They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Official Music Video)

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  • You're watching the official music video for They Might Be Giants - "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" from the album 'Flood' (1990)
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  • @lividluxury1
    @lividluxury1 Месяц назад +125

    My history teacher played this banger in class and had it on loop for the ENTIRE class period. Nobody got tired of it or asked to change the song. Amazing job, guys!

    • @ithink3979
      @ithink3979 15 дней назад

      My friend and I used to listen to this on repeat in my car while cruising around town. He'd sing the low parts while I sang the high parts. We'd go with the windows rolled down for the luls, oh so many funny/amused looks we got from people! Good times, good times...

    • @lividluxury1
      @lividluxury1 14 дней назад +1

      @@ithink3979 Thats nice.

  • @chrise.8098
    @chrise.8098 Год назад +4095

    As a greek, I can't help imagining what a banger that song would be like 570 years ago.

  • @Irenesmith9603
    @Irenesmith9603 Год назад +2016

    i love how absolutely chaotic this animation. the weird king kong like policeman, the fights in the street, the car crashing into the building 4 separate times, the little business man running back and forth, and my favorite, the little drum guy bouncing up and down.

  • @Whatsoul
    @Whatsoul 2 года назад +1321

    Lyrics if u want :)
    Istanbul was Constantinople
    Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
    Been a long time gone, Constantinople
    Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
    Every gal in Constantinople
    Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
    So if you've a date in Constantinople
    She'll be waiting in Istanbul
    Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
    Why they changed it I can't say
    People just liked it better that way
    So, take me back to Constantinople
    No, you can't go back to Constantinople
    Been a long time gone, Constantinople
    Why did Constantinople get the works?
    That's nobody's business but the Turks
    Istanbul, Istanbul
    Istanbul, Istanbul
    Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
    Why they changed it I can't say
    People just liked it better that way
    Istanbul was Constantinople
    Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
    Been a long time gone, oh Constantinople
    Why did Constantinople get the works?
    That's nobody's business but the Turks
    So, take me back to Constantinople
    No, you can't go back to Constantinople
    Been a long time gone, Constantinople
    Why did Constantinople get the works?
    That's nobody's business but the Turks
    Istanbul

    • @blackholeentry3489
      @blackholeentry3489 2 года назад +30

      Thanx.....I have heard this song for decades and always thought it was, "It's nobody's business but the church!" (Made sense to me because the church has long been involved in so many things which is none of its busness!)

    • @Lazlo.1
      @Lazlo.1 2 года назад +38

      You forgor about the Do Do, Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do, Do Do Do Do Do Do Do, Do Do Do Do Do Do

    • @ColonelMetus
      @ColonelMetus Год назад +1

      @@blackholeentry3489 the Turks killed every man woman and child in Constantinople then renamed it Istanbul

    • @parkerturner1018
      @parkerturner1018 Год назад +12

      Some heros don't where cape

    • @OrthoKarter
      @OrthoKarter Год назад +6

      cringe song

  • @andyroid5028
    @andyroid5028 3 года назад +9842

    *Fun fact: several odd years ago, this song helped me correctly answer at least 2 questions on a Geography test. And for that, I say... "Sure, They Might Be Giants... but They Might Also Be Tutors. LOL. Thanks guys!"*

    • @danceswithdirt7197
      @danceswithdirt7197 3 года назад +235

      @Andy Roid To that I say "the sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace"

    • @minermike61
      @minermike61 3 года назад +142

      Constantinople not Istanbul

    • @F40M07
      @F40M07 2 года назад +151

      Istanbul NOT Constantopal

    • @Autumn_frog
      @Autumn_frog 2 года назад +45

      Man wait till he sees here come the 123s/ABCs

    • @squarefan80
      @squarefan80 2 года назад +63

      TMBG always seemed to me to be just a bunch of teachers who formed a band.

  • @MrMumbl3s
    @MrMumbl3s 5 месяцев назад +248

    the funnier fact I know about They Might be Giants is that in Terry Pratchett's book "Soul Music" there's a Dwarf band called "They're certainly Dwarfs" and I find it simply amazing.

