I heard this song I fell in love with it. There was something about it that thrilled my brain, it all made sense to me, and I always tried to spread the love. The first time I saw the video, it was like hearing the song for the first time again. I am about to show my wife this video for the first time. I hope she enjoys as much as I have!

[@fayesouthall6604]

It’s barking and I love it

[@MCOmegaX123]

I fell asleep watching TV once, and woke up to this. I was seriously questioning if I was still asleep.

[@korick28]

Omega's Gaming Channel It’s the most amazing, goofy, and genius. damnDamnDAMN! It has every ingredient of awesomeness... this is just...wow...my daughter loves it too, not only for the silliness, but the spinning skills

[@spasi57]

:))))))

[@pundertalefan4391]

XD nice.

[@tigeruppercut6421]

Same

Lmfao

[@kevinsager5054]

Four minutes and twenty seconds of absolute, meaningless (and yet, purposeful?) insanity. I love it.

[@yunobother]

Everybody needs that moment of "No reason"

[@KnakuanaRka]

Dad is really inaistent that this has some deep and heavy social commentary (we were having some deep talk, and I went back in and tried to lighten it up with this and he was surprised), but he doesn't seem to be willing to explain.

[@sofakingwhat4798]

4:20 hehehe

[@TheEquineJournalist]

Listen carefully, it means something alright. It's a 4.20 minute song written and performed by a 'handful of wankers' ---- probably for the 'tirst time' in their lives

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

The class when the teacher leaves the room for 0.00000001 seconds

[@gemmageoffbarnes981]

Lol

[@justinhumphries4674]

I wish I had that many Bitcoin in my pockets...

[@TentinQuarantino_]

😆 😂 😝

[@TentinQuarantino_]

I had to come back to say this: Your comment cracked me up so much I adapted it to my work situation (when the manager leaves the restaurant for xxx seconds) It works so well because I work in a crazy old restaurant that’s been open since 1972, occupying a building that is much older. Our clientele and staff resemble the cast of the video and we are even reported to have ghosts. So anyway I forwarded this with your comment adapted to my situation and everyone thought it was hilarious.

[@myssytys]

That is like future special forces material ;)

[@Spalthersaar]

This song is exactly Like Life. Weird. Bad Quality. Totally Chaotic and Insane. And it feels like you dont know why or what for.

[@ErrFa_]

Accurate description 🔥

[@ManicMindTrick]

Except for the bad quality part.

[@DodderingOldMan]

I must have listened to this track a thousand times before I saw this video. And somehow every single person in this clip looks exactly as I imagined based on voice alone.

[@nottucks]

I remember seeing the original “criminally insane” sample’s video and being shocked at the original people speaking

[@Marceloloeite]

I always thought that the chorus part voice was Gene Wilder

[@BB-se9bl]

I love how every sample his his own piece in this video

[@bexj1065]

Exactly what I realised 👍😁 though 🙃 was tripping

[@hibryd7481]

I feel like sampling and turntablism is like abstract art; the barrier of entry is pretty low, so people pan the entire genre. But man, every once in a while you get that person who _clearly_ has some deeper understanding of sound and structure and reaffirms why the genre even exists in the first place. There's something ineffably catchy and mesmerizing about this video.

[@secretly9cats]

give kid koala a go highly recommend skanky panky

[@fuzzyfurrymonster]

Beautifully put.

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

sometimes a parrot talks HURLLEHURLLEHURLLEHURHURHUR HURLLEHURLLEHURLLEHURHURHUR HURLLEHURLLEHURLLEHURHURHUR HURLLEHURLLEHURLLEWUHURHURRRR

[@doc5512]

could even say you felt strangely hypnotized

[@drmathias]

Wonderful way of putting it. This relates to a lot of the Vonnegut story "Bluebeard".

[@jpearseed1179]

I'm like 80% sure i fever dreamed this a few years ago

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

I had that sensation about other stuff. Prolly just an odd type of de ja vu.

