Oingo Boingo - Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me

[KimGoodman1]

Hum, excuse me, but Mr. Elfman is definitely NOT a spaz, lol! Being a member of the Oingo Boingo fan club from way back when, I think his dancing resembles that of the lead singer from 'The Talking Heads'. Do you think Mr. Elfman might be copying him?

[DancingSpiderman]

The president Ooogah Boogah's band

"Nothing Bad Ever Happens To me"

[SHMILY43]

From the early 80s in SCal my only regret is not going to more of his concerts....and as far as the bathtub remark below...as a married man of many years I have had/have the same fantasy...this guy was rockin in MTV live at thr Ritz..you'll see what I mean

[zimluver]

I can do that with my toes XD freaks people out too!

[suedejones]

Nothing bad ever happens to Danny Elfman. He's been sitting on high heaven ever since he wrote the theme to The Simpsons.

[deegirl6873]

WHY SHOULD I CARE......

[jackdentreprenuer]

danny elfman's personality is really interesting.

[xXAskingAmandaXx]

well that was more of danny elfman than i needed to see

[jose19771000]

epoque créative et delirante a souhait ,j adoreeeee! elfman est un genie il le prouve encore aujourd hui

[sabbathfreak1]

BRINGS BACK THE AIR FORCE DAZE, IN 1983, AT MARCH AFB. I WANT MY MTV!

[kurtinrod420]

What i would give to be sitting in that bathtub with danny. Ugh feelin as hot as that fire!!!

[CxHavok]

I love the 80s.

[TehLiquid]

@CxHavok i love little girls

TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[KraydeXIII]

I dance like I belong in the 80s apparently then ...though I was born in 87 haha

[sabbathfreak1]

I love this video, reminds me of the Air Force daze back in '83 when MTV was actually entertaining as all the best of the '80s groups were the best.

[tacomadc]

Such a great video - so many cool parts. This wasn't a hit, but has grown since.

[BubbleT1ger]

*sigh* I miss weird 80s music videos.

[Despina838]

80's Elfman makes me happy to be a hot blooded female.

[Sonyphilia]

Oh, danny... *snakes head* How do you look so attractive?!

[mannsam63]

I didn't realize how great this song is until much later - it may be their best song!

[MrElectricBill]

There are so many weird details in this video. It takes skill to be so unnecessarily weird. Another reason why Elfman is a genius!

[Rac1pfe]

WELL FUCK YES!!! CLASSIC OINGO SAME STYLE SOUND AND THEMES 

[DONCOOLCR]

this song kills

[mamabraga]

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MSN SOUND ;)

[911chrystal]

has to be my fav.... I should stop caring about the little things.... Hmmmm, I wonder what my psych doc would say about this??? but why should I care???

[ryan49er1]

if you're danny you can get away dancing like that...but if you're jo shmo who works at gamestop and dance like that.....everyone would call ya a loser...dont lie guys lol

[xnonsuchx]

Parts of the video remind me of Ultravox's THE THIN WALL video

[ChadSawyer1969]

Hahaaa.... we didn't dance like that in the 80's, they were pulling your leg. I met Danny at about this time, and he was so messed up he thought he was in San Diego (when in fact we were in Seattle). Danced like a spaz, cause that was the best he could do.... hahaaaa.

[urmerm]

I see a bit of Thom Yorke in there. Perhaps Thom was inspired by Danny?

[kingbotanical]

Wow! Does anyone else think this is a frightening look at the current circumstances from a unique 80's/ and yet timeless view?

Am I alone here in being awed by the lyrics....is everyone caught up on the dance??

[elfojuice]

@kingbotanical Not at all. Far from featuring random 80's wackiness, as so many here seem to assume, every image has a purpose. The suit Danny's wearing is a parody of the early 80's "yuppie" culture, shallow self absorbed rich guys with big cell phones. THe very kind of girls he serves the heads to in the restaurant. Danny was criticizing these types for not caring for the misfortune of others, NOT endorsing this behavior.

