They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma)

[TheFionstein]

I love the three clones

[dhruvdeviah]

i wish school had catchy songs so we would remember!

[Danaroth]

Not gas? But plasma is ionized gas.

[LordAmbitious]

@Danaroth not just ionized gas, but completely ionized. The electrons are completely stripped, and it takes on properties that gases don't have, just like gases have properties that liquids don't have.

[Danaroth]

@LordAmbitious All in all, I'd say this is about semantics. While you are completely right in what you say, it's not entirely wrong to say that plasma is ionized gas.

[LordAmbitious]

@Danaroth but, that's like saying that water is liquid ice, while technically correct, it doesn't convey that it's an entirely different state of matter.

[5thDoubleM]

@LordAmbitious Exactly. They even say it in the song, an entirely different state of matter.

[5thDoubleM]

@LordAmbitious Exactly! They even say it in the song, plasma is an entirely different state of matter.

[vampireapple666]

Boy, Talk about a split personality......

[zemysticmuffin]

0:47 is the best sound I have ever heard. EVER.

[mikfini]

I prefer the music of the old one... damned science...

[Kattygrl17]

NO!!!! not fair. they're the ones who wrote it in the first place...:( they need to come up with a catchier tune for miasma and plasma then. :(

[Uhlersoth77]

@Kattygrl17 Actually, the first song was written and performed by the late Hy Zaret (w/ Lou Singer) and Tom Glazer respectively, back in 1965. It was apparently such an awesome song that in spite of the inaccuracies, TMBG made a cover of it. I think our boys, proponents of science that they are, felt the need to set the record straight. But don't worry - this certainly won't keep 'The Sun Is A Mass' from forever being a classic (if not the better of the two, imho). : )

[keinsignal]

smooth science

[xoShadyJayxo]

While I respect the accuracy, this is not as catchy as the original one. :<

[ZexionFanGirl]

Awesome.

[inmonkeyness]

awesome! i really liked this the first time i heard it btw this is the best song they might be giants song in my opinion.

[louiselah]

so very cool!! science is cool :)

[Stewbone]

These songs are awesome!!!! We needs more viewing people!

[SuperBanana120]

not as cool as Why Does The Sun Shine?

[michaelpaslaski]

even though the "why does the sun shine" was not quite true i still like the other one better. it was more entertaining

[Ecdysiast96]

the evolving song. I love it

[Gabelsa]

100,000!!! YAY

[singingnymph]

Groovy!

[whoshify]

this is magnificent! great song!

[Rayn993]

my science teacher shows us these!!!!

[rex22neo]

@Rayn993 Same here.

[dctalkrox]

they other song and this song are both cool but they got it wrong on the 1st 1 :(

[kyriaasimi]

:48

[nickdrummer2004]

idk i know the other version is incorrect..but i like the incandescent gas one better

[javn1992]

INCREDIBLE WORK AN A+

[RobHinkley]

"They got it wrong / That thesis has been rendered invalid... "

Very fine lyrics. I mean it; very very good.

[bambambecky]

they might be giants rockkk

[GeneralZaroff]

Wow, everything I've been living for is a lie

[x0p30d3]

YOU LIED TO ME THROUGH SONG?

[Penguinfilms123]

my neice got so annoyed with me (im only 12 she's 10) i was walking around the mall singing that then i would be like "POP QUIZ! what is the sun made of?"

the first time she was like "IM JUST A NORMAL PERSON!" then after a few times of me singing it again then when i would ask her than she would say "Plasma?" and i would say "incondecent! plasma..." it was pretty funny and the people at the mall would just be all looking at me... ha ha

[NVanWendy]

@Penguinfilms123 Good thing she didn't want you to SPELL incandescent.

