TMBG - Why Does The Sun Really Shine

[timothymanzella]

This is one "stupid" video. =p

[shyvixen1313]

Dear They Might Be Giants, Can I have the Purple Linnell?

[Agreader3000]

what are the lyrics?

[ZZCAR1]

shut the hell up

[IlkenGirth]

@vaiogirl99 made* brother* try using some capitalization and maybe some punctuation to further support you have a brain* Also, your brother who is a spec compared to the knowledge and expansiveness of the universe is hardly an acceptable resource for this topic*

Everything you explained is a theory. As in, it may or may not be true. If I were you I'd respect other people's perspectives of the same topic. That's how we learn. Thank you.

[MrPamcakeman]

...NERDFIGHTERS! I didn't even know Hank sent people here! ^.^

[The1truesushiboy]

I just wish this were a more upbeat tune that would be fun the sing in class or something, you know? Still, a great song as is. Very clever.

[ILOVEMUDKIPS323]

austin mehmet sent me here

[TheAcestef]

7 ppl dont heart about the sun xD

[TheAcestef]

it will be in aq soon it sounds good

[yeagerkid]

@TheAcestef tmbg is inAQW

[NsnLuver1]

I sent myself here. Thanks <3

[thepowertoscream]

Hank Green didnt send me here but I know who he is..

[blissyMcc]

Guess what my computer sent me to youtube and youtune sent me to this. -.- no thumbs up

[PurplePlatypusPoop]

charlieissocoollike made a video about this? I didn't even know and I love him just as much as the next fangirl

[CLSgod]

great song

[Seyeklopz]

Conjecture - A guess based on incomplete information.

Hypothesis - A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation.

Theory - A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

[TheCueball39]

OH MY GOD. This is quite possibly the coolest nerdfighter discussion EVER! I guess TMBG didn't forget to be awesome.

[hawklawson87]

DFTBA. That is all.

[HolyProtection]

Hank Green sent me here.

[schok51]

@HolyProtection Humpy hank video sent me here.

[xxxIndigoxxx]

@HolyProtection Does he mention it in a video? :D I just recently discovered nerfighting and stuff, so I've been trying to catch up, but it's definitely an undertaking. ^^;;

[HolyProtection]

@xxxIndigoxxx No, I don't think he does. He mentioned it on his Tumblr.

[TheSkoobey]

Actually, there's something called the "correspondence principle" that says a new theory should ALSO explain what the old theory explained (since the old theory was supported with lots of experimental evidence too). For example, Albert Einstein's theory of relativity still explains all of the stuff that Newton's theories did... but then it explains some MORE (dealing with speeds nearing the speed of light)! So new theories are just better than old ones... they don't render them "obsolete."

[TheAmazingMaxsteele2]

I never heard the word "miasma" before this song. They Might Be Giants' rhyming = epic win.

[Surathan]

Not very catch, extremely lame. I am insulted and offended.

[Slimjimgirl9005]

@vaiogirl99 It is made up exploded star dust and gasses. Go read up on how a star is made. T_T

[Baurge]

@Slimjimgirl9005 I hope you realize that you're actually wrong and the majority of the scientific community agrees that stars are made of plasma. The common misconception is the difference between the two. Most who think plasma think liquid, which it's not. Plasma is essential gas that has gone "beyond it's breaking point" and undergone ionization. Think of it as when a liquid gets to hot it becomes a gas, when gas gets to hot, it becomes plasma.

[zackTHEotherWIZERD]

this isn't nearly as catchy as the first one. 

[cellopants]

0:46 ...boop!

[Hopefulfilment]

@vaiogirl99 Hey, keep it up! You were right and they are wrong. Its 99% plasma (I found the info on NASAs website so I think it is correct :) - you might tell them to look it up. Nothing is worse than being told you're wrong when you know you're right, except - if you are a decent person - to tell a friend they are wrong and find out you were... both things have happened to me. But they are only real idiots if they stick to it when proven wrong. Try it. :)

[Slimjimgirl9005]

@vaiogirl99 No, hun, your the idiot. The sun, like all stars, is made up of many gasss including neon, hydrogen, helium, and sodium. The gases are on the outside while on the inside is a small core. This part remains when the star dies. This song here is the one that is 'scientifically' incorrect. Please, dear. Think and learn before you post and look like an idiot.

[IlkenGirth]

@Slimjimgirl9005 you're* gasses* sodium is not a gas*

Everything you explained is a theory. As in, it may or may not be true. If I were you I'd respect other people's perspectives of the same topic. That's how we learn. Thank you.

