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Direct from Brooklyn is a compilation of music videos by American alternative rock group They Might Be Giants. It was released on VHS in 1999 and DVD in 2003. The title refers to the home of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, founding members of the band. Many of the music videos were filmed in Brooklyn and other parts of New York City. [1] [2]
In 1999, They Might Be Giants released Direct from Brooklyn, a VHS compilation of their music videos from 1986 up to that point. It was reissued on DVD in 2003. The following music videos were included: "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" (1986) "Don't Let's Start" (1986) "(She Was a) Hotel Detective" (1986) "Ana Ng" (1988) "Purple Toupee ...
They Might Be Giants' new logo. The band's 13th album, Here Come the 123s, a DVD/CD follow-up to 2005's critically acclaimed Here Come the ABCs children's project, was released on February 5, 2008. [49] On April 10, 2008, They Might Be Giants performed the song "Seven" from the album on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Combining art rock and a sense of the absurd, They Might Be Giants has never fit comfortably into a musical genre. From their start, childhood pals John Flansburgh and John Linnell have done ...
The song describes four different "men": Particle Man, a microscopic being whose attributes are deemed "not important" enough to be discussed lyrically; Triangle Man, a belligerent entity who hates Particle Man, fights him, and wins; Universe Man, a kinder being, who is the size of the universe, and has a watch with hands relevant to the age of the universe ("He’s got a watch with a minute ...
Here Come the ABCs was a great success for They Might Be Giants, the video being certified Gold (sales over 50,000) in 2005. The album reached #1 on Billboard’s Children’s Music charts, won Parenting Magazine ’s Children’s DVD of the Year Award and two National Parenting Publications Awards (NAAPA). [ 2 ]
The video is full of references to other experimental films. [5] In spite of They Might Be Giants originally planning to make a separate video for the "MTV crowd", [6] they have declared the Homestar Runner video to be the song's official music video. [7]
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