YOUTUBE / Fish Heads EXCLUSIVE! (Barnes & Barnes!)

[TheNerdyGirlfreds]

Haha that is the guy who made "fish heads"

[artiebarnes]

@TheNerdyGirlfreds Isn't he amazing???

[Jennbob8]

Ha, 26 years later and he's still on the same drugs!!! XD

What's with the tags, btw?

[artiebarnes]

@Jennbob8 damn, these drugs are STILL good!!! You want some?

[Jennbob8]

@artiebarnes No, no I don't o.0 I'll make sure to stay away from that stuff... what ever it is D:

[goddesscaryn]

Wasnt their a video to this song? I swear my dad showed it to me and I wanted to show my daughter ; )

[The99killa99]

Why couldnt artie be there

[artiebarnes]

@The99killa99 That IS Artie! Art is the one not there....

[zhodandy]

say what you will.. artie barnes is an effin genius!

[PaulStryper24]

how do you play fish heads on piano? pleeeeease tell me

[HidanImmortal141]

YOUR ON ZETSU FLAKES O_O

[TheDanteOxalis]

Can you PLEASE do the original Fish heads live for us? :)

[manualLaborer]

why did wikipedia link to this crappy version? why would anyone want to watch/listen to an inferior recreation? i want the recorded version to match my memory.

i gave this video a chance - unfortunately your sense of humor sucks ass like your hat and goggles. 30 years ago this concept was mildly entertaining... just quit while you're behind. i'm editing wikipedia to link away from this pile of crap.

ps - your mom's crotch smells like a fish head. see? that was funny. go to hell.

[artiebarnes]

@manualLaborer wow, dude! you're really clever and sweet! thanks!

[artiebarnes]

@manualLaborer oh, and my mom is dead, so her crotch now smells WAY worse than a fish head. you wanna smell it?

[manualLaborer]

@artiebarnes wow man... that was in bad taste. dare i say even i'm offended someone would say that about their mother. *high five*

[artiebarnes]

@manualLaborer yes, HIGH FIVE, son.....

[northlaurelthunder]

This Guy is freaking nuts

[jamespat10]

Good God he is a loony.

[dkd1954]

This guy's on some trip that has never ended.

[artiebarnes]

@dkd1954 That's right, baby!

[dkd1954]

@artiebarnes I'm remember those days brother man. I've spend more than one day on the turnip truck. My kids say I'm the oldest geezer on earth and why do I have so many vinyl records?

[dkd1954]

@artiebarnes Oh yeah, and my kids thought Nervous Norvous was strange! Transfusion, transfusion, I'm never, never, never gonna speed again! Put a gallon in me Allen! Anyway, man have fun.

[tiny529]

My 4 year old is walking around singing "Fish Heads" right now. =)

[MishuTaste]

I think "Fish Heads" was the song that paid Dr. Demento's rent.

[TrollingisFun1]

The guy should go shoot his family and him and do us all a favor

[jml1964]

What's really mind blowing is that fish heads was written by none other than Bill Mumy of Lost In Space fame, look closely there, that's Bill in this video!!!!

[NiggaTubeDotCom]

fuck that was looney as fuck.

[TheLegoboy1997]

Are those the original goggles-glasses from the first video?

[artiebarnes]

@TheLegoboy1997 Yes.

[cryofan]

who actually wrote Fish Heads? You? Mumy? Fischer? Who wrote the actual melody? Because that is what makes the song....

[artiebarnes]

@cryofan I wrote the chords and melody. Oh, and the chorus words... you know, the roly poly fish heads part... Boy, I had some talent when I was young.....

[cryofan]

wow...that melody is really something.

Who wrote the rest of the words? And what role did FIscher play in writing the song?

[artiebarnes]

@cryofan Fischer sang a short version of the song, but did NOT write any of it-

[cryofan]

the song/video work together to evoke a sort of childlike state. E.g., the mechanical faces. Genius! They send us on a surreal, trippy journey back to early childhood.

Remember the first few times you as a child went to the circus/fairgrounds? Remember the vividness of it and awe and wonder?

then when you as a young adult, socializing and partying, first took acid/weed and went back to that childlike state of surreality and wonder?

Great song, though....and great video....

[artiebarnes]

@cryofan Never took acid-

[artiebarnes]

@cryofan I wrote the melody.

