TMBG - Particle Man (TSS)

[KaiCalimatinus]

@insonica2

BEST. PRATCHETT BOOK. EVER.

Also, explains the formation of Trolly Hives, or 'Shopping malls' as well as made me start using 'Yo' INCESSESNTLY.

Well, that and Mort.

[GastroGreen]

wtf is a stylophone

[2000toddowen]

This is sort of reminiscent of the Allen Brothers "Jake Walk Blues".

[imoChannel]

fake and gay

[Musyciant]

@imoChannel if this is gay and fake you are dumb and stupid mean son of a bitch

[MKCyrax1997]

@imoChannel really

[BogusMojo]

 Stylophone solo!

[XxshadowbreakerxX]

ty to aqw

[MalarkyDude145]

MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.

[DoubleYooToo]

I love how when John F isn't singing, he's so quiet, but when he is, he seems like such a strong personailty.

[Roxxi33]

omg he looks like he's gonna bust out laughing the whole time. too precious.

[CopelandMeister]

This video is the reason I own a stylophone.

[Scone54]

@CopelandMeister STYLOPHONIA FOREVR!

[killernat]

i miss techtv

[insonica2]

The Only diffrenc ebetween this and reaper man is that particle man looses, becomes person man and defeats triangle man.

[insonica2]

Reaper Man,. Reaper Man... er I mean Particle Man.

[Hauntzz]

@insonica2

What exactly is Reaper Man?

[insonica2]

@Hauntzz A Discworld novel about death being brought down to mortal, living as a man and then fighting the new death to get his job back. Tv Tropes pointed out there were some parelells, with deaths boss the auditors as triangle man, death as both particle man and person man and Azreael, the death of all universes as universe man. The only diffrence is death wins in teh end.

[Hauntzz]

@insonica2

Ah I wondered if you might be talking about the Discworld book, but I presumed there was a song or something that I hadn't heard of.

[zpy121596]

the stylophone is a sexy instrument :3

[benbob9000]

Toby sent me....

[DrLeePhD]

I miss techTV.

[1995bobbygirl]

haha what the crap is that?!?

[Jumbif]

Better than the normal Particle Man, in my opinion. The standard version sounds overdone.

[verysweatynipples]

God I hate the stylophone

[MusicByTheMoon]

@verysweatynipples What has it ever done to you?

[PeppyTurtle3]

Holy cow Linnell is so cute when he messes up on the solo haha

[cicadasilence]

Triangle Man is a dick.

[hakeyh07107]

stupid



[cfa1998]

I think the 5 dislikes came from Particle Man

[DarkApteryx]

i miss the screen savers so much. thank you for this performance.

[cysublime]

love the song...but this sucks...

[andan04]

Dang it, I'm pretty sure I'm Person Man. Or else a close relative.

[WeAreTheWageSlaves]

4 people are nazis.

[VLTSandwich]

1:37 onwards: STYLOPHONE SOLO!

[ruthricolule]

cant stop watching it



[alexandertorke]

I think I might invest in a stylophone now.



[MidgetMelon]

Rockin the stylophone!

[RiccolaCoughMedicine]

OMFG HIS INSTRUMENT HIS COMPLETELY AMAZING.

[GradeSchoolRecords]

@RiccolaCoughMedicine It's a stylophone, i think

[RiccolaCoughMedicine]

@GradeSchoolRecords yeah it is

[piemaster64]

lol whats he playing, I want one

[jacksonnicholls]

@piemaster64 stylophone

[lorehorrible]

he's totally shredding on that thing. awesome.

[D119heavy]

what in the name of Thor's Almighty Banjo is a stylophone?

other than the least metal instrument of all time that is.

[Headboundjoint]

My daughter LOVES you guys!Thank you They Might be Giants! MAKE MORE PODCASTS!!

[DeathByMammoth]

Dig that Funky Stylophone

[DeathByMammoth]

Dig that Funky Stylophone

[92soothsayer]

just curious, why don't they play it live like they do on Flood? well i guess they just wanted to to put that weird interesting little electric thing he's playing to use live lol, right?

lol and he laughed right in the middle of singing playing that buzzer thing. these guys are whack

[MusicByTheMoon]

@92soothsayer They normally do, but there were only three of them there so they wanted to have some fun!

