Oingo Boingo - Private Life

[burtonrules123]

who could have guessed in there wildest dreams that he would go on to write some of the most amazing film music, like batman movies, edward scissorhands, dick tracy etc.

[Omgwtfbbqrofllol]

His film scores have included Pee Wees Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman 1 & 2, Edward Scissorhands, Good Will Hunting, Mission Impossible, Men in Black 1 & 2, Spider-Man 1 & 2, Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Wanted, Hellboy 2 and dozens more. Danny also wrote the themes for more than a dozen TV series, including The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, Desperate Housewives, Tales from the Crypt, Sledge Hammer!, and The Flash (TV series).

[burtonrules123]

lol where is that parody of this song when someone put "my heart will go on" to this video? that was hysterical!

[aandddesign]

ever heard theme music of "The Simpsons"; guess who!

[chicoquadcore]

Um... Danny Elfman did that one

[aandddesign]

I will be buried w/i this!

[adda89]

the faces elfman pulls in these videos creeps me out a bit

[lovesGenet]

WOw .what a gorgeous lyrical shape and line and amazing arrangements .this man had the genius and skills early on.

Like an ellington doing punk,ska,country.rockabilly. god and the lyrics are so knowing,poignantas depressing really if u hear them but this frentic partyrock is so ironic a cover for da words.I love this band!!!

[Decay0]

What a brilliantly catchy song by them. My favorite by far.

[ponfarr69]

Come and get me outta here!

[linzoy]

is it wrong that this cheesy song makes me feel bad for myself?

[bossoftheplains]

no, danny elfman knows whats up, or down rather

[rooster62379]

no it made me feel the same way

[Isawanangel1X]

OMG he's so amazing!

[hootyhaha]

Friggen Universal Crap! You blocked the damn video with your selfish a*&*& emberdder blocker and it knocked off the synch. Freakin Universal Retards!

[iluvagothkenny]

oh lawd he makes sure we know that that's HIS stuff

[MisterMisanthrope]

Bad lip-synching. Intentional?

[IchigoAnt]

Danny was infamously horrible at that.

[carissaeking94]

PURE GENIUS

[phantomchik]

2:48..... HELLOOO HOTTT STUFF!! :D <3

[randomlylyrical]

I think Carrot Top stole his look from Danny Elfman

[Despina838]

However, he forgot to steal the "sexy" part.

[twilight9202]

why oingo boingo to orchestra & burton... ??

[SDWoody]

Boingo quit in 1995 after Danny Elfman's hearing went (geneticly disposed to hearing loss) Elfman and Burton are good friends so Elfman agreed to score him movies so he could stay musically creative and not have to tour. Unfortunately, there will be no Boingo reunion, ever.

[djwaugust]

That is really, really disappointing to hear. I will now go kick something.

[SavageBezerkEclipse]

hahaha!

[Daddybopper]

I feel 25 years younger. I would like to go crazy jumping on my bed but i am afraid to break a bone and my wife would think i lost it.

[sailorpunkgirl]

lolzers im 15 and my parents introduced this band to me (isnt danny a fox?!) they go crazy with me

[guitarzrcool]

John Avila is the Bass player...Who is the guy in the video???

[Despina838]

Kerry Hatch was their original bass player.  He left in 1984.

[MaxwellxBlackbird]

This music makes me so bloody happy :'D

[kefer123622]

iM GUESSING when he looks at himself out of the window thats him when he had a life?

[kefer123622]

Omg i dont know why im addictided to this song. i lisend to it 10 times in a ROW

[Hoshimaru57]

All of these songs are WIERD man!

[ChrisDaLunatic]

WTF Rorschach

[meatmotor]

Poor fella! He still had to wait a whole decade for internet!

[peace4hippies]

i LOVE him he's so frikin amazing

[IggyHazard]

Oingo uber alles!! \8-D

[SuperCoolEggbert]

i think he wants to do that to YOU lol

[XIRIBIDES]

Very good

[SebastianAxlRose]

One of the best bands ever!!!!