[rexay95]

the guy singing is a cool cat(:

[MemeNiehe]

:( i liked the other song better! why did the scientists have to prove it wrong? WAHHH!!!!! :(

lol! :)

[adawnrae]

Think of it this way, you have one awesome song and then science (and the brilliant Johns, of course) brings us its inevitable and almost-as-awesome follow-up. The beauty of progress is that now we can have both, no need to choose.

Besides, correcting the science in a great song with another, more accurate song? Pure win.

[Tmilicus]

So... what you're telling me... is that the Sun isn't actually a mass of incandescent gas? The fourth grade me is heartbroken.

[C4R3xx765]

@Tmilicus yeah. i died inside when i saw this song.

[yzyzyzyzyzyzyz]

JYA

[AshtaFelix]

If there are multiple Linnells, may I have one?

[AshtaFelix]

I've been walking around singing this all day... My housemates are on the verge of murdering me, but it's very catchy!!!

[Penguinfilms123]

i know right! it gets annoying to them... AND WE JUST CAN'T STOP SINGING IT!!! i got the CD and DVD for christmas

[IMakeOrWatchVideos]

In physics and chemistry, plasma is a gas, in which a certain proportion of its particles are ionized.

[BlazeCyndaquil]

@IMakeOrWatchVideos Although you can't identify a metal with its gas, although you can identify a metal by the color of its plasma. So for the purposes of a chemist, they are not the same thing.

[destinyhopefan112]

actually, it's a fourth state of matter. It's not really a gas

[Masta420]

@IMakeOrWatchVideos You forgot the word "conventional" before physics and chemistry. If you ask a Plasma Physicist - an actual expert on plasma - they would either laugh at you or feel pity for you for saying it's a gas.

Relying on conventional scientists who have only recently begun studying plasma in depth rather than relying on the experts who have been working with and researching plasma for over 100 years is just silly.

I need an electrician but a drywaller will do instead...

[IMakeOrWatchVideos]

@Masta420 Hello masta420. I will say that I'm not good in physics or chemistry at all and know little. I just copied the first line of the Wikipedia page for plasma. I thought it was funny how it and the song play together. But by know means do i think i know all there is to know about plasma and gasses.

[Masta420]

@IMakeOrWatchVideos Fair enough, I'm not a professional physicist either but just an amateur cosmologist and empiricist, it just bothers me when people call plasma a gas.

Most people would probably be surprised to discover that the largest professional association in the world in the form of the IEEE supports plasma cosmology over conventional cosmology(the Big Bang). The IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society has been proving their plasma theories for decades in laboratories. Amazing stuff.

[jojiman43]

i think that its pretty cool that they correct themselves

[NewYorkBound]

Come on guys, props to them for wanting to disseminate scientifically correct songs. However, the first one was definitely more fun.

[sourrpatchh]

Really, it's awesome how they realized the first cover one they did was wrong, so they fixed it xD

[Jhonnyapplepie]

My science teacher was playing this on her i-pod in class.

[imonkey9]

this is cool

[dutchvigilante]

The first one was rocking,

this one is groovy

Depds on the mood, I recon. I could listen to this one all day.

[Nerdy4ever95]

the first one is still better. I think this one is like a pimple next to the diamond that was the first one.... :)

[daleharris12]

BOO! i mean why tear down one song with this one?the other one was:

A. more creative.this one sort of repeats itself alot

more than the other one

B. the other one is way funner to sing.

C.WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE YELLOW GUY?i find that very distracting and not needed

[royasteves]

The first one was a cover, and not as accurate, technically.

That's why.

[TheRydog100]

the first one was wrong listen to the lyrics.

and dont watch the video

[valerie2776]

Linnells! Y'all are troublemakers!

[adawnrae]

Yes, but adorable troublemakers, you have to admit. Tell me you wouldn't take one home, anyway.

[creativeinsult]

haha forget that song, but i love that song, too :D

[660kdog]

I like this one but i liked the other better

[KasimirMaser99]

To be most correct, the sun is a mass of FLUORESCENT plasma... not incandescent.

