"misery is the river of the world" music by tom waits

[rugggd]

Great video!!!!!!!!!!!

[richborge]

@rugggd ah, thanks! I see you are a Tom Waits fan... I think the weak part of this video is that I used a friend as a stand-in.... would much prefer having Tom Waits in it!

[Renneskid]

I don't know how anybody can take his voice seriously, it's so cringy

[wisapolito]

Amazing!!!!! I absolutely love it! EVERYBODY row! jajaja LOVE IT!!!

[ReineZinzin]

Thank you :)

[JonnyLikesPie]

superb textures and imagery, really drank in the richness.

who is the guy singing Tom Waits' lyrics though?

[jahwarrior72]

@JonnyLikesPie

Tom Waits. LOL



[SuperAtheist]

I aint rowing anymore 

[visitingearth13]

This is such a beautiful video. Such a perfect fit for Mr. Waits' wonderful song.

[OrbGoblin]

for some reason, this reminds me of "Nightmare before Christmas"

[xXSuicideJackXx]

unfortunately you cannot hang a video into an art museum....great art!

[FlamingParanoiaSpoon]

Dave McKean-ish-type colour scheme? nice : )

[tsifj]

Animation is great!! Good Job richborge :D

[richborge]

thanks for the comments! Tom Waits is a huge inspiration to me, and always has been. richard

[NK0AS]

Brilliant.

[richborge]

ah, thanks much! I'm currently (Dec 2010) working on an animated video for Senses Fail, due out in January. It's looking great so far. Richard

[MFRedeemerp2]

Incredible!!

[ChewieV2]

Very nice work. Do I detect the influence of Terry Gilliam?

[richborge]

@ChewieV2 ... ah, Terry Gilliam! I remember being so into the film TIME BANDITS back in the day. 12 MONKEYS still holds up well too. thanks for the comment.

[Chilimustard]

This is amazing. My favorite fan video by far. Brilliant, and you couldn't have picked a better song to do it.

[richborge]

@Chilimustard ... cool, many thanks. It was fun to work on for sure!

[ARTISTAMON]

Fr'n Awesome richborge....... deep!

[casperfriendly47]

I like the song. I love the video.

[casperfriendly47]

I like the song. I love the video.

[lordcalwerth]

o.O Brilliant mate! O.o

[belfastscratch]

Very nice. But your man who made the video shoulda held back on being in it! Not so good. But i love the bombing boat!

[akatsukimaster666]

i am the walrus guguguchu!

[carmel1956]

Wow! art song, art video....what a treat! Thank you so much and excellent work, loved it.

[danwatkins2009]

great video - one thing i noticed, and don't take this the wrong way. the person talking/signging doesn't match with tom waits' grovel, husky-whiskey voice. no offense.

[Pierrelim69]

the man's a genius. i personally nominate this song for a Grammy Award, heck, whatever award they dish out this song is good enough to bag it

[SpaceDan3000]

Great vid, goes perfectly with the music

[alessan]

VERY nice fan vid for an indisputably brilliant song, 'spect, man :p

[richborge]

@alessan ... thx so much, it was really fun to create

R

[superlost90]

You did a great job with the video...but never put yourself in the video!

[aklista]

really nice work!

[mythicaljake]

Aaah, brilliant animation, brilliant choice of song. Nice work!

[wdgeo]

Fantastic!

Bravo!

Outstanding animation for an outstanding song!

Thank you!

[sclogse1]

Fabulous, inspiring...the best..but I don't like to see you, or whoever it is, lipsyncing on the tv set to the song, as it gives the impression that this is the real singer...a caricature of tom would have have this perfection.

[MyCrownOfWorms]

greatest song ever

[sclogse1]

@MyCrownOfWorms

check out Kentucky Avenue by tom here on youtube...it's a live version...

it's a killer....

[MrElbu]

Evrybody roll..

[sclogse1]

@MrElbu

that's everybody row....

[cezarlamaro]

the bold dude is unnecessary. The rest is perfect.

[thecartoongoddess]

Very, very cool!

[mud409]

So this is what happened to the Cookie Monster after Sesame Street...

[numbchucking]

very nice work,

well done!

[dreindreindrein]

" if there's one thing you can say about mankind, there is nothing kind about man"

Marvelous!

