They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng (BEST QUALITY Official Music Video)

From They Might Be Giants' album 'Lincoln.'
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Make a hole with a gun perpendicular
To the name of this town in a desk-top globe
Exit wound in a foreign nation
Showing the home of the one this was written for
My apartment looks upside down from there
Water spirals the wrong way out the sink
And her voice is a backwards record
It's like a whirlpool and it never ends
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each others majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
All alone at the sixty-four World's Fair
Eighty dolls singing small girl after all
Who was at the Dupont Pavilion?
Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?
Or the time when the storm tangled up the wire
To the horn on the pole at the bus depot
And in the back of the edge of hearing
These are the words the voice was repeating
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each others majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge,
I don't want the world, I just want your half
They don't need me here, and I know you're there (don't need me)
Where the world goes by like the humid air (world goes by)
And it sticks like a broken record
Everything sticks like a broken record
Everything sticks until it goes away (it goes home)
And the truth is, we don't know anything (don't know)
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each others majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each others majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each others majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
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[@Eddemer]

2:19 me and the boys heading to walk in the glow of each others majestic presence

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

Me and the boys going down to Cowtown

[@sodacrush3052]

(The cows are into us)

[@KillaB777]

(And they live beneath the ocean)

[@ronan-outoftime]

(that's where we will be beneath the waves)

[@arcococoa]

can you favourite youtube comments?

[@EpikDollar]

me and my friend stopped talking to eachother. then i started listening to TMBG and the moment i played this song he messaged me again

[@KrazyKaiser]

Holy shit they are playing the card game Touring, a card game about going for a leisure drive in your car from like 1920. That is some obscure shit.

[@E4439Qv5]

Wait... they're playing _Mille Bornes?_ 😲

[@naturalnashuan]

@@E4439Qv5 Yes, it's the same game, I have both versions. It was one of my favorite games when I was a kid.

[@boydmanuel9257]

But the car drawn on that card looks to be late 1930s/early 1940s though.

[@wbfaulk]

Oh, I always assumed it was an early version of "Mille Bornes", but "Touring" is actually significantly older, and is definitely what those cards are from.

[@Dooklawz]

imo..these guys excel at brilliant obscurity!

[@spootymaniacs]

0:42 this dance is so stupid, i love it. im gonna dance like that from now on

[@00wzk]

anytime i listen to this song i dance like that

[@DashSpaceski]

I quit breakdancing just for this. 😂 Love TMBG forever. Shows are something else.

[@BlueCanaryNightLight]

I shall too

[@omnipop4936]

It is the dance of our people.

[@ThisIsAdamB]

Lincoln is now old enough to be president.

[@helix2331]

he was president for a while there!

[@Parzivle]

Knowing this information makes me happy for some reason

[@finscontingencyplan7005]

“They don’t need me here, and I know you’re there, where the world goes by like the humid air” is one of the most spooky, dream-like lyrics out of a lot of great contenders in their discog. It makes me nostalgic for something I can’t remember.

[@naturalnashuan]

Where your eyes don't go a filthy scarecrow waves its broomstick arms And does a parody of each unconscious thing you do When you turn around to look it's gone behind you On its face it's wearing your confused expression Where your eyes don't go ~ "Where Your Eyes Don't Go" TMBG This is their spookiest lyric to me.

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

@@naturalnashuan Neil Gaiman himself said that song is the scariest song he’s ever heard

[@samanthastudios618]

Makes me think I’m going to disappear and they’ll never find me

[@CableManEarl]

Everything sticks until it goes away, and the truth is we don't know anything

[@HighVybeTribe]

Droppin truth bombs everywhere 💪😎👍🙏😊

[@maezelbop]

Last time I was this early, TMBG still used a drum machine.

[@daviddobsch]

Maybe you should check in more often.

[@eokay7228]

the dance at 0:42 is MESMERIZING help me

[@damagedone2718]

SAME, i like that sing and video... i listen this everyday at night and i just fall in love to that song

[@mpm1125]

I watch it over and over again

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

The Johns’ dances make them look like the little wooden figures that come out of a cuckoo clock

[@computerfighter2000]

i agree

[@E4439Qv5]

Looks very animatronic to me.

[@hoibsh21]

These guys are full time existential detectives and part time musicians !

