Right around the time this video was made, I voted in the People magazine online poll in which John Linnell was crowned the ninth most beautiful person in America.
This is one of their songs (of many) I think of as good Halloween music. It sounds like it would be good for that musical episode of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
Herd this song first in a DDR game. It shock and awed me so much. Its got that mellow beat to it that most songs today don't have. btw Anyone else think the head singer looks sort of like Shaggy, lol?
I love this song. The interview bits are interesting too. Was that an excerpt from a longer interview? If yes, anyone know where can I find it? Also, gotta chuckle a little at 0:10-0:21. Come on, Linnell, look at the camera. There ya go.
I have to agree with what they said about their music not really being weird. When I first started listening to them I thought that their music was weird, but now it's all such a variety and an intellectual game in trying to figure out what many of their songs are about.
@blinxwang Because its music out of people's realm of safety. They think that if they listen to TMBG and tell other people about them, they'll get weird looks and feel out of place. Normal people suck.
@blinxwang Too right. Not just because of the music, but John Linnell was pretty good-looking here (I'm a straight male.). He nailed the shaggy hair, the skinny frame, and the baggy T-shirt.
original theme music for Cartoon Planet! -still makes me cry whenever I hear it. ( The End of the Tour as well, because that was used as the end theme.) This reminds me of how much cooler than everyone else I was in the mid-90's.
I dunno about being cool on account of liking TMBG but this is a great song and what an ending vocal by Linnell! You cry when you hear it cuz it's just such bomb stuff, I guess. +1 - I agree.
this song is about a mass murderer that kills everyone at a party because he beleives them to be unenlightened. later he ponders in his prison cell how he can do it better next tiem and not get caught. its beautiful
I always dug this song. I liked the way the music evoked a sort of Mexican fiesta (the horns helped with that a lot) and the lyrics were all about some... deranged lunatic's plot to escape from jail and presumably kill everybody. Classic TMBG in my opinion.
No One Knows My Plan is clearly spoken from the point of view of somebody in jail. He references Plato's allegory, saying the people who reported him and got him arrested are like the people tied up in the cave; they don't see the real truth. No one understands his plan. It's thematically similar to the allegory of the cave, but not about it.
I thin it's probably about a figure like Hitler. They sent him to jail early on and there he formulated an evil plan he thought would help out the world.
see I , as a young teen obsessed with this song ( it was the theme to cartoon planet! ) always related to it. I was quiet and felt like a loser but always thought one day I may blossom into a real human being and be awesomer than everyone else-that happened by the way.
maybe by the math song you mean "particle man," often mistitled triangle man. the malcolm in the middle theme song is called boss of me. no idea about big robot dinosaur.
With a small amount of research (i.e. Google), I have found evidence to suggest that Big Robot Dinosaur is not by They Might Be Giants but by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.
Nerdy rock bands unite behind the god of strange music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!If TBMG can't do everything with music possible, then I swear I will go to a Green Day concert, and now THAT is physically impossible.
This has to be one of their most beautiful songs. I've never seen it live. I was hoping to see someone play the guitar solo live. I can kindof play it. It's hard.
I miss TMBG's old backing members. Especially Dan Hickey. I mean Marty's really damn good at drumming, but Hickey had the soul, and the left handed DW drumset...
ska is great but i wouldnt classify this as ska just because it has horns... no offence but i hate when people do that. i dont think any one can really classify tmbg into any genre although they can be described by the word "perfect" although that doesnt quite do them justice ;D
I have a bad habbit of not caring for a song by TMBG. Then I just keep listening to it, and its my favorite song ever. But then I over listen to it. Haha I love TMBG Spiraling shape!
Wow, just reading through these comments, I love that we live in a world where after watching a particular video, everyone can join in on conversations about John's hair, and how hard John Henry rocked.
My lord, I am totally in love with John Linnell. like...a whole lot. too bad he's about 19 years older than me and has a wife and a kid, but that makes no difference! *cough*
lord, I adore TMBG! John Henry wasn't really one of my favorites until this year, I'm rediscovering it. good. stuff.
