Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes (1979)

[hawkclaw23]

XD LOL!

[buttercupme]

Turkey TV FTW. 

[scorpiogod1]

Oh man!

[Scyllax]

It's a good song. It's a reeaaaalllyyyy good song. Didn't he do a good song?

[sgtsav5149]

google claims this is the funniest song of all time. wtf

[Aidanloveskeyboards]

@alluss77 Weird Al actually knows these guys personally, because they once did a radio show appearance together in the 70s when Weird Al was just starting out. Weird, huh?

[thebasketballkid01]

my friend and i are OBSESSED with this song and we named our dodgeball team the fishheads and we are now in the finals:)

[bezzarguy]

They used to show this on MTV, i loved it then and i love it now. It's art.

[nomnom308]

ROLLY POLY FISH HEADS ARE NEVER SEEN DRINKING CAPPUCCINO IN ITALIAN RESTAURANTS WITH ORIENTAL WOMEN... yeeeaaahhh... :P

[playgirlc]

hardcore brilliance

[HannaHale123]

Its pretty sad I know every word to this song.....

[MattGroening90]

i love when Homer Simpson sings it!!:)

[SuperPossumkiller]

"Didn't have to pay to get...it...in."

[cemifuckavril]

whats 'roly poly'?

[MrKirkenstein]

@cemifuckavril hahahahahaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

rolly polly is like rolling something back and forth.

at least that's what it was when i was a kid.

[cujo503]

anyone else find this song evil or demented?

[MrKirkenstein]

@cujo503 this song and video melted brains when it came out.

[babyemmy143]

I memeber this song when I was little! i cant belive i thought of it today when i was at school:)

[DigitalPraise7]

118 fish heads had to pay to get in the movie.

[snorp73]

A bunch of foolishness.

[CoolRyanCuteya000777]

so this is where red robin got its yum! logo

[DrMotorDude]

118 fish got their heads cut off - by Bjork (she actually used to do that)

[sugarbear522]

To quote the late great Rick James...."Cocaine's a hell of a drug!"

[USFS02]

what the fuck did I just watch?

[sec713]

If this was on MTV today, it would have at least 3 commercial breaks before the song even started.

[TheIzabel11]

OMG! I can hardly imagine little Bill Mumy coming up with something so bizarre! I love it and all but I can't imagine the little boy from Lost in Space or little Lennier from Babylon 5 singing this let alone writing it! My parents used to watch this all the time and they were shocked when I told them Bill Mumy was the co-artist

[PouKii]

Wtf is that?

[TreborG2]

poor quality on the video, but it would be the first time I've seen the entire thing played since the 80's .. surprised its survived to the digital age and now will live on forever :) TY!

[Lonsoleil]

WATCH WHILE STONED!!!

[WolletBullet01]

Bill Paxton?? ....from the movie Twister?.. wow!

[aitraining]

Perhaps the wierdest tune and vid ever. This band must have been in some seious shit when they wrote this. The great erl7 80's MTV days....before the rap era killed the quirky cool vids off.

[Hordak81]

@aitraining YO! MTV Raps

[BoredinaForest]

this song will get you laid!

[McBossManus]

3:52 is the best line in the song

[Jmouser10]

3:15 Best line in the song

[alteregoAtlas]

I've never been so afraid. D:

[jollymeanthinkies]

Yeah...

[Jmouser10]

>2:18< You're welcome

[boosie1596]

Thats my dad. Robert Haimer. I never realized how many people liked Barnes & Barnes.

[onebigfanofradiohead]

rememeber this from the Dr. Dimento show. Years later I saw Ray Liotta on like Leno saying he either wrote or produced it. I don't know. Man, this is really a vid to trip on!

[123Sunshinexox]

my dad saw this on the old grey whistle test and i'm sure this song will become our family anthem :)

[MamaMonstr]

do you think bill paxton wants to shoot himself every time someone asks about this video?? lol

[coty9090]

only one way to explain this: Hardcore LSD.

[CabinfeverParkcity]

I remember this on the imagination station in like 1985 when I was 4!