    • @BaronSengir1008
      @BaronSengir1008 5 дней назад

      Sir Terry Pratchett was a literary genius!

  • @taraconnolly1192
    @taraconnolly1192 2 года назад +3348

    I never paid attention to this song but for some reason I absolutely loved it during Five's fight in the donut shop

  • @dalebim
    @dalebim 2 года назад +3876

    This song heard frequently at the airport in Istanbul.

    • @enarcmcfly
      @enarcmcfly 2 года назад +73

      Lol please be true

    • @jamesfrancese6091
      @jamesfrancese6091 2 года назад +111

      @@enarcmcfly sadly no 😢 unless I remember my Bluetooth speaker ofc

    • @Bowiiihowdy
      @Bowiiihowdy 2 года назад +273

      But not Constantinople

    • @somebodylikesbacon1960
      @somebodylikesbacon1960 2 года назад +340

      @@Bowiiihowdy every song played in constantinople
      was played in istanbul not constantinople
      so if you've played this song
      in constantinople
      it was played in istanbul

    • @1989ozz
      @1989ozz Год назад +12

      not possible

  • @blazingfire8794
    @blazingfire8794 2 года назад +1183

    This song has driven me nuts for years. I knew the lines I knew were lyrics from a song, but I couldn't remember which one.

    • @stephenm8415
      @stephenm8415 2 года назад +19

      they have Google for that you know

    • @SpudPrint2022
      @SpudPrint2022 2 года назад +71

      Did the repetitive nature of "Istanbul not Constantinople" not give you some sort of clue ?

    • @blazingfire8794
      @blazingfire8794 2 года назад +35

      @@stephenm8415 This was years before google existed. I am a Xer after all.

    • @WarpChaos
      @WarpChaos 2 года назад

      @@blazingfire8794 Try searching the lyrics lol

    • @blackholeentry3489
      @blackholeentry3489 Год назад +20

      @@stephenm8415 This is Constantinople, NOT Google

  • @stoplookingatthisyougleepy
    @stoplookingatthisyougleepy Год назад +504

    They might be giants is the best underrated band. Like seriously, they have more songs in an album that most bands make in their whole life. They’re gonna do it until they can’t anymore, so we all gotta appreciate them ❤️

    • @claranoelledances
      @claranoelledances Год назад +10

      particle man said, “ok triangle man is gonna have beef with everyone”

    • @CoraCreates
      @CoraCreates 3 месяца назад +2

      @@claranoelledancesbill cypher really do be like that.

    • @coolname2629
      @coolname2629 5 часов назад

      Took me 40 years to realise how great they are.

  • @xXdAyDrEaMsXx
    @xXdAyDrEaMsXx Год назад +402

    My dad won't stop playing this song. I'm gonna cry.

    • @rommul1389
      @rommul1389 Год назад +11

      Lmao how old are you

    • @xXdAyDrEaMsXx
      @xXdAyDrEaMsXx Год назад +31

      @@rommul1389 20 LMAO

    • @LisaGaming117
      @LisaGaming117 Год назад +15

      ​@@rommul1389Kosovo je Albania 🇹🇷

    • @ItalianRomaFan
      @ItalianRomaFan Год назад +10

      I also can't stop playing this song 😂😂😂

    • @xXdAyDrEaMsXx
      @xXdAyDrEaMsXx Год назад +5

      @@ItalianRomaFan NOT YOU TOO 😭😭😭😭

  • @connar7623
    @connar7623 10 месяцев назад +107

    Our social studies teacher in 6th grade always played the video of Tiny Toons with this song in the background. Stuck in my head ever since.

    • @MikeBtraveling
      @MikeBtraveling 10 месяцев назад +3

      Wish I could find the original tiny toons for my kids

    • @theobamaprism
      @theobamaprism 8 месяцев назад +1

      my social studies played this today in class (i have never heard of this song before today) it’s not 8:10pm and the song is STILL stuck in my head goddd

    • @tannerschramm3196
      @tannerschramm3196 4 месяца назад

      Yes 🙌🏻

    • @tennesseenola
      @tennesseenola Месяц назад

      that is an AWESOME childhood memory!