[@RedTailedfox551]

I had a nightmare about a game called evil and then like a week later I saw I THINK IT WAS markiplier made a video on it.

[@tinyman1144]

These things happen, they happen a lot to me.

[@DraconicDuelist]

@@RedTailedfox551 Think you can find it again?

[@romeoduque7297]

Ahahahahahahahaha dude you killed me

[@bradenharris2214]

The first time I did LSD, my friend showed me this video. It was phenomenal. Now that I'm sober, it's still incredible.

[@kvasskinggsezbooyah69]

Man this must've been quite the experience while on LSD. This is a fever dream even when sober!

[@TrepidFaceHugger]

Everyone's talking about how "insane" this video is but everyone neglects the fact that this clip suits the song perfectly! The director deserves a medal! It's amazing; all the actors, the decor and son on, it all fits...

[@TrepidFaceHugger]

I mean this is art in its best form

[@viljamtheninja]

Indeed, it's a bloody masterpiece.

[@bread8036]

You mean because Dexter is insane?

[@aarontheperson6867]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@koenko2]

this video always gives me chills because there's honestly no way they could've put together a better visual representation of this song

[@nathan6934]

Its perfect

[@vargasaidan7366]

@@nathan6934 it truly is

[@marvinthemartian4044]

I mean, animation... But This practical representation is way cooler of an idea. Iconic video

[@cablekibble2942]

There’s some deep hidden meaning to this, and I have no goddamn clue what it is.

[@peteywheatstraw3583]

@gapple * What does that mean?

[@peteywheatstraw3583]

@gapple * tldr

[@firebeardnc6012]

@gapple * And he also made false teeth.

[@sterilepickle544]

Frontier psychiatrist!!

[@timothyweston6087]

42

[@AnonYmous-qz2ho]

its like a visual representation of the sampleboard, its gorgeous and just the thought of that gives me tingles.

[@marcosarf5142]

Ok, masterpiece . How can someone just grab in a mix of different things , sounds , movies , and create an amazing amazing song and a superbly crazy video

[@mfeltes]

If you haven't listened to J Dilla, you are in for a treat. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5-yaHx3ZqmYm6s

[@valueinvestor77]

Have a listen to the entire album. It is truly one of the greatest albums of the 2000’s.

[@Sam-ik6uj]

@@valueinvestor77 for whatever reason this album is my go to sleep or travel album haha

[@spaceboy2095]

Have a listen to all their mixes, they've done a bunch of crazy stuff, with almost all type of music you can find...

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

999th 👍

[@PetrolTaster]

Frontier Psychiatrist was first released August 21st 2000. Happy 20th birthday to this amazing song!

[@traviscapehart7590]

year 2000? i am impressed there are some characters that i recognize from my childhood. the coconut ventriloquist is one. i cant remember where but i swear deep in the faded memories of childhood i remember him, his voice. perhaps a childhood telwvision show from when i was like 5 years old. after the time i had during my 20s im surprised i remember anything much less some vague tv charactor. I even remember droopy, and mighty mouse.

[@ryanwasserman6929]

This video is just... unironically awesome. Proof that you don’t need flash or trendiness if you have enough creativity and mild insanity.

[@dreamtheater6343]

Mild?

[@ANDR3alfaro]

Mild Insanity? More like crazy in the coconut!

[@bexj1065]

Yes! 😁

[@matermatuta1462]

Or vulgarity.....

[@DaveDexterMusic]

This is fairly flashy.

[@_No_Bueno]

Fun fact, I was in this video. I’m the last guy to walk out and turn to the right (stage right, camera left). I was paid 200 bucks and was there for 2 days straight. Super long days for 3 seconds of screen time.

[@anubis6084]

I consider you now a Legend!

[@walt-a-roniprod.5288]

How cool. I only saw this for the first time this year, and every time it pops up on YT, I click on it. From now on, I'll be watching for you.

[@JanneWolterbeek]

Not was, you ARE in the video, forever. Hope you had fun in those 2 days!

[@marcd73]

You were a mariachi band guy? Or did you mean someone else?

