TMBG on Nick Rocks - They Might Be Giants

[@scadinaut]

I feel like this was the thing that traumatized Neil Cicierega as a child

[@mobius273]

Traumatized? I think you mean enchanted. But not in like the whimsical way, in the "compelled and changed in some unknowable arcane way" way

[@mxdify7600]

*wheeze*

[@seaotter4439]

TMBG, Devo and Talking Heads all ganged up and beat the shit out of Neil lmao

[@jfdsjkre3243]

@@seaotter4439 i feel like his music resembles Oingo Boingo more than Devo

[@snakes7303]

@@mobius273 yes.

[@railtank]

I know if I was a parent I sure as hell wouldn't let my kids take out a pencil and paper to write down clues. It's a good thing they make them ask.

[@JasonBarrettePiano]

Especially if they ask them like that...

[@helix2331]

@@JasonBarrettePiano ESPECIALLY Linnell! Flans looks a little bit unhinged, but jeez!

[@jmrabinez9254]

"I know if I was a parent I sure as hell wouldn't let my kids take out a pencil and paper to write down clues." 1.- Why do you say so? "It's a good thing they make them ask." 2.- Why?

[@dylannoah123]

i am on the verge of tears in a really good way

[@AisforArtemis]

You and me both

[@sheekaloca]

I bought a phone card so I could call dial-a-song when I was a kid.

[@drdst17]

My God.... they're so YOUNG!!!! 80's TMBG rules!

[@evilskeever]

That Linnell smile at the end.... haunting

[@jaerivus]

Miles ahead of the ASMR curve. Absolute visionaries.

[@nixonbubble]

3:23 linnells face lmao

[@thohangst]

Flansburgh is the real Batman.

[@nixonbubble]

@@thohangst enough talk, joker... let's rock

[@rebeccacoffey454]

I taped this on my VCR (I always taped Nick Rocks), and this is how I became a HUGE fan. Think they look young? I was a little girl! Now I'm an old lady! LOL

[@SpitMutant]

I love them and I'm 15. My mom played their kids albums for me when I was young and I remember thinking that's all they did lol. When I found out they were an actual band I was super happy and they are currently my favorite band. I'm totally showing them to my kids once I get married and start a family cause I want them to be known through many generations.

[@PinataTime]

Do you still happen to have those tapes? that would be super cool to get those online

[@TrueSoreThumb]

3:18 -- Linnell's expression.. killing me, here.. XD

[@neilkrupnick8653]

I'm so glad you guys preserved this great moment in Nick Rocks (Nick Rocks, Nick Rocks, Nick Rocks) history. Somewhere I have a 3/4" of the first show you guys did for us featuring a great live version of "Cowtown". Now if only I had a 3/4" deck...

[@bearleft]

Surely you have found a 3/4" deck by now. KZbin *needs* that video.

[@boydmanuel9257]

3/4” tape! Wow. Now there’s a term/reference you don’t hear nowadays.

[@berrypepperroni7708]

WE NEED THAT VIDEO

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

I remember watching this when it first aired, and I've been listening to you guys ever since.

[@crazysingingchick]

The part at the end... 😂😂😂😂I love them so much. ❤❤

[@Realwessharpe]

This is beautiful

[@samuelcastelli5782]

This is awesome. I'm so glad I found this.

[@Riggs_-gs7bf]

This is beyond the coolest thing I've seen..

[@Jimmy-cv2js]

I have played that exact chord progression he does at the beginning. Fmin7 Bdmaj7 Emin7 A7 Dmin7 G7 Cmaj7 He had to have played something along those lines.

[@Charlie5L]

It's close, what I got was (at least judging by piano keys) C: Fmaj7 Bdim7/F Em7 Am7/E Dm7 G7/D Cmaj7 It's pretty much a descending 5ths progression, if the bass notes from the second, fourth, and sixth chords of the progression weren't inverted.

[@Jimmy-cv2js]

@@Charlie5L Probably more accurate, I haven't been doing my ear training.

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

@@Charlie5L You are correct. The 4th chord is an A minor 7, not A major 7.

[@LiamMajko]

Face Fabd Egbd Egac THE FU- Dfgb CEGC

[@leverettrailfan5414]

Ah, yes- at my house is the same LP that both these songs were on, the 1986 debut album. It's funny, I had mostly just heard the '90s stuff when I was younger, though all this time we must have had more. At. Any rate, even if I don't absolutely love every TMBG song I've ever heard, ever since I got into playing records, I've started to find that there is a very important aspect in music with listening to the entire album. No skipping around. Just listen to the full Album.

[@helix2331]

the start has very nice chill vibes, and then WHAM 1990s! WACKY! ZING!

[@ThreadBomb]

I get the feeling they are being deliberately creepy :)

[@AisforArtemis]

Oh they definitely are 💀

[@theforklord9463]

"we're tmbg on your crocs"

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

Their little song at the beginning is so nostalgic…I don’t know why.

[@ALXXMaXX]

0:56 says "do you want a llama" in the captions.