[elfojuice]

@elfojuice In the end, even the tropical island can't keep him sealed off form the world's problems...as we see by the nuclear bomb (another big 80's worry) going off in the distance.

[kingbotanical]

@elfojuice random 80's wackiness ... I just LUV that phrase!

[lizismestupid]

There is nothing wrong with the way he dances. I learned all my moves from him, and from my dad who probably learned them from Danny. And Ima chick.

[911chrystal]

I just love this song.....

[EvilEmoCupcakes]

Conveniently placed duck, I hate you.

[6papeles]

3:17 The man at the end, what the fuck is he doing?? he´s dancing or he´s simply an asshole?? maybe think he´s funny.

[NotUndeadYet]

Ah, the good old '80s flail dance. The only reason I can claim to be able to dance in any way at all.

[RandyPantheGoatBoy]

This should be the Tea Party's theme song.

[Fendertastic]

@RandyPantheGoatBoy I see what you did there.

[bluevixen1]

Damn! He looks vertually edible in white :D <3

[Stephenmartin14]

@EveryUser

U guys should watch this stoned

[neildarr]

this makes me happy

[evilhrtz]

always have and always will be. THE. BEST. BAND. EVER.

[snap1920]

got that beetjuice feel to it...lol

[GoddessAntares]

Even today this video reflects the attitude of 'why should I care?" When other people's troubles are reduced to inconveniences to us. Like when he says " He seemed ok but his suicide ruined everyones day" why should I care. It's thought provoking!

[Mr4suns]

Danny Elfman is a genius and so very underrated.....

[rpoberhausen]

Funny, I hated this song and video in college in 1983. Now that I am more aware of the musical ability of Danny Elfman, I have a real like and appreciation for it - the structure, lyrics and humour. Dunno, maybe that stupid "wierd science" period influenced me at the time - that was dumb stuff. Everybody has bills to pay though, I guess.

[MephProduction]

@rpoberhausen But the band had always written songs for films and appeared on the soundtracks long before Weird science... that song just happened to take off, you can't control that sort of thing, at the time they were just doing what that always did, But i guess theres a reason Danny hated it lol.

[911chrystal]

why are you all so evil???? ust sit back and enjoy..

[Pachbo]

Now he writes and plays the soundtrack for "Desperate Housewives" and tons of films.

[chrisklecker]

I often wonder if he was high when he made this video. :D Probably not.

[Stephenmartin14]

@chrisklecker i know i was high when i watched it :D

[eldiablo7000]

@JewsOwnThatAsshole SORRY YOU STUPID CUNT, BUT DANNY HIMSELF SAID IN A T.V. INTERVIEW THAT PUNK WAS ONE OF HIS BIGGEST INFLUENCES FOR OINGO'S EARLY MUSIC...AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE A REAL FAN...AWWW...SUCKS TO BE YOU! LMAO!

[MephProduction]

@eldiablo7000 Danny said he liked Madness and other ska bands coming from the uk, 

[dmsseyj1]

Danny Elfman is an Evil Genius

[DesireDarling88]

he truly is the sexiest freak in the whole world.. swoon

[bassnet1969]

epic!

[MrDeadlydude666]

can't believe anyone could do such a terrible thing by disliking this video but..

why should I care

Oingo boingo rocks

[eldiablo7000]

Danny Elfman fused new wave and punk...a true genius...

[Jews0wnYourAss]

@eldiablo7000 HA HA HA WHAT A LAME!!!!!!! IT WAS NEW WAVE AND SKA!!!!!! HOW YOU GOING TO FUSE OINGO AND LETS AY SEX PISTOLS OR BLACK FLAG OR CIRCLE JERKS ???

[slicknicknirvana]

Only bad things happen to me

[pzhukova]

People did not "dance like that in the 80's" any more than people do now. Elfman was infamous for his "spastic" style, particularly during Oingo's early years when his dance style and stage presence were *very* odd - and incredibly cool.