[@mahoganyslove5757]

Consider it a win! Sir, You've been seen in more videos than I have been in, 25 million times, and I'm a musician! 😂

[@faded_ink3545]

This is like a musical compilation of memes that never existed. Edit two years later: people can’t take a joke.

[@JRAnimationStudios]

oh hey there. yep that's it exactly

[@handyalley2350]

It'a called sampling.

[@andypitchless]

@@handyalley2350 Thank you captain patronizingly obvious.

[@IgiWhiteman]

I was thinking the same lol. It´s like watching a brief summary of memes from a paralel universe or something.

[@dwnetwrok]

HA!

[@fonkbadonk5370]

It's not only the song that is insanely good, but I'm just impressed by how they managed to get ALL of its aspects and actors onto one and the same stage and make it a coherent thing. Well, within the scope of what could be called coherent in this song =) This is a piece of actual art, audio and video alike. Something we rarely get to experience these days.

[@Einenteaux]

Gesamtkunstwerk 👌

[@fonkbadonk5370]

@@Einenteaux Gutes Wort dafür!

[@nanjingmonkey467]

this song is ishnalenly good but im just impresed how the y maneged to even give a fuckk i love y youuuuuu yHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey

[@kukuruku9879]

"coherent" 😂 lol ok ...

[@ThootenTootinTabootin]

Lmao this is a good song?

[@cyber-corpp]

When the visiting hours are over at the retirement home

[@mirathompson4524]

Can confirm as I work third shift at retirement home

[@johnsinger8503]

I love the creativity in this video , it hits the mark on many different levels. Kudos to the people who choreographed the video and to the writers , crazy as a coconut.

[@floopdo3067]

What does that mean

[@thefridgeiscool]

@@floopdo3067that boy needs therapy

[@auraofworldsenjoyer9884]

@@floopdo3067 That boy needs therapy

[@antoinesubitlescoups338]

When the turtle grandpa said "What does that mean?", I felt that.

[@sigmatic_cartel7780]

Turtle grandpa, most true yet random thing 😂😂

[@bexj1065]

Haha 😂 yeah 😋 me too! 😁

[@bexj1065]

Though? I do know "what does that mean"... I mean I know what it means but you don't wanna lol

[@bexj1065]

@Snake 😁 your crazy as a coconut? Lol just kidding 😋 it means an old man comes out of his shell.. He asks the question? Why have I been stuck in this shell for so long + yet I'm still asking questions... Answer = because you were in a freaking shell 🤣

[@bexj1065]

@Snake only so much you can learn in a box 👍

[@NASkeywest]

If I were a therapist, this would be the song playing in the waiting room.

[@thomasoconnor]

This comment makes me feel like I should become a therapist just so I can do that. If I can't think of anything else to do, I may actually do that.

[@mariasolfernandez7163]

dani díaz - Gurl, andá a terapia

[@j.t2548]

You're a nut, you're crazy in the coconut

[@aycasahin4438]

I'm a psychologist. I think if I play this song to my clients I can be very rich

[@burnnolys5707]

and hearing your a nuts your crazy as a coconut over and over

[@TheGribblesnitch]

Martha from book club is killing it on the drums

[@funnyname725]

What else does she do.....

[@444swordsman]

@@phlog_dog7336 don't be racist

[@thatellipsisguy8984]

Rabbit's will retired librarian, now does flower-arranging and dom services for the 70+ gentlemen's club.

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

She's just having a good time lol

[@michaelrussell3890]

Why did you say that naaaame 🦇

[@darkphoenix5857]

probably the great music video of all time

[@ayyblyat9450]

This is a fever dream

[@Bruce_Black]

IF you think this is a fever dream, go watch Red dead redemption 2: the modded wacky west

[@ayyblyat9450]

@@Bruce_Black I love bedbananas

[@ANNISHNEE]

1000percent

[@TentinQuarantino_]

I had a similar, but darker experience when I got Covid and ran a fever of 104°. (That is where my name on this site came from). I thought I was in the same bathroom where John Travolta’s character met his end in Pulp Fiction.

