Little Boxes - The Decemberists - Music Video by JHB

[shubadubabambu]

so cute! <3

[davonbon]

lol, I enjoy this a lot more than today's music

[SuperWayne123456789]

Im guessing you ran out of green paint? :)

[maximusgenius]

Salty, I hate BED TIME!

[Tacticalduck1]

Funny replies Annewilliamson, may i say you have immaculate grammar as well as a great video

[MrCheesemoo]

Well done good vid

[JamesMajdali]

I love the breakdown in this version ugh

[goodoldfasioncola123]

Wasnt this origionaly a poem from the 60s?

[EcoRover]

Like it with Pete Seeger, like it with Colin Meloy. Timeless song about Amerika.

[pentecost95]

Haha, I was just reading some of your comments you replied to some of those idiots with the smart alec criticism, and I would just like to say, thank you for making my day. :)

[makayajalink]

that ain't no green >:(

[shadowcars]

creepy

[jnarthh]

omg weeds <3

[dgreysouleater1]

Awesome! I know this song isn't originally by the Decemberist, but I still love to hear it sung by them ^^

[IHATEGAYFAMILYGUY]

de coward! de fewl!!!!

[arianzii]

2:21

i actually laughed so hard for some reason

[yanchily]

THIS SONG MAKES ME HAPPY :)))

[pablobix1]

@yanchily it should make u sad if u understand the lyrics correctly

[NinjaKMS]

OMG I didn't even know the decemberists sung this song. It was the theme of Weeds and I always wanted to know what it was! hahaha. wow

[9090candyman]

great video

[conraydo]

playing some parts in minor makes the song sound kinda dramatic. also...cute video.

[Bliber199]

My teacher showed us this and now my whole grade is hung on it

[Bliber199]

are teacher showed us this song and my whole grade is hung on it

[AmberLee04281990]

i LOVE this, but i have a question, you show four children, but when it comes to the school there are 3, 3 babies, 3 ppl for the marriage. im not judging, im just curious as to why. but i love it

[annewilliamson]

@AmberLee04281990 Thanks Amber! You're the first person on Youtube to ever ask that question! (Everyone else just keeps talking about how the green box isn't green enough for them or something...)

We never planned to make a music video but were listening to the song and thought it would be fun. So we started with 4 kids but it was kinda close to bedtime and Sarah-from-next-door's dad came and took her home after we shot the first scene! That's why only 3 kids for the rest of the video :)

[rrdavik]

Nice video for a geat song!

[ThaMasterOfDisaster2]

What if I told you... I was a box.

[HannahTheHappyHippie]

heehee cuuuutee (:

[ilianattack]

Man, this one gets really dark in the middle. Love all the strange chords that make it seem slightly psychotic

[filipinobraadaa]

Ticky Tacky to Mr. WEATHERS IN FILM LIT AT WESTMOOR!!!!!!!!!! GO RAMS!!!!!!!

[pockylover223]

Verry well done. I like it. Thumbs up it you liked it too.

[rottmist]

Weeds has created like 20 covers of this song, and they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all sound just the same. Then people take these covers which are played by different bands but are still all clearly the same tired song, and they argue about which one is best, and buy covers of a song that has already been done a dozen or so times, not even realizing the intense irony of the situation. Listen to the lyrics again and take another look around the inside of your metaphoric box.

[SuperApplepie98]

i love the song

[VENOMOUSxPLAGUE]

RISE AGAINST VERSION!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JDBlessin]

If you agree with the message of this song you are a tool.

[OnlyxCommentxVids]

BEST

SONG

EVA!!!!

[xxgabyestradaxx]

Lol....

This is such a creative video.... =]

[AutumnsEatingMyHair]

This is the best version of the song because it really captures the dark undertones and such...

[themc73]

I watched this cause of Comicpro

[Zilla10101042]

This seems a little more forceful than the original. 0_0

I don't know why, but I have the weirdest feeling of being yelled at... and I kinda like it. :D

[Caligula138]

Decemberists are a mediocre band at best...

[cowboydan0]

@Caligula138 you are a mediocre commenter at best

[kinichou]

THATS NOT TICKY-TACKY  THATS CARDBOARD!!!!