HOLY CRAP I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH, I had no idea there were videos of it on youtube... I freakin' love John Henry so freakin' much. It's a bit on the darker side. Oh yess.
Itoolman, his name is James/Jim O'Connor. Around the I think John Henry and until after Mink Car they used him for studio and live shows. He's in the TMBG official music video even though Mark Pender played on Dr. Worm. I have been wondering why they have stopped using him since, as a Trumpet player myself, I respect his work and always looked up to it. My guess is that he might be a freelancer in NYC.
Totally. He looks way cute in this video. The only hairstyle I haven't liked on Linnell was when it was longish during Apollo 18 stuff. (And even that wasn't SO bad.)
I have never posted a comment on YouTube about ANYTHING before, but I would have to throw my hat in. I would agree - John Henry is one of the best from, Subliminal (wow) through to The End of The Tour (probably my favourite).
Then again, "The Bells are Ringing" is my ringtone.
i love his voice....... he was deffinetly "cuter" in the earlier days, but age has to happen, hes still cute in this, when i met them this year....yikes!
I love all their oldie stuff. )': All there new stuff is all sad and all of it is about love. That's what I admired about the 80's- not every freaking song was about loving, losing love, someone you love, ect...
Aye, I'm afraid we will have to admire him from afar, though the collective intelligence, attractiveness, kindness, and creative fount that is 'John' be ever tempting. =P No matter. I am content to dance in public, and drool in secret. xDD
To Robin Goldswatter (I may have butchered her name), who is also a singer, if I recall! She's appeared in a couple of TMBG tracks as a background singer.
I think it's "Goldwasser". She was in the video for "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" toward the end when all the random people are headbanging and playing guitars and such. She also made the puppets of John and John for the kid's stuff podcasts and does the puppetry (or at least some of it) for the Deeply Felt Puppet Theatre on the "Here Come the ABC's" DVD. Also: "Dr. Evil" from "Austin Powers".I suddenly realize how odd it is that I know all this random information about Flansy's wife.
Especially since John Linnell is actually my favorite and I know absolutely nothing about his family, except that he has a son. Anyone know anything else about his family?
Hahahaha, NO, I promise!! That's hilarious, though. I just like to learn things about people and things I'm interested in. Another thing I've always wondered is..why don't they ever mention their parents or grandparents or other family members in interviews and "Gigantic" and things like that? I think it would be interesting to find out about where They came from, other than when they met in school and all that jazz. :)
What I think I know is they are from Brooklyn, NY and had a dial-a-song service that really took off and they started recording and now they're into doing children's albums (which are also quite good)
That's a really random reply to my old comment, aquasnake333. Not that I don't enjoy randomness :) But the weird thing is that I just saw them in concert for the first time on Tuesday and they sang "Seven" and the audience (including myself) shouted "we want cake, where's our cake" during the song!
Dude you are so mean! "I'm you're only friend I'm not not you're only friend, but I'm a little glowing friend, but really I'm not actually your friend, but I am."
Actually Lincoln was the best selling independent release of 1988, and Ana Ng went to #1 on the college radio chart. "Birdhouse" was a #2 single in the UK, and Flood has gone platinum. I think they were just about to truly break out until grunge came along to destroy whimsey. But even still, they've won two grammys and consistently top the sales charts on Amazon and iTunes. They may never have had their "One Week" but they've been able to sustain their popularity over a long peroid of time.
Oh yes, John is hot now and then... but here I don't like his hair, too pouf-fy... but it's all about the song, one of my favorites. John Henry might be my favorite album, so many classics. And yeah, Flans is cute too, especially in the early days.
Love the little interview clips at the beginning too, what was this from? Thanks!