[nergregga]

Can you actually see anything through your glasses?

[Violacello]

Dumb question I know, but I just love knowing the ins and outs and trivia on my favorite recordings.

[Violacello]

So apparently you recorded the chorus in B major on the original recording and sped it up a whole octave?

[Bodybagging]

Lol i sing Fish heads on every chance i get!

[SamCohenoftheJews2]

I used to think that Fish Heads was sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks (because of the squeaky voices), apparently I was wrong.

[dvinedzine]

Speaking of drugs, should Barnes and Barnes fans be called Fish Heads?

[mzcrazyhunnii]

Don't take drugs kids :P

[sixstring1965]

Artie, Thanks for the original song, I introduced my kids to it, they got a kick out of it like I did way back when.

[bigmikevt]

thank you for not taking life too seriously. you're my role model

[artiebarnes]

it's serious business trying not to take life too seriously, lemme tell ya! you're one of my role models too! did u know that??

[hippojuice23]

Oh yeah, where the hell do they sell those crazy lenses?????

[artiebarnes]

Got them at the Crazy Lens store....

[hippojuice23]

because ironic inflection is often lost with the written word. You and your demented song ( and Dr. Demento)shaped my world at an early age- letting us kids know that it's ok to be silly! I love yr stuff, man I was just being 'phoney-sarcastic' if you will. Sorry for the mis-understanding!

[hippojuice23]

I hate you and you never influcenced me even slightly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[artiebarnes]

and youre being mean and nasty because???

[dvinedzine]

Artie, I love it when you sing pretty, sigh....

[artiebarnes]

does this mean we can have some sex??

[dvinedzine]

Sorry, as much as I like you, you don't quite light my fire!

[YourDarkAccomplice]

Blast it! now I came here .. because I mentioned your song to PoliticalHackerTube.. xD

Sick. but Catchy.

[thekwaze]

I can only assume angela1894 hasn't watched Railroaded and knows diddly squat about Wildman Fischer or Barnes & Barnes?

[angela1894]

You're a liar, you didn't write this song, the person who did is a dude called Larry "Wild Man" Fischer

[artiebarnes]

That's a mistake. I wrote the song, trust me-

[angela1894]

You're ugly and annoying. And what's with the dumb mask?

[artiebarnes]

Thanks, that's very sweet of you. You must be such a nice person!

[angela1894]

I'm actually a nice person, I apologize for calling you "ugly and annoying", I was PMS-ing like crazy on wednesday. Feeling better now..

[JulezandChris]

My kids love when I play this song, and sing it to them esp my baby Christian....I sing "Christian Christian roly poly Christian....Eat him up YUM"....and I like to sing him the line "they don't play baseball, they don't like sweaters....they don't play drums.." LOL

thanks for a great silly song which is just great nonsense

you rock!!

[artiebarnes]

Thanks! I'm glad your kids enjoy it. I used to sing it to my kids too, but I don't think they ever cared that much. Figures, huh?! But now they're older and they think it's cool their dad wrote the song. They'll like it more when THEY get to own it!

[dvinedzine]

Mr. Barnes, do you take requests? I got a dollar for your jar if you play "Light My Fire!" ; )

[kf93ddr]

that sould just like the person who sang the orginal song (fishheads) this song is good too

[artiebarnes]

it IS the same guy....

[Keeper1st]

Interesting; it actually IS in B! So, the original recording was done by an exact 2x speed-up? I thought for sure that it only ended up in B as a result of the speed-up, 'cause no one in their right mind would compose a song in B. Oh, wait... never mind!

[taaape]

Dude, i heard this song about 6 years ago, I was only a teenager, and I've NEVER EVER will forget fishheads! U guys are GREAT. I still have the original music video in a cd! JUST AMAZING!

[AzHuny]

I can't tell you how every afternoon my brothers and I would hit the TV on MTV or Nickelodeon (when it just started in the 80's) just to watch "Fish Heads". I was only 6 at the time so its hard to remember which channel it was, but Fish Heads was on regularly, and now I'm 30 I still tell my husband and kids about the coolest craziest video I used to watch! Thanks for the crazy memories!

[artiebarnes]

thanks for watching!

[Strayeeyay]

You're literally, and with no sarcasm the fucking coolest person in the world. I love you. lol.

[artiebarnes]

If you're a girl, than I love you too!