[PHARRAOH]

thi song played at my school prom. it was new at the time and every one went crazy. so much fun!

[zarenejadbugz3]

i ove oingo boingo my fav scene is when hes on his bed on the green screen and the guys are walking bye

[TheBigCheese199]

one day, i became a fan of "Pedobear" on facebook. the page had a link to Oingo Boingo's Little Girls. And i thought"wow, this is creepy, but really catchy." so i looked up other songs. and only a few days later Oingo Boingo is my favorite band. And it's all thx to Pedobear.

[rhythmali]

good video, bad lip sync.

[Dan4157]

its youtube, it messes with the music and video timing a lot of the time

[baswed]

i love this band, i remember seeing them in concert in denver back in the day, had front row tickets, they sound just as good live and they do recorded.. too bad they are no longer around and all went solo.

[traveller1216]

What's not to like? Danny and the rest of the band are geniues....

[RORYzRIGHT]

YES! One of a kind band. luv them all.

[malfoyphantom]

great song! i adore this band! <3

[peace4hippies]

I LOVE DANNY ELFMAN

[prettyravegirl12052]

I LOVE HIM MORE!!! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3 im the little girl he dreams of lol c: but anyways i kno rite he is amazazing and oh yea i added an extra sylibol to amazing because hes worth it c:

[Maggie71286]

I have to admit, when my friend showed me oingo boingo a few weeks ago, I thought they were ridiculous...now I'm addicted. lol. I still think they're ridiculous, though.

[TrixieStardust]

that's the beauty of oingo boingo

[1stlist]

This is my Private Life!! GET OUT!!!!

^^

[sammyboy123456]

lol

[OingoBoingoMama]

I love Steve's little foot boogie!

[ErkMerk]

i like this song o.o

[JapVidz]

Reciently i downloaded the discography.

I can claim that a lot of pieces are simply genious, Danny was a crazy bastard and thats why i admire him so much.

[disastertruck]

this is where i lie at nIIIIIGGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHT

[theinfinityissue]

I hate people who just post the lyrics to the song on the comments for the video this is my private life can you get me out of here these are my private things there they are against the wall dirty pictures religious objects these are my private things can you get them out of here

[hobossuck2]

2:30 his like i came

[malicedixmois]

wow, this song practically describes my life. Damn you Danny, I was supposed to write my musical autobiography...

[1970sscamaro]

They were one of the best local LA bands in the 80's Saw them live several times one of the best shows was at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach

[Princesslildee]

oh man...u r so lucky! i now hate u...

[karyboberry]

his facial expressions are outrageous.

[prematurelybald]

best band ever! im 12, so i never saw them live. :c

[iTrevor10]

your are SO right!

[MedievalWerewolf]

Masterful musicianship, I must say. We don't see that kind of technical wizardry in the mainstream much at all today.

Also, I can just barely make out the green reflections that the chroma key filter failed to pick up around 2:35.

I'm just messin' with ya, Danny! I know it was the 80's. :)

[Elevationary]

When this video first came out,a lot of people in the north of Ireland,thought it was a sneaky political statement,because at 2.07 it shows men going by who look like "Orange men"and showing them laughing in the window,and some people were amused from the protestant side,while the Catholics did not know what to make of it at the time.which is why i find this video very curious,to some in Ireland, it had hidden political meanings.but those were different times.

[clonescaller]

is that his brother in the video? or danny?

[coolio3500]

It is Danny.

[Despina83]

His older brother Richard is the guy in the hat looking in the window.

[blackandpinknails]

i love the lead singer

[daveclarkf1ve]

i want danny elfman, he is a sex god, and i want his kids.

[Despina83]

A-fucking-men, daveclarkf1ve.

