"everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful"

[godream]

Ah, the glories of reshelving. My local library, I've discovered, has the They Might Be Giants - Direct From Brooklyn DVD! (*cue eeeeeeeee!'s*) As well they should, seeing as John and John went to the town high school. I've been making my way through the music videos, most of which I haven't seen except off their website in a size not much bigger than a LJ icon, so I'm psyched. And I'd never seen "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" before (or a few others), and it's great.

I'm told once upon a time TMBG were staples of MTV. If they still were, maybe the channel wouldn't suck. Er. Let me rephrase with slightly less cynicism. This is already more interesting, entertaining, and funnier than the last DVD I watched, and I haven't even gotten to the end of the videos yet, let alone the special features (which include, among other things, the Tiny Toons TMBG videos). Granted, the last DVD I watched was "The Sweetest Thing" (don't even ask) -- but still. The videos are hilarious and creative and innovative and utterly about the music.

To summarize, all you Sudburians should rush to the Goodnow and get this. As soon as I'm done with it, that is. The rest of you, to amazon.com!

Comments

[merulina.livejournal.com]

I love the Tiny Toons TMBG videos! Do you know that when I first saw those I thought that the name of the band and the songs had been made up by Warner Bros? I had no idea of the wonder that is TMBG. I totally was able to answer a question on an Astronomy test because of the song "Why Does the Sun Shine?". And "Older" makes me giggle everytime I hear it.

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[godream.livejournal.com]

LOL -- actually, me too astronomy. "The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace, where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees..." They had a live video from a concert for that song in which their tour manager (who happened to be a fire eater) spent the song sticking torches down his throat and spitting out alcohol and setting it on fire. It was very amusing.

[rockopowder.livejournal.com]

I hate to break it to you but "they might be giants" does not que an "eeeeeeeeeeeeee"

[godream.livejournal.com]

Does too. :P