They Might Be Giants - Turn Around

[ArmoredChocobo]

for those lacking the vocabulary to understand the song:

obsequious: acting in a subservient or obedient manner.

at least that's what the interwebs tell me.

[captainkudzu]

My kids love this video.

[ArmoredChocobo]

Oh, TMBG...wierd and nonsensical as usual eh?

Shine on,you crazy diamonds

[calderjasper]

That's not an obsequies manner... Look it up.

[TackyRackyComixNEO]

This is hilarious. I'm curious, though, anything in particular that inspired the creation of this gem?

[UniTProductions]

@TackyRackyComixNEO It was really just something I needed to stick at the end of an old video project for the credit roll.

I grabbed some friends and said "we're making a music video right now"

[bobsilva666]

TMBG N AQW FTW

[xXDestinyPandaXx]

@bobsilva666 Fuck that shitty ass game. It fucking sucks.

[Musyciant]

@xXDestinyPandaXx YOU SUCK

[xXDestinyPandaXx]

@Musyciant And you're a faggoty fruity fucking 10 year old person who likes to play crappy games.

[Musyciant]

@xXDestinyPandaXx and you're bad mean person......and I'm not 10 years old........mean as hell

[xXDestinyPandaXx]

@Musyciant That doesn't stop me from thinking that you're a fruity faggot. It actually supports my statement.

[roryfitzpatric]

@Musyciant Welcome to the internet. Just ignore it man. I hat the word fag a lot more than you..

[bobsilva666]

AQW

[toubian1]

nerds

[Molagbal38]

Love your video and that mask is awesome!

[AngelusDlion]

did anyone ever mention that you resemble a young Weird Al?

[wandaluverr]

THUMBS UP IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS CONCERT IN OCTOBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM :D

[bigtymelsu]

If thats your PT shirt. Thanks for serving our country!

[JustLikeTheOtherDay]

My friends and I went down the halls of our school singing this >.> It was pretty awesome

[Bunniesonfire5]

are you guys from arizona?

[JJisodd]

wow. wish the actual band made a vid of this funny song

[MyLatestEscape]

LOL. Chanelling Marty Feldman at 0:28 -29?

Good job, cute.

[Noromongrel]

Devil worshippers! No, just kidding. That's a cute little skull there on the ground.

Oh, and is the guy on the phone Christian Bale?

[GradeSchoolRecords]

This is great. It's almost as if the band wanted to make a lo-fi, zero budget music video. So, i guess what i'm saying is, GREAT WORK, make more!

[jdog942]

Brilliant! I love the use of characters and the props look well made. A thumb for you.

[JonasPlanck]

3:00 = problem?

press 5 to find out!

[JonasPlanck]

LARP...

oh, scuse

i ment...

LOL

[sceptilepwnz4242]

I wish I could turn around this fashionably...

[rattregoondoof]

this is by far the cheeriest song about death i have ever heard

nice video too.

[godwin972]

SKULLBA

[cocomandy19]

I love the interpretive dance... and how cheery this song sounds. Yay! Paper white mask of evil!

[WilhemDafoe]

@Kentkillmore Larping (Live Action Role Playing) is the general name. Dagorhir and Amtgard are specific games.

[homemoviecorner]

I must say, I really enjoyed the video. Thanks for the laughs.

[rappinneallyp]

Christian Bale???



[Krimpy10]

Everyone who said something bad about this video is a turd. These guys obviously like TMBG enough to even bother. And so what if they took it too literally! Do YOU know exactly what this song means? Just enjoy it for what it is. I am not angry or anything... I just think it's nice that younger people still enjoy this sort of music.

[realphake]

Wow! Good job on getting so many views with such an inane video!

[blissyMcc]

Johnny Depp :D 0:01-0:03

[HasseltheHoff9]

Pretty cool bro! 

[JesusFukingChrist01]

come on people, lighten up a bit! this video is wicked!

[1darkwingotaku]

Made of win!