  • @KishinAubrey
    @KishinAubrey 8 месяцев назад +390

    fun fact: even in turkish it was once called "konstantiniyye" in official documents but known colloquially by the people as "istanbul"

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 6 месяцев назад +47

      That’s because that’s what it was called by the Greeks. But Turks can’t pronounce “Stanboli,” which means “to the city,” so Turks pronounced it “Istanbul.”

    • @yesilpaprika
      @yesilpaprika 4 месяца назад +12

      ​@@ferretyluvold Turkish didn't have stand-alone s or r in the beginning of the words which transformed "ramazan" to "ıramazan", "stampa" to "ıstampa", "stanbul to ıstanbul" etc.

    • @kriketprayme
      @kriketprayme 4 месяца назад +8

      In Hindi, we call the old Byzantine city 'Kunstuntuniya"

    • @gospelofrye6881
      @gospelofrye6881 3 месяца назад +15

      @@yesilpaprika The real point here is that it's always been called just "the city" by people who live there and who have business there, in whatever language, and the changing official names have always been a political thing. I think that's cool.

    • @Dragonman998
      @Dragonman998 3 месяца назад +3

      Con(STAN)tino(POL)is

  • @Max_ochist777
    @Max_ochist777 3 месяца назад +26

    The fiddle/violin at the beginning and end hits a special spot in my ears that releases so much dopamine I’m not even kidding

  • @DreFromMaine8472
    @DreFromMaine8472 2 года назад +148

    This was the first TMBG song I ever heard, back in 1992. That's the year I started listening to the Dr. Demento radio show, and he played a lot of their songs!

    • @shadowdancersxfile9
      @shadowdancersxfile9 6 месяцев назад +1

      My brother and I grew up with Dr Demento. Dead Puppies, They're coming to take me away, so many twisted song lol

  • @damianlopez3117
    @damianlopez3117 8 месяцев назад +13

    This Song is great something about how the rhythm changes and the irony of the lyrics

  • @dopeytheclown86
    @dopeytheclown86 7 месяцев назад +182

    Tiny Toon Adventures was the first time I ever heard this song.

    • @gregsteele806
      @gregsteele806 5 месяцев назад +11

      Will always be the 'official' video to me. 😁

    • @zerogrey3798
      @zerogrey3798 5 месяцев назад +3

      Same

    • @igable82
      @igable82 5 месяцев назад +2

      Ditto

    • @christianhoffman7407
      @christianhoffman7407 5 месяцев назад +3

      I thought this version was older than it is. I thought I remembered listening to this when I was little little - like my own personal Mandela effect. This says 1990 which would make me 9. Still a little kid but I thought I heard this as far back as I can remember. However I think what is happening is I am getting this mixed up with Taco's "Putting on the Ritz" . To my ear that song has a similar and was a big deal at the very young age that I have in mind. Both songs are covers from decades prior.

    • @f.l.o.p.i.c.
      @f.l.o.p.i.c. 5 месяцев назад +1

      Same... back in EARLY 90s in a blockbuster

  • @lesleyjane7785
    @lesleyjane7785 Год назад +166

    What a great song. Loved it in The Umbrella Academy. Spiffy Biffy.

  • @rhino
    @rhino  3 года назад +1742

    They Might Be Giants have one of the most well-known versions of this track - can you name the original quartet who recorded "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" in 1953? 🎙️🎶

    • @volodymyrbilyk555
      @volodymyrbilyk555 3 года назад +214

      The Four Lads did the original

    • @andyroid5028
      @andyroid5028 3 года назад +166

      @@volodymyrbilyk555 *You may have beaten me, Mr. Sabab, by about 15 minutes (BTW, well-played sir)... but here's a little bit of interesting trivia:*
      *England's The Four Lads, very likely copied the main melody of their song from another older hit song... 1930's "Puttin' On the Ritz" (written by Irving Berlin & originally sung by a singer named Harry Richman). Several artists would eventually cover it, including Fred Astaire and TACO (among MANY others).*

    • @jong0000
      @jong0000 3 года назад +50

      @@andyroid5028 Four Lads were Canadian...