[guywettstein]

You've made my life that much better. Love!

[lenskap]

Stylophone Man! I had one of those in 1974 and ruined it by attempting to make it into a ribbon controler. Robert Moog, I am not!

[beaker929]

@lenskap he used to teach at my college before he died

[AxeyAxe]

Ahhh!! Love! Thanks for the laughs, guys! **Hugs**

[rhapsodyinorange]

"STAHLAPHONE!"

[stickmeister0]

Stylophone stylin' on Triangle Man.

[MewSumomo1]

STYLOPHONE WIN :D

[mywhiteeyes]

this is epic. always make me laugh.. XD

[ranchozaragoza]

Oh, look, Triangle Man voted three times!

[Hamakeis]

@ranchozaragoza : He can't. it's just three different people.

[JulianGuthrey]

@ranchozaragoza you're funny

xD

[mrsheen72]

love these guys

so do the kids

[Mer1002]

Stylophones for the win!!!

[HavazikFerric]

I have that same stylophone <3

[kingcainjr]

1:42 jon looks like he went insane

[cellopants]

@kingcainjr As well as 1:26.

And the rest of the video.

[ICanCount2G]

epic stylophone solo!

those things are a bitch to play.

tmbg rocks

[jbucky94]

LOL thats gotta be so hard to play

[Dragonlord7012]

Thumbs up for Person Man.

[BabbyPyro]

I think i wouldn't like this nearly as much if Linnell didn't keep fucking up with the stylophone. the guy is just charming in every sense of the word, as are every other member of the band in their own way. TMBG may not be the best band ever, but they're up there, and if if i got to pick one band to hang out with, i think i know who I'd choose.

[Musicaljunki]

@BabbyPyro right? they seem like really cool people

[HighOnPaint]

That pencil thing is the nerdiest instrument I've ever seen XD

[MrBrightsideOfficial]

3 people are triangles(:

[ThatLegoBuilder]

Particle man is is your computer RIGHT NOW!!

[TubeScrewed]

Actually, the 2nd little fill he does is really nice. They are in "Even Our Shit is Golden" mode at this point.

[BeelzeDmaw]

3 people got beaten up by triangle man

[MrFluffyLion]

they kinda suck live hahaha but they still rule

[Memington]

@MrFluffyLion

Well, look at that thing he is playing. His focus must be off.

[sugarlump1999]

Look at how proud they are to be so clever :) I love them :)

[rodeothugx2]

I love it, they don't give a crap man.

[SupaChard89]

Triangle man's a dick

[krauser18x]

triangle man = piramyd head xd

[woodsamiller]

What is he playing on?

[heroclix0rz]

@woodsamiller it's actually the last thing said in the video if you listen closely. it's called a Stylophone

[Flophole]

@woodsamiller A Stylophone. You can buy them in most toy shops.

[MattHood]

@woodsamiller For more stylophone goodness check out Orbital's "Style"

[MostlySashaMostly]

@woodsamiller stylephone. 

[wooterz]

I miss The Screen Savers...

[Devilock79]

NERDS!!! Big, geeky, nerdy nerds!!! God damn, I love these guys. =P

[pmbear]

Linnell looks like some kind of mad professor here, proud of his new creation... love it

[mtp234]

STYLOPHONE \O/

[TheKaphra]

john linnell should have been willy wonka in the film, better than johnny depp

[TheKaphra]

he looks so weird when he does a little solo on the stylophone

[FathomLordKarathr]

they seem really nice like john and john are like really good friends but i keep imagening they hate each other in private and just fight

[motleycrue2121001]

lolololol that was funny.

[phsycicmonkeys]

Linnell is so excited about that stylophone, but I guess they didn't practice with it enough because he looks like he's having a bit of trouble...xD love it.

[Naturality]

:O I didn't think I could love TMBG any more, but the use of a Stylophone here disproves that.