[KasimirMaser99]

Actually, the sun is a mass of FLUORESCENT plasma... not incandescent...

[capncrunch537]

Eargasm.

[toddod87]

Awesome.

[makoeyes7]

The original was wrong?!? My whole world is crumbling at my feet! D'=

Haha, jk. Good idea to put out a correct version, and it's funny, too. I still prefer the old song, though.

[Zibder]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[misshermione92]

this song makes me happy bc there are so many haters on the original's video. so good =]

[Zibder]

this is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zibder]

this is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[Dogmantra2]

Every time I listen to Why Does the Sun Shine, I feel I have to listen to this one too, just to make sure I don't learn incorrect stuff about the sun and the shining thereof.

[Mariethegr8]

OMG I have been a fan from Indiana for more years than I want to admit; but you still impress me. And I am a band/music nerd. Keep up the good work! I recommend your work to all sorts of people; from my brainy 7 year old neice to my mom.

[oshuhua]

It's Schoolhouse Rock for the oughties!

[geeko55]

This song has such an awesome groove to it, Here Comes Science is so fantastic.

[Taledin]

I still prefer the original, incorrectness included.

[SexyGal12394]

wow that was great. i loved the song and animation.

[Kezpipa]

that thesis has been rendered invaliiiid...

classic!

[Tamizushi]

The Plasma is a Phase of matter higher than gaz but close in it's proprieties where some electrons are even going to leave there last orbital, which is why we say they are free. of course because of the hight energy level electrons will continuously change there levels of orbital and when an electric goes from a hight level to a low level of orbital , the energy it loose will be changed into electromagnetic ray. light is only the level of electromagnetic ray visible to humain eyes.

[beatlesgirl95]

D: why did you lie to me?!? ...why did you lie to yourself?

[vaxcave]

Yeesh. I can't get this tune out of my head.

[leftstanding]

whats a plasma? sry im a noob.

[jessebickeldotcom]

How can I forget the other song!?! SHIT!

[jwka2001]

we just got learned

[TheRydog100]

@jwka2001 AOTS mabey?... No

hmmm.

this is awkward

[TanyaMackenna]

Facebook Wolf!

[boomingbullet]

Songs great but is the sun a miasma of incandescent plasma or incandescent gas?

[TheRydog100]

@boomingbullet Actually It's Flourescent Plasma.

[c0linaf]

this made me laugh

[incrediboy7]

tmbg..... u... u lied to me? :( i enjoy the other one as a song more, but this is better for educational purposes...

[Arichat60]

@incrediboy7

Well, the original song was a cover that was written in the 1950's. It's been proven scientifically incorrect now.

[htpo]

hahahaa this was really funny.

[NvPGulstab]

I can no longer imagine a world where I don't own a copy of this CD. I have to go get it.

[kittyprydekissme]

I had no idea there was a sequel.

[CatronixOnYT]

I miss the puppet Johns.

[undermentals]

That was flippin' brilliant.

[hrhliblib]

I'm afraid that as far as I'm concerned, the sun will ALWAYS be a mass on incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.

[Fuzunga]

Where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees?

[typer2131]

I think the sun gets itsenergy from converting the element hydrogen into helium...and it takes place at a really hot temperature.

[DragoKwan]

Sweet. First Comment.

[HeroicBard]

Sequels. Gotta love them. I liked the original better though...

[vantiarch]

I can't wait to see the show here in Boise, ID on November 8th!

[ChocolateSoda1]

Nice followup to the first one.

[acidsnowman]

I've never heard of artists refuting their past works.

[SeventhEve]

To be fair, they didn't actually write the first one.

[autumnraina]

I love John singing into the microscope.

[Treknologist]

But why DOES it really shine? Saying that it's incandescent is circular, IMHO.

[CatronixOnYT]

Quiet, you.

[sprintrjm]

in the key of Ren from the "ren and stimpy show".

[Neavers]

OH MY GOD.