[cowcowmoooo]

Video was okay, song is good nevertheless. gold star for effort

[naturephoto100]

I find this highly amusing.

[Habegger23]

lol i loved the human skull clips

[Nufuhsus]

Love this song...Not so sure about your video though...Just saying.

[gielomir2]

lol this song should go viral

its amazing

and funny hehe

greets me and my band

[weckar]

hmmm where'd you get the skull actually? for what kind of money?

[raydeen2k]

Most excellent. :)

[revchilde]

nodsnodsnods What cmonta said. And you might be onto something with your observation about the 100% literal interpretations, sallyed; it might bear experimenting with. But this was still fun to watch. Props!

[Mierda142]

Nice. haha

[RymanRocks]

Braces + Underbite = Funny Face! Priceless

[HeninBerlin]

I love the retarded baby skull.

[Madoculos]

I assume this is one of They Might Be Giant's educational works.

[naturephoto100]

I love how it's so literal! I think that's what makes it funny. Besides, how else do you interpret this song?

[martrex2]

joyful and the song is amazing. i'd give 5 stars, but instead i'll give a lousy thumb up, however it does the trick.

[TrueSoreThumb]

I liked it!

[johnatkinsiii]

Very enjoyable, and very clever. Thank you!

[spugintrntl]

I'm with Wiltothemax. That made my night. Thanks!

[oisinholz]

love it.....love tht back flip aswell

[TheGentlemanlyIsopod]

42 obsequious dead people watched this video.

[Kentkillmore]

What's the mask for? Like, when do you guys usually use it? It looks like you guys do Dagorhir/Umpgar/Larping (whatever name YOU call it. I've heard several.)

[UniTProductions]

@Kentkillmore Regardless of whatever absurd name live role-players like to slap onto their groups, I wouldn't ever dare run into live combat wearing a top-heavy prop with pinholes for eyes.

I just made that thing when I was fourteen or so because I thought it was cool. It's just been sitting there ever since. xD

[Wiltothemax]

Don't listen to these jackasses. I like the video.

[draagon9900]

Your video interpretation was okay for this song. But I have always imagined it as a cartoon featuring characters from "Rocko's Modern Life".

[fatalome]

@draagon9900 lmao, thats just great

[ivandrahgo]

I'd like to see what this kid looks like now....because he reminds me of Sean Penn as Spicolli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.....maybe a stretch but I'm telling you....

[darthmul2]

i thought it was good give you a B+

[Trifelivin]

C for effort, just not original.....at all

[UniTProductions]

@Trifelivin Aww, I'm heartbroken.

[haigh152]

@Trifelivin Well I give you an A+ for hilarious faces, good music taste and effort. :)

[Consequence]

@Trifelivin

I guess posting videos of yourself screaming into a video camera is so much more original?

[ImTheVanillaGorilla]

his face at 0:27 is priceless :D

[Madhatter0x60]

its funny how the guy tries to hide his braces :D

[coolbeans123d]

is this tucson AZ?

[Velasca]

Los Santos and Red County!

[vivalaleta]

I love this video. It just looks refreshingly....simple.

[rabbitwho]

love the demonstration of obsequious manner

[mrsheen72]

they mention trains alot in there songs i work on them and hate em]

[Flassk]

alt 253, let go of alt, = ²

[seethransom]

Awesome! Great song.

[friendlyfriends103]

@seethransom ur SO right

[grumpyparsnip]

Come on guys, "obsequious" doesn't mean stumbling and tripping.

[themooddisorders]

great song

[babony5]

such an awesome vid. and thats a neat house you have

[lordeggo]

still has little do do with the lyrics.

[Arlioz527]

Oddball...

Play ball!

(Halo)

[Thoronghil]

thank you

[klopweed123]

Turn Around

[MimeSlayer1337]

great song/band gay video. my opinion alone.

[cronodob]

funny vid XD

lol i like the effort put forth for this :D

good job guys 5stars !

