They Might Be Giants—Renaissance Madrigal Style—"I'm All You Can Think About"

[LitMatch]

Nice work! You kinda look like a blond Linnell in those pics.

[1999lekovic]

WTF?! i came here from aq worlds

[polbecca]

Loving that quick little run from 1:17 to 1:20, especially in the bass voice!

[bloopideebloop]

do you know what fa la la means?

[jimlapbap]

@bloopideebloop According my recollection, and confirmed by everything I found online, they are simply nonsense syllables. Sometimes an instrument was supposed to play it, sometimes they were substituted for inappropriate words. If anyone knows for a fact otherwise, feel free to comment.

[ehrlichd14]

@jimlapbap Fa la la was often used as a substitute for dirty, or inappropriate parts of stories. Similar to elaine's yadda yadda in that episode of Seinfeld.

[TrueSoreThumb]

I've got plans to go to a Ren faire-- and singing this amongst a bunch of other songs with such an arrangement would be spectacular.

Thanks for the inspiration, though whether I'll have the moxie to get a group to your level and to force'em to sing only TBMG is another story. 8)

Great work! Time to review your channel..!

[seamusfinnigan2000]

oh and I like your 'im all you can think about' more than king singer's 'cant buy me love'! hahaha

[seamusfinnigan2000]

aaaaaa this is crazy! hahahaha good job!!! do you have any more video of you singing modern song in renaissance style?

[MaestroCanedo]

It's a very good job, sir. Your Gentle Giant is too fantastic.

[Garnish7]

now that is truly impressive. great work. i've always wanted to do things like this. (i liked that song before, but this way is awesome.

[chrvi3]

Oh my... that's BEAUTIFUL. How I wish I could sing that way :'-(

And the old music style I just love. Great job!

[einsteinessa]

This song lends itself well to your awesome arrangement. Wonderful!!!

[yararu]

Fuck your range is insane. This is so cool.

[jimlapbap]

@yararu No it's not. That's a computer transcribing the female voices up an octave ;-).

[SethHisoka]

@jimlapbap ...AUDACITY FTW!!!

Just like vocaloid! *is shot*

[lro5]

@jimlapbap Oh, thank god. I enjoy this quite a bit, and have always assumed you used some sort of pitch-shifting software. But there was always that lingering fear that it was really just you.

[kelvinz011]

Splendid!

[EnigmusJ4]

This, sir, this phenomenal.

[bryanjbusch]

Wonderful. I have a podcast for fans of TMBG called Theynow. Would you mind if I included this on the show?

[jimlapbap]

As long as your podcast is not-for-profit, and you mention that it's a fan-created tribute, etc. Legally, since I don't have permission, you and I cannot use this for any money making.

Thanks!

[ElTGV]

Wonderful. It shows some real talent. I understand you did it for fun and irony, but slowly sung, perhaps with more voices, this would be really convincing. Thumbs up.

[08bluman]

I believe you mean "The spine sErfs alone" since it is a Renaissance Madrigal Style piece?

[jimlapbap]

*ba dum ching*

[08bluman]

I want you to know. You are my new favorite person I've never met. Also, that my college a cappella group is using your arrangement of fireflies for a little arranging inspiration. Should it come to be (and if I remember) I'll post a video as a response to yours.

[jimlapbap]

Glad I could inspire!(?) I didn't really "arrange the piece." I just vocalized all the instruments.

[niels241]

wow..! sounds really cool!

[TheMauerhan]

awesome.

[AQuickAlias]

I love TMBG, I love your work, and I love Renaissance madrigals (and the King's Singers, too). Shockingly, I love this video.

[jimlapbap]

That it quite a shock. I mean, you can love four things, but FIVE?!

[dushka2001]

great work.

complexity and beauty together.

[NGstalagmite]

good :D

[waynedewho]

incredible, WesDuder. As always, amazing to hear your talents shine like this

[kungura]

awesome job! really enjoyed it!

[bordonthestreet]

Woo!

Though I might still prefer the TMBG version. This is nonetheless, an enjoyable listen. But I will not forgive the pictures! Video, Maestro!

[jimlapbap]

I didn't have all the music written out (simply the notes, and I did the lyrics by ear mostly), and it was about 1 A.M. when I finished recording the parts. I tried making a video, but I couldn't get through the soprano (i.e. the melody and easiest part) without sheet music.

There, that's my poor excuse. Hey, at least the video was posted today instead of next week.

[scratchingcat]

I like your version better than the original. Great job!

[melman]

This was really cool, I was studying Madrigals at college just the other day.