    • @garyjackson7040
      @garyjackson7040 3 года назад +30

      @@andyroid5028 Don't forget Peter Boyle and Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein!

    • @msolis9901
      @msolis9901 2 года назад +34

      @@andyroid5028 maybe you would have been first if you didnt type up that long ass reply

  • @brexitmeansbrexit1122
    @brexitmeansbrexit1122 4 месяца назад +38

    Thw umbrella academy brought me here. Season 4 is out today so i thought lets listen to this again. Thank you number five 🙌

  • @MultiSteveB
    @MultiSteveB Год назад +43

    1:12 "Dew-dew-dew dew-dew de-dewdewdewdew!"

  • @shiningblade2083
    @shiningblade2083 6 месяцев назад +12

    1:49 Man, this violin solo!!

  • @trapadvisor
    @trapadvisor Год назад +591

    You know some of the riffs in this song are from 1600, like these guys really dug into music history to make this song.

    • @user-ng2lk5wv4p
      @user-ng2lk5wv4p Год назад +74

      they didnt lol, this is a cover of The Four Lads version from 1953

    • @rammingtime
      @rammingtime Год назад +21

      @@user-ng2lk5wv4p the beatles? /j

    • @PeterSmith-ls7ut
      @PeterSmith-ls7ut Год назад +2

      The silk street lucky four

    • @mckinleygirl98
      @mckinleygirl98 Год назад +2

      @@rammingtime LOLLL

    • @Illumiinarian
      @Illumiinarian Год назад +11

      @@rammingtimeHe was not referring to the Beatles, he was referring to the English quartet “The Four Lads” who originally made this song, which Tmbg covered

  • @XombieZach
    @XombieZach 2 года назад +52

    I found this song due to Tiny Toon Adventures featuring this & Particle Man in an episode and I became a fan ever since.

  • @Aurora-g3q
    @Aurora-g3q 11 месяцев назад +34

    THIS IS LITERALLY STUCK IN MY HEAD!!!!!!

    • @PinchieMcPinch
      @PinchieMcPinch 9 месяцев назад

      This song is covered in enough hooks to empty the ocean

  • @ElMalito187
    @ElMalito187 5 месяцев назад +25

    Fun fact: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) is a 1990 swing-style song by They Might Be Giants. It was featured in a music video in the Tiny Toon Adventures episode Tiny Toon Music Television.

    • @meh8982
      @meh8982 3 месяца назад +3

      Other fact: It was a cover of a 1953 song recorded by The Four Lads.

  • @imcrazyforwar
    @imcrazyforwar Год назад +170

    I had to listen to this song because of a question I had on a quiz made think of the song. The question was "when the dutch came and created a large settlement it was called New Amsterdam. The city later in modern times became known as?" And this song came to my head right away lol

    • @normanclatcher
      @normanclatcher Год назад +16

      Yep. "Old New York"

    • @VeryUnderstandabledude
      @VeryUnderstandabledude Год назад +5

      It was the British that changed it to new York that's why there's a old York in england

    • @wtz_under
      @wtz_under 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@VeryUnderstandabledudeand new zealand, no idea where the zealand came from

    • @VeryUnderstandabledude
      @VeryUnderstandabledude 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@wtz_under Old Zealand is underneath new Zealand

    • @pizzapieperson
      @pizzapieperson 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@wtz_under Zeeland, netherlands

  • @serpentinegallery
    @serpentinegallery 2 месяца назад +8

    I've never been more thrilled to see that the music video looks exactly like the song sounds.

  • @ThirdProletariat
    @ThirdProletariat Год назад +53

    This song has been stuck in my head for years

  • @ShrimplyPibblesJr
    @ShrimplyPibblesJr Год назад +96

    This band is strangely deep but smothered in absurdity. Everything ends.