[Fab4Sunrises]

I think Danny dances like that not so much because they danced like that in the 80s, but more because that's how he wanted to dance and he therfore could give a fat shit what people thought.

[redhothellers]

0:18 danny's face is priceless :D

[DougDiug]

FREAKING Genius! 

[dallen3000]

hay am i the only one that noticed thgat the onlyblack people were waiters

[bootyqueenxo]

@dallen3000 watch Cee-Lo Green's music video for Fuck You, the only white people are waitresses. (: on a relevant note, I LOVE THIS SONG. Oingo Boingo is great.

[dallen3000]

@bootyqueenxo hay. get me wrong not. i never questioned his greatness. i was just stateing a fact ;-) .

[yungmelly]

who is the guy @ 1:29?

[Despina838]

The lead guitarist, Steve Bartek

[Octoberchic25]

i think this is adorable! i love these guys!

[markderho]

cool. elfman rocks

[brennanmoriarty]

MTV classic. I feel so safe -at one with the tribe

[anottakenusername]

If you freeze the video as he smiles at 2:54 Danny Elfman looks like a young Tim Curry.

[blummedia]

Odd how the world works..... we still are exposed to Danny Elfman in the dozens of movie soundtracks he's scored.

And you haven't lived unless you've moshed at a Boingo concert..... preferably the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

[HarlotBug3]

So eager to take credit that their first music video came out during my birth year. I'll put that on the very small pile of good things about the 80s.

[Leekduck]

MSN Noises

[SweeneyToddObsesser]

Oh, Danny... *shakes head* How do you make that dance look attractive?!

[sixthSigmaSnowball]

Commitment!

[xnonsuchx]

@SweeneyToddObsesser - Because it's uniquely Danny???

[xnonsuchx]

@SweeneyToddObsesser - The same way he can wear a wife-beater w/ a white suit???

[HoodishArt]

@SweeneyToddObsesser every thing looked good in the 80's! My guess was all the coke people were doing ^.^

[NecroMasterSyl]

@SweeneyToddObsesser How can you even as that question? IT'S CUS HE'S DANNY ELFMAN!!!!

[omigoth]

I LOVE HIM.

[MisterEvasion]

The CD for Good For Your Soul is a rare find. It has been out of print for a very long time. It can be found occasionally on Ebay and I have seen it fetch as high as $50 US or so. There is every reason to believe it has went for much higher than that. Even the cassette tape version is hotly sought after and often gets around $20+ US, which is very high for music in that form of media.

[sartoris65]

@MisterEvasion I have this on vinyl. Rock star.

[ronaldwitt]

@MisterEvasion I work in a used CD/Book store and we list on both Amazon and Ebay. I can assure you that these prices are what people are ASKING, not getting. I'm a big fan of the band. If you look at those sites for a particular 'rare' album by any band every few months, you often find the same half dozen copies listed. If you send the seller an email offering $15, they almost always accept it.

[blummedia]

@MisterEvasion You can get this on one of the greatest hits CD's track eleven is it.

[drummysq2]

Hey JAWS in the bathroom it's a cool idea for my next bathroom !!!!!! John Williams could be proud =)

[coolkid101awesome]

my dad went to one of their concerts!!! IM SO JEALOUS! it was at davis if anyone else went

[LeMegasandwich]

Nothing bad ever happens to me.

[starchaser216]

I so love this song. Thanks for posting it. :-D

[ilovefall08]

1:47 danny elfman is so cool that he makes any dance style look epic! 

[SheExhalesVanilla]

I actually like Danny's dancing.

[zinj2001]

@Anastasia1825

well it's like this... you have to had grown up in the 80's!..:)

[jettcenterfold]

oingo boingo should be at the top of MT. OLYMPUS

[randomeddie]

I'm gonna start dancing like Danny Elfman...