Yeah, it's a little like 'the robot' dance. He seems to do it without thought at all, just kinda' relaxed with the music. ^_^ It's one of the things I love so much about this band. They aren't afraid to have fun! :D
<.<; *blush* Am I the only one attracted to Flansburgh more than Linnell? >.> ( Not that it matters much. =P If all I wanted from a band was looks, I'd be at a backstreet concert. x.X Ugh. )
Thanks so much! That was so cool! I'm addicted to TMBG, but it only adds to my life...really...I'm not obssessed! Seriously, Linnell looks even younger than when I saw them in the mid-nineties. I think I'm exactly their age, actally! All the CD's, & I've reproduced another fan...my daughter! She loves it just as much, & in the same way as I do! Complelely fascinated and eternally grateful!
notBowen took me here......the music kept me here
Sacharias1 2 months ago
TMBG should always tour with HORNS
chadhobbs 2 months ago
Right around the time this video was made, I voted in the People magazine online poll in which John Linnell was crowned the ninth most beautiful person in America.
poorcocoboiboi 3 months ago
I love Linnell.
prettyhippie865 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for They Might Be Giants
Well, he comes from an influential New England family. That's almost English really.
CornCod1 3 months ago
...... look like shaggy
nicolosmoffitt 5 months ago
They look so young here! CANT WAIT TILL FRIDAY WOOO HOOOO!!!
Darkphantaria 6 months ago 4
@Darkphantaria Was that at koko?
sheepish999999 6 months ago
he's american but he has british teeth
verifyyouare18or 8 months ago
@verifyyouare18or Look around. Plenty of non-famous Americans have British teeth now, because dentistry costs so much.
rucb1alum 3 months ago
Boy do I Love that Song!
AnemicChia 9 months ago
5 people don't have any sense of novelty or anything interesting in music. They wouldn't know a genuinely good song if it bit them on the arse.
eisemanrenyardjake 9 months ago
This is one of their songs (of many) I think of as good Halloween music. It sounds like it would be good for that musical episode of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
riftalope 10 months ago
John linnell sounds like the singer for 311 at the beginning
xxPunkoftheUSAxx 11 months ago
he (linell) looks so young in this clip. I think it's the hair and the big t shirt.
thebleedingjeans 1 year ago
Herd this song first in a DDR game. It shock and awed me so much. Its got that mellow beat to it that most songs today don't have. btw Anyone else think the head singer looks sort of like Shaggy, lol?
Hakkun9872 1 year ago
@Hakkun9872 ....thats freaking hilarious. he totally does.
nicolosmoffitt 5 months ago
in the 90s a two volume bootleg was circulated that had this song. 4 hours of awesome live shit, like when they hosted 120 minutes.
aazxc159 1 year ago
There simply amazingly adorable <3
lil80schick 1 year ago
I love this song. The interview bits are interesting too. Was that an excerpt from a longer interview? If yes, anyone know where can I find it? Also, gotta chuckle a little at 0:10-0:21. Come on, Linnell, look at the camera. There ya go.
kmatula1 1 year ago
AH!! I'm 13 again!! =)
PatrickRob82 1 year ago
I have to agree with what they said about their music not really being weird. When I first started listening to them I thought that their music was weird, but now it's all such a variety and an intellectual game in trying to figure out what many of their songs are about.
Kyrubas 1 year ago
"Here we go. *cue dancing*"
That. Seriously. Justin Bieber? TMBG is the stuff!
phsycicmonkeys 1 year ago
Where's the congo line???
Love this song!!!
broalonzo 1 year ago
I love a song that can fit the word allegory into the lyrics.
Boojispud 1 year ago
So young! :'D
grandpianogeorge 1 year ago
Why are people Swarming over Justin Biener when there are THESE guys!?!?!?!?
blinxwang 2 years ago 68
Amen.
I don't understand how people can even stand what passes for "music" nowadays...
HavazikFerric 1 year ago 6
Who?
tunaketchup 1 year ago
@tunaketchup Justin Bieber. Sorry for the typo.
blinxwang 1 year ago
@blinxwang So true, so true
oogie11 1 year ago
@blinxwang Because its music out of people's realm of safety. They think that if they listen to TMBG and tell other people about them, they'll get weird looks and feel out of place. Normal people suck.
eliades710 1 year ago 3
@eliades710 "Normal people suck."