  • @TheInsanemonkeyboy
    @TheInsanemonkeyboy Год назад +8

    Tiny Toons introduced me to This group and I'm forever grateful.

  • @WindowsPc10
    @WindowsPc10 Год назад +102

    As a Turkish this song is so good🇹🇷♥️🇺🇸

    • @tanemsoyalan1839
      @tanemsoyalan1839 Год назад +6

      haklısın bacım

    • @candyMAN192
      @candyMAN192 Год назад +1

      ​@@tanemsoyalan1839bacım ne alaka

    • @VlademirPuding
      @VlademirPuding Год назад

      Amerikayı skim. Natoda olmamıza rağmen bir savaş durumunda yunanistanı bize karşı destekleyecek bir ülkeyi neden ssevdiğinizi anlayamıyorum.

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 Год назад +6

      As an Earthling, I tend to agree with you.

    • @chdhdhrhrhrh1734
      @chdhdhrhrhrh1734 4 месяца назад

      No it’s not

  • @assaccia
    @assaccia 6 месяцев назад +17

    I heard this song first in ,, The Umbrella Academy " and I love it

  • @LiamMajko
    @LiamMajko 3 месяца назад +12

    “And so they lived happily ever after : the end”
    “can you pleaaasee tell me another story”
    “goodbye and thank you for watching the umbrella academy”
    - Narrator of the umbrella academy

  • @hi-uz9kg
    @hi-uz9kg Год назад +81

    For anyone wondering, Istanbul means "In the city", while Constantinople means "Constantine's City" which is not Constantine's city anymore.

    • @AndrewTBP
      @AndrewTBP Год назад +20

      That’s nobody’s business but the Turks

    • @hi-uz9kg
      @hi-uz9kg Год назад +8

      @@AndrewTBP I am a Turk

    • @memmori1
      @memmori1 10 месяцев назад +12

      However as long as Emperor Constantine founded it, it will always be his city as Alexandria founded by Alexander the Great, etc. Turks renamed the city which was not theirs

    • @jamomancer
      @jamomancer 10 месяцев назад +20

      @@memmori1 actually Constantine did not found Constantinople. It had already been renamed several times by then ranging from Byzantion to Secunda Roma to Nova Roma and on and on before Constantine even showed up to rename it.
      Also cities belong to the people who live in them, so it truly is the business of the Turks.

    • @kimlend7680
      @kimlend7680 10 месяцев назад

      It doesn't mean "in the city" as in being in the city, It means "to The city" or "towards The city" or even "at the city" as in dative. In Turkish, "şehre doğru", yönelme anlamı. Also if it's written as poli, it means a city but if its written as Poli then it means Istanbul.

  • @alexanderboulton2123
    @alexanderboulton2123 8 месяцев назад +3

    This song fits their vibe very well.

  • @evelynrossetto3143
    @evelynrossetto3143 Год назад +9

    one of my fav songs in the worlld!! love this band !1 twisiin a nother fav!!

  • @1onlypogreed54
    @1onlypogreed54 День назад

    I used to hear this on 3rd shift at Kroger in Arlington Tx tonight I shared this with my lady and our baby boy

  • @soanyway6746
    @soanyway6746 Год назад +12

    Why is this song so fire though?
    It’s too good!

  • @anthonynapier2887
    @anthonynapier2887 2 месяца назад +2

    One of my favorite teachers played this during the ottoman period and its the multimedia ones that leave the best impression

  • @mwillblade
    @mwillblade Год назад +127

    Sang this song in my head so I would not cry when I left my family as a kid to go meet my ship in Guam to go support Operation Desert Storm.

    • @Medium341
      @Medium341 Год назад

      F your service you grunt and lackey

    • @andyroid5028
      @andyroid5028 Год назад +6

      _Wow. You cried later, right? Seriously, it's not healthy to suppress those emotions. And BTW, thanks for fighting for the USA._
      👍🏼🇺🇸

    • @mwillblade
      @mwillblade Год назад +4

      @@andyroid5028 I did the first night on my ship but not after that.