[bobakraski]

terrible

[fatalome]

good job with this dude

[TrandomnesstwO]

Mad stoner in there haha naw.

[sallyed66]

Has anyone noticed when someone wants to make their own video of their favorite artist's songs, they always interpret every word 100% literally? Look at all the fan-made TMBG and Weird Al videos on Youtube. They are all nearly word for word reenactments of the songs.

[Eshneh]

@sallyed66

Everyone interprets music differently, and there isn't anything wrong with anyone's opinions. :)

[sallyed66]

I don't have anything against them, but there is no interpretation to speak of. People just reenact the songs word for word.

The artists don't really do that, though.

[Eshneh]

@sallyed66

They take the words of the song literally, that is how they interpret it.

[caseyspaos]

@sallyed66 I noticed that. I pointed that out last year on some Chris De Burgh fan vid and everyone told me what a dick I was for doing so. I guess that's why fans are fans and not artists. BTW have you seen the official video for Men At Work - Land Down Under? It is a verbatim literal interpretation. Pretty bad. hehe

[DigitalBookWorm]

@sallyed66

It could also be because it's funnier. Especially Weird Al and TMBG songs; and you never know with them, they could've meant it literally, too, simply because it brings a funny mental image.

[jarzhinio]

@sallyed66

What would be your interpretation of, "turn around, turn around there's a human skull on the ground"? A cat on a cicular brick?

[sallyed66]

@jarzhinio. You missed the point of what I said. When the artists do videos, they don't interpret the song word for word. Look at TMBG's "Ana Ng" video...no gun, no World's Fair etc.

[ALsPaulson]

@sallyed66

god have even heard there songs!?!?!

[megen1996]

@jarzhinio well i dont know maybe the skull on the ground would be a symbol of human mortality or could be a symbol of ones rapidly dying career the man that he had recently killed cause he was acting in an obsequious manner may be symbolized as a problem in life that one is unsure of how to deal with the ghost of his dance instructor pushing him down into an open grave = one recently displeased some one very important plus the part on the train may symbolize suppressed child within

[jarzhinio]

@megen1996 If a lion could speak we would not understand it.

[UniTProductions]

@sallyed66

Now, I see it as a stigma generally associated with amateur video - which this is.

I've recently been fiddling with the prospect of another video for a TMBG song (partly due to popular demand) with the knowledge I've gained since we made this ensemble as further training.

[klaybush]

@UniTProductions I think TMBG pretty much means this kind of stuff literally. They're absurd and funny.

[perkyblue]

@sallyed66 - I love that it's so literally interpreted. That's what makes it so hilarious. I think this video is great!

[mrsheen72]

@sallyed66 it is cool thogh :I



[RichYan33]

@sallyed66 They actually have someone turn around with the words "turn around"...

[Lazartaxon]

@sallyed66 Exactly. When TMBG actually make videos, they never have anything to do with the song.

[rattregoondoof]

@sallyed66 i personally like this literal interpretation its pretty funny

[HeyImBubProductions]

@rattregoondoof what is the metaphorical interpretation of the song??

[rattregoondoof]

@HeyImBubProductions as with every other song every one has there own

but if you want mine it would be about some one warning you that you're doing something seriously stupid that will have serious consequences. again you are free to have your own

[jessert]

@sallyed66 fuck you

[assmonkey267]

i dont actually mean this but i really want to put this on a video. fake and gay.

[ihearttheplanet]

"i was doing an interpretative dance" :):):)

[yoshimannetje]

nice vid!!!

[Apocaskybanzz]

that accordion is awesome here. Anyone also thin kthat the feeling is a bit like the beatles maxwells silver hammer, randomly killing with a very cute and happy tune.

[pezcor77]

Spicoli???

[DJpgreco]

the guy with the straight hair and hat pisses me off...idk why!

[Kissanruoka4400]

I know exactly what you mean.