[@jaggerguth4391]

Yes It Is.

[@hanawana]

That, my friend, is how you sample.

[@passacaglia28]

I promised my girlfriend I'd learn the violin...

[@joeroganofficial5433]

David Irwin Me too

[@murrfeeling]

@@passacaglia28 "I love bitches and bitches love the violin." -Itzhak Perlman

[@EthanAA1]

David Irwin bro I read that as it happened

[@skullflamejsrf1743]

If you really need to hear an example of good samples for music play both jet set radio game's

[@mikkermkker2152]

i have listened to this track a million times in many, many years and only just discover this masterpiece video in 2019. I officially have been living under a rock.

[@kyzak]

same. this was my myspace profile song in like 2002. never knew it had a video

[@skullflamejsrf1743]

Yeah man i found out about this song today from a hungry box video

[@thomaspham3010]

skull flamejsrf lol same

[@nonyabusiness9747]

Agreed, same.

[@WillIeger]

I've had this on k7 tape, used to listening to this like mad... completely forgot about it... two decade had past... then puf!! I'm here ♡

[@jamesconroy7030]

The sea turtle man really ties the whole video together.

[@Ranzord95]

I feel like this was ahead of its time

[@markhorton2920]

It still is.

[@dron3k]

time was right but people are behind :P I know it from day one

[@handyalley2350]

Maybe we're behind the times.

[@diskopartizan0850]

Weird because I listened to this when it was released and it really didn't feel ahead of its time just felt like it felt and feels.

[@kos2919]

I actually bought the album when this song was released. It felt like someone who try to fight mainstream entertainment media while wearing boxing gloves and clown shoes. It was mind blowingly amazing for me

[@CharlesM2]

The masterful and seamless mixture of all these samples always gives me chills. It’s just so fucking good. My favorite part is when the orchestra comes in, it just fits so well into the pie they put together lmao

[@alexispowell3309]

This song was way ahead of it's time. I'm glad it's getting the recognition it deserves.

[@zekeedwards7904]

Let's be honest the beautiful haunting horns and choir from enoch light singers-, way of life. Make this special

[@Kink_Shaman]

Every aspect of this music video is flawless. Even the hypnotist who only appears for about half a second at around (2:19). Not appearing on stage with everyone else, but seeming tucked in almost subliminally.

[@thibaultm6111]

He does appear on stage. Top-Left. Look closer.

[@Kink_Shaman]

@@thibaultm6111 Good catch. I guess he was tucked in even *more* subliminally than I thought.

[@dadkinson]

you *think* he only appeared for about half a second...

[@sweaver2112]

and the dwarf!????

[@macdeko7257]

2:16 precisely

[@wideboi5179]

I need another 20 years of deep solitary meditation and soul searching to fully comprehend, understand, and appreciate this video.

[@captainbronygaming1720]

Took me 2 minutes

[@a.m.creativ]

***** I'm sorry, but you are just trying too hard. I agree with *****, it's just clever reenactments of the samples in the track.

[@Mohkarish]

+Superdelta000 Pretty sure it's clever reenactments of the samples in the track to tell a story of the insanity of psychiatry

[@filosofiogkunst2724]

+Joe Schmoe Its about how society forces people to act in certain ways by manipulating their minds trough therapy.

[@i3e5l4]

Oh Em Gee can ya'll stop talking about the "reenactment of the samples"! I'm talking to you, TWAKWRTL, Adam Correia, and Sierase. Ya'll are getting on my nerves and are making me slightly paranoid. Thenkyoo and goodnought.

[@JackT13]

I’m so glad a director had the courage to make a video for this song. With so many samples and quotes most people wouldn’t touch this song with a bargepole

[@Katya_Lastochka]

Gabe Thornes I'm sure some directors were dreaming of doing exactly something like this. Some people thrive on chaos.

[@Crosshill]

what, the song was made before the video?