Beautifully true words...
HavazikFerric 1 year ago
@HavazikFerric beautifully elitist bullshit.
wilsaljo 1 year ago
@blinxwang Too right. Not just because of the music, but John Linnell was pretty good-looking here (I'm a straight male.). He nailed the shaggy hair, the skinny frame, and the baggy T-shirt.
YourFaceWillDie396 11 months ago
the trombone solo blew my mind.
Possecore 2 years ago 5
@Possecore Totally. Chills.
ClueSign 1 year ago
original theme music for Cartoon Planet! -still makes me cry whenever I hear it. ( The End of the Tour as well, because that was used as the end theme.) This reminds me of how much cooler than everyone else I was in the mid-90's.
trapadoored 2 years ago 5
I dunno about being cool on account of liking TMBG but this is a great song and what an ending vocal by Linnell! You cry when you hear it cuz it's just such bomb stuff, I guess. +1 - I agree.
Artemetra 2 years ago 5
And 13 years later, Children Of Bodom visited the same stage and tore that shit up. =)
Amazingly creative band, TMBG.
ownag3r 2 years ago
What are the lyrics here?:"
"When I met a shadow on my window shade,
They called up a ____________ and testify"
????
odinata 2 years ago
they called the police and testified.
81tempest 2 years ago
Thank you!
odinata 2 years ago
this song is about a mass murderer that kills everyone at a party because he beleives them to be unenlightened. later he ponders in his prison cell how he can do it better next tiem and not get caught. its beautiful
81tempest 2 years ago 4
Yeah, but "he's" insane. That's why he failed.
odinata 2 years ago
1:56 linnell's dancing wins.
Limabeans1 2 years ago 45
Music- have fun with it and create what you want!
I really like what TMBG has done with music.
It's good to be free and honest with yourself and find what you're really good at.
Oddikak 2 years ago
TMBG got it for real with this horn section mixed with lyrics that knock you out of your shoes.
odinata 2 years ago
I like some of their weird songs, such as particle man.
bastian1926 2 years ago
That one is pretty mainstream. Its good, but its the tip of the iceberg.
odinata 2 years ago
oh yeah real mainstream cause you know everyone was litsening to big band style music in '95
ObiVince 2 years ago 4
Which of their songs would you consider "normal," exactly?
randomcollision6 2 years ago
this is adorable!
moosedenied 2 years ago
Linnel looks like every best friend I had in grade school in this vid.
AndStuff57 2 years ago 2
Linnel looks so Shaggy in this one.
quechupapi 2 years ago
True story! The t-shirt doesn't hurt that illusion.
GGWarrior 2 years ago
this video makes me practically in love with john linnell
screwzerulesihavebux 2 years ago 3
any video of Linnel from the nineties is great, his hair is perfect for the entire decade =p
endlessserenade9 2 years ago
not to mention his sweet dance moves :3
screwzerulesihavebux 2 years ago 2
@endlessserenade9 Yes. He really blew it marrying that beautiful woman when he could have me.
ClueSign 1 year ago 3
Sweet bone solo!
GodofTrombones 2 years ago
is it from the movie
corkie1965 2 years ago
guys, everything you know is wrong!
ChrisRodSB 2 years ago
weird al is ok but not as good as tmbg
aquasnake333 2 years ago
Great
teamjoe3 2 years ago
here we go
cockmasterZ 2 years ago 8
I always dug this song. I liked the way the music evoked a sort of Mexican fiesta (the horns helped with that a lot) and the lyrics were all about some... deranged lunatic's plot to escape from jail and presumably kill everybody. Classic TMBG in my opinion.
einootspork 2 years ago 4
No One Knows My Plan is about Plato's Allegory of the Cave.
worldstumper314 2 years ago 5
No One Knows My Plan is clearly spoken from the point of view of somebody in jail. He references Plato's allegory, saying the people who reported him and got him arrested are like the people tied up in the cave; they don't see the real truth. No one understands his plan. It's thematically similar to the allegory of the cave, but not about it.
