They Might Be Giants - Spoiler Alert - Official Video

[SpamNapkin]

The last thing I expected was for a song called "Spoiler Alert" to actually be GOOD. They Might Be Giants, you have exceeded my expectations once again.

[waywern2012]

thumbs up if you play AQW...

[MrThingie]

I saw the Avatars live. Was badass til the fuckin camera gave out. :(

[linkinpark4512]

who who

[thomasw011]

DUMBELDORE DIES.

[Cytoran]

AQW sent me here

[fiddledops]

@Cytoran Well, guess what? TMBG sent me here :D

[Cytoran]

@fiddledops lol :)

[Hetric111]

Every time this song ends i have to turn it back on, its addictive man.

[jahmatic1979]

A puppet porn musical! I found my genre finally :-)

[NinjaPirate77]

They're both married apparently. Good to know.

[MCOTIB]

Linnell’s ’nails look like a set of upper teeth, while Flansburgh appears to prefer the “Muppets” school of naked puppetry.

[YourFaceWillDie468]

Interesting juxtaposition of John and John's different styles of singing.

[Shuda7]

I think this video perfectly matches this song. It's kind of a sad song but like all their songs it's cheerful at the same time. The video totally adds the cheerfulness despite the dark lyrics.

[tredlow]

And that's why you don't write, make a phone call, search through the glove box, scratch your head and cover your eyes while driving.

[mattjindrak]

I could listen to this song on an endless loop and never get sick of it.

[PeppyTurtle3]

Am I the only one that finds John Flansburgh's gigantic hands a little creepy?

[Butlertron3000]

@PeppyTurtle3 They MIGHT be gigantic. Ya have something against people with gigantic hands? ;-D *show hands that can palm a basketball each*

[ohmycaribou]

Linnell has pretty fingernails.

[dogdrovenorth]

So John's in my left ear and John's in my right ear. Or is it the other way round?

[thomaswoelz]

Put your hand inside the puppet head!!

[bsautner1]

two thumbs up

[BlueFlashProductions]

I saw them perform this live in Rochester using puppets. It was awesome.

[SkotteMonroe]

@BlueFlashProductions I was totally there too, and it was totally awesome. totally. =) That was the best fFountains of Wayne concert ever!

[OpiumSapiens]

@alblaha They didn't make a video for "Dog Walker", as far as I know. :P

[amandanuchols]

Any song that can make successful use of a bass flute is a win. ;-)

[amandanuchols]

Any song that can make successful use of a bass flute is a win. ;-)

[TobyRush]

@easybeat77 It's an alto flute.

[alblaha]

Why did they make a video for the WORST song from the album? I wanna see a video for WHEN WILL YOU DIE!!!

[HomeStarRunnerTron]

Huh. I dunno about that-- I haven't stopped listening to this song since it debuted here on YouTube. Give it another shot, and listen to both halves of the harmony separately, and how their stories interconnect with each other. It's sort of a cyclical idea, where the beginning of the driver's story might've been the ending of the writer's story. Besides, that is one sweet... bass flute, I think.

[perspixx]

looks like Dan is having a good time.

[KeswickPinhead]

You can scream your fingers to the bone, I'm deaf to your complaints.

[Kinwish]

This song reminded me that Flansburgh is left-handed.

[Geekvolution]

I was going to glance at the lyrics while I watched this but I didn't have them handy.

[stickmeister0]

Only my right headphone works so I can only hear John! Or is that John?

[Jakdakson]

This song is just brilliant. The way the seemingly unrelated sets of lyrics play off each other is great, like when they both say "cover my eyes" at the same time. Try listening to the song using headphones sometime, but take one of them out to isolate only one of the Johns (then do it the other way around).

Anyway, it seems to be about two distracted drivers who are about to crash into each other at the end of the song. Very TMBG - upbeat music, dark but funny lyrics

[a1b2m13]

Spoiler alert, Join Us is going to be awesome!

[mattjindrak]

Why's it called "Spoiler Alert"?

[MagicTurtle643]

Such a brilliant and clever song.

[tfknouff]

@easybeat77 Give me a break, they're both wearing rings ! Sheesh !

[Drmushman]

Thumbs up, since you can't rate this video!

[osrevad]

@Drmushman I think they just changed it so you can rate it now.

[buriednexttoyou]

I love this song. So conceptually interesting, the way it plays with the form to tell the story. You guys are so great.

[depro9]

It reminds me of old school Sesame Street. really cool stuff!

[kaylenfalse]

I'm putting my foot down, enough puns already.

[nosaj56]

this is the true version on TMBG's channel.

[fmahalem]

oh tmbg, always impressing me with their stuff, i think this is the first song ever that is this way... two vocals singing something completly different and still sounds so good

[jessasong]

Hmm someone forgot to put their hand inside the puppet head.

[ReikoSpazz]

It took me a while, but I think I finally got a grasp on what they were going with for this video.

One of my favorite songs from the new album, and I'd actually say, one of my all time favorites. Like, its easily in my top 15.

[Tanctic]

The one on the right was rather handsome..

[stickmeister0]

I just have to put my FOOT down at this video!

Right guys? Right?

[TheEyegarian]

I gotta hand it to them, they have a great handle on music video making

[jacksonnicholls]

This was a little hard to handle.

[loadingscreens]

All of you people making puns are incredibly intelligent.

[Setzergabbini]

I love this, yet there's something odd with this video. I just can't put my "finger" on it.

[Luemas91]

Well I guess they don't need a hand, but it doesn't mean I won't give it to them.



[forgingiron123]

Well, this video might come in handy....

[mowdownjoe]

How about a hand for these guys? Huh?

[PersonMan1288]

First person to say that this video 'deserves a hand' gets shot.

[e199sigma]

Hoo, boy--the guys at lyrics.com are going to have their work cut out for them, writing these lyrics out!

[MrCraigjclark]

So, who had a hand in making this video?

[gemmi42]

@MrCraigjclark haha

[plattupus]

love



[wolfboy0723]

Love the song.

[Shuda7]

Well at least we saw their hands in a music video...

[Harley033]

Thank You! That is a great video and also my favorite song on the new album. So when are we gonna see the fan created video winner? I am anxiously awaiting your arrival in Colorado, but I just can't understand why you guys keep choosing Boulder instead of Denver....

[reverberate10]

@Harley033 The fan created video winner was posted on their Facebook page. I'd find it for you but I'm way to lazy.

[IdiosyncraticMermaid]

That was marvelous.

[orreso]

Wait, holy crap is that a bass flute at the end?

[HeyImBubProductions]

Very odd... But I like it! =D

[orreso]

this is not the first comment.

I love everything you two guys do, this song is no exception. The sillyness of the lyrics make me smile everytime I listen to a song