[@codyfr158]

0:44 what sample is that! I know I heard it in a song before and it wasn’t this one. Or maybe my memory is just wrong

[@cjawoods]

thats exactly why i love it because they have people just saying the quotes its genius

[@jsp1324]

Cody Fr Enoch Light Singers - Way of Life

[@jbliv831]

One of the best music videos ever.

[@AmericanDreamer]

yesss 🙌🏻🙌🏻🔥💯😁

[@Wolf_Fleuret]

Me: Ok, time to sleep now. My brain: *this video*

[@ClownManTom]

Its 2:33 am and I had this exact thought

[@ianstuart371]

Fuck a midterm that boy needs therapy

[@finncampbell3953]

I know right??

[@fiercemushroom4840]

Woot! I was the 1000th like! Your welcome.

[@oneoddbat2162]

@@ianstuart371 purely psychosomatic

[@Niom_Music]

When the school overfunds your arts project.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

THAT BOARD NEEDS THERAPY

[@adamwelch4336]

At least the money didnt go strait to the football team!

[@edwardkuemmerle3137]

Lmao. 😂

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

@@Lobsterwithinternet Psychosomatic.

[@russellcooper5826]

Check out Frankie Sinatra by the Avalanches.

[@jameshughes3014]

This video made me feel , for the first time in ages, like there's someone out there that thinks the way I do. And that it's totally ok.

[@invalid_id3396]

We need therapy as they say, that's all good g, we crazy too.

[@clayman181]

Even the song itself

[@DKGifford19608]

You should also check out the band The Books and DJ Shadow

[@RitaColacoNuminous]

I felt something similar. The thing is, every way of thinking is singular to each organism, besides probably manipulation, still, it has it's variables. Every particle of existence is infinetly relative which made me stop a little with my pursue of someone or something with the same though patterns, behaviours and unique aspects beyond language as me. ♥ You are not alone, we are commonly united by uniqueness. :D

[@ooohla9872]

Me too, it's so crazy, and I like to be crazy !

[@romanempire8139]

This song is one you used to play a lot in High School. Then life hit you. Your grew up but never forgot this song. You come from time to time when you remember it. Play it when ever it comes up.

[@sabianwatts8515]

I have no fucking idea what I just drank, but it sure as hell wasn't Coca Cola.

[@narcissismincarnate9201]

Eurgh! Pepsi....

[@shiviste7611]

Someone Pill Cosbeed your drink

[@Dept-of-Agriculture]

this boy needs therapy

[@mac4930]

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[@shiviste7611]

Macaroni King We already know this sooooooo What's your point

[@nobodynoone2500]

20 years later, it's still a masterpiece.

[@ipiap]

I appreciate it even more now, because nothing similar is going to be made now.

[@nanjingmonkey467]

30 years later, none even knows toure name. So

[@AnarchyintheTerranFederation]

​@@ipiapbut that's stupid 😐

[@ipiap]

@@AnarchyintheTerranFederation Yes, this is a big, stupid theatre, a madness, not some generic bore.

[@mariettab2785]

FINALLY FOUND IT OH MY GOD MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD THANKS DAD

[@dozyproductionss]

This was one of those songs for me too. Enjoy man!

[@84hachi]

High School memories from this song. Memory lane indeed.

[@NicoleHam]

That feel when kids have grown up on Avalanches #feelingold

[@Jeoul]

Very much same

[@elise4066]

totally same story

[@Ziptietechnician]

I have heard this song many times over the years. I have to say this is the first time I seen the video to go with it. I'm speechless and even more confused and weirdly enjoy it.

[@AdamG1983]

My kids: "What was music like in the early 2000's" Me: *puffs cigarette* "You wouldn't get it"

[@Kylow0]

Late 90s*

[@1953beetle]

@mysk horizon And cute.

[@puremercury]

This came out August 2000.

[@1953beetle]

@@puremercury 😂👍

[@timothyfloogle]

Lol

[@arandombard1197]

Ah the video clears up the song nicely. Now it all makes sense.