[huchezampira]

song and video are both unbelievable!!!

[ThiaMarie]

i agree with duff. this does remind me of something manyard would do =)

amazing, maybe you should do one for a tool/a perfect circle song? ^.^

[LeidundPlage]

very good.

[LugburzOxay]

Tom Waits would be proud of this video! :D

[honoraryninja9]

awesome work. :)

[SponsoredbyDuffBeer]

i watch this video so much...probably too much.

this video is incredible!

[afofadaraquel]

Congrats man... awesome video. I loved it.

It reminds me of Tool videos.

[TheFreeLockerz]

42000 views. Tom deserves a million

[PIXIEDUSTDEALER]

this is a great video, thank you for sharing

[dogyahh]

greatest video ever!!

[kadir57sinop]

Yes, I was in his Opera "Woyzeck" in Oberhausen and I can say it was wonderful...

But this Music was better in the Opera =)

[whiteboy70176]

This is brilliant!

[MadamCrowbar]

This is really lovely. <3

[sedghammer]

Waits clearly took the line "You can drive out nature with a pitch fork, But it always comes roaring back again" from Masanobu Fukuoka who said,"If we throw mother nature out the window, she comes back in the door with a pitchfork." Still a great song.

[simp4n]

Wow, nice video; "If theres one thing to say about mankind, theres nothing kind about man." Makes me shiver every time. This song is just totally amazing. Thank you. ^^

[xxnothingxx111]

The single most amazing fanmade video...ever!! Truely compliments the music. Well done!!

[ONarmoO]

Beautiful....I love it... Good job!

[johnbiggs]

He sounds like the Devil

[alexdorris]

I hope people do things like this for my band... badass.

[xkinginorbit]

This is one of my favourite "clips" (what a name for a piece of art!?) on a world wide utube! Your kraft here is undisputable, but esthetics (which is always more important) run much deeper than that.

I often watch this.

My sincere thank you!

[richborge]

ah, what a nice way to start the day... thx for the kind words! more animation coming soon.

[heemanhey]

Video is awesome!

[richborge]

hey everyone, thanks for checking it out and the kind words. It was very fun to create and, well... Tom is the man. He has been one of my heros through the years. This was basically a project I created to build my reel and continue to learn after effects.

[brmgranado]

tirando o careca, o filme é bom.

[MrCryptic55]

wow pessimistic...

[Crestfallen86]

Awesome video. 10/10

[avisualfeel]

Tom Waits is missing the boat if he doesn't give you any play!

[grindnosticfront]

this is what i believe what hell would sound like, and it's a compliment that Tom Waits knows how to capture such a feeling as that.

[Oranger37]

The devil knows the bible like the back of his hand...

[motiongraphics81]

So, After Effects or Motion/Shake? Or something else?

[richborge]

after effects and photoshop

[motiongraphics81]

Nice work, man. Five stars. From someone in the field.

[monocode81]

excellent!

[snodin99]

awesome animation!!! really suits the track in an old organ grinder, punch and judy way.. nice one :)

[GandalfDaBlack]

very well done! you've captured in video what the song does for me.

[YogShoggotha]

love this animation.

[1apart1]

This song is absolutely genius, as is the video. I love it.

[WilkolakNerevar]

Great, this really could be a official clip.

[mrkvamaster]

very good video, congrats

[pappagora]

fuxxing awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[AlexTheRabbi]

the video is crazy lol good work,, great tom waits song gotta love the man :)

[desolateroom]

i think he means the bald dude in the vid, not tom waits.

[APEDOG74]

You are really good at what you do, man. But get a different guy for the speaking/singing parts. Someone more animated! No pun intended.

[vikinsweresteriotypd]

that video fits the song very well!

[2912801821]

Pure art, my respects to the creator of the video and always to Tom Waits

[nolareaper]

this ISNT the real video? wooow. its awesome for a personal project.