  • @matthew_thefallen
    @matthew_thefallen 3 года назад +90

    I only knew the instrumental version of this classic song, then I discovered this one with lyrics 😂👌

  • @chrisbarlow2131
    @chrisbarlow2131 Год назад +15

    I just love this band.

  • @christystraub9048
    @christystraub9048 Год назад +8

    i love how funky the animation and song is

  • @gupinol8832
    @gupinol8832 Месяц назад +6

    a fight breaks out at Umbrella Academy and this banger starts playing

  • @Tayselkenaleesshud
    @Tayselkenaleesshud 11 месяцев назад +6

    Istanbul is the unique, wonderful, great city of all time ❤🇹🇷

    • @1Tuxedo_Cat1
      @1Tuxedo_Cat1 11 месяцев назад +4

      IT'S CONSTANTINOPLE 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬

    • @Tayselkenaleesshud
      @Tayselkenaleesshud 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@1Tuxedo_Cat1 no 😊 calm down greek

    • @1Tuxedo_Cat1
      @1Tuxedo_Cat1 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@Tayselkenaleesshud lmao Im joking istanbul is turkish 😹

    • @Tayselkenaleesshud
      @Tayselkenaleesshud 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@1Tuxedo_Cat1 we have no problem 💖

    • @Thot_Patrol_USA
      @Thot_Patrol_USA 10 месяцев назад +3

      omg turk and greek debate that ended positively? 🤯

  • @lexmori9356
    @lexmori9356 2 года назад +139

    I like this video a lot, but I feel like a lot of people in the comments don't know this is a cover of a song from 1953.

  • @Mda878
    @Mda878 Год назад +34

    This song has been in my head since 1995 when I saw it on Cartoon Network

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 Год назад +1

      First heard it in '91 on Liquid Television. Was fully on board the TMBG train the following year with Apollo 18 and saw them live the first time as well. One of only two acts I will unquestionably try to see whenever they come by (Springsteen is the other).

  • @lidlonez
    @lidlonez 2 года назад +23

    I just noticed how strange this song is. I LOVE IT!

  • @autumnperson5142
    @autumnperson5142 6 месяцев назад +3

    My English teacher(I think he was) showed us this song in my middle school years and I never forgot about it ever since. This song is a banger and will remain one of the best songs made❤

  • @damonsnary3134
    @damonsnary3134 Месяц назад +1

    This song has been stuck in my head for a week because Ive been watching the Great War youtube series. Listening to it now finally feels like catharsis.

  • @HeatherMark
    @HeatherMark 7 месяцев назад +13

    My son is over there on the couch studying for his AP history exam and he turns to me and says, "Mom, do you remember what the other name for Constantinople is?" Yes, son. Yes I do. Allow me to share this Gen X banger with you.

    • @dolphinbear661
      @dolphinbear661 6 месяцев назад

      Perfection. He learned 'bout New York, too!

  • @killermfkaty
    @killermfkaty Год назад +6

    I've had this stuck in my head all damn day!

    • @pill1154
      @pill1154 11 месяцев назад +1

      I've had the tune stuck in my head for like ten years and just remembered the words recently

  • @adlox2t
    @adlox2t 7 месяцев назад +3

    everytime someone mentions constantinople or istanbul i think about this and i get so happy

  • @RogersJimmy-n4q
    @RogersJimmy-n4q 11 месяцев назад +9

    Believe it or not, this song actually helped me with a history final.

  • @serotonin_rots
    @serotonin_rots 8 месяцев назад +5

    remember when a few days before i was left go from an old school a long time ago, we were studying Constantinople, and i mentioned this song to a fairly older teacher of mine and i think i’ve hooked him on TMBG :3

  • @dimitralavrakas6661
    @dimitralavrakas6661 Год назад +8

    I grew up with this song as my grandparents were from Constantinople/Instanbul.

