Tripod - Astronauts

[cantworkitout]

this is my favourite tripod song, so awesome, even if it weren't comical i think i'd still love it =D

[luchilenium]

@cantworkitout It actually is a really epic song, I love it.

[Direness]

That was kinda funny - the men who put the culture into yogurt...

[FatmanXVII]

Oh....dear...god...."You can't do bukake"....

...does anyone else know what that means? Cause thats.....very, very dirty....I'm surprised they allowed it on TV!

Love these guys, make me proud to be an Aussie

[xCpTsPaRkLZx]

@FatmanXVII There's more than one type of Bukkake. The one you're thinking of is the dirty sexual act... The Japanese version is a method of serving various types of noodles in Udon.

[FatmanXVII]

@xCpTsPaRkLZx OOOH! I see now!

I was just a bit wierded out. You know how sexual these guys can get

Thanking you!

[xCpTsPaRkLZx]

@FatmanXVII *in paticular, Udon.

[SimkinZero]

I like how the entire video is basically one long setup for a joke about nonsensical Japanese television.  Classic.

[Dogmantra2]

Part of me thinks this song is about casual racism and stereotyping (in that despite the fact they're "fascinated" with Japanese culture, it's reduced to ninjas, Tamagotchis, origami and tea) and that it's commentary on how we're desensitised to it. The other part of me thinks that the first part should shut up and that they just wanted to do a silly song about ninjas in space.

[jeanselina]

Sometimes I think their beautiful harmonies are wasted on silly songs, even though it's funny.

[WhatsmyNameJames]

Why does Scodd look like he's John Lennon?

[aworldofpayne]

"Fucking NASA red tape!"

[alkafrazin]

epic stuff

[cantworkitout]

easily the best tripod song ever... i love it! =D

[verylittleknowledge]

Two violinists meet on the street.

Violinist #1: "Our symphony orchestra is doing Mozart's concertos. We're getting great reviews."

Violinist #2: "I played in a song about how astronauts can't be ninjas."

[CR4TES]

@verylittleknowledge ~ Technically, it's a song about how NINJAS cannot be ASTRONAUTS.

[raiden9980]

@verylittleknowledge Actually i love the instrumental, would like just to have it... :-(

[kitchen8879]

i love tripod soooooo much i really want to go see there showsx in sydney omg i love u tripod 

[creamysodarevenge]

The first time I ever heard the word 'bukake' was in this song, haha.

[MediumOfSound]

sooo great yet soo stupid

[Carter3169]

I just love how serious their faces are, and the beautiful harmonies....so epic!!!

[Leunamex2]

love this song!! HAHA

[Muglez14]

Red herrings normally indicate something that's out of place, or intentionally leading you in the wrong direction.

Which is Japan from top to bottom.

[basherofnoggins]

@Muglez14 well, It's Japanese TV, anyway

[InsanebutnotaKILLER]

It has the same meaning as the ending in this version, it just not as well known.

[amenfire84]

at 50 seconds, Gatesy looks angelic, what with those godrays of light just shining behind his head :D

[IIGrayfoxII]

this version is not the same as the one on their album

[PhantomUmbie123]

that's not exactly unusual with a lot of comedy bands, like axis of awesome, etc

[ThisIsAnInsideJoke]

Great song. And Gatesy's just got the coolest rock voice!

2:12 - 2:21 he kinda sounds like Adam Pascal, actually.

[patebrisee]

bahaha, so true he does. But, Adam Pascal sounds like Barney the dinosaur in Without You OBCR. *shrugs*

[IIGrayfoxII]

you might depresserize like a germlin in microwave

[patebrisee]

omg. who arranged this?

[patronise]

Wow, great song already - but the strings take this into incredible territory.

[blankankle]

agreed as all hell

i dont usually get the feeling i get when listning to this song, but i got it

if that makes sense lol

[itachisinner]

whats bukkake?

[Derangedmonkey666]

form of porn. google it

[Nyandra]

Yes, he said bukkake.

There is actually a japanese astronaut right now, he's working for NASA! I linked this video to the news articles in the comments, if you want to look it up, it's a site called Notnegativenews

[cazredesnamreb]

Yeah but the question was why there isn't a Japanese space program.

[lyallsf]

I'm shocked Tripod didn't know (given their lovable nerdiness) Japan has a space program. They have astronauts and built one of the modules of the international space station.