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

This is one of my all time favorite pieces of avant garde filmmaking

[@ZachGerlock]

As I write this comment this song is is 36 years old. A bit older than I am. Not sure the exact catalyst for when I became a TMBG fan, there were many avenues. Malcolm in the Middle, Homestar Runner, even Clarissa Explains it All. So many of their songs are so meaningful to me and so deep in me. I'm probably going to have Dr Worm stuck in my head as I die, and that brings me comfort. But this is my favorite TMBG song. I'm going to quote it in the best man speech I'm giving this week, and eventually my own wedding vows. What really impresses me about these guys is that they're still going, decades later. They'll stop when they're dead, and that's beautiful. They will still go on to write songs that are someone's favorite, even if this one is forgotten. That's a greater power than almost anyone in history has ever had, and I'm glad I was around to experience it.

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

I am amazed by how many different pieces of music they've contributed to pop culture, how they continue to attract new generations of listeners, and most of all how they have a deep personal respect for each other that's led to four decades of nonstop music career success.

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

That frantic, flailing run is so fun to replicate.

[@naturalnashuan]

After seeing them play a concert, my friends and I ran through New York City running like that. I still run that way. It's fun and always gets a laugh.

[@bryanbeck2144]

One of my all-time favorite songs ever in the history of all songs.

[@RM-bv1xm]

^^^^^^

[@snakes7303]

^^^^^

[@NormAppleton]

Ever heard of Jonathan Richman? He has a song.

[@SnufflySpy]

Frocking true

[@Potato-Eye]

Eating sushi right now in my hotel room watching this.... Everything reminds me of her...

[@davidhilse2846]

They're very witty. I also enjoy their use of melody. It transcends folk/pop and reaches into rarely explored children pop. It's a bold and entertaining turn on modern music.

[@boydmanuel9257]

So this is why my 11 year old self was instantly hooked.

[@tpbrcombo]

That’s a very interesting point. I’d never thought of that, but it’s true.

[@edmondsjc]

They don't need me here, and I know you're there.

[@leinsterUltra]

I always thought the lyrics were "where the world goes by like the human hair" but now I'm cured

[@andrewpurser8515]

My world is full of misheard lyrics! 😂

[@Dancerlayla-z6g]

I thought the same. Its better than hendrix, 'scuse me while i kiss this guy'

[@Umprella]

They've been known to sing it that way in concerts, so in that sense you were never actually wrong

[@Viva_Reverie]

This song is fantastic, but I also gotta say I love the music video a lot too! Super inventive and has such a unique vibe going for it

[@aciad1703]

are you sure it is not too slow?

[@milkonokemono]

jojo man looking at my shit humiliating but i love it

[@ulyssesflynn]

This song sucks ass

[@naturalnashuan]

I had their videos on a VHS tape that was produced in the 80s. This was one of my favorite videos on it. My friends and I danced like TMBG in high school back then. :)

[@averagesizedperson]

their breathing is wrong though!

[@Skorpio420]

Lincoln was my first introduction to TMBG. This brings back memories.

[@ScradeCottontail]

I accidentally spoke his first name aloud Trying to make it fit in with the lyrics of "Ana Ng" Worked like a charm

[@saintmoIIy]

!! here for the same reason :D

[@theo6426]

What do you mean?

[@ScradeCottontail]

"cute thing" by car seat headrest, near the end

[@AluminumOrGlass]

We're getting old When will we walk in each other's majestic presence? Listen, hear my words They're the ones you would think I would say if I was John Linnell Or trying to be John Linnell

[@zakbax]

i don't want the world i just want they might be giants next album

[@KrazyKaiser]

Book

[@zacherysittner9594]

TMBG makes so many people happy. Truly amazing how many loyal fans they have.

[@hauntednokia]

The first time I saw this, it changed my brain chemistry.

[@kingofwingo]

Relatable

[@joeschmoe2843]

Did it get replaced by a purple toupee, when summer brings you down?

[@boydmanuel9257]

The beginnings of my love for all things quirky and absurd…and the Johns’ too.

[@E4439Qv5]

​@@joeschmoe2843 Thanks for giving me another reference to hunt for.

[@normanclatcher]

​@@E4439Qv5 you don't have to go down very far on Lincoln to find it.