[AndrewArriola]

YEAH!!!!!!!!

[shithoagie]

that's great, but's it's still astounding to me how one can fuck up and omit notes from their own songs.

[vjm3]

At least they were having fun. Lol Stylophone, I can imagine the situation:

TSS exec: Wait we can't perform the song! We're irresponsible and broke your accordion sorry you're fucked.

John Linnell: Oh thats ok, just give me a pair of spoons and i'll be fine.

TSS exec: Uh, our speakers won't pick up spoon playing...

John Linnell: *looks into a random bin of trash* Wow whats that?

TSS Exec: oh thats a crappy stylophone my kid broke half of it.

John Linnell: Problem solved lets do rehrsal. :)

[Spazz5101993]

I remember when it was TechTV not G4

[phsycicmonkeys]

It looks like Linnell was having fun over there with the Stylophone! Haha

[FluffyMuffina]

it must be hard to play that stylophone and sing... haha

[BeanangelTreon]

noneuclidean girl

noneuclidean girl

giving the triangle its final twirl

[greatsayain]

i was gonna ask what that guy is playing but i can see now in the descrption it's a stylophone. Wonder why you don't see those more often. Now I need to know what is TSS?

[BeeblesTV]

The screensavers! I miss them.

[ParticalMahn]

woo

[Joeykm1972]

That playing of the stylophone was so bad... It actually makes the song sound good.

[mrfiggins]

love the giant but this is epic fail lol

[gogretsch]

Long live the Stylophone!

[MrFairygodmother]

lol!! That instrument is win by default.

[mtplewis]

i love how bad this performance is, not that its really poorly executed but you can tell they needed some more practice with the stylophone

[blackup4]

@mtplewis

Yeah I think they realize it too, since both of them are laughing through the whole performance.

[Ampex101]

That Xylophone should have had a slight touch of reverb and it would have been spot on XD

Peace out :D

[lmartins0327]

when he was supposed to say usually kind to smaller man, he screwed up! haha!

[richardmulroy]

only the coolest thing i have ever seen

[vedasisme]

fuck yeah, stylophone!

[lothor1234]

It was better when TechTV was separated from G4. X-play back then was funny, abiet not very informative / critical, but it was funny.

G4 on it's own ruled as well, good shows like portal, would have been much funnier now that MMO's dominate our culture and Judgment Day was one of the best Video Game review shows bar none. Also cheat, and the other show im blanking on that gave you a history of game developers.

Plus Filter, man those were the good ole days, now it's just Cops / Ninja warrior

[WickedServant]

awesome lol

[miyabi121190]

Stylophone is a really cute instrument. Wish I had one.

[googenshlagen]

@miyabi121190

They're like 15 bucks off Amazon. :)

[miyabi121190]

@googenshlagen oooo shiny! Thanks for letting me know ^^

[Noonker]

Actually jack white is playing a guitar in icky thump I do believe. But he uses a whammy pedal.

[DJSoyBoy]

no its a keyboard for the super fast parts

[jarzhinio]

When I was younger and more gullible. My older brother used to tell me that TMBG lyrics carried subversive double meanings and were often about racism or deep human truths. After hearing purple toupee I realised my brother may have been exaggerating.

[misparse]

Well -some- of them do. :) Just not all of them.

[awesomewelles90]

They're charming little songs. I see some meanings in some of them. Frankly who cares!

[loscakes]

@jarzhinio lol. for real tho a lot of their songs do have some fucked up subliminal shit.

[AKAcronny]

@jarzhinio It's in the eye of the beholder, but I actually always thought Purple Toupee was kind of insightful. To me, it feels like the way a little kid might misconstrue all the historical events that he hears about as he's growing up. He's only half paying attention, so he fills in the blanks and gets this weird, nonsensical version of history.

[Vadergeek]

@jarzhinio Purple Toupee makes perfect sense, as long as you know your '60s history and accept that the narrator is unreliable.