[annewilliamson]

@kinichou Great spot! I would also have accepted the following:

1. those aren't little boxes on a hillside; it's just children wearing cardboard and standing in a line against a wood-panelled wall

2. those aren't university graduates; they are children wearing cardboard mortarboards

3. those aren't golf clubs; they are plastic croquet mallets

4. that's not a doctor; that's just a little girl holding some basic medical supplies

etc.

[SgtSanchez]

It was a superb video, but I think I enjoyed your comments much more.

[jaraandrew100]

@annewilliamson LMFAO!!!! u tell 'em!!

[modder1208]

@annewilliamson and who cares? The songs 50 years old, I think its cute. Kids are awesome.

[cheddarmann]

Wheres the green one :'(

[kelli123155]

I like the original best

[ghosty2001]

so its wine glasses...get ovet it...not EVERYBODY does have martine glasses lol

[ghosty2001]

so its wine glasses...get ovet it...not EVERYBODY does have martine glasses lol

[mmmness1]

@schultechowder AGREED.

[causasui]

Very clever! Thanks for doing this! Malvina Reynolds (the composer) would have smiled (even though you changed to a minor key here and there to make it sound more foreboding).

[BraydenDavis]

I don't like this compared to the original song.

[lainaloops]

LOL! This is really fun. Interestingly, the song is actually rather thought-provoking.

[Jorshk]

My one problem, my only problem: those were wine glasses, kids.

[weaknessisnotallowed]

There's a completely awesome vid on newgrounds that goes to this song. (No, I'm not spamming, just saying) It's an interesting song.

[ShadowFyre77]

animating boxes at 3am. is awesome.

yay epic necro comment! :D

[padoconlonson]

Life is a nightmare

[mcasome1]

now i know how to enslave people for my empior!!!! WAHAHAHA!!!!!

[MartyVintage91]

This version lack the irony of the original but the ambiance in it really represent the message. Personally, it's my favorite version.

[idiot1131]

ANimating Boxes at 3AM. Btw, the shorter boy looks like the actor who plays as Charlie from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

[JuglarEuskaldun]

The best version.

[bearoyay]

The true meaning of this song is clear to me...

[BraksnenProductions]

@bearoyay You too? I thought I was the only one hearing 'Satan is Lord, Satan is Lord' .... ..... anyway, love the song... =P

[koolgal103]

@BraksnenProductions Haha, at first I thought you were serious XD

[MouseyRouse]

Hm,after seeing the newsgrounds version of this,it seems so much less happy xD

[ThisModestBiscuit]

@MouseyRouse haha you saw animating boxes at 3 am? :P

[lswgamer]

@ThisModestBiscuit The end and the fact that the flash loops in the end just makes the point stronger. Great flash all around, but the kid fleeing made the song seem a lot more dark.

[bearoyay]

@MouseyRouse I think the true meaning behind this song isnt really happy at all...

[JuglarEuskaldun]

@MouseyRouse I think he catches the creepy hide significate of the song. Don't you?

It's like you can sing this song as a happy song, but then you are not getting what you are singing. It's more about the stablishment and how we all are expected to be the same, like killing the creativity becoming all of us in machines working, paying, and making children to work and pay, and so with a smile in our box mind because that's what is stablished.

These video is AWESOME, don't you think? :D

[YesImAnAwesomeTroll]

I notice that your video says this song is BY the decemberists. And it really isn't.

[annewilliamson]

@YesImAnAwesomeTroll An astute observation, though the word "by" is only used in the description, and it's in the phrase, "you can buy other songs by The Decemberists here..." I don't in any way intend to suggest that the The Decemberists authored the lyrics. I notice that your name says you are AWESOME... Just sayin'.

[programaster]

@annewilliamson also "by" !="buy"

[xkanzerx]

@YesImAnAwesomeTroll um this version really is this song has been done by many bands Malvina Reynolds wrote it but has been covered by bands like Linkin Park and Rise Against

[MrElykNella]

@YesImAnAwesomeTroll Wow, that sure was some "awesome" trolling. please try again. Problem?