[@Law-of-EnTropy]

Make a hole with a gun perpendicular To the name of this town in a desk-top globe Exit wound in a foreign nation Showing the home of the one this was written for My apartment looks upside down from there Water spirals the wrong way out the sink And her voice is a backwards record It's like a whirlpool, and it never ends (An-) Ana Ng and I are getting old And we still haven't walked in the glow Of each other's majestic presence (Listen An-) Listen Ana hear my words They're the ones you would think I would say If there was a me for you All alone at the '64 World's Fair Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all" Who was at the DuPont Pavilion? Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there? Or the time when the storm tangled up the wire To the horn on the pole at the bus depot And in back of the edge of hearing These are the words that the voice was repeating: (An-) "Ana Ng and I are getting old And we still haven't walked in the glow Of each other's majestic presence (Listen An-) Listen Ana hear my words They're the ones you would think I would say If there was a me for you" When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge: "I don't want the world, I just want your half" They don't need me here and I know you're there (don't need me) Where the world goes by like the humid air (world goes by) And it sticks like a broken record Everything sticks like a broken record Everything sticks until it goes away And the truth is, we don't know anything (An-) Ana Ng and I are getting old And we still haven't walked in the glow Of each other's majestic presence (Listen An-) Listen Ana hear my words They're the ones you would think I would say If there was a me for you (An-) Ana Ng and I are getting old And we still haven't walked in the glow Of each other's majestic presence (Listen An-) Listen Ana hear my words They're the ones you would think I would say If there was a me for you (An-) Ana Ng and I are getting old And we still haven't walked in the glow Of each other's majestic presence (Listen An-) Listen Ana hear my words They're the ones you would think I would say If there was a me for you (An-) Ana Ng and I are getting old And we still haven't walked in the glow Of each other's majestic presence (Listen An-) Listen Ana hear my words They're the ones you would think I would say If there was a me for you

[@maxwellfarris5410]

Thank you.

[@jen204]

"Eighty dolls yelling small girl after all"

[@Law-of-EnTropy]

@@jen204 it's from their Fandom wiki

[@jen204]

@@Law-of-EnTropy It looks like the wiki has just been changed, or perhaps it's a different one (there are multiple TMBG entries on fandom.com)... but this link shows the "yelling small girl" line, and that's also very clearly what is sung in this video: lyrics.fandom.com/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants:Ana_Ng

[@dergos05]

@@Law-of-EnTropy "small girl after all" was what both John's heard when they went to the 1964 World's Fair instead of "small world after all"

[@vickyb3445]

Behind the upbeat rhythm, there's a heart aching to see their love again and walk in the glow of their majestic presence, knowing you might never get another chance.

[@mikegoleman5659]

This video is the most perfect music video in the history of everything. Every single frame is pure genius.

[@NxDoyle]

I'm loving these "vintage" uploads. I used to have the VHS tape of every video up to Istanbul. I watched it repeatedly. Linnell 2020.

[@ShimmySnail]

Been a fan since their self-titled album was on vinyl, but only ever seen a video in the last few weeks. Played their stuff on my overnight college station radio show. Capital. Love the Milles Bournes ref.

[@damagedone2718]

i like so much the momen on 2:26, when Linnell Falls down, it's so hit with song

[@DontLetsStartAPodcastAboutTMBG]

A work of art.

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

Possibly my favorite example of a music video where it doesn't directly reference the lyrics but it perfectly fits with the vibe of the song. Also a wonderful tribute to the idea of sci-fi kitsch. And skateboarding astronauts are the best kind of backup dancers.

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

I just realized this was the comments section for the Ana Ng video, not the Statue one. Oops. But I'm keeping the comment anyway because it rings true.

[@fromulus]

I watch this when I miss being a kid.

[@-thesignpainter9486]

Thanks, Will. This is pretty good

[@PoorFoxface]

I've been loving the remastered first album, and I'm really hoping there's a remaster for Lincoln in the works. It's been wonderful listening to the Pink Album again -- I can really hear the care that was taken to bring out the best in the tracks -- and I'd love to hear its sibling album given the same care and attention. Loving the HQ music video reposts, too, which is incidentally what got me thinking about how good a Lincoln remaster would be.

[@salamurai]

You're in luck -- The Lincoln remaster was released in October 2018. At the time, only on vinyl, but it's in digital on the TMBG Bandcamp!

[@PoorFoxface]

@@salamurai Thanks for the heads up! It'll be really nice to dive back into Lincoln like I did the Pink Album when that remaster dropped. Clearly I'll have to keep an eye on their Bandcamp in future!

[@officer_raymond7562]

This song is the best way to relax on a saturday night

[@naturalnashuan]

My husband and I have a tradition of playing TMBG albums in the car and singing with them every time we take a long car trip.

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

@@naturalnashuanI do this too, John Henry is like my favorite driving album ever

[@darknesskingsized8996]

We need more TMBG videos with coordinated dancing.

[@boydmanuel9257]

Purple Toupee?

[@darknesskingsized8996]

@@boydmanuel9257 That's a good one

[@michaelspencer1901]

"I don't want the world, I just want your hat." Sheer genius!!!