[atomicmatt3]

But... the sun is a mass of incandescent gas... :\

[Moopzoo]

A fun way of getting across the point that the sun is actually a plasmatic structure

[Prmck]

Electrons are freeeeeeeeee! :D

[stopsteelingpoptarts]

@panakuken there are actually 7 states of matter (according to QI)

[stopsteelingpoptarts]

@panakuken there are actually 7 states of matter (according to QI)

[jamreaper]

@panakuken I KNOW - WTF!?!?!?!? - TMBG has taught me so fu**ing much

[phishliver]

The sun is a gas of incondescent gas; a gigantic nuclear furnace!!

[Crosseyedbadgerspit]

@phishliver a gas of incondescent gas? FAIL

In like 30 ways

[theorientalkid140]

michael jackson "ooh" at about 47 secs. XD

[RockinGirlStar]

00:47 LOL

[d983394]

@panakuken because the public school system sucks

[yuken1000]

this song is gay and retarded wost song ever the other way is much better

[yuken1000]

this song is gay and retarded wot song ever the other way is much better

[OreWaUsopp]

Nowhere near as catchy as the original song. I'd rather be wrong with a catchy tune =p

[TheWarnerSister]

Um... for some reason the John in yellow REALLY looks like David Tennant to me!

[RussanoGreenstripe]

@TheWarnerSister It's the hair.

[ShlomeYT]

Well, it's actually not their fault. They were not "wrong," but the language was made more accurate. If you had to choose between solid, liquid, and gas, then gas is pretty good (though liquid might also qualify). "Plasma" was invented to describe this not-exactly-liquid and not-exactly-gas. Note their song "Science is Real." They don't need to issue a correction song for that one either, despite the ambiguity of the word "real."

[slayer6192]

wow my fucking teacher lied to me..

[TBTabby]

@slayer6192 Not lying. Mistaken. When knew discoveries are made, they prove that something we thought we knew was wrong. Fortunately, scientists are allowed to admit these errors and thus correct them That's one of the great things about science.

[Adriatic478]

"Personally, I tend to go with what you know... 'til something better shows up." -- William Adama

[alli3sometimes]

This is the original theory of what scientists thought it was. They thought it was plasma, but now we can prove that the sun changes hydrogen into helium, which are both incandescent gases.

[BunyipAndler]

@alli3sometimes They are gases at room temperature. Hydrogen and helium, like all matter, can change into different states of matter.

[BeanangelTreon]

I know where tjhe helipause is

do you?

hint its millions of miles farther from earth than the sun

[lyprov]

......it took me 5 times of watching this to fully understand what was happening in the video. xD

[StevieHoesel]

Sweet! I got a really good grade on my science test because of this1 :DD

[0Edward0Cullen0]

TMBG remind of those bands like School House Rock and other after school special-esque stuff.

[frontboat]

I admit liking the tune of the original "Why Does The Sun Shine" a little bit better, but I love that they released a song with the correct science, and this song's pretty good, too.

[Mario59173]

my science teacher showed the class this yesterday!

[CFFDan]

The other one was catchyer, do this but catchyer. like the other one.

[btstudley]

TMBG- you guys should do songs about Punctuation and let kids and even some adults when you should use a semi-colon and colon and other punctuation and you could call it ,"Here Comes English"

[sciencemile]

They will be the Schoolhouse Rock of today's Generation :O

[90sComputerGames]

Flans dances so humorously to this live. It was like-- some kind of hilarious 2-step shuffle, only the steps were 5 feet apart.

[Yokocrono]

I love it. No apology for the other song. That's science right there.

[ballistic209]

0:45

:DD

[Delianswift]

I clicked that link like 40 times, so fun. xD

[mowgli2071]

It needs the hard rock treatment, the way "the sun is a mass..." had done.

[StephenWhiley]

i agree, this one doesnt stick in my head

[footworkassasin14]

i like the "that thesis has been rendered invalid"

[imjq87]

Me too. Reminds me of Bad Religion lyrics.

[spiritcharmerTWILIGH]

i can't get this song out of my head!!!!!! but its began to grow on me, i think the original is still better though

[coachluver91]

i love the guitar solo parts lolz :)

[sivret20]

i like the "electrons are free" part

[chocoandme232]

LOL i luv this video!

[Treadstone1231]

I saw this one and the original in one of my science classes.

[chocoandme232]

Me 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JBmasquerade]

id so be the yellow guy the whole time when the blue guy goes to shake his hand the yello guy flinches thatd be me lolz

[baileyskates]

the one with the cats is better

[TheAbominableRedhead]

I love the little Flans and Linnell cartoon dudes. Linnell is evil, or something. This amuses me.

[sillypigs111]

even though the other song is wrong, i still find it more catchy than this one.

[Garsplodez]

It's a bit funny that they would put this song on the same album that has the song it's contradicting.

[miggy3307]

you should listen to the song cells from they might be giants its about science too!! c:

[Fireicee1]

Saying Science is Real and Science is True are two ENTIRELY different things.