[@anorangutan511]

Her: So what kind of music do you like? Me: Umm... it's hard to explain.

[@marvinthemartian4044]

trip hop, yo

[@ourladypeace3]

EDM

[@marvinthemartian4044]

@@ourladypeace3 trip hop is a sub-genre of edm

[@leruty]

@An Orangutan YOU BOY NEED A THERAPY!

[@marvinthemartian4044]

☝ that boy needs therapy

[@GloomyFish]

i remember being around 12, playing on my DS and my dad decides to play this song because apparently a coworker of his said i would like it. i got so into it and was just kinda... silently vibing. We never talked about this song again and i was half convinced i'd dreamed this

[@TahoeRacerTV]

Sad to think about a lot of people in this video are just not around anymore... God damn hits hard, thank you for being apart of the greatest music video I have ever seen created.

[@Diridonda]

Do you need a… frontier psychiatrist?

[@GabrielPettier]

Everyone dies, at least they got to do something pretty interesting before that.

[@kadeeharris348]

My 18 year old nephew called me just now to ask "remember that song you showed me years ago with the parrot and the record player and the singing ghosts?"

[@briannawarren4174]

Why did he call asking for the video? Did he want to show it to his friends?

[@kamenanew9867]

Good aunt you are

[@maryskuse3516]

@Lost Pants Purely psychosomatic, I reckon.

[@CiemnyGracz]

@Nonna Urbisness her 18yo nephew does

[@bacht4799]

ArianTPL because he is cool son of a bitch .. the kind of boys and girls we like.. 😎😜👌

[@crackthefoundation_]

This literally a piece of art ppl gonna talk about at some point

[@lisetteanne7284]

I actually had to analyse this for cultural development in high school, loved it ever since :')

[@sammywiener]

@@lisetteanne7284 wait that’s so cool, what about it did you analyze, like what did you talk about?

[@sarac1100]

Which school?(in support)

[@wasret83]

This was the theme song to my sophomore year of art school. Undoubtedly one of the best cut pieces of music.

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

The TRUTH is the Light that Guides Us through the Darkest of Hours. - THANK-YOU "The Avalanches!!"

[@MistydeeinTN]

Remember seeing this on MTV, and wondering how they got inside my brain with my crazy dreams?

[@ianlomax2470]

It was made for me and my friend who talks to me x

[@kizikucalegon8673]

Acid. Lots and lots of acid.

[@antiprismatic]

I think its cus they sampled so many different shows and audio that it is bound to reach the subconscious psyche

[@justinhumphries4674]

@@ianlomax2470 I'm that friend that talks to you, but you'll never see me.

[@spacekitt.n]

i remember watching this on sputnik on dialup back in the days before youtube

[@cheshirepat30]

I'm not a psychiatrist, but this song came out right before I got my Masters degree in Counseling Psychology. My girlfriend (now wife) got me this album for graduation.

[@1artguru]

And that's what I call a proper supervision

[@leiiiighA]

As a ppc student, this is awesome!

[@samuelholmes3696]

Well I'm glad you married her, she sounds like an absolute keeper!

[@66StevieT]

Excellent!

[@Keirnoth]

What does that mean?

[@baconlover7747]

I want.....no I NEED a framed picture of the old man turtle on my wall....I can't tell you why but it's perfect

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

[@baconlover7747]

@@Lobsterwithinternet it means he was white as a sheet..........and he also made false teeth

[@RoobehTunes]

I uploaded the chap to redbubble under "Frontier turtle fellow" if you search for it on there you can get it as a print, a sticker or many other things :)

[@baconlover7747]

@@RoobehTunes you don't know what a hero you are

[@AlecMader]

I think that's Mitch McConnell.

[@battleshipfleet]

I've heard this somewhere and my dad sending this to me fills me with childlike happiness

[@Steve-po1yp]

This song is phenomenally slept on... Definitely deserving more views

[@gabrielzallar2335]

Definitely

[@tinytables]

Is 23 million views not enough? lmao

[@Yactobass]

​@@tinytables nahh no

[@Sentanette]

agreed

[@Dazen101]

If you think this song with 23million views is slept on, I can only assume you think Jay-Z is an underground artist. This song is so known.