[fooy3000044]

Lmao

[LFCffaf4life]

3:38 is by far the best bit in the whole song

[boostvideoproduction]

Elfman is the man

[xlr8r3]

Elfman is God

[Hybrid933]

Elfman *drools*

[fooy3000044]

Lol ya i know

[Lavizn]

This is my private bed.

This is where I lie at niiIIGgGHhhHiiIght!

[FenrirTheShadow]

Dood, CasieAngel you do realize that Danny Elfman also did the singing for Jack Skelington in the musical scenes of The Nightmare Before Christmas, right?

Also, Danny Elfman's got a phenomonal voice and you probably just can't sing.

[centerfoldrz]

casie angle shut the fuck up.

this guy has a good voice.

your just jealous.

[21Kyzix12]

great song great band great music video

[bluevixen1]

Between 2:14 and 2:21 why do I love this bit so much!?!?!?!

[bluevixen1]

1:43 OMG! Me want Danny!!!

[bluevixen1]

I'd get him out of there. He he.

[Temprit101]

I like when Danny backs up at 1:33, and he almost backs into every one.

[celestialsam]

There's something eerily attractive about Danny's facial expressions. I'm mesmerized!

[spykitty]

would totally marry him.

[estaticxAshley]

Woww. I thought I was the only one who thought that. =X

[dbdeg88]

I love the way he says "night" around 1:42. One of my favorite parts of the song...

[johnclavis]

Terrific track, TERRIBLE video. Richard Elfman sucked as a director. Even as a rabid Oingo Boingo fan at the time (and still a fan!), I thought the video stunk. What's up with that skeleton? Is that a joke? And a clown costume? LOFL. It just doesn't work, especially when compared to some of the other videos. They all bear the ugly stamp of being early music videos, but they all have a certain charm. This one is just oogly!

But thanks for letting me wallow in nostalgia! 5 stars! No spill blood!

[JoeMarvelly]

hehe personally I love this video! Think it show's the band from a good light being a little over the top, a little tongue in cheek, and in general showing the band having fun making a funny video!

I can see where you're coming from though, and I'm not argueing with you, just thought I'd give my opinion

Boingo ftw! My favourite album is 'Only a Lad', mainly for the rawness of it all, and because the songs are just SO DAMN GOOD!

[JoeMarvelly]

btw, any boingo fans out there I'd be delighted if you watched and commented on my Boingo Medley played on guitar on my profile! Includes Only a Lad, Capitalism, Private Life and more!

Seriously sorry about the spam! Thought any Boingo fans might be interested though!

[mickythemilkman]

this song is better then any oingo boingo song just because of the deep deep meaning.

[muppetbat]

I Love Oingo Boingo So much, It's quite sad! 27 + years of adoration...

[FK4SD]

Danny Elfman's the only 80's pop/rock musician that I really listen to.

[Hybrid933]

And a dead sexy one at that ;D

[phantomchik]

Does anyone know what happened to Kerry Hatch(bass player) after John Avila replaced him in the mid 80s? I can't find a darn thing on him on the internet or anything. He just disappeared off the planet practically! Darn, I thought he was a good bass player too.

[ribbs]

He joined Zuma II with Richard Gibbs, then toured with Madonna (!), and since then owns a landscaping business in the San Fernando Valley.

[phantomchik]

oh my god! Would have never guessed. How did you know that information? Thank You by the way! :)

[ribbs]

Guess..

[phantomchik]

I am.. O_o

[davandk1]

Boingo was such a breath of fresh back in the day. This is great stuff!

[GrantDelmore]

Alot better then his other weird songs o.O

[Kinguta]

Man, the relaid one is awful compared to this.

[FezzickO]

awsome video- it's so 80's and so Danny Elfman lol

[Choumichel]

I fucking hate universal music group with their claims

[mmfan15]

I hate when their videos have crappy sound quality.

[lisangel]

one of my favorite songs.