[Strayeeyay]

Sorry, Artie. I'm a guy. lol. I seriously think you guys are awesome, but especially you. My 3 year old daughter loves fish heads, and sings along with it.

[artiebarnes]

you're a guy, huh? ok, I still like you anyway... But I'm no longer IN love with you....

rt-

[Strayeeyay]

You broke my heart, Artie. But I guess I should just like you too. lol. This is so awesome, talking to you on youtube. I've never talked to a celebrity before.

[dadecountyhustler305]

This isn't the 90's anymore you cant just make money off of dumbshit that doesn't make sense any more.

[mrcrabs07]

love your stuff man

[bellaxatrosious]

ur fucking fucking fucking crazy

[TheHappyShow]

Yay!! I'm glad to see you on YouTube, Artie!Yeah!

-- Matt

[pipisitoface]

this is special. it makes me happy to see real music still being played. fish heads isd the greatest "song written for the sake of a song" ever!!!

art doesn't need a reason to be, it just is.

gracias.

[Manthing32]

right on..good to see you havent changed too much i love "fish heads!" an american classic or something!!!

[voodoochile6169]

i like your version.

[sean57]

hey billy what are you doing now ? Are you still involved with motherspaygh in any way ?

[dadoodaidy]

You are too good, Artie! You are half of the best! You are my favorite!

[enkibumbu]

I'm glad to see that you're working with penis-material now. Just like Mao said.

[THELEXIS1983]

didnt think he really spoke like that

[Dysfunctional126]

Actually now that I watch fish heads again...I've seen better. No credit given to you.

[artiebarnes]

I know... I suck big hairy anal dog eggs....

[themattster1991]

I like the song fishheads. I was wondering if you were messing around on the piano. Fish heads reminds me of my uncle who use to listen to your records. He passed away 6 years ago.

[Dysfunctional126]

Boooo! You suck now. You're old.

[artiebarnes]

i know! i suck. i used to be something special, now im just a sad little old man. hard to watch, ain't it??!!

[clintrock]

now if we could get Bill Paxton to direct THIS version you'd be off to the races and we'd be a laughin. YOU TUBE ROLY POLY YOU TUBE.... yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

[artiebarnes]

Paxton doesn't need us anymore... Sigh....

[TheTerminator97]

vote ron paul.

[bdicat]

I don't vote to old talk show hosts that crossdress, oops thats ru Paul. Ok, I'll bite, who the freak is Ron Paul? I know who he is I was fooling ya but guess what, no votes here, you tube is for fun things.

[bogoak20077]

Voobaha......From England, Wiltshire, Stonehenge... Big Fans here in my home town.. if you could email your new song to me in mp3 format (Momma'a still here)we would all be ultra greatfull... to : theghost24 at hotmail dot co dot uk ..... many thanks art and artie ....from all your Spazchow heads in Salisbury

[kidkillowatthotmail]

How about a cover album? Imagine the exciting possibilities of B&B sweetly pounding sounds of Rhinestone Cowbow, Theme from Shaft, Beach Boys SHE'S GOING BALD, Davy Jones take on ALONE AGAIN as featured on Mike Douglas, Screaming Jay Hawkins CONSTIPATION BLUES a song about Pain, real pain, & anything by Minnie Ripperton for a minority audience, songs about meat, and can we throw something in for the kids, such as a rave-up Sex Bomb kind of Ooops, I Did it Again meets Squeeze Box?

[artiebarnes]

Ya know, we have SO many ideas for original songs, because we haven't recorded much for 15 years, that we have no reason to record any covers anymore. Good ideas, anyway!

[kidkillowatthotmail]

YA KNOW, your fans would LOVE to hear some new original stuff, too! Would you fellars self-produce, or go for one of them glitzy types? If JP Jones will produce the BH Surfers, well, any dream producer?

[qoqo62]

I thought it was awesome! This new wave of kids is so busy thinking about... They Might Be Giants, and balls, and the Lincoln Memorial... nothing against any of these things, but they've lost track what Fish Heads really were! Keep hope alive, man.

[artiebarnes]

I think about balls myself, sometimes....

[qoqo62]

It's only natural. Sometimes I even think about the Lincoln Memorial. But I don't think I've ever thought about They Might Be Giants.