[@1seansouth]

Next time we send a Voyager spacecraft into deep space with a record of our civiliisation, it should contain this and nothing else

[@Wanapelei]

Okay, you made me laugh

[@gogogeedus]

that will keep those little green men away!

[@jesseg7757]

Definitely would tell hostile a species to steer the fuck clear...

[@MilesTailsProwerfan9]

If they're cool, they'll want to see what strange creatures would create such a thing. If they're the invading aliens (jerks), then they'll avoid them since the creatures that made it are clearly crazy!

[@waltonsimons12]

Do you WANT to be exterminated by aliens? Because that's how you get exterminated by aliens!

[@mrfister1899]

Never understood why this album didn't get the recognition it deserved. Perhaps not immediately obvious just how technically good it is?

[@giovannisilvestrini9781]

Well it actually did. Kinda depends on the circle of people you talk about it with. I am in a Facebook group which revolver around music and this album is easily considered a modern classic.

[@NepSpoon]

I think it was because of a lot of legality issues with some samples they used

[@stickitydoodah]

It got beaten to death and left to rot by tiktok

[@gabrielarthur9267]

​@@stickitydoodahI've never seen it on Tiktok???

[@brandonking4355]

Does anyone remember Elijah Wood introducing this video on some music video show in like 2001? He said something about it being his favorite band at the moment.

[@icarussuraki9929]

I first heard this in college a good 20 years ago on the student-run radio station and I think it rewired my brain. I don't know that one could call them "lyrics" exactly, but I still know every word.

[@bunnyblackwell6107]

When you try to explain "That boy needs therapy" is not actually hate speech...

[@GusTheMcNugget]

This song feels like a collection of memes that no one has caught onto yet

[@normanclatcher]

Yes. And I'll add that it's older than you think; the video's from 2001 and uses imagery, callbacks, samples and references to what was already retro television, which had been in the public consciousness, but is not currently.

[@324wsfdfg54]

I think it taps into memories and symbols that people have, but everything js just a little bit off but also familiar at the same time. Instead of memes that aren't made yet it's the old ones you made in your head long before you ever saw this video.

[@sean..L]

"WHat does that mean?"

[@chroma_ky]

ytp remix without the ytp part

[@nicholaspeters9919]

@@sean..LYou’re a nut! You’re crazy in the coconut!

[@PerogiXW]

3:02 favorite part, the parrot solo is legendary. I can't believe I first saw this in 2008 at summer camp.

[@Whammytap]

I love everything about this, but especially the elderly lady on drums. She looks like she’s having so much fun!

[@dewfall56]

Pretty sure that's a guy in drag.

[@yoyoholck]

She’s on lyrica

[@internetwonderbuilder4741]

It's actually a GRANDPA!!!

[@Whammytap]

No kidding!? Well hey, I'm gonna keep using the personal pronouns she/her, because I believe that both drag queens and the gender-transitioned prefer it this way.

[@asocialfairy]

I’m so grateful for discovering this song (to which I’d later listened to the full album) and Endtroducing by DJ Shadow in 2019, getting me into the wonderful genre that is plunderphonics. Never knew I need record-scratching, turntable- and sample-heavy electronic music in my life until then

[@jamestravers538]

it feels like these are all references to a movie that doesn't exist

[@TheLoneRanger1992]

James Travers true I actually thought some of them were snippets from Old movies ?

[@melissajadeEM]

@@TheLoneRanger1992 close! Radio show

[@0x777]

This song is ALL samples. Proof: www.whosampled.com/The-Avalanches/Frontier-Psychiatrist/samples/

[@oron61]

Or a series of memes and vines that were never created.

[@JobvanderZwan]

@@0x777 there's a sample from "Cowboys & Colored People" by Flip Wilson, and the cowboys in the video are black people. Wonder if there are other visual references to the samples?