[@AndrewTBP]

Half I just want your half

[@BeatlesBowieKrimson]

All of a sudden, I needed to hear this song.

[@robertmoffitt351]

"I don't want the world. I just want your half."

[@michaelscreen6921]

A criminally underrated outfit. They occupy the same kind of space as the Sparks brothers Russel and Ron Mael

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

They're playing Hollywood Bowl with Sparks next month!!!

[@silly_billy_puppet]

when i first watched this i always thought " oh,, the guy with the glasses is singing!! " now i know that it's actually john linnell singing,, not john flansburgh ( i was half right due to the fact linnell does wear glasses, just not here )

[@tannerin]

one of the greatest songs of the 80s and possibly ever?

[@kornobi_3165]

I start jumping up and down when John starts the manic piano intro for this classic during the I like fun tour; I am so excited for everyone cause I know its coming!

[@MisterAppleEsq]

Aw, They didn't play anything from Lincoln when I saw Them.

[@naturalnashuan]

I saw them twice in the 80s, it was a lot of fun and dancing. They gave my friends and I a "thank you for coming and suffering!" shout-out because we were stuck in terrible obscured seats in one venue

[@3MenAndALetsPlay]

As a kid I got an Mtv greatest hits cassette, this was one of the tracks and I loved it. Been a fan ever since and never looked back. -Pierce

[@DiceRobo]

Excelent video, My favorite song! Would shoot globe again.

[@echardcore]

One of my faves.

[@snarkyguy2657]

One of my favorite songs ever.

[@IlRincreTeam]

I can't believe how fitting (and GOOD) the video is for this song

[@LuckyPunkProd]

My favorite song from the "Lincoln" album.

[@the_color_of_infinity]

top 10 songs to scamper around to

[@polygawn]

WOO ITS BACK

[@computerfighter2000]

the infection has begun. they are in my brain & they won't get out.

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

Enjoy. This is one of the best possible bands to be obsessed with. There's a reason why many of their fans have stuck with them for decades.

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

"SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL"

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

even though it clearly says Girl

[@naturalnashuan]

@@LordmonkeyTRM Yes, they were singing, "Small girl after all." I think it is a play on, "It's a Small World."

[@catricktv4734]

This band rocks so much!!!

[@Thekowaikaiju]

Thank you, Star Fucking Hipsters for introducing me to this. lol

[@StereoTyp0]

Majestic presence!

[@isjoe10]

Really a timeless looking video.

[@BrickTsar]

Glad you’ve been putting up the better quality updates. See you at the Bowery in 2020

[@mr-misty-eyed3298]

This video and location on it like a just another dream, i like this song so much

[@grahamclews1571]

My fave TMBG tune

[@maokai09]

Thank you

[@nightshade1807]

Ana ang and I

[@IsaacAllison]

0:05 Hello?

[@luisfersotelo7242]

Thanks for posting this video full quality!! You are doing godswork here

[@ValenciaOranges]

I love this song so much, initially I was mostly just drawn to it because of my name lmao

[@AceHardy]

👑

[@GoodMrDawes]

Awesome

[@torta31]

God they're so cool

[@torta31]

I ❤️ tmbg

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

I lived in sin before I discovered TMBG.

[@fictionaliza]

PERFECT

[@schoolybear1]

Masterpiece song and video. Masterpiece. 172K views? What the F**K?

[@offroad3607]

Get well soon guys. ❤

[@Duke6564]

This song is rock perfection!

[@LostHatProductions]

Best choreography in a music vid ever?

[@mtay780]

Still not other compares to TMBG

[@Aramanth]

First saw this on _120 Minutes_ on MTV in the 80s!

[@DJProfessorDan]