[JohnnyLovely2]

@XxLuvDentzxX green day sucks... the only good band on that list is oingo boingo.

[XxLuvDentzxX]

@JohnnyLovely2 well at least i dont listen to that rap crap!

[JohnnyLovely2]

@XxLuvDentzxX true

[Stephenmartin14]

@XxLuvDentzxX Rap is awesome u just half to listen to the right MCs such as Kool Keith,Esham,Aesop Rock,Wu-tang ur just a stereotypical ass

[XxLuvDentzxX]

@Stephenmartin14 Sorry I just don't like that kind of music, I don't mean to criticize what you like in any way

[Stephenmartin14]

@XxLuvDentzxX well thats ok i just think people should be open

[doom032]

@XxLuvDentzxX I say who gives a fuck

[iCHIMP1]

the farewell tour was sooo goood but yet so sad as well! I remember sitting on the side of the stage singing these songs back then,no security no drama just Danny and the guys play'n. he was in his underware danc'n around..it was just a party...now a rock show = stupidity! I miss those days..

[BarrioPunkRock]

if this isnt 80s idk what is

[taufactor]

This track owns.

[OneSwellChick]

I love Oingo Boingo (:

[Keepskatin]

@OneSwellChick i found this band in 2003,and Talking Heads in 2000,they are both made similar songs. Talking heads is a bit crazier.

[OneSwellChick]

@Keepskatin You think Talking Heads is crazier than Oingo Boingo? Go ahead and YouTube The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. I think you might rethink that ;)

[dragonholder411]

@OneSwellChick I believe the preferred term is "eccentric".... XD

[davandk]

Legends.

They came out with something different just at the right time (for me anyways). Danny's touch can be heard in many of the movies y'all go see to this day.

[pjrg1919]

I CANT MOVE MY PINKY TOE LIKE THAT. CURSE YOU, DANNY ELFMAN

[seethootss]

@pjrg1919 I CAN... just get drunk and think hard about doing it.

[RabidAwkardness]

@pjrg1919 I can! YAY

[spidermann5000]

nothing bad ever happens to me...therefor the rest just equaly sucks but "why should i care?"

[Orphean9]

@spidermann5000 If you did'nt like it, you had the FUCKING option to go back. No need to a dick. Dick.

[spidermann5000]

@Orphean9

i guess you got me wrong (reading it again i can understand it^^). i reflected my current situation witch sucks right now (but seems to get better)

the vid is great ;) and in my favs

[MephProduction]

i wish Good for your soul would get back in print.. it's the only Ob cd i can't track down..(i have the vinyl version)

[Despina838]

 I have an extremely high quality version of Nothing Bad Ever Happens on my channel...check it out.

[GreenGearMood]

Our apathy is what keeps us from being the human race we think we are.

Change can happen any time, with any one.

[BurningChrome]

If you can't dance to this, ya' might wanna...check your pulse!

[GreenGearMood]

@BurningChrome Might wanna.... Get to a dead man's party, as it were.

[DerWahreErloeser]

This tune is sooo cool. Nothing Bad Happens To Me...either...

[rocktha80z]

it happened to me?

[Bond23d]

I love how in almost every Oingo Boingo Music vid he looks out his window and there sees people

[CelineUnderWater]

Everyone just has sooo many questions about his videos and they all look to one guy hahahaha

[jacobpotter]

Every time I look around this place, I see them scream but I hear no sound; all the terrible things happen down the road to somebody else I don't even know.... Why should I care?

[CelineUnderWater]

Shoulder pads!! Haha, this is like my fifth comment. I don't really caaaaaAAaaare.

[CelineUnderWater]

They used that kind of razor, is that just the 80's, or their creative minds?

[geniemix101]

today a man almost died under an rv and i was the only person at the site that shown real sympothy. i declare this song towards the selfish children who laughed at that sad tragedy

[lefarce]

@geniemix101 Why should I care?