[katuroo]

one of my fav songs besides "the piano has been drinking" - excellent animation, I can see you envisioning different aspects of the song - usually when I do this for some reason it has an ice skating theme (and I hate ice skating). One thing I didn't like... the uh "actor", was that you? It didn't fit, there was no emotion (there was anger in this song). I would suggest against putting yourself or whomever that was in another video... sorry :S

[richborge]

thanks man! I don't know if he ever saw this... It'd be a dream job to work on a video for Tom Waits, he has been an inspiration to me from the beginning. This piece was done as a sample for my reel, which landed me projects with the likes of OZOMATLI and JESCA HOOP.

[daryldarko]

freaking masterpiece dude. did Tom ever have anything to say to you about this? he should thank you and hire you!

[DramaBattery]

awesome!

[Omathousand]

lol 1:43 makes me think 'bout "Jacob's Ladder."

amazing vid for an amazing song!

i just can't stop watching it! :)

[mcampbell085]

By the way, great effort on the video. Nice work!

[mcampbell085]

Heyy barkboingfloom and JohanfromSweden... Danny Elfman is a great composer and all... but this is TOM WAITS. Never confuse Waits with some child's play like The Nightmare Before Christmas!! Waits is the real deal!!

[rdtdmd]

Really really good stuff, man. Generally, you see people that attempt things of this nature, and it falls on it's face. This was pretty spot on.

[CharmedBalthazar]

The entire album was used/made for a musical called Woyzeck. Amazing musical. Check it out.

[awaggenspack]

this is fantastic! nice work and good song choice. there is nobody like tom.

[moviemuts]

nice work, but it's a shame you replaced Tom Waits with yourself

[Mortis12003]

Indeed

[fuckoffycus]

Wow, fantastic vid! Tom Waits would be well impressed with your efforts...Keep up the good work :) *****

[AhBeer]

This is classic!!! Keep spreading the word! Excelent work. Spot on!!!

[richborge]

thanks Gary (and Mepamper)! most of the animation is after effects and some stop motion. I don't know any 3d software... maybe we can collaborate sometime. richard

[smartbluecat]

Wonderful work. This is so good! Do you use any stop motion or is it all 3d and after effects?

Great stuff!

:o)

[Mepamper]

Loved your take on this!! 100 ****'s!!

[Mepamper]

Dynamo job on this!! RIGHT ON!!

[theveganamedchaze]

"all of the good in the world you could fit into a thimble and still have room for you and me" - simply amazing

[Johanofsweden]

The one mentioning Elfman is SOO RIGHT! Think "this is halloween" ... spot on!

[Ursacke]

Really nice video, but the guy doing the miming isn't nearly as expressive as he needs to be. Show him a clip of Waits performing for some inspiration. :)

[barkboingfloom]

I only heard this once in 2000 late at night on the radio. The scared the shit out of me so much that it stayed in my brian for 8 years. This is only the second time I have heard it. Reminds me a lot of Danny Elfman's music in "Forbidden Zone" or "Nightmare Before Christmas". Fantastic animation btw! Very outstanding!

[deltatangofoxtot]

Tom Waits loves the common man. He always plays the tormented characters in film. Or the kooky/wise ones. BTW, what's under a monkey's tail? We are all animals, full of poop, 'cause we're all animals, no matter how high we can imagine. EVERYBODY ROW! When in hell, keep walking...EVERYBODY ROW!! Love this man! So very important.

[richborge]

Hey Smiley, I'm sure T. Waits wouldn't agree more. Maybe you are referring to "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"?

[Hirnlego999]

Yes, because you have favorited a lot of complex grown up music.. sigh

[jrnnrj22]

One way you could interpret it is having to do with Human progress; that things are not getting better just because we have evolved. The higher a monkey climbs the more you see his tail...nature-pitchfork. Misery is the river of the world, it seems connected to me.

[hogleg68]

and you might as well kill youself. very soon. its people like you that ruin this world anyway with your low opinions of everything

[MooIAmMe]

" ... "

As to one, so to another.

[Tabla461]

amen

[Johanofsweden]

I'll fourth that!

[umberwolf]

This is an excellent video... In my opinion very much in vibe with Tom's song.

[auliya]

very bill keane

[kloten]

DO a video for Mr Bungle's "None of them knew they were robots"

[752935]

najz

[icantthinkofafucking]

Brilliant video!!!

[SponsoredbyDuffBeer]

sweet video. it seems very tom waits-ish.