[dana8123]

God. You must have all done a lot of fucking drugs in the 70s. Only way to explain this. No sober person likes this music.

[dgoldberg1992]

2:17

[Klaronika]

the garbage bag fashion is back!

[casestudyification]

I have always loved (and been freaked out) by this video. Who cares what Rolling Drone magazine thinks.

[richiebear1969]

Dr. Demento was fun to listen to......anybody remember "Dead Puppies" ?

[NikkiBabyGurlxoxo]

Love this song...one of my favs since childhood...and now my kids' favs too

[XxGirntacos]

The best part is at

3:52

[70s80sglam]

what does the person voice sound like pee wee and what the fuck is this

[SirBurstify]

What did I just watch.

[BetaBecca]

What the hell did I just watch?

[blindmordred]

i dont' know why but now i want kill someone :)

[123yohobo]

@blindmordred i have a feeling that i want to kill a fish and eat its head

[RussiaOtaku1023]

.....my teacher showed me this.... in class..... and now im scarred for life.

[TumbrelJockey]

"Aha" ! ;-)

[dgb9994]

@artiebarnes Thanks for the reply. I hope you're doing well. I remember loving Fish Heads - I was 10 years old and thought it was great.

[BuddyNovinski]

Bill Mumy? I aquired the record in the summer of 1980 when I worked in college radio. (The opposite side is "High School Gym".) Now it makes sense why "Cemetery Girls" has pieces from "The Twilight Zone" in which Bill Mumy played a monstrous boy.

[angelheart757]

Omg the place they used in the film Xanadu at 0:18

[RollandDynasty]

Like this video or Billy will send your ass to the cornfield!

[Obehbi]

Rolypoly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino in Italian restaurants with Oriental women!

Yeaaaaah!

[MegaPuppylover2011]

......... im scared

[annonimuz2]

love this

[KingLoop13]

was this sort of a funny band? or was it serious? my dad showed me this in third grade hahaha.

[xTheJellyfishx]

This was my life when I was a kid.

[dropdead024]

just a heads up, the line "didnt have to pay to get it in" means he took the fishhead out to a movie because it was free sex afterwards lmao

[PhillyGino]

It looks like Bill has made quite a living ripping off other artists, in this case "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Such profound inspiration....

[hillclimber440]

why does not this have 1 million views yet?

[adwipo]

thumps up if you are here thx to Smyger :D

[rodzandz]

@adwipo LOL, it's from Treehouse of horror VII from the 8th season. Remember the story where Bart had an evil twin named Hugo? Well, right at the beginning when they're having dinner and the kids ask about the noises in the attic, Homer remembers that he has to feed Hugo and takes a bucket of fish heads from the fridge. He starts to sing and hum the song as he walks upstairs!

Check it out in German simpsons, it's hilarious!

/watch?v=J9HvFDscaqA&feature=r­elated

[artiebarnes]

@rodzandz that made me 50 thousand dollars....

[NeatStuff86]

this is the greatest song ever. or at least 1.000.000.000 billons better than any Gaga song!

[AntiChristAntiFail]

@NeatStuff86 A billion billions? That's like... A THOUSAND QUINTRILLIAN!

[123yohobo]

@NeatStuff86 not true

[ThoseKrazyKoolAids]

@NeatStuff86 At least this makes more sense then gaga.

[ReignOfPraine]

Very cool!

[dgb9994]

Can't believe this song is from 32 years ago - I'm feeling old now.

[artiebarnes]

@dgb9994 Tell me about it! I wrote the damn thing...

[rodzandz]

3:33

Listen to the "they can't play baseball, they don't wear sweaters......." part.

Now I know where the voice of Nelson from The Simpsons got it's inspiration from... In fact I remember an episode where Homer was humming this song as well!

[allien2410]

@rodzandz which episodee!!!

[artiebarnes]

@rodzandz I sing that part. Did someone rip me off?

[guitarbeast777]

Fish Heads (1976) yup 1976. This could be considered the first modern video, at the time there was no word for "music video".

