The Handsome Family - Giant Of Illinois

[MrMoviemaverick]

amazing focus, on minute details!!! Check out the atmosphere and the hints under the surface that take you away from here and now, to feel the sense of the thing and maybe connect at a deeper level to what it is to be human, irrespective of height or where the blister was that caused the pain. We all got our own blisters......................­..

[bipolarbearhug]

wow...

[GAKRAC]

even if this guy didnt have gigantism he still would have been extremely tall. im guessing he would have been around 7ft tall without the gigantism

[PenguinJockey]

@GAKRAC I don't believe anyone else in his family was unusually tall. Could be mistaken, though.

[GAKRAC]

@PenguinJockey his dad was 6ft tall

[thejollylama1]

historically accurate or not...the pain and beauty trancends

[scottdekatch]

The boy withe the club foot part was taken from "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer." Or so Rennie told me in 2003 ...

[lawnmowerman37]

wonderfull song it doesnt matter if it was accurate about where the blister was it a tribute for a man that will go down in history as the worlds tallest man 8 ft 11 that ithink will never be broken my hat goes off to the hansome family a job well done if it ever comes out on karaoke i will love to sing it and thats the bottom line

[edgaras1973]

old but is still a good song. but robert died from the blister on his ankle not on his toe. so this is a song mistake?

[sadiengo]

wow I never knew that. I guess youtube is also educational.

[johnnydemo9]

Look at the size of him compared to that woman! OMG she look's like a little tiny girl. But I guess all people are tiny standing next to a 8ft-11" Man.

[theredhackle22]

Very nice

[Legend813a]

but the blister was on his ankle...

and it was summer in Manistee Michigan...

[terr0rkitten]

MMMm, it's just a song! I suppose you could take it up with the Handsome Family although I doubt if they will re-record it for historical accuracy!

[KingScuzzo]

Not true, he was from Alton, Illinois. I know I'm from there.

[lawnmowerman37]

@Legend813a it doesnt matter robert wadlow would be happy just to have a song about him

[scottdekatch]

and half of it is also based on "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer," or so Rennie told me back in '03 ... they're riffing on a concept, not biographing something specific.

[spld1996]

dam

[catbank]

Such a good song from such an unbelievably good band.

[thetransmigrationofJ]

probably my favorite Handsome Family song.

[Ostirala]

robert the tallest man of the world descendient the goliat

[LuckyJim1]

Love this song, great job with the video too. Much appreciated all these videos that you put up here.

[jorgeivanivan]

Big!