I thin it's probably about a figure like Hitler. They sent him to jail early on and there he formulated an evil plan he thought would help out the world.
liambf 2 years ago 4
@liambf
see I , as a young teen obsessed with this song ( it was the theme to cartoon planet! ) always related to it. I was quiet and felt like a loser but always thought one day I may blossom into a real human being and be awesomer than everyone else-that happened by the way.
trapadoored 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I've never heard of this song in my life.
I remember the classics (that i can't seem to find)
-big robot dinosure
-the math song, and who could forget
-the "malcom in the middle" theme music
drumstix83 2 years ago
maybe by the math song you mean "particle man," often mistitled triangle man. the malcolm in the middle theme song is called boss of me. no idea about big robot dinosaur.
liambf 2 years ago 5
how have you never heard of "no one knows my plan" but know tmbg? this song is often part of the conga in the live show.
rabidchild18 2 years ago
With a small amount of research (i.e. Google), I have found evidence to suggest that Big Robot Dinosaur is not by They Might Be Giants but by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.
XenoTrout 2 years ago 2
I have a pemanent smile plastered on my face
ponfarr69 2 years ago
"... this periodic problem where... we try and do something that's interesting and new, and it comes off... as weird."
Oh my god, I love this man.
avocadopye 2 years ago 2
I don/'t really know this band. I heard this song from stepmania, and all i can say that this song and it's lyrics are truly brilliant. Good stuff.
StarCraftWhore 3 years ago 2
Nerdy rock bands unite behind the god of strange music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!If TBMG can't do everything with music possible, then I swear I will go to a Green Day concert, and now THAT is physically impossible.
obamamaniac42 3 years ago 2
Everybody conga! I'm not F***ing kidding! Put your hands on a stranger! Lose your ride home!
ganguskreed 3 years ago 8
love this album
corneliasson 3 years ago
i love this period of TMBG. John Henry is vastly underrated, even now.
hullygullys 3 years ago 5
Mannn, John Linnell's hair is so yummy!
RubySunrise1986 3 years ago 8
why i must agree with you but dosent it always? even in different cuts it is quite nice
megen1996 2 years ago
I love all this love for John Linnell. I'm not alone in my opinion that he is one of the most attractive men everrr.
They are so incredible.
HelloRadiooo 3 years ago 8
These guys seem to always have kick-butt drummers: a dead give-away they're really good musicians.
CusterFlux 3 years ago 3
This has to be one of their most beautiful songs. I've never seen it live. I was hoping to see someone play the guitar solo live. I can kindof play it. It's hard.
imtheslime2 3 years ago
oh linnell...your dancing makes me smile. :)
dietspritezero 3 years ago 6
why is one of the tags on this video "jail"? Did i miss some commentary about jail or something? haha
notmysanctity 3 years ago
"in my prison cell i think these words"
liambf 3 years ago
oh yea... that makes a lot of sense haha. i guess i wasnt really thinking :D
notmysanctity 3 years ago
I like the little head thing he does when he sings "No one understands." XD
EriisaMuffin 3 years ago 2
Why is Tony Maimone so cool!?
JasonDTube 3 years ago
i don't know.
liambf 3 years ago
I miss TMBG's old backing members. Especially Dan Hickey. I mean Marty's really damn good at drumming, but Hickey had the soul, and the left handed DW drumset...
JasonDTube 3 years ago
lol good question, good answer ;-)
Kordoras 3 years ago
Ska is awesome!
xXxChOzEnOnExXx 3 years ago
ska is great but i wouldnt classify this as ska just because it has horns... no offence but i hate when people do that. i dont think any one can really classify tmbg into any genre although they can be described by the word "perfect" although that doesnt quite do them justice ;D
thedeven1 3 years ago 3
Yeah, it doesn't even have a Ska beat in any way.