[@thecalmboi4236]

the segment at 2:58 has such a massive grip on my brain

[@jessss27]

Crying laughing at that final scene

[@theninjahackermanguydude]

I knew hotel detectives art style was similar to Nickelodeon somehow. Didn’t know it was the same guy that did the dinosaur bumper

[@Eebers]

dammit i wanted to hear don't lets start! well, i still thoroughly enjoyed that

[@ZergRushJohnny]

2:57 for TMBG ASMR

[@SecretTimeWarp]

*shrug* Because for some bizarre reason, it's like TMBG's big hidden shame that they refuse to discuss, despite the fact that it's just Flansburgh lip-syncing the song in his apartment and fans have been begging to see it for years.

[@yoshi5I4]

I knew they had The Courage The Cowardly Dog song with a little music video on Cartoon Network when I was a kid (my introduction to this amazing band), they do The Hot Dog Dance song for Mickey’s Playhouse I know this because of my daughter, but I never knew they also did something with Nickelodeon. One of the few artists associated with the three big children’s channel I’m not surprised about this at all

[@stanley-allen]

The announcer introducing them 😆😲

[@JunkyardBashSteve]

did TMBG invent on demand music streaming with Dial-A-Song??

[@squwooshk]

The accordion at the beginning kinda sounds like Kiss Me Son of God

[@SecretTimeWarp]

They're gonna show every video they ever made? Oh dag, Nick Rocks got "Rabid Child"? :-P

[@ladysquier]

hee they sound so nervous xD

[@rattyeely]

"Those wacky dudes" 😂

[@butteredlime329]

Jerma looks like both the Johns morphed into one person

[@JosephObeahon]

I wish i was around for this. Born in the wrong era.

[@dylaninpieces2]

Be happy that you were born in the wrong generation. Seriously.

[@bonniebickett4520]

A normal phone number on a normal phone.....oohhh I miss those days.....

[@LostHatProductions]

The buy it here is broken. Shame because my copy got scratched.

[@epcotman32]

I guess Nickelodeon was trying to get on the MTV band wagon.

[@Donkey_Lips]

Same media company..... Nickelodeon was re-branded in 1984 when MTV Networks took over.

[@TRJ2241987]

They both bounced off each other..I vividly remember watching Ren & Stimpy on MTV in the early 90s as a kid

[@badbinb]

hahaha... how aDORable are they!

[@BOBandRyProductions]

@ALXXMaXX 1:04 says "those wacky jews from they might be giants are ready to take over in a garage"

[@averyrizzolo9082]

It’s “wacky dudes”

[@AisforArtemis]

@@averyrizzolo9082 LMAO

[@TrueAmericanPatriotMANGA]

Tim & Eric

[@SecretTimeWarp]

So would a lot of us. Their original producer from the time even told me it's not offensive, objectionable, or anything - the Johns just don't like it. Thirty years of dodging the topic seems a bit strong for just not liking it, you know? :-P

[@robertholt3996]

You'll actually find....... That Nick......... In fact....... /Runs/........

[@TheBags]

Let me tell you something, Robert Holt. You know what you're fucking talking about.

[@irene1234]

The tall John looks and sounds like nerdy Ryan Reynolds.

[@computerfighter2000]

YEAH THOSE WACKY DUDES FROM THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ARE READY TO TAKE OVER NICK ROCKS 🗣🗣📢📢📢

[@computerfighter2000]

this video is so

[@SecretTimeWarp]

(I get the feeling I probably pissed TMBG off with this comment... I've always been led to believe they frown on mentions of 'that video'. :-( )

[@computerfighter2000]

omg nickelodeon if it was good

[@jaredallenramos4715]

They shouLd add spongebob To The gianTs

[@poptart27]

they made a song for the spongebob musical

[@computerfighter2000]

no way this is real

[@reginalynnbush]

Ha😂I love it

[@imlxh7126]

i love kiss me son of god

[@LiamMajko]

Note Chords to intero FACE FABD EGBD EGAC DFAC DFGB CEGC

[@unabonger2876]

gene loves jezebelle? like from the mountain goats?

[@EwanMajko]

Fmin7 Bdmaj7 Emin7 Amin7 Dmin7 G7 Cmaj7

[@1dbedfo]

they didn't sing my type of music

[@justinstrider2748]

I hate you

[@1dbedfo]

they must have been a One Hit Wonder. because i .dont remember them. wow, thats ancient, no texting or emailing the show. Get your parents permission to call..lol We were in the stone ages@

[@jdolandev]

Are you kidding? They Might Be Giants was quite popular, and in no way a one hit wonder.

[@1dbedfo]

well maybe not one hit wonders. that wasn't my genre of music.

[@BedroomScenesMovie]

Jerod B How you managed to miss that TMBG have spent the last thirty years winning Grammies, getting loads of acclaim, and selling out concerts to this day, I have no clue. XD

[@Donkey_Lips]

I get the parents permission to call when 900 numbers and hotlines were common.... but getting "parents permission" for taking notes was a bit much. lol

[@1dbedfo]

Guess it's because that's not my Genre of music

[@bugpiss]

2:16 LINNELL WAS SO HOT HERE