[joefield11]

Amazing video...one would think tom himself was in on this

[lachattenoire27]

This is a GREAT song, and you did an AMAZING badass job on this video!

[MightyBooshishana]

Is that picasso in the boat at 2:52? :D

[tapper36]

excellent

[feralboy101]

I love your style. It really suits the music.

[richborge]

sticks and stones, bitch

[SanitariumNative]

moron

[SanitariumNative]

...for blingzz

[checkerdshoes21]

nizzle!

[Sulocco]

Tom Waits is amazing... I wasn't going to watch the vid, since homemade ones usually RUIN the song... but dude! Bad astronaut!

[NovemberXXVII]

Screw Disney. Tom Waits has been in a Jim Jarmusch movie, and that's good enough for me.

[Beastialman]

Tom Waits should be in a Disney movie.

[ExxonAmadeus]

He wrote and performed a song in the film Robots...don't know if that was disney or not.

[theobvious87]

the song was called "underground" and it was actually released on swordfishtrombones. excellent song

[StarvingForTruth]

different songs dude. go listen again. i just did.  they sound alike, but not the same.

[KittyHippy]

Amazing! ^^

[Kotowicz78]

Incredible man! Great Video!

[TomWaitsTV]

I really liked it and so I have added it to my Tom Waits website in the 'Unofficial Video' section. I hope that's ok! If not, just let me know and I'll remove it.

[Colenelly]

i almost didnt watch the video becuase i didnt want it to ruin the song for me

but i love this

ive never seen anything like it

are you famous

or do you get paid for this?

[Methelin]

incredibly beautiful

thank you!

[machnawe]

Best American songwriter. True master

[lornycorni]

you are my hero. you are gifted man

[witchgirl12]

I didn't really watch the video, but I listened to the song and it was very good.

[YogShoggotha]

your mom's gay.

go crawl back under your rock.

[8lu37hRoTtle]

aside from the your mama joke....

good comment

[8lu37hRoTtle]

aside from the your mama joke....

good comment

[gollum42]

Wonderful! The visuals match the tone of the song perfectly. Great use of old film textures and all to give it a hand made look, even though its cgi!

-CAP

[Realflection]

Waits rules

[kloten]

best Tom Waits video ever seen

[Alephvoid]

This is the song for when "God's Away on Business" is too cheesy and uplifting for you.

[nobody3223]

Lol

Yeah, just in case you thought life was fine.

I love Tom waits

[brainsout123]

Excellent video, worthy of being an official music video.

You seriously did a great job.

[easyTaff]

Pure genius! Great Vid. Tom would love this.

[DyingSoul1342]

that is so gay in makes me want to kill my self

[leathersmithjim]

good idea if you need help just ask.

[CharlieKilo22]

can I help you kill yourself?

[styxbones]

go ahead. less misery for all of us.

[YogShoggotha]

I'll supply the rope and the chair. be my guest.

btw, this video is my new favorite thing on youtube. : D

"if there's one thing to say about mankind it's there's nothing kind about man".

brilliant.

[timbo92580]

I'm simply in awe. I'm watching this and I'm in sheer puzzlement at the amount of passion you put into making this. The gifts you've been given are treasures. Thank you for sharing.

[tamaxandru]

superb,absolutely beauty..reminds also about the tim burton skeleton jack movie atmosphere . thanks for posting! richard borge you are good!

[grasgrossmeister]

very nice vid ;)

[mitsumimi]

I LOVE this song. awesome job with the video too! I really reminds me of the Monty Python cutout scenes.

[drainspout]

I am impressed! Thanks for creating and posting.

[DeadDoll68]

i love this well done six stars. no wait five. cuz there aren't six.

[SCLOGSE]

THis truly is stunning...but the shots of the real guy just don't really work in this...I have a buddy who is an amazing sculptor, and works the surface of his large pieces with texture, color, detail, but like to add xeroxes to the work of peoples faces, etc. , instead of sculpting them into the piece...doesn't work either....I can't imagine how much work it takes to fill out a whole song with this much visual work...camera moves are wonderful too....how about detail on you folks?

[Oscarwils]

I hope Tom waits see this video!

[tpesc]

Wow, very impressing video! I hope the man himself sees it.

[sirsartana]

Great work on the video 5 stars