Drworm89 3 years ago 2
I love the awkward moment on 01:59 to the point where he pulls his shirt for some reason. Only with TMBG.
CloudOfPixies 3 years ago 5
probably sweaty, you know, ventilation.
benjaminjalbert 3 years ago
Qne of very few good things that came from the 1990's.
Tayl0NP 3 years ago 8
SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST BEGINNING& ENDING THEME-t.m.b.g. do in fact rule...!!!
wes19er 3 years ago
cartoon planet, actually!
liambf 3 years ago
I have a bad habbit of not caring for a song by TMBG. Then I just keep listening to it, and its my favorite song ever. But then I over listen to it. Haha I love TMBG Spiraling shape!
TomsTrilogies 3 years ago 6
Wow, just reading through these comments, I love that we live in a world where after watching a particular video, everyone can join in on conversations about John's hair, and how hard John Henry rocked.
And to put in my say, John Henry rocked hard!
jadeybeans 4 years ago 3
Because TMBG fans are just that awesome. ;)
EriisaMuffin 3 years ago 19
Damn straight!
jadeybeans 3 years ago 4
My lord, I am totally in love with John Linnell. like...a whole lot. too bad he's about 19 years older than me and has a wife and a kid, but that makes no difference! *cough*
lord, I adore TMBG! John Henry wasn't really one of my favorites until this year, I'm rediscovering it. good. stuff.
brought2ubyliz 4 years ago 4
I have dibs on Linnell. I've been wanting a piece of that since 1986.
Niika666 4 years ago 4
the song is so great. the 90s rules i miss that time
heavymetal51984 4 years ago 2
HOLY CRAP I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH, I had no idea there were videos of it on youtube... I freakin' love John Henry so freakin' much. It's a bit on the darker side. Oh yess.
xxMajorKey 4 years ago
Who is the trumpet player in this video? And what other videos is he in?
Itoolman 4 years ago
Itoolman, his name is James/Jim O'Connor. Around the I think John Henry and until after Mink Car they used him for studio and live shows. He's in the TMBG official music video even though Mark Pender played on Dr. Worm. I have been wondering why they have stopped using him since, as a Trumpet player myself, I respect his work and always looked up to it. My guess is that he might be a freelancer in NYC.
Drworm89 3 years ago
Totally. He looks way cute in this video. The only hairstyle I haven't liked on Linnell was when it was longish during Apollo 18 stuff. (And even that wasn't SO bad.)
JohnKingToadFields 4 years ago
oh man oh man oh mannn...his hair is one of the hottest parts about him!! Yummmm. :D
And I agree that the Apollo 18 hair was the least yummy.
But HERE, it's AMAAAAAAZING!!
RubySunrise1986 3 years ago
john or john? lol
megen1996 2 years ago
Linnell :]
RubySunrise1986 2 years ago
yes linnell *sigh* :)
megen1996 2 years ago
lol, actually I say flans. but in general, i love both johns so...<3
beaniepq 2 years ago
someone asks i say linnell then im like no flansy no linnell really hard for me to decide
megen1996 2 years ago
I love this song so much. I've seen them live so many times, but don't think I've seen them perform it.
kenziefied 4 years ago
I have never posted a comment on YouTube about ANYTHING before, but I would have to throw my hat in. I would agree - John Henry is one of the best from, Subliminal (wow) through to The End of The Tour (probably my favourite).
Then again, "The Bells are Ringing" is my ringtone.
monsieurdempster 4 years ago 5
i completely agree. john henry is an amazing album
chocophysics 4 years ago
this song is so addicting
sf49ersa8 4 years ago 4
So, what was the plan?
orangeblueandlavenda 4 years ago 2
Great stuff! The whole "John Henry" album seems underrated and overlooked to me. It's always been one of my favorites.
Linnell 4evr!
