"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?
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...
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
*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.
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
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@
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
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
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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.
Especially if they ask them like that...
@@JasonBarrettePiano ESPECIALLY Linnell! Flans looks a little bit unhinged, but jeez!
"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?
I feel like this was the thing that traumatized Neil Cicierega as a child
Traumatized? I think you mean enchanted. But not in like the whimsical way, in the "compelled and changed in some unknowable arcane way" way
*wheeze*
TMBG, Devo and Talking Heads all ganged up and beat the shit out of Neil lmao
@@seaotter4439 i feel like his music resembles Oingo Boingo more than Devo
@@mobius273 yes.
i am on the verge of tears in a really good way
You and me both
My God.... they're so YOUNG!!!! 80's TMBG rules!
I bought a phone card so I could call dial-a-song when I was a kid.
That Linnell smile at the end.... haunting
Miles ahead of the ASMR curve. Absolute visionaries.
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...
Surely you have found a 3/4" deck by now. TH-cam *needs* that video.
3/4” tape! Wow. Now there’s a term/reference you don’t hear nowadays.
WE NEED THAT VIDEO
3:23 linnells face lmao
Flansburgh is the real Batman.
@@thohangst enough talk, joker... let's rock
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
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.
Do you still happen to have those tapes? that would be super cool to get those online
3:18 -- Linnell's expression.. killing me, here.. XD
I remember watching this when it first aired, and I've been listening to you guys ever since.
This is awesome. I'm so glad I found this.
The part at the end... 😂😂😂😂I love them so much. ❤❤
This is beautiful
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.
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.
@@Charlie5L Probably more accurate, I haven't been doing my ear training.
@@Charlie5L You are correct. The 4th chord is an A minor 7, not A major 7.
Face
Fabd
Egbd
Egac
THE FU-
Dfgb
CEGC
This is beyond the coolest thing I've seen..
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.
I get the feeling they are being deliberately creepy :)
Oh they definitely are 💀
the start has very nice chill vibes, and then WHAM 1990s! WACKY! ZING!
Their little song at the beginning is so nostalgic…I don’t know why.
"we're tmbg on your crocs"
0:56 says "do you want a llama" in the captions.
the segment at 2:58 has such a massive grip on my brain
dammit i wanted to hear don't lets start! well, i still thoroughly enjoyed that
I knew hotel detectives art style was similar to Nickelodeon somehow. Didn’t know it was the same guy that did the dinosaur bumper
2:57 for TMBG ASMR
Crying laughing at that final scene
did TMBG invent on demand music streaming with Dial-A-Song??
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
*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.
The accordion at the beginning kinda sounds like Kiss Me Son of God
They're gonna show every video they ever made? Oh dag, Nick Rocks got "Rabid Child"? :-P
The announcer introducing them 😆😲
Jerma looks like both the Johns morphed into one person
hee they sound so nervous xD
The buy it here is broken. Shame because my copy got scratched.
"Those wacky dudes" 😂
hahaha... how aDORable are they!
I wish i was around for this. Born in the wrong era.
Be happy that you were born in the wrong generation. Seriously.
@ALXXMaXX 1:04 says "those wacky jews from they might be giants are ready to take over in a garage"
It’s “wacky dudes”
@@averyrizzolo9082 LMAO
I guess Nickelodeon was trying to get on the MTV band wagon.
Same media company..... Nickelodeon was re-branded in 1984 when MTV Networks took over.
They both bounced off each other..I vividly remember watching Ren & Stimpy on MTV in the early 90s as a kid
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
A normal phone number on a normal phone.....oohhh I miss those days.....
Tim & Eric
You'll actually find....... That Nick......... In fact....... /Runs/........
Let me tell you something, Robert Holt. You know what you're fucking talking about.
(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'. :-( )
The tall John looks and sounds like nerdy Ryan Reynolds.
"yep! its those wacky dudes from THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (TRADEMARK, RIGHTS RESERVED)"
this video is so
They shouLd add spongebob To The gianTs
they made a song for the spongebob musical
omg nickelodeon if it was good
YEAH THOSE WACKY DUDES FROM THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ARE READY TO TAKE OVER NICK ROCKS 🗣🗣📢📢📢
no way this is real
Ha😂I love it
i love kiss me son of god
Note Chords to intero
FACE
FABD
EGBD
EGAC
DFAC
DFGB
CEGC
gene loves jezebelle? like from the mountain goats?
Fmin7 Bdmaj7 Emin7 Amin7 Dmin7 G7 Cmaj7
they didn't sing my type of music
I hate you
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@
Are you kidding? They Might Be Giants was quite popular, and in no way a one hit wonder.
well maybe not one hit wonders. that wasn't my genre of music.
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
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
Guess it's because that's not my Genre of music
2:16 LINNELL WAS SO HOT HERE