Welcome to an episode of The DJ Professor Dan Takes Points Off For Utterly Unreasonable Reasons Show! In 2002, They Might Be Giants released a Greatest Hits package, titled “Dial-A-Song.” You know why it was titled “Dial-A-Song” right? Because they offered a “Dial-A-Song” phone service, and every day between 1983 and 2006 they would write a new song and record it on their answering machine. A lot of people are obsessed with They Might Be Giants, and with publicity stunts/conceptual art projects like that, you can very much understand why. Anyway, the compilation contained liner notes. Or more accurately an essay. Or even more accurately, a book. Written by - ironically given the name of today’s song - Sarah Vowell, who claimed - and I am paraphrasing here from memory because I can't find my copy, I probably sold it - that They Might Be Giants were a new kind of band. A band that you might actually want to be friends with. A band that, and I’m pretty sure I’m quoting this correctly, “knows stuff.” Now, “Ana Ng” was apparently written because John (not to be mistaken for John… they are both called John) was looking for song ideas in the New York Telephone directory - as you do - and found entire pages filled with the name Ng. He needed to know how to pronounce it, so he called one of them up, a Doctor, Doctor Ng whose answering machine said: “They call me Dr Ng. Good morning. How are you? I’m Doctor Ng. I’m interested in things. I’m not a real doctor, but I am a real Ng, I am an actual Ng, oh sorry that’s a different song.” Now Ng is a Vietnamese name, and here’s where I have a problem. “My apartment looks upside down from there, water spirals the wrong way out the sink” Can you see the problem? John is clearly under the impression that Vietnam is in the Southern Hemisphere!! Now usually I’d let this slide, but They Might Be Giants are, to probably incorrectly quote Sarah Vowell once again, a band who “knows stuff.” That’s their thing! They know for example that: “The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace, where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.” Although that song was a cover. They also know that: “Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople, been a long time gone, Constantinople, now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night” Although come to think of it, that was a cover as well. The point is that They Might Be Giants, the band that knows stuff, don’t know everything, and for that I’m docking a point. “Ana Ng” is a 9

[@goodmaro]

You got a problem with *that?* I'm trying to figure out if it's "small girl atter all" because singing "small world after all" (as at the Pepsi pavilion) would've been a copyright problem -- or if they were making a joke.

[@thomformichigan]

I thought it was the DuPont pavilion.

[@thomformichigan]

Cut em some slack. They just got back from Cow Town, beneath the waves, sporting a purple tupee' before that they didn't know the way. Plus they did encounter a statue that got them high. Could have just been a bad day so Don't don't don't

[@StringedGuitar17]

The narrator of the song lives in Peru, duh.

[@lolol9199]

when will we walk in each other's majestic presence? listen, hear my words they're the ones you would think i would say if i was john linnell or trying to be john linnell

[@shaftjerker3000]

god i love tmbg' music videos so much

[@__beanfeast__]

Your comment is the first time I’ve seen someone carry the concluding apostrophe in the plural of a word ending in s to the initialisation. That’s cool.

[@DZVtornado]

I want to believe this was Wes Anderson's art school film project

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

Was actually from Adam Bernstein, who worked on Adventures of Pete and Pete and Breaking Bad!

[@garrett6076]

KZbin algorithm is so interesting. It seemed to have a noticed a connection between TMBG Ana NG and Elastica- Connection. now there is a weird glitch in the comments and although i am on the page for Elastica, these seem to be the comments to TMBG. I'm pretty sure KZbin's algorithm is sentient and trying to communicate.

[@cardboard-boxgames9308]

Love the high quality but I miss the wee titles at the beginning

[@laurabeane8862]

If there Was a Me for You

[@illuminotmereloaded6896]

Circa late 1992 - early 1993, I’m in 9th Grade when I hear this for the first time. Without the aid of the infernet or the lyric sheet here is what I heard “I don’t want the world, I just want to wear a hat.”

[@bigchinneddad]

Tied with Puppet Head as the best TMBG music video

[@sparrowx4442]

Anyone else here because of finding "The Best of MTV 120 Minutes Volume 1" on the free shelf of a thrift shop?

[@lesliesolomon2808]

No, but 120 Minutes is exactly where I first heard this song back on my college days.

[@j0hn0b]

i remember singing this at camp yawgoog

[@professoroak5162]

“Oh great, I’m surrounded by old people.”

[@naturalnashuan]

I'm only 50! 😅

[@thebrutusmars]

Who’s the general that Flansy holds a picture of around 1:37?

[@tiberiuswise]

Brigadier General Ralph Hospital. Flansy's maternal grandfather.

[@computerfighter2000]

hooray

[@PaulGorduiz106]

Thanks Penny from WarioWare

[@RoyUThead]

🔑🌹

[@jetblackrecords5540]

I know that fella

[@maxwellfarris5410]

I tapped so fast.

[@mobius273]

this video is what anxiety feels like

[@ernzilla1533]

Ye

[@johnbolton292]

I have been fortunate in life in many regards. God has blessed me. John and John would probably agree. In case you've forgotten, God loves you. Jesus loves you. On your journey beware of traps and snares. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

[@saintsea-hat7891]

They’re the words you would think I would say if I was John Linnell (or tryna be John Linnell)…

[@alyoshaproductions]

Who directed this?

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

Adam Bernstein. Also directed Adventures of Pete and Pete.