JohnKingToadFields 4 years ago 7
what mixed reviews it received. I'm an 'old school' fan of They, and it's my favorite of their albums.
changwatch 4 years ago
John Henry pretty much is the best record. What does it have like 19 songs? All of which are almost full length and fantastic.
MagicTurtle643 4 years ago 2
I like John Henry - it's the album that got me into TMBG. My favourite is actually their new one, The Else, though.
UBFTW 4 years ago
in this perticular video flansburgh is hotter
margittarget 4 years ago 2
Nah I think he's cuter all the time. I have weird tastes O.o
jubyjubleman 4 years ago
i love his voice....... he was deffinetly "cuter" in the earlier days, but age has to happen, hes still cute in this, when i met them this year....yikes!
but best version of this song....eva!
tunesplayer919 4 years ago
Flansburg is sooooo cute (:
jubyjubleman 4 years ago 4
I like his glasses
margittarget 4 years ago
nowadays at shows they have the crowd do a conga line to this song, entertaining stuff
harvey625 4 years ago
one day ill see 'em live... one day...
felster 4 years ago 2
they're on tour right now!!!
go see them if you can, it's totally worth it.
brideofraindog 4 years ago 5
I love all their oldie stuff. )': All there new stuff is all sad and all of it is about love. That's what I admired about the 80's- not every freaking song was about loving, losing love, someone you love, ect...
jubyjubleman 4 years ago
probabaly the coolest thing I've ever seen on youTube
TonyHomo 4 years ago 2
Anybody else think Linnell looks kinda adolescent in that interview thing
Dunklekuh81 4 years ago
I agree.
kroneland 4 years ago
He did till he was probably forty. Now he looks his age.
Dunklekuh81 4 years ago 2
Hey kroneland, I gotta disagree. Linnell has some cool hair. Wish mine would grow like that. I bet chicks would dig it. XD
Dunklekuh81 4 years ago 5
yeah man!
liambf 4 years ago
You have to admit some of his hairstyles are pretty ridiculous. This happens to be one of them.
Linnell is a cute guy, so the hair never ruins him, too, too much. But honestly. This hairstyle is questionable at best.
kroneland 4 years ago
John Linnell: long time supporter of bad haircuts.
kroneland 4 years ago
Aye, I'm afraid we will have to admire him from afar, though the collective intelligence, attractiveness, kindness, and creative fount that is 'John' be ever tempting. =P No matter. I am content to dance in public, and drool in secret. xDD
TreeHairedGingerAle 4 years ago
Uggggg! I can't get over what a cute pie Flansberg is ^^ and he still is! With his weird little 90's haircut and his cute thick frame glasses!
Anyone know if he's married...? Anyone? Anyone?
jubyjubleman 4 years ago
Yush. He is.
CloudOfPixies 4 years ago
NOOO!!!! My life has no meaning now )':
jubyjubleman 4 years ago
Did it ever?
CloudOfPixies 4 years ago
To Robin Goldswatter (I may have butchered her name), who is also a singer, if I recall! She's appeared in a couple of TMBG tracks as a background singer.
thatamericangirl 4 years ago
I think it's "Goldwasser". She was in the video for "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" toward the end when all the random people are headbanging and playing guitars and such. She also made the puppets of John and John for the kid's stuff podcasts and does the puppetry (or at least some of it) for the Deeply Felt Puppet Theatre on the "Here Come the ABC's" DVD. Also: "Dr. Evil" from "Austin Powers".I suddenly realize how odd it is that I know all this random information about Flansy's wife.
RubySunrise1986 3 years ago
Especially since John Linnell is actually my favorite and I know absolutely nothing about his family, except that he has a son. Anyone know anything else about his family?