This was considered an experimental art film short feature.

Parents O.K.'d watching this because of the zero bitches&Ho's content.

[MultiLegotutorials]

2:47 best part

[teresacook761]

OH WOW! I THINK I MIGHT HAVE NIGHTMARES TONIGHT!

[veryBARIsax0phone]

IT WONT GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kdconod]

I remember seeing this on Saturday Night Live.

[KSCrosby]

look kiddos! skinny jeans! so hip!

[OlCapitain]

The title says 1979, but the Buy this song from Amazon says 1976 O.o

[artiebarnes]

@OlCapitain That's for a different earlier version. Only itunes has the REAL version.

[FrySkates]

@NewPunchinPaul you are absolutely 100% correct my good friend.

[alanestefant]

I´m impotent beceause of this

[Its12345Productions]

My dad told me to look this up and tell him what i thought. I moved out shortly after veiwing it. Hes been nagging me to do so for months. Well played, dad.

[CabinfeverParkcity]

This was my favorite when I first understood music, Damn!! IT FUCT ME UP! LOL

[CabinfeverParkcity]

Their NOT good dancers, They DON'T play DRUMS!!!! GENIUS!!

[jamirosparro]

My grandma cooks fish heads, every single Sunday!

[444Bam]

this song was meant to annoy the fuck out of people

[artiebarnes]

@444Bam hardly.....

[chow286]

The fuck?

[MrAnonymous566]

what the hell...

[NewPunchinPaul]

I have listened to a lot of songs. Float on, You're gonna go far kid, Feel good inc, Lets get it stated in here, and tons more, but this song tops them all on my list.

[DawnRainWasHere]

@NewPunchinPaul Those are some great songs you named off..but man I agree..this song is epic.

[spenderofthrones]

Danger, Danger Will Robinson!!!!!!!!!!

[alluss77]

O.o wow, am i the only one who was thinking of Weird Al the whole time?

[diabledesbois]

i love fishheads

[jessimc1980]

wondering about drug use here......

[artiebarnes]

@jessimc1980 None used.

[lorrainethepain]

I've not seen this video in years...I used to listen to Dr. Demento as a teenager back in NY ('70's) and had forgotten he had a cameo as the wino...YEEAAHHHH!!!!!!

[teh1337meister]

This is damn creepy that's what this is. O__________O

[Jennbob8]

I have one thing to say: o_O

[Kissfan96dr]

reminds me of my teenage days watching USA videos and Friday night video shows back in 84.

[NewPunchinPaul]

What you have seen or are watching is an example of a serious case of Ichthyoidalcraniomphillia.

[tevaiscool]

 this is cool !!!

[maxinoia180720]

im not going to sleep tonight....O,..,O

[troy0351]

nice acid trip!!

[iamaweasel]

Takes me careering back to the late '70's - Christ I'm getting old!

[4wheelerDJ]

Why, Bill....WHY????? LOL!

[2906terminator]

What the fuck am i watching the first 3 minutes were pointless

[paganklh1]

i am so happy i am stoned right now!

[DaBuddahGeeza]

gotta love around 4:08 where he licks it!!

[KingdomSlayer]

I went after this after watching Smyger's videos... Then I was like... "wow... this is too serious, can't be the same song"

*Guy whistles the song*

"Yep, this is the one"

[S3NtryW3B]

what are they on?

[Tips247]

This is one of the most disturbing songs i have ever heard in my life....

this creeped the hell out of me

[Polaf3456]

Why isnt this song funny or cool? Because the only people ive heard listening to it and liking it are 15 year old girls. Not a fucking joke.

[SaveMySanctuary]

@Polaf3456 Funny, most people I know who like it are guys over the age of 30. Maybe you should stop hanging out with so many 15-year-old girls.

[Polaf3456]

@SaveMySanctuary Then should I stay away from highschool?

[BattleOfAssaultClan]

What Drugs Are These guys on??

[mooseasaurusrex]

This is the most confused I think I've ever been.

[rattrap1985]

Didn't have to pay to GET IT IN :)

[eddiyes]

my dad said this wasn't scary, HE WAS WRONG.