[BlazeTheDoja]

@jarzhinio i hope you are kidding

[davidme123]

@jarzhinio

Uh, "Your Racist Friend" is about racism, but many of their lyrics are just written because they sound cool. It's still fun to try to place meaning on those too.

[jarzhinio]

@davidme123 "People should get beat up for stating their beliefs"

[TheGreatMightyPoo1]

@jarzhinio

Mildly spoken.

[motafina]

TMBG are unbelievable!

[popolon]

I really love them

[theloganrocks]

Fuckin' awesome

[ChannelUmptyThree]

DORKTASTIC!!!!

[PrivatePikachu1]

@ChannelUmptyThree i had a nerd-gasm

[DoggyHateFire]

Haha awesome

[TheLostDirector]

My socks have been thouroughly rocked.

xxxxxx

[Indojackal]

They have a fi-ind to smaller man.

[HawkManJones]

Sweet stylophone action. I especially like the chuckling between the first solo and "Universe man." Totally digging how John can be so awesome after forgetting the notes and lyrics.

[CFFDan]

FUCKING AWESOME

[DaKilla27]

I love Linnell's smile ever time he plays a solo on that Stylophone.

[GenitalMutilation666]

triangle man is a hater

[Phantom1356]

@GenitalMutilation666 Haters gonna hate!

[MutekiRarus]

@GenitalMutilation666 Really. Anyone know what his problem is?

[IceSquirrelGirl]

that looks like a hard insterment

[IceSquirrelGirl]

wasn't this on tiney toons? i keep getting this song in my head

[ChannelUmptyThree]

yes it was a music video. Plucky Duck was a pro wrestler "Particle Man" who kept getting the holy stuffing relentlessly beaten out of him by bigger wrestlers like "Triangle Man" "Universe Man" and "Person Man"

[lpc0615]

It was Tiny Toons I know what you talking about I used to watch those cartoons in the 90's. I always wondered who sung this song now I know.

[diseaseyougetfromche]

stylophone like stylus?

[Shuda7]

Linnell seems very amused with that instrument!

[ssabykoops]

lovely stuff i have one of those organ's giggidy giggidy

[rotensnatchmuffdiver]

somebody please tell me what the hell is going on....

[chainsawgood123]

Triangle man hates everyone

[Qwazin]

This is badass

[TheSuperVidiot]

my friends sing this song all the freakin TIME!

But im use to it, after a billion and half times

[vjm3]

I love how he laughs at his friend during the song. Pocket Calculator pawns all.

[needlescrape123]

Yeah, when Linnell laughs at Flansburg for that little shaker thing he keeps using! It's good that they still play together after 20 some years!

[evelau]

John is the operator with his pocket calculator.

(Yay! How to make a TMBG video even nerdier - reference Kraftwerk!)

[Gabelsa]

FUNNY!!!

[Poiuyt111]

by pressing down a special key it plays a little melody

[evelau]

Indeed it does.

[howapel]

John and John are the best.

[reader55player]

He looks like a kid with a new toy, it's so cute!

[Kullen64]

LoL isnt this wat G4 used 2 be befor it wuz G4???

[TheReignOfOpinions]

Yep then G4 Tech Tv then just G4

[Kullen64]

Ya then G4 had 2 go digital in my area so i cant watch it any more.

[Battosai577]

you dont really want to watch it

[Kullen64]

y is it dumb now????

[Battosai577]

Yea i think it is, since most of the time either cops, cheaters, or some weird movies are on. The only nerdy shows are x-play and attack of the show and personally I find them pretty dull.

[Kullen64]

Yea i liked the old A.O.T.S w/o Olivia no offense to her though. I liked Cheat With both Kristin Holt and the other guy and X-Play was funny but they diddnt rly play the games just summerized the first 30 minuts of it.

[yoyotimmy]

I like how they try to make some verses quieter on vocals on guitar, but the stylophone is just as loud as ever.

[allhopeisgone2k8]

fuckin shit

[Gerkinstock]

THIS IS FUCKIN' THE SHIT!!!

[neckfacesupra]

haha they might be giants is awesome

i like his voice, its kinda like one of those children's learning cd musicians, but its cool haha