[Fireicee1]

Whats a miasma?

[Nydgill]

Hm, this song is on the same CD that says "Science is Real" ... Science is real, it always has the truth, but forget what we told you in the previous song as science, that was truth at the time but now it's wrong. But Science is Always True. Something's wrong with this picture.

[Nydgill]

@Nydgill And don't *even* get me started on how scientifically inaccurate that Davy Crockett in Space song was ;-)

[Fireicee1]

But Nydgill, When they say Science is Real, they are saying that Science is hard facts. Science exists.

[mrsblondychik]

Haha, this is hilarious, adoriable :)

[Zibder]

I think that the other one was to fast, this one you can actually understand.

[Maus5000]

the first one was way beter, this is okay and accurate, but not fun.

[bairfanx]

Well, your definition of fun is universal, so thanks!

[bzterp]

So now that we know it is plasma and not gas, are the elements that make it up still the same, just in a different state of matter? (Hope I get a real answer)

[raoulutube]

Yup.

[Robocheeseball701]

No, I want to go back to when I was young and naive. Now I can no longer sing the old song with such glee

[bloopybloops]

Okay, so tis song is moar scientifically correct, but is it even HAF as wonderfell as THe Sun Is A Mass of Incadescent Gas?!?!

NO. ITS NOT.

[devotedpupa]

they could just change the lyrics on the original!

[Wecatz]

it still wouldn't be the same.

[fearwig]

Or they could write us a new song to enjoy. Hooray.

[Zibder]

yea i guess, but then ho would you know if that was the real one, cause some people just post random crap, so you never no

[doktorzoom]

Next they'll be telling us that Particle Man actually beat Triangle Man

[fishfrizbee]

@doktorzoom Triangle man or (compounds) beat particle man because particles always end up as connectiong into compounds and triangle beats man man because we always fall apart into dirt, or compounds (triangles)

[DemoneyesKyo013]

@doktorzoom but. . . triangle wins. . .

[InvaderZap]

@doktorzoom Also, Istanbul IS still Constantinople, I AM the boss of them, I AM so big, life IS totally fair, and Dr. Worm IS a doctor, but IS NOT a real worm.

[doktorzoom]

@InvaderZap Frankly, I've always doubted that the statue got John high. I think he did that on his own.

[specialkrj]

@InvaderZap Btw Ana Ng and I are getting younger like benjamin button, and we have lived next door to each other all our lives. We are apathetic toward one another.

[misterjack97]

@doktorzoom Hmmmm, that almost makes sense.

[Frankysan]

You don't understand science then. You should always try to render old theories obsolete, that's what science is all about. If a theory can be disproved but haven't, then it's accepted as a true theory... until another one comes along that does disprove it, but that new theory can itself be disproved one day. If you won't believe anything just because it can be disproved, regardless of whether it has or not, then you should disregard every scientific theory ever, including gravity etc.

[kadotafig]

I get what science is all about, thanks. It's not that hard to figure out, as you just explained. Accept proven theories as true, but, by nature, try to disprove them.

[kirbyfan95]

Then what was the point of your first post? You're contradicting yourself, here.

[fearnotbrother]

@Frankysan I agreed with you, until you said that gravity was a theory...it is a scientific law. just nitpicking.

[DrHibbitts]

@fearnotbrother gravity is just a theory we have to explain the force we experience. Thats why there are all sorts of ideas about gravity including Newtonian Gravity, Einsteinian Gravity and Quantum Gravity, All of science is just humans attempting to rationalize what we observe in our universe and is incomplete, and in some places wrong.

[Mangaxaddict]

@DrHibbitts its a theory old enough and not disproved. So it then becomes a law.

[NvPGulstab]

The first sun song issues other true facts about the sun.

[gothdeer]

I think that was the point its trying to illustrate.

Its an abstract point, to be sure, but all's it takes is a reasonable amount of insight and you'd see the point.

[schnuder]

The original song "Why Does the Sun Shine (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)" is a remake of the song by Hy Zaret And Lou Singer, performed by folk singer Tom Glazer on the album Space Songs (Motivation Records, 1959). Why Does The Sun Really Shine is an original song by TMBG based on modern evidence. This is a perfect example of how science progresses its understanding.

[Zibder]

yea, good point

[Ribavirin9]

But, is a gas not really just a plasma when it freely shares electrons during incandescence. Surely this correction is in jest, good Sirs.

[ardvarkd]

What a strange music video,

Clones and remote controls 0_o

[piemaster64]

kick ass, i thought this was a live show only song, awesome now that i know its on their new album

[ozzmaster13]

if you like this you should see Davy Crockett in space!! or I'm a paleontologist!! both songs are fucking awesome.