"Here in my humble room at night

I often wonder what goes on out there

What makes them runs o scared

I often stare at the people passing by

But they cant see me thru my window shades

Just like Im not even there"

[burtonrules123]

where i lie at NIHIIIIIIIGHHT!

LOL!!

[burtonrules123]

oingo boingo, my God, i cant believe elfman was doing this weird funny stuff before he starting scoring movies, his music scores are friggin amazing and beautiful, and then you listen to his boingo stuff and its like, WTF? lol! its so different.

[Nelsontim64]

Danny Elfman's amazing. Oingo Boingo one of the many band of the 80's,I'd had the pleasure of seeing in concert, 1982 in a small club in Pasadena

[miyabi121190]

Danny Elfman's voice is amazing. What year was this made? Like late 80s?

[frankiesdemise]

I love this song. One of my fave groups/artists and Elfman is an inspiration and genius. I am lucky enough to have seen them 5 times. I have seen thousands perform and I would say Boingo and Gogol Bordello are my personal faves.

[machadomafra]

very cool this music i loved !!!

[rmariani4]

oops cross posted. Meant to comment on Wanted soundtrack. Little Things; Trevor Horn produced the vocals.

[rmariani4]

Whoops, scratch that. Says trevor horn produced the lyrics. my bad.

[wiggybaby67]

Boingo always rocks, but he totally nailed the psycho loner. You half expect him to go after the neighbors with an ax.

[sweeneytoddfan93]

I Use To Have This Song On My Myspace Page! XD

[BattleJesus]

Love the guitarist!

He's got style

[xthetouristx6]

No wonder he loves little girls.

[OmfgWtfZombies]

Why is that? I'd kill to be his little girl back in those days...He was damn sexy. Still adorable now though.

[spnkr19]

So would've I and I'm a dude.

[xthetouristx6]

I was joking at the nature of the lyrics and I couldn't help but notice some parallels. Almost like its from the same character in both songs.

[spnkr19]

I'm not sure but I think it is supposed to be the same. I've seen music videos that have been like part ones and twos of each other.

[musicgladiator]

YOU GUYS gotta hear Danny's NEW SONG WITH HIM SINGING ON IT. It's the first song on the "WANTED" soundtrack for that new Angelina Jolie movie. Cool song too! (Love this song as well.....anything by Oingo Boingo is great.)

[rmariani4]

I think Trevor Horn does vocal on the 1st track from Wanted CD. Danny wrote the lyrics and music. Great CD I collect many

Elfman film tracks. I love turning down the sound on the TV and play them. Great stuff when the news is on.

Danny Elfman/ What a fuckin' talent!!!

[musicgladiator]

Ummmm....no. It's Elfman. Look it up.

It's all over the internet that it's him and you can tell just by listening to it. No one has vocals like that.

[burtonfan01]

This video always puts a smile on my face.

[BDBlue007]

The band is so good and the lyrics just make you think. Long live Oingo Boingo!!

[sweeneytoddfan93]

I Used To Have This Song On My Myspace Page,But It Got Deleted :(

Fav Boingo Song!

[Dozirulf]

Perfect.

[Treath8]

I like this video, it's nice and clear than other one that I've seen. Can you make an embedding code for it?

I would really appriciate it.

[lolstupid196]

where the midgets?

[LikkleLuie]

This is one of my fave Oingo Boingo songs, it's so catchy! ^^

Gotta love Oingo Boingo!

[Jice1123]

i wanna touch the poofy hair!

[A10thunderbolt]

Best live performance band ever. Videos were just an afterthought.

[kirstenmariehevle]

Did anyone notice the similarity in the Theme song from Tales from the Crypt and The Simpsons???? Danny did both of them. Just speed up Tales from the crypt and it is the same!! Just an observation I had. I have loverd them since the 80s !

[Videodrome92]

doesn't get much better than Oingo Boingo

[gatler05]

the bass player so sexy espiccly when he stares at the camera lol!