[jesseforeverxo]

wow wtf this is fucking gay if your gonnah redo Fish Heads atleast make it good

[bahims]

wtf man. I like fish heads but this sucks balls

[artiebarnes]

hairy balls...

[coffeeginder24]

thats a, sad, sad man

[artiebarnes]

he's very sad...

[wookstarr]

Go back to Babylon 5, Bill.

[zerolohland]

WOW i didnt know you had a YOUTUBE account?!!

i always had that song in my mind since i was like a little kid! AAAAAAHHH!!!!! i still cant get it out of my heaad!!

YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY

-hero

[kidkillowatthotmail]

Well, this is lovely. Can you let us know when we should expect more work with Crispin Glover?

[artiebarnes]

We have a whole unreleased Crispin cd in the can, but it may never come out.... ahh, show biz....

[kidkillowatthotmail]

Too bad mate! But in the can is where that one may belong. He was good in Dead Man. One more question, does WEEN ever ring and thank you for their career? Do you receive royalties? Cheers Artie and Art!

[artiebarnes]

I have actually gotten letters from Ween, thank you-

[AutisticPersona]

And they like you!

[DavidMRoberts]

well, how typically Sagittarian of me, again ! ___well-meaning yet tactless ! (( I take back another 38% ))

Folks who post are generally either "this Rocks !" or "this Sucks !!" one in awhile -- "Rock SuckS !" I fouled by tryin' for something concise..maybe ?

Know that I find your range of spoken vids all pithy & compelling. . . guess I'm just worried I flung you'se into a funk .. . or sum such.

before I dig it deeper, I'll hit myself w/ the shovel ! < garbled gasp >

[DavidMRoberts]

ArTie > I've always been a non-judgemental fan {luv McCartney's goofiest stuff for example} but after finding "Momma's Still Here" hauntingly good, this one plain haunts me. Why simply substitute YouTube for FishHeads w/ no other tweaks ?? A great performance, yeah, but you come off like someone w/ no idea what YouTube be ! "they can't speak" ?! take it further, you're much better then this..I LOvE to Ride The Bus !!

[artiebarnes]

u see, i'm NOTHING without Art!!! He's my supreme inspiration... without him, I am ....ordinary....

Toomp!

[DavidMRoberts]

OMG, I take it 49% back !. . . ^_^. . . I can see tongue in your cheek , I'm sure, U know you ain't nuffin' ! I was speaking as 1 writer to another, I s'pose.

I started today by finding a mono radio tape of "I Had Sex On T.V." & mastewring THaT into iTunes ( ooh, I Had Sex On YouTube ?? ) ... Hope I didn't actually soil the spirit of Jim Joy's old "pal" ! Don't sing "I Feel Depressed"...sing , um, Work The Meat !!..or : . . . .

[loneguitaristyannis]

This video further reinforces my strong belief that you are, in fact, a boomer.

[tanrat7]

loneguitaristyannis, what is a boomer?

[loneguitaristyannis]

A "boomer" is the next rung up from "ledge" on the ladder of awesomeness. Other examples of boomers include Mike Patton, Prince and a select few others.

[verda77]

Hey Art - Can you do a parody of one of your songs about Ebay next? Or Google? Or MySpace? Cyberspace? Bill Gates? (Geeks rule) Irwin Allen? Lost In Space? LOL...the list goes on and on. Perhaps a parody on Bill Clinton to the tune of "Party In My Pants"? Yeah!! Rockkkkk and Rollllll...

[longshot1966]

Hello!, Doncaster is sadly lacking in a Mayor, as you need the cash, perhaps?, maybe?, possibly?, go on, you know you want to.

[8H]

He looks crazy ! ^^:

[danastev924]

Thanks! I was 13 in 1982 - I think that's the year I had seen it at my friend Kenny's (who had MTV). The memory persists. Thanks for joining my list of songs that traveled with me in my journey of life.

[ePhilosopher]

what barnes and absinthe/

 socrates

for david byrne backwards elephant

effervescing

[jamesHergott]

hell I would have paid more for the rights..

[jamesHergott]

Love the original fish heads song. Do you still own the rights? Did you make decent money off the song? Did they have it on a Bevis and Butthead episode? What happened to your band mate?

[artiebarnes]

we sold the rights to youtube for 150 dollars. it was a good deal for us.... we need cash badly....