[rbylittle93]

HA! That's just a great video.

[annewilliamson]

@rbylittle93 Thanks!

[Wanteddreadandalive]

how hard is it to find green?

[annewilliamson]

@Wanteddreadandalive Yeah, that's a fair point. The answer is that we didn't plan to make this video at all, just a night of babysitting turned into listening to The Decemberists' version of the song, which then lead to one hour of brainstorming/collecting props from around the house and making a video before bed time. Finding the cardboard for the boxes was hard enough...! Anyway, it looked more "green" in real life :)

[Wanteddreadandalive]

@annewilliamson haha i'm just messin with ya i like the video

[YugiDmega]

Best version EVER

[lockypocky]

a "ticky tacky" teacher probably fainted from seeing this. 

[naomiwright27]

There's a pink one and a blue one and a blue one and a yellow one! :D

[annewilliamson]

@naomiwright27 Ha! :)

[mollielie]

Who wrote this song originally by and where can I buy this?

[MaskedManiac225]

@mollielie Malvina Reynolds originally made it.

[IndieSatisfaction]

@mollielie As far as I know, Malvina Reynolds is the original artist.

[Toobis]

@mollielie It's by Melvina Reynolds and you can get it on iTunes

[BSftw1337omG]

@mollielie Alvina Reynolds for as much as I know

[Rose0fire]

@mollielie I think Malvina Reynold did

[andallthatstuff]

@mollielie It's originally by Malvina Reynolds.

[primusbassslap3]

This is one of my favorite versions of the song.

[blastedburrito110]

wow, that changes my concept of population really dramaticly....O_O  i love it..xD

[rattyboy31]

u GUYS DID A GREAT JOB WITH THIS. [sic]

[tillypoynterr]

This is heartbreaking, but fantastic.

[502belinda]

very cute!

[annewilliamson]

@502belinda Thanks !

[ChelseySerenity]

This is awesome!

[urosinho]

those boxes are huge!

[kscfanplayssc]

die kinder sehen alle gleich und das passt hier mal wunderbar rein xD aber die kinder tun mir auch schoon sehr leid xD ahja 2 minuten zeit verschwendet... RISE AGAINST OWNED THIS VERSION OF THE SONG DAA

[peacelovemusic224]

Brilliant!

[peacelovemusic224]

Brilliant.

[gleendagaat]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkk muito bom!(very good!)

[YoungBrunoGunit]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk euri

[managementfehler]

oh the video is so cute :)

[royalicecream]

cute!

[wildmanerik]

that wasn't green

[warman8907wer]

Love how green is now light blue.

[TheSouthrunner]

i like the how they put parts of it into a minor key

[ZoeKatherineProject]

i love the "and the children go to summercamp, and then to the university..." part of the video. I kind of burst into laughter when the boxes appeared over the baby dolls. good song. I really don't ever get tired of it, no matter who covers it. The Decemberists cover it weirdly, but it's still a great song. With a great point. Love you Malvina, thank you for this song.

[malorytorr]

that is so not green!

[lainaloops]

@malorytorr Or pink either.  ;)

[howtomakeyourown]

wonder why they put part of this in minor key, it eliminates that feeling of sarcasm. Too dramatic.

[cloud1937]

@howtomakeyourown Yeah they'll be sure to call you next time, thanks for the input Robert Christgau

[pirrung123]

Cool :o)

[WendyMcBurger]

it is the anthem for nonconformists...see "pete seeger"

[tjboosties]

rise against cover with the decemberists video.

[eskimopie155]

i really like this version. the minor key adds some bite to it while still maintaining the same feel as the original.

[lukeisastalker]

bahaha this is great.

[jaymeebbyxo]

what is the fast version of this song sung by a girl? on an add on tv?

[ChaaangeTheWorldd]

@jaymeebbyxo You're probably thinking of Regina Spektor's version.

[jaymeebbyxo]

what is the fast version of this song sung by a girl? on an add on tv?

[0oTheWayToDawno0]

Oh! I have no idea these guys sang this song!

The only version I've ever heard was by Regina Spektor, and it's not nearly as long.