[JoeMarvelly]

hahaha steve bartek's going for it in this video!

what a band!

[leftwingmofos]

I think this is from Nothing to Fear (1983). I have dirty pictures next to my religious objects as well!

[glammetalist]

Is from the "Only a Lad" CD?

[HessKarma]

Yeeeah Steve Bartek! <3

[Jice1123]

the lead guitarist pwns!

[gatler05]

poser..

[PityOnThePawn]

I have an idea about making this into a stop-motion animated music video. Not even like this video, it just turns out that he's actually in an asylum, thinmking that he's just in his house and having no friends.

[KingKizerKun]

sounded awesome until the asylum thing. How about this, why not put in the moral that can be found in message in a bottle? Have multiple people doing the same thing he is in different rooms, each one not knowing the existence of the other. Like an apartment building or something.

[forrizzle27]

All of the Oingo Boingo videos are fun... Despite some goofy visual effects, they show about a billion times more creativity than a lot of videos at the time. This one was directed by Danny's brother, Richard Elfman, the man behind the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, the theater group that began Oingo Boingo.

[Onaga76]

Poor Danny elfmen.

GO DANNY ELFMEN. Hats off for yet another awesome song.

[stealthordeal]

Rules!!!!!!

[crystalzip2002]

I love his voice and all of there stuff!

[siriousvader]

dude way too much eyeliner

[Damianmace]

Steve Bartek (lead guitar) is a genius as well as Danny Elfman. He does all the orchestration arrangements for Danny's soundtrack work. Mr. Bartek has done orchestration work for 100's of films including, the Hulk, the Simpsons Movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spiderman, HellBoy 2 and so many more. He really is a very talented guy that never gets much props. So thanks S.B.!

[savorykitty77]

look at the credits for the Simposons t.v. show you will see Danny Elfman. He worked alot with Tim Burton. His music was really noticable in the Johnny Depp version of Willy Wonka. Don't forget the Oingo Boingo drummer I saw him live in a Oingo Boingo concert ( I was hidden on stage) and the Drummer is awesome! Well, ok the whole band was awesome!-

[Damianmace]

this song filled my ears everyday in the summer 1983. It brings back so many great memories and feelings from my childhood. Thanks O.B.

[wmwinterbottom]

Nothing says quirky like a white guy bassist in a dashiki

[bluenote71]

Danny Elfman was definitely a rock antihero.

[meatwadski]

great song for a myspace page,i think.

[KingKizerKun]

Only if you have no friends. He is singing about being lonely. He has no one to share his things or life with.

[meatwadski]

True,but I think you can still feel withdrawn and confined in a busy social network,too.I thought it was a cool choice because I think everyone,from celebrities to shut-ins,can relate to that.Myspace was BUILT on loneliness!

[KingKizerKun]

As true as that all may be, He is talking about literally being lonely. No one notices him or sees him, and the only time he can escape this is when he sleeps, and dreams at night. Also, I think Myspace is built off the desire to converse with other people your normally could not, and maybe even another way to keep contact with old friends. If anything, its built off the chat room idea.

[wienersx]

Duh duh danny elfman.

[wienersx]

Duh duh danny elfman.

[Seawave777]

someone reuploaded the video with relaid audio, i doidnt notice it was bad though and ive seen it like 50 times, as far as him being off, hes not, he has rhythm and a whole lot more talents... hes made tons of stuff, tons of albums, movie scores, and even the simpsons theme in the beginning of the show, I wish i could teleport through peoples' computers who don't like this video to kick them in thier faces and throw Oingo Boingo cds at them.

[xderDoktor]

This song always motivates me to keep my apartment clean.

"Everything is neat and cleeeaaan."

Weird huh?

[TheJacobGarrShow]

not much of a private life with all the other boingo members eh elfman??? such a great song

[ruobhad]

every video he looks crazy*

[biollante]

* Hot

[Jeanette1011]

Danny looks kinda crazy in this vid...