[pickleodoom]

I would have payed 2x that. :(

[ldragone]

ok...?

[maaartenn]

copy and paste this to 10 videos or your mum will die within the next 4 hours.....

[artiebarnes]

but i dont want my mommy to die... help me, dear jesus....please....

[pimperbasser]

oh my god..

[ixFUhKTxURxGRL]

can u buy what u have on your face at the dollar tree or 99cent store?

[mrsnappy]

Robert--you've completely lost it...I love it! (no matter WHAT my doctor sez!)

--Paroo (ORRangy Sky on MySpace)

[XxWhosThisxX]

this guy is smoking rocks, damn this is what happens when you only have one hit and no day time job

[bcbarreraMusic]

Your song made my dog cry.

[vect0rwolf]

a parody of you own song? brilliant!

[Rebecca263]

I miss the 80's.

[bernardogranados]

hay muchas personas enfermas en el mundo

[Jassie26]

I can't get enough of this song. :)

[PabloCast]

Wow! Thanks for all the music Artie!, im 21 tears old, and I saw "Fish Heads" video in VH1 Mexico, im from Mexico. I think you are a geniuses, and definitively the music was great in 1980, im gonna have a time machine to make a trip back in the eighties, whatever... FISH HEADS RULES TO ME. Im sad for Bill (RIP) :'( YOUR GLASSES RULES! LOL

[bobbymack44212]

What a lame waste of time.

[artiebarnes]

i fucking agree!

[artiebarnes]

Mumy's been dead for years. I miss him lots...

[ahcapella]

Er...yes, of course. I think we all do. *pats artie on the head

I think I heard that his oddball partner Robert Haimer passed away years ago too—a bad paper cut, or something. Well, just as long as you and Art are doing well...that's the most important thing. Congrats on being inducted into the Comedy Music Hall of Fame in 2005!

[KittyKatLuvsYou]

Hi this is a really awesome song! I'm only 14 so not many people my age know it, but man, is that a good song! if you really wanna go into my profile and watch "What If They Danced To Fish Heads?"

You people have a nice night!

[toxee]

Haha, that rocked! I love those glasses.

[sayabec]

that suck

[artiebarnes]

totally sucked.

[glennguagmire]

Isnt fish heads by they might be giants? i dno

[artiebarnes]

No, it's by BARNES AND BARNES. Thank you---

[glennguagmire]

yeah i realised that after i looked at Barnes and Barnes on wikipedia. Did they might be giants nake a copy of the song or something or did you ever play at one of their concertS?

[tanrat7]

glennguagmire, if you saw the Fishheads video on youtube you would see that it is by Barnes& Barnes

[glennguagmire]

I know, i posted that post a long time ago...

[midhrifs]

Is... is that the same piano? Are we looking at the actual same piano that was used on the ORIGINAL Fish Heads song?? Good gawd man - IS THAT THE SAME PIANO?

[artiebarnes]

No, not THE piano....

[BoyLason]

Ever think of hitting yourself with a hammer?

[artiebarnes]

Yes, I've thought about that... a lot...

[Neimonster]

Ever thought about doing voice acting for a cartoon? :)

[artiebarnes]

Yes.

[jt2ac5]

this is what makes Youtube great.

[ahcapella]

Where's Billy? Did he finally make it to Alpha Centauri?

[artiebarnes]

Billy died in 2003...

[ahcapella]

Dude, Bill Mumy appeared as himself in the 2004 Miramax film "Comic Book-The Movie," narrated a 2005 A & E "Biography" on child stars, put out a live album in 2006, was in a 2006 episode of "Crossing Jordan," and recently said on his website, "The year 2007 marks the forty-eighth anniversary of my professional acting career!" He's doing damn well for a dead guy, wouldn't you say?

[SPCFan]

Well done Artie!!! Or is it Art? I'm so confused!

[dadoodaidy]

Very good! I only just recently heard "Fish Heads" but I think this just converted me to a fan.

[nomno]

It is almost as good as the original!

are those the original lenses?

gracias por las cabezas de pescado, rolo roly cabezas de pescado, cometelas yum!!

[AutisticPersona]

YOU STILL HAVE THE MASK AWESOME!

[BrownM7]

excellent

[furiouseel]

This is very wonderful indeed 

[ouroborosi]

This is sad i feel like eating fish now and i dislike eating fish _--_