[ryepdx]

@0oTheWayToDawno0 Yeah, it's a pretty popular folk song. It was written by Malvina Reynolds back in 1962 to describe post-WWII life in the USA. The perspective on higher education brought forth here is interesting considering she not only got bachelor's and master's degrees in her lifetime, but also a doctorate. She began her songwriting career at 40 years old, after she'd earned her degrees, so it's not like hers is an uninformed opinion.

[ryepdx]

@0oTheWayToDawno0

Yeah, it's a pretty popular folk song. It was written by Malvina Reynolds back in 1962 to describe post-WWII life in the USA. The perspective on higher education brought forth here is interesting considering she not only got bachelor's and master's degrees in her lifetime, but also a doctorate. She began her songwriting career at 40 years old, after she'd earned her degrees, so it's not like hers is an uninformed opinion.

[thepoofication]

great song, personally more like the linkin park version but I really love this video =) when I heard this song, had an idea to make this kind of video :) cheers

[fgcarva1]

I gotta be honest, the song is good but Rise Against's cover is waaaaaaaay ahead of the original version.

[2minstral]

Thanks for the share! *****

[2minstral]

Thats brilliant! I love it. Great job on the video!

Peace!

[xoxo2lexi4xoxo]

yay anne, this is so good. say hi to hannah, ben and james from me and my sisters!

~Lexi

[silverwolfpacora]

Love the banjo in it.

[silverwolfpacora]

Love the banjo in it. Love the Decemberists.

[weejockpoomcplop]

james goes to my school

[erasemeaway]

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS SONG.

I didn't know it existed.

The Decemberists are by far my favorite band, and Colin's got such incredible lyrics.

AWESOME video :D!

[MrConsideration]

The Decemberists are amazing, and Colin the best living lyricist, but unfortunately this song was written as a Communist Poem in the '50's, not by Colin Meloy.

[erasemeaway]

Haha I know. It's the Weeds theme song.

It's something Colin would write though! But he's certainly not the best living lyricist. What about Bob Dylan & Neil Young? xD, either way, Colin is great and so are the Decemberists. Their version of this song is by far the best (though the Shins' compare nicely).

[MrConsideration]

They count as dead! Replace 'living' with 'contemporary'.

[erasemeaway]

Ahaha that made me giggle :3!

[meandmymandola]

It was written as a song in the 1962 by Malvina Renynolds, The Decemberists add in the last verse which isn't in the original. It isn't a communist poem. It was against urbanisation but was never specifically communist, after all the point of communisim (simplified of course) surely is that all people are the same?

Peace

[MrConsideration]

Equality is not similarity. Equality of means and production matched to human need does not necessitate we all have the same taste.

[MrConsideration]

Ah, children embroiled in the marching-band of Anarchism!

This song is childlike in it's generalisations and idealism; it's a poetry of idealism tempered by an inner cycnicism!

[FungusMossGnosis]

@MrConsideration

Tom Lehrer said it was "The most sanctimonious song ever written". Probably because he was jealous, wishing he wrote it. Also, "I Write the Songs" hadn't been written yet, to blow all others out of competition for sanctimony.

[StanleyBradshaw]

@MrConsideration "Isms in my opinion are not good. A person shouldnt beleive in an sim, a person should beleve in themself"

~Ferris Bueler

[venim619]

@StanleyBradshaw I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me." Good point there. After all, he was the Walrus. I could be the Walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off people.

[StanleyBradshaw]

@MrConsideration "Isms in my opinion are not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, a person should believe in them self"

~Ferris Bueler

[davidovich00]

@MrConsideration wow, you like isms. A little something I've learned: Cynicism hurts because it's true.

[chp656s]

@MrConsideration realism

[DeathnoteBB]

@MrConsideration It's simply about the conformity in social life and suburbs in the 1950's and 1960's. Just because you see it as cynical doesn't mean we are, if anything, it means you are. Stop criticizing it like it's going to damn you to hell.

[AngryMuffin822]

@MrConsideration Feh, you just think you're a psychologist. Get back in your box.

[0rG0nz0]

great one!