Google JAXA or check out jaxachannel on YouTube.

I'll concede a tea ceremony in space would be challenging however I'm sure the Japanese could invent a way to do it with technology :)

[blankankle]

this song was writen quite a few years ago

i think the reason they're singing this is because of the string section which works perfectly with the song

[PhantomUmbie123]

they wrote this and many other of their songs (performed on The Sideshow) were written in 2007. soz! i'm just obsessed with the show and all the performers! :-)

[bareakon]

scod looks like lemmy in this vid

[DevanLund]

No, he looks looks like one of the Bee Gees when they have to read small type.

[creamysodarevenge]

I love this song. Even though it's funny, the tune has a serious tune to it and draws you in. I'm addicted to it now :P

[welshgemlou]

i kno - I was humming this in the shop today, it stays with u

[funtommy]

i know i was hummining it in school and then i started singining it and everyone in class stared at me like i was an idiot. lol!

[akilimatsu]

lol, is that like yonnie's fav shirt?

[Samuijin]

OMFG, they said BUKKAKE? I always thought it was "kabuki"! *shudders*

[Sticklah]

When do they say this?

[Samuijin]

4:08, unless I misheard grievously..

[funtommy]

i know what you're all wondering have tripod ever been to japan!!!! WTF are they thinking when they write these songs!!! lol tripod rocks

[Whuphlungpu]

:31 Gatesy looks like Sam from Lord of the Rings

[maskedracoon2]

nice reference to 'Gremlins' in there

=)

[firebolt121]

and gatesy's face when he sings it! lol

[boolista]

There is a japanese space program called JAXA.

[Sez9591]

can gatesy get much hotter?

[TheDoctor947]

yes yes he can....!!! :)

[ReneeConfetti]

Scod looks like that guy from the Bee Gee's all unshaven hahah

[snapefanno1]

watch 'too many remotes' they actually refer to that....

:P

[akilimatsu]

he looks like graeme from the goodies too

[falldownandout]

2:19.

[turducken]

I love that Tripod songs sound good even without the fact that they're funny. They're just nice songs to listen to.

[cazzle80]

this is an awsome song, scod looks cute scruffy & gatesy is just hot

[c13diz]

If there are any Doctor Who fans that read this...Who thinks that Gatesy looks like The Master? (John Simm) Lol, I do!

[merillupin]

Yeah... he kinda does... I didn't notice until you said that but he totally does.

[jibblegit]

hehe yea

[c13diz]

Wow! Gatesy looks incredible in this clip!

[Muglez]

He does indeed.

"Hey, the Todd appreciates hot regardless of gender."

[Froglet125]

The Skithouse version of this song is now up.

[Yohanli86]

tripod are awesome! thx for the upload. yet still i wish 'downunder' that they did with collin hay was still around..it got removed or something?

[ladypercy]

It'll take a while but I'll try to work on getting some of the earlier clips up as well.

[Yohanli86]

thx me lady :) really apriciate it!

[falldownandout]

what's going on between gatesy and scod from 3:30 to 3:37?

[firebolt121]

lol i dunno, didnt notice

[Randomosity666]

Scod is doing a backing whisper and can't keep up with what is being said, and Gatesy was just looking at him like he was a tool. It was wonderful!

[turducken]

I think it's supposed to be referencing David Bowie's whispering thing. Cos this is kind of in the style of Space Odyssey.

[lolsista]

like the other person who recorded it i did too but i got over an hour of netball and it really annoyed me.

[lolsista]

if it's possible change the name of the song to astronauts instead of Japan because that's not the name of the song. Still, thanks for uploading it. Yons so cute.

[ladypercy]

yup, sure will change it. I'm a new fan to them and i have to guess as to some of the titles, thanks.

[falldownandout]

i want scod.

[ZeroArmour]

Timeslot change really F'd me up. Had to tape it coz I was busy, next day I find I've got an hour of netball!

[codfishy]

thanks for posting this! i missed it again this week @_@ darn the different timeslot! messed me all up!!

you rule the virtual world for all the tripod love you provide =D kudos to you!!

[villageidiot500]

as usual, shit gatesy looks hot. even with his moe. go moevember!

[morgancheese]

heehee thats what i thought as soon as i saw him i actually yelled: "Gatesy's doing Movember!!!"

[villageidiot500]

i was like "WOOOOOOO!" good on him