RubySunrise1986 3 years ago
stalker
ponfarr69 2 years ago
Hahahaha, NO, I promise!! That's hilarious, though. I just like to learn things about people and things I'm interested in. Another thing I've always wondered is..why don't they ever mention their parents or grandparents or other family members in interviews and "Gigantic" and things like that? I think it would be interesting to find out about where They came from, other than when they met in school and all that jazz. :)
RubySunrise1986 2 years ago
What I think I know is they are from Brooklyn, NY and had a dial-a-song service that really took off and they started recording and now they're into doing children's albums (which are also quite good)
ponfarr69 2 years ago 2
I agree :)
RubySunrise1986 2 years ago
we want cake, where's our cake
aquasnake333 2 years ago 2
That's a really random reply to my old comment, aquasnake333. Not that I don't enjoy randomness :) But the weird thing is that I just saw them in concert for the first time on Tuesday and they sang "Seven" and the audience (including myself) shouted "we want cake, where's our cake" during the song!
RubySunrise1986 2 years ago
children's albums that are quite deep lyearicly and about thinks that children would not understand?
GalfordHeat 2 years ago
uhm no dude they're from Lincoln Massachusetts.
and nothing ever really took off for them, at the hight of their fame they were just filler on MTV.
willnye2cool 2 years ago
Dude you are so mean! "I'm you're only friend I'm not not you're only friend, but I'm a little glowing friend, but really I'm not actually your friend, but I am."
ponfarr69 2 years ago
who's mean? me????
I was just pointing out that they've never been all that popular..... that doesn't mean their music isn't amazing.
willnye2cool 2 years ago
Actually Lincoln was the best selling independent release of 1988, and Ana Ng went to #1 on the college radio chart. "Birdhouse" was a #2 single in the UK, and Flood has gone platinum. I think they were just about to truly break out until grunge came along to destroy whimsey. But even still, they've won two grammys and consistently top the sales charts on Amazon and iTunes. They may never have had their "One Week" but they've been able to sustain their popularity over a long peroid of time.
FaceTheMusicPhilly 2 years ago 5
Oh yes, John is hot now and then... but here I don't like his hair, too pouf-fy... but it's all about the song, one of my favorites. John Henry might be my favorite album, so many classics. And yeah, Flans is cute too, especially in the early days.
Love the little interview clips at the beginning too, what was this from? Thanks!
slumby 4 years ago 2
I love the little dance he did at 1:57! Wasn't that cute?
FlansyLinny 4 years ago 4
Yeah, it's a little like 'the robot' dance. He seems to do it without thought at all, just kinda' relaxed with the music. ^_^ It's one of the things I love so much about this band. They aren't afraid to have fun! :D
TreeHairedGingerAle 4 years ago 2
they are awesome live, most groups or artist lose lots of quality with their live performances, but this sounds the same as the LP
Shiftie09manz 4 years ago 2
<.<; *blush* Am I the only one attracted to Flansburgh more than Linnell? >.> ( Not that it matters much. =P If all I wanted from a band was looks, I'd be at a backstreet concert. x.X Ugh. )
TreeHairedGingerAle 4 years ago
Thanks so much! That was so cool! I'm addicted to TMBG, but it only adds to my life...really...I'm not obssessed! Seriously, Linnell looks even younger than when I saw them in the mid-nineties. I think I'm exactly their age, actally! All the CD's, & I've reproduced another fan...my daughter! She loves it just as much, & in the same way as I do! Complelely fascinated and eternally grateful!
bettablue1 4 years ago
plus he wears the glasses now, which are super hot
margittarget 4 years ago 3
I'm all for people wearing glasses. I personally am an overweight, left-handed glasses-wearer, so me and Flans should be best friends.
Just kidding. I'm not that creepy. Everything else is true, though.
thatamericangirl 4 years ago
what's with thinking John Linnell was hot back then. he's at least as hot now!
margittarget 4 years ago 4
Amen and A-MEN, Sister! Hooyah.
olderthansid 4 years ago 4
John Linell was a hotty :) back then
princessdawg312 4 years ago
*sigh* John Linnell is such a cutie =)
Great song, too!
wytchgrrrl 4 years ago 3
the music reminds me of a video game
Amiyumi19 4 years ago