[UniTProductions]

I, on the other hand, have no clue what you mean, nor understand the reason for your (current) +7

[friendlyfriends103]

@DJpgreco you mean the guy who talks on the phone? He pisses me off

[TheDJRythmic]

kick ass back flip that dude did :D

[HeroicBard]

Beautiful.

[badyoda76]

awesome job. obsequeous means: overly friendly. like kiss ass friendly to the point of anoyance. great tune, great band, great video. nice job boys.

[c0linaf]

Very cool

[Chocothnda]

That was hilarious XD

Great job =D

[OzziYowie]

My fave Giants song. Good on ya 4 making a vid.

[cmonta0201]

Your guy did not have an obsequious manner. That is my only complaint.

[UniTProductions]

In my defense, I didn't know what it meant back when we made this.

[EvilEmoCupcakes]

obsequious means 'submissive,' doesn't it?

I feel as if I should know the meaning . . . .

[GGWarrior]

This is like the opposite of the "literal video" trend, right?

[TehSmexican]

Most likely.

[rollinandsmoken]

Looks like a lock mask.

[Queezbo]

Simply one of my favorite videos, and one of my favorite songs. Thanks for the laughs.

[elementalchaos13]

1:30 lol

[TheVitaniFan]

Like the video and love the song

[Katherine0862]

Love this song :)

~K

[libelle156]

wait.. i mean 1:27

[libelle156]

1:23 I want a screencap

[7519195]

LOL 2:12

[Crazyivan777]

Hee. So awsome!

[gothferret]

That video was just icing on the cake of an amazing TMBG song..gooooood stuff :D

[Sarr44316]

good job on this! still laughing everytime...

[BregyptianMuslim]

haaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha­hahaahahahahahaha

[vidtech001]

Not up to their older stuff that almost made sense.

[meccamiles]

good song -- video was original but missed the mark for me.

[nebeshima]

Good song, the video was highly amusing. I enjoyed it.

[Queezbo]

Love the song, love the video.

[julesville]

The dude with the long hair looks like Christian Bale, a funnier Christian Bale.

[BongoandReikiT]

Great song, bad video.

[WhereMightWaldoB]

i love the hidden address

[brainsplatty]

props to the paper white mask of evil!

[KP5000]

is it just me, or does the kid with the braces look like a young christian bale?

meh. good song.

[WhereMightWaldoB]

suck my giant

[skatexfire]

Do you live in arizona?

[Sarr44316]

Great job! Insanely, but oh well!

[Balzook]

6 stars =D

[AZ24guy]

is this song supposed to make sense??

[theglitchmixers]

Thats the point lol

[Kawaii666Kid]

My favorite song from that album. Nice video!

[karatezombie]

Nice flip!. +20.

[SoeJatriani]

Whats with the guy wearing a hat. It looks like his teeth are made of metal... Or he has braces or something :D

[jmalionek]

Love it!

[StarCraftWhore]

Brilliant song and fantastic work on this video! 5 star. Good job! :)

[Disciple16]

not at all what obsequious means but good video.

[UniTProductions]

Yeah, I know.

A good portion of the clips were reused, so I didn't really have anything else that fit the definition too well.

[aims808]

this was awesome! i loved it!

[Precipitation]

Nice work! Definitely one of the better fan-made TMBG videos.

[Homfrog]

Hehe, pretty cool.

[obamamaniac42]

"there's a thing there that can be found"

lololololololololololololololo­lololol

Love this band.

[JRSchoolboySociety]

YOU GUYS ARE INSANELY VEGETABLISH!

Keep up the good work!!!

[HeroicBard]

Haha, great stuff!!!

Keep it up!

[mr1357989]

"whos face was a white paper mask of evil" lol

[proRockTex]

Great work! thanks for sharing :)

[AfromanJon]

Much love. I like it it's kinda quirky, just like TMBG.

[ocir55]

What year did you make this video?

[UniTProductions]

Ohhhh... When did I make this? Somewhere around November 2006, I think.