They Might Be Giants- MTV Interview about Ana Ng

[@SMuJ17]

Before he talks about an eccentric song, he should look at his shirt...

[@astrangeriremain]

TOASTED

[@ZoeAlexa11]

OOF

[@daveidmarx8296]

Um.. do you mean "ROASTED"?? And I like a good 30-year-old roast!

[@MisterAppleEsq]

Wow, the three replies here are the people I always see on TMBG videos.

[@emq5340]

He looks like an unironic Ryan from the office

[@robertleeluben]

The Ana Ng video was the 1st time I had ever seen/heard of these guys. About two weeks later when I realized the damn song was still stuck in my head (I had only heard it once after all) I went out and bought Lincoln. I then played Lincoln to torture my friends until they came around.

[@E4439Qv5]

Everything sticks like a broken record, everything sticks until it goes away

[@JabeYT]

W

[@RIVEXNGLE]

It's always rare to see the Johns confess that they are wrong. Generally, people say that they're so clever and witty which is true a majority of the time. =)

[@davie5045]

Dammit,literally,they Made a Song about why the sun shine,but when they realized give some wrong facts,They made another Song correcting itself

[@cassylk22]

PLEASE he's so precious

[@ThreadBomb]

"The first video from the record is for a rather eccentric sounding song called Ana Ng" -- describing this song as "eccentric-sounding" suggest that he has not heard the rest of the album. (But of course he hasn't - he's an MTV VJ!)

[@AisforArtemis]

At least he pronounced it correctly hahaha

[@corylamond6294]

Yeah,did the guy hear Snowball in Hell?

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Drrr…

[@sakurachannel9624]

Beautiful, lively, eccentric melody in this song. Truly a masterpiece

[@corey-bird3489]

My favorite band on Earth is not of this world.

[@d1nn3r_b3ll]

HES SO ADORABLE

[@TheanimationWorkstation]

This is exactly why I made my own animated music video on this song

[@cheesecakelasagna]

I got lost in the words during the Peru part. Had to replay it and still, lost.

[@BrutalistJr]

when you talk fast yourself (somebody like me), you adapt an ear for other fellow fast-talkers. the dialogue you found inaudible goes: "so the song, presumably, is about somebody...in Peru...writing about someone in Vietnam, but I didn't know that when I wrote it."

[@snakes7303]

He isnt talking fast -

[@jrpipik]

He could be writing about somebody in Manhattan who is thinking about a Vietnamese person who doesn't live in Vietnam. Of course, she'd have to live somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean to be opposite NYC.

[@Multi_Purpose_Weirdo]

"But I didn't know that when I wrote it." I love that so much.

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

STILL one of my favorite songs to cover…👍❤️☮️🎸

[@emq5340]

He looks like Ryan from the office.

[@deanevangelista6359]

I know someone by that last name. (She’s Chinese, not From Viet Ban) and she told me that the name is not pronounced “Eng,” but a subdued “Ning,” but the g is barely audible.

[@melissakennedy3676]

That's great interview 👏

[@tubasaur]

I very clearly remember seeing this. At the time, I thought the one in glasses (didn't know their names then) who didn't say anything, here or in the video, was the introvert.

[@corey-bird3489]

Prequel to Judy Is Your Vietnam, anyone?

[@sakurachannel9624]

Anyone know what the "1" and the "2" on the buildings mean?

[@SynthesizersAreLife]

The video was shot at a firefighter training center, the buildings are marked so the trainees know which structures are which quickly

[@JTMJR99]

It also shows the beginning of each stanza to the song, from a filmmaker perspective

[@corey-bird3489]

No wonder he helps me write fiction I upload.

[@corey-bird3489]

Writing about someone in Vietnam...would her name happen to be Judy? 😏

[@blueprintsymphonic]

whoa look at john norris

[@Wobblybob2004]

Ng is Cantonese.

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Peru? Ahh, close enough…