[TheFoilGuy]

Doctor Demento what would we do without you...

[evilrobottolhurst]

Fantastic video, combining all the cinematic sensibility of Christopher Pettit with all the musical talent of Pinky and Perky.

[kirin3x]

the dude in the begnning reminds me of the bad guy(good guy) in Despicable Me

[Jjjj2828]

And the debut of a rising star too! Sissy Spacek was in this video, she is the woman in the video! FYI

[PabzGLRP]

Way better than that stupid song about the duck who wanted grapes.

[Obehbi]

Roly poly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino in Italian restaurants with Oriental women! YEAH!

[jayzme29]

If we were tripping on acid it would all make perfect sense!

[buttercupisevil]

Forgot about this song for a while. LMAO. It was in a youtube video a watched a while ago but i forget what it was..... >.<

[Ricksta101]

I was deceived to believe this was from TMBG. D:

[SmittyHeWasNumber1]

all of the fishes seen in this video were harmed in many ways. rip fish heads.

[yurianne07]

102 people prefer bagoong

[munnonockspirit]

So THIS is where that song is from....

[zer237]

Fish eggs?



[artiebarnes]

@zer237 heads.

[musikluvah]

I don't get it. And I'm humming it. I might just need to bleach my brain... nope, still humming it. Can you imagine this on 'That's what you call music'?

[willisk5]

my mom used to sing the chours to me when i was little. this is the first time i actually heard the song. and ahh.....yeah.......

[artiebarnes]

@willisk5 my mom used to tickle my anus....

[willisk5]

@artiebarnes did she tickle your anus with a fish head?

[willisk5]

@artiebarnes did she use fish heads to tickle your anus?

[artiebarnes]

@willisk5 no...her tongue...

[Klaronika]

@artiebarnes his tonge

[designpeace]

I remember this video when MTV first came out and THAT'S when MTV played only videos. Nothing else!

Funny Stupid

[halo3master1983]

This is the trololololololollolool back in the 70's lol! I love 60's 70's 80's rock nr roll and metal!!!!

[FelchBelcher]

0:20 = the theater from Xanadu

[leonel1982]

the HELL?

[SKOTP69]

Sheer, Unadulterated, Pure, Timeless....GENIUS!!!!

[lurch321]

This could pass for a David Lynch movie.

[4wheelredrider]

@lurch321 yes i love hes wrok

[MaskedGuardian0]

Click on 2:18 . There. I just saved you two minutes of watching absolutely nothing.

[dianaelizabeth8]

holy flapjacks this is the worst thing i have ever seen

[leeorios]

fuckin fish heads

[HidanImmortal141]

what were they on when they made this??

[artiebarnes]

@HidanImmortal141 no drugs.

[caseyadams47]

If anything has ever literally blown a mind... it would be this

[GINGERALER]

Bill Paxton in TIGHTS! OH YEAHHHHHH!

[ganon893]

My mind. is full.

OF FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK­KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

[WilliamLaSalle]

Dr. Demento and Wierd Al..

Look them up to find more good stuff like this.

[artiebarnes]

@WilliamLaSalle wrong, it's by BARNES & BARNES!

[TheDrWahooka]

@artiebarnes I don't think @WilliamLaSalle was saying this was Wierd Al or Dr. Demento. Both Barnes & Barnes and Wierd Al were featured on Dr. Demento. I think he just ment check them out for similar material.

[rodorvh]

Freaking masterpiece, cracks me up everytime!!!

[handinside]

DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!! You will grow up to do sick videos like this

[gl15col]

Now, this song will be in your head for days. You're welcome.

[Ayuobbeto1990]

soooooooooooooo briliantly stupid

[Meganeutronstar]

One of my favorite songs of alltime.

[nickellicker]

The beginning prelogue seems to have been inspired by "Eraserhead" in 1977, but that's beside the point. This is a classic music video, and a Dr. Demento mainstay for decades. Thank you, Barnes and Barnes, and many thanks to clotho98 for your posting...