[CelineUnderWater]

@lefarce I DON'T KNOW................ O_o

[Jason4235]

@geniemix101 Well put, I agree.

[SolielDanse]

I called a college radio station and asked the student dj to play this song, after it was done he was like..." wow that's not a good way to look at life" i called him back and told him to shuddy and play the songs

[SLOVoyeur]

The bathtub scene and everything else has largely faded from memory. I do remember the flame effects as being a lot hotter on set than we were told they'd be. That's about it. Everything else is a blur.

[CelineUnderWater]

@SLOVoyeur You win at life, my friend. :D

[ZEHPIX]

@SLOVoyeur u really worked on set?

[SLOVoyeur]

Yes. I shot unit stills on over fifty early 80's music videos, the first MTV era.

[Despina838]

You probably don't remember, but is it true that Danny's (then) wife was one of the ladies in this video?

[SLOVoyeur]

I don't recall for this production, but I do believe she was featured in "The Forbidden Zone" feature film directed by Danny's brother, Richard Elfman.

[SLOVoyeur]

Now I really feel old. I was the unit stills photographer on this video way back when. Danny was hilarious all throughout.

[Despina838]

...Tell us everything you know about the bathtub scene.

[Jason4235]

@SLOVoyeur Wow really! Do you have any stills left?

[SLOVoyeur]

@Jason4235 I haven't dug out that portion of my archives for more than a few years, but yes, I do believe there are numbers of vintage gems there.

[Despina838]

Oh wow, anything you have would excite a lot of people if you were awesome enough to put them up to see.

[SLOVoyeur]

@Despina838 Sorry. No can do...at least for now. They are literally buried.

[Dadflex]

Danny Elfman was the most entertaining dancer ever!

[ponfarr69]

Why should I carw? Nothing bad ever happens to me,

[Despina838]

Lucky duck. Lucky tub. Lucky bar of soap. Lucky water. Lucky towel. Lucky bathroom tiles.

[DerWahreErloeser]

Nothing Bad ever happens to me either...why should I care...

[N9OOR11]

lllllooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooolllllllllllll

[ianbrox]

If youtube was around back then, they'd have well over 28,987,342 views!

[ImagesofHeaven]

I never saw anybody but Danny Elfman dance that way in the 1980s. He was a true original!

[honeybfly2010]

Was the rubber duck REALLY needed (0:52)??!! Talk about gettin' all hot and bothered!!

[HeathenaBot]

@squidfish007

You don't "learn" to dance that way. You just move to the music and pay no attention to what the people around you think.

[trexi157]

he was a cool ginger danny elfman is awsome

[DancingSpiderman]

@ 0:30 the baby in the crib reminds me of the Looney Tunes character Baby Face Finster in the cartoon "BUGS BUNNY BABY BUGGY BUNNY"

[MissGreenDay7]

80s FTW!

[twilinerd]

I absolutly love this song!! It's too bad that the album is out of print. I bet it has to do with the fight they got into with their record company.

[Leekduck]

This song taught me how to deal with "Maverick Emos" (Emos witch dont care about other peoples problems because they appareantly have a bad past), if someone doesent care about other peoples problems then its probably because they dont know how it feels to have a real problem

[spankinmymonkeyisfun]

Danny has to be one of my favorite musicians/composers ever!

P.s. If you haven't seen The Forbidden Zone look it up and watch it Danny's first ever score for a film and a priceless jem from 80's b films/cult films

[nicknasty14]

@spankinmymonkeyisfun u serious, is that the movie with little tattoo in it? he did the score for that? i didnt think anyone ever heard of that movie!

[PsychofanGal]

I have the sudden urge to catch my bathtub on fire.

xD

[ThePanickedBoingoloi]

0:29-0:42 Lawlz @ Danny just smokin' (in more ways than one) while they take his family.

[jayfirev]

i should start using this as a theme song.thanks oingo boingo for keep my conscientious clean.