[@Aflay1]

Been listening to this song since ‘05 It’s basically ADHD therapy.

[@elvisisfine1936]

As a person with ADHD I can confirm.😩

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

As a person who has grown up knowing people with ADHD I can attest to its therapeutic potential.

[@QueerCripple]

That explains why I had to immediately share it with my ADHD friends

[@ChrisdeHaan]

I agree as well ADHD therapy

[@bbcakez]

That’s why I like it so much???

[@kozmo7]

It’s one thing to have weird thoughts, dreams and possibly trips if you’re into that kinda thing but it’s a whole other thing to try and recapture that imagery and feeling in some sort of medium for others to expierence. This is such a huge mixture of creativity and the talent/skill to express it.

[@fishtolizard3930]

koZmo, absolutely!

[@elvinomiguel]

We will die and this will remain eternal - A masterpiece - Thank you

[@iwastholo]

Why does it feel like every person in this music video is guilty of something horrible

[@Caveman_brain]

Probably because they are

[@arvidbergman]

@@obviouslytwo4u how do you know who is and isn't vegan then

[@galosargon5875]

@@obviouslytwo4u You are guilty of consuming the remains of dead plants which suffered horrible deaths which are caused from people that are paid to kill more innocent plants.

[@Caveman_brain]

@@obviouslytwo4u cringe

[@urkrush99]

@@obviouslytwo4u gonna eat a burger in your name

[@PillowTalk420]

I had forgotten how crazy this video is... Holy shit.

[@leannputnam9494]

totally agreed, it's amazingly weird for sure

[@rotyler2177]

it not weird.

[@joski9030]

+Ro Tyler This tune + dirtbar is my memory

[@alexfrog546]

I've watched this so many times and now I don't think this is weird

[@KrabTaco]

and pour juice on my chin buddy

[@Squiddyize]

"What instrument do you play?" "Oh, i play the horse."

[@RichardGottfried]

That or the kazoo.

[@HolySpacePapa]

Among the greatest pieces of art ever conjured by humans.

[@gelingarcia]

One of the most genius, and yet impossible to understand, clips in music History. The moment you start watching it, you can't stop!

[@AKdaJuiceGuy]

After watching that, I feel criminally insane

[@davidbolha]

Krazy inda kokonut ? 😂

[@scottmatheson3346]

Purely psychosomatic.

[@alexdeheart9169]

We're you in a nother world of twenty thousand girls?

[@beckstar78]

some movies make me feel like that...in the mouth of madness...lost highway...donnie darko...nothing but trouble

[@sneasalmaster]

So you're saying that boy needs therapy?

[@norm2988]

my dad used to play me this song when i was really young and he introduced me to this video. This is no doubt the reason i produce music, do psychs and draw crazy shit. Honestly, this song and video is amazing in so many differewnt ways. It takes sampling to a whole nother dimension, its amazing how many times the beat switches up yet still molds together and the video is just a fever dream but lit

[@ruzzodac]

when the Dj came down the pilar I died!

[@christiangasior4244]

Your dad has some amazing taste. My dad dragged me to about 4 Grand Funk Railroad concerts. One of the worst rock bands of the era. We did go to an Alice Cooper show and that was fun, but I’ve been subjected to more Grand Funk Railroad than any human should ever have to endure. They’re the early 70’s Detroit rock version of Nickelback, ICP, Limp Bizkit, etc. He had a good CD collection though which for some reason had awesome shit like the RATM self-titled, all nirvana albums, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd... I nabbed those and they helped me through the GFR days.

[@frederickeinstein781]

Turtle

[@ManicMindTrick]

I make a similar type of plunderphonics music and the seamless transitions are the hardest part for me. It takes a lot of work and talent to accomplish.

[@flappy7373]

@@christiangasior4244 GFR days? what's that? also, your dad sounds like a good man. you should be proud of him ;]

[@TheCrazyMachinist]

The music and the video are inseparable for me, it's truly its own thing.