They Might Be Giants - Till My Head Falls Off (Live on Recovery)

[@samkniffen4760]

flansy's goin nuts

[@WhiplashPresents]

he just breaks every string except the sixth at the end

[@corylamond6294]

@WP cool profile picture. TMBG played on Conan a lot.

[@WhiplashPresents]

@@corylamond6294 Yeah, the picture is actually from the Conan performance of Man, It’s So Loud In Here

[@corylamond6294]

@@WhiplashPresents rad performance by the way. i always loved the airport line in that song. so surreal.

[@nutoutpizzadthehut]

@@WhiplashPresentswii dev?

[@flip1325]

This was performed on Recovery, an Australian Saturday morning show on the ABC that focussed on live performances, and not run-of-the-mill in-studio interviews by the host Dylan Lewis, a goofy but disarmingly open, kind, and talented interviewer (IMHO, especially in retrospect). The same footage was sometimes also played on Rage, an overnight weekend broadcast of back-to-back videos (no VJ, but the occasional guest spot by touring bands choosing their favourite videos from the extensive archive), also on the ABC, Australia's public broadcaster (similar to the BBC). I was thrilled to find this visually sharper version (than the other one on KZbin) of one of the best filmed live performances I've ever seen of TMBG. The pace and energy were typical of the time, but not commonly done these days, and done so well, so tight. Not sure, but I think it was this tour that I saw them live in Sydney. Or the other time I saw them live in Sydney. One of the times I saw them live in Sydney.

[@corylamond6294]

the other one is a rebroadcast on rage.

[@flip1325]

@@corylamond6294 Yes, that's right. I did write about 'Rage' in my 2nd paragraph. ;)

[@Synthysynthsynth]

Tmbg rocking it hard back in the day. I like it

[@corylamond6294]

this is one of my fav tmbg songs.

[@Bellywellywoo]

Linnell's voice crack in the beginning is SO cute i literally cant

[@delinseurn]

Timestamp?

[@Bellywellywoo]

@@delinseurn0:18 !!!

[@delinseurn]

@@Bellywellywoo 😯

[@corylamond6294]

So much better quality than the other one that has more comments and views

[@quarryqwerty]

holy shit

[@flip1325]

There were 87 Advil in the bottle now there's 30 left I ate 47 so what happened to the other 10? Why do you suspiciously change the subject and break my concentration As I dump the bottle out and I count the Advil up again? Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thought Have some respect for someone more decrepit than yourself And I'm not done And I won't be till my head falls off Hitting every pocket on my shirt, pants and overcoat And I'm hitting them again but I don't know where I put my notes Clearing my throat, and gripping the lectern I smile and face my audience Clearing his throat and smiling with his hands on the bathroom sink And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall I see stuff through the glass that I don't recognize at all And I'm not done And I won't be till my head falls off Though it may not be a long way off I'm not done talking yet I'm not done talking yet And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall I see a broken figure silhouetted on the wall And I'm not done And I won't be till my head falls off Though it may not be a long way off I won't be done until my head falls off

[@sakurachannel9624]

Why is he ripping the strings off of his guitar?

[@corylamond6294]

classic flansy

[@funnyusername8635]

I'm going out on a limb and saying it goes with the loss of control theme of the song.

[@joseppi1121]

cause it's punk as fuck

[@starsthesame]

hes just getting his freak on low key

[@sakurachannel9624]

@@starsthesame But he still rips the hell out of those strings. That's a nice quality es335