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 Год назад

      I first heard this song on MTV in '91 as I am from Earth and despite what many may believe in their heart of hearts, TMBGs popularity is STILL limited to Earth.

    • @Doğufıreşek
      @Doğufıreşek Месяц назад +1

      ANINDA İSTANBUL,İNSTANBUL!

  • @rsands9
    @rsands9 3 года назад +24

    Enormous hit in San Francisco on Live 105!

  • @jasonkeyes474
    @jasonkeyes474 3 месяца назад +1

    I am proud to say that after 20 years, I can still sing along, word-for-word. Timeless classic. Thanks, Google algorithm!

  • @KaBlammer1992
    @KaBlammer1992 2 года назад +80

    Hey TMBG fans, you'll enjoy this info. Mark Marek (not to be confused with the same guy who was a total creep), later known for his work on the Henry and June segments of Nickelodeon's KaBlam!, created the stop-motion characters and set for this video. Mark had worked with the band before on their cover and label art for the EP (She Was A) Hotel Detective and later animated the music video for "Underwater Woman" for 2015's iteration of the Dial-A-Song project.

  • @calanon534
    @calanon534 5 месяцев назад +2

    Pure, absolutely pure, distilled 1990's in the form of animated Art.

  • @birutegrafinina968
    @birutegrafinina968 3 года назад +23

    💫Hi!! Oh,yes,what amazing song and impressive video!! Thank you so much for everything!!✨

  • @GarnetPerrin
    @GarnetPerrin 3 дня назад

    gen alpha will never understand nor see such shining shimmering purest gold

  • @jillianmiller7506
    @jillianmiller7506 2 года назад +38

    Umbrella Academy brought me here. The songs been stuck in my head.

  • @maryh679
    @maryh679 3 месяца назад

    I remember this song for many years ago. It used to play on the radio my mother had in the kitchen needed to hear something cheery today

  • @penguintaco9038
    @penguintaco9038 Год назад +6

    I've been to Istanbul and it's a beautiful city

    • @juanantonio3487
      @juanantonio3487 5 месяцев назад +1

      Constantinople, you have been there.

    • @staylorsversion
      @staylorsversion 3 месяца назад

      Istanbul (not constantinople) ​@@juanantonio3487

    • @noktafullstop點
      @noktafullstop點 3 месяца назад

      @@juanantonio3487 cone stan teen pole

    • @SolathPrime
      @SolathPrime 2 месяца назад

      More like catstanpole

  • @phild8095
    @phild8095 6 месяцев назад +1

    They did an enjoyable live show as well. Saw them in a medium venue during junior year of college.

  • @angelaarnold2051
    @angelaarnold2051 Год назад +15

    Love this! First heard it on Tiny Toons years ago.

  • @ladymadonna4713
    @ladymadonna4713 Месяц назад

    I've been to Istanbul twice this year. And then Bob Dylan played this melody with the song When I Paint My Masterpiece at one of his Rough And Rowdy Ways concerts in Berlin this October. Thank you, Bobby ❤

  • @wrightblan1501
    @wrightblan1501 Год назад +4

    Greatest Thanksgiving song ever.

  • @ClassVtony
    @ClassVtony Год назад +2

    My favorite song of all!

  • @larkalfen9510
    @larkalfen9510 Год назад +38

    The city was the sword
    The city was the lance
    The city was the golden gate
    The city was the key
    The city was the heavenly gate to all of rome
    Inside Hagia Sofia we shall meet again

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 Год назад +2

      There's an Ant crawling up your back in the nighttime...

    • @gaheaf
      @gaheaf 11 месяцев назад +4

      dont cry mate you wıll never take it back

    • @olekcholewa8171
      @olekcholewa8171 11 месяцев назад +1

      Konstantinos, Dragazis, Paleologos....

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 11 месяцев назад

      @@olekcholewa8171 I like it when the doggy pees

    • @curtismimilee3
      @curtismimilee3 11 месяцев назад +1

      👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @nickroberts6637
    @nickroberts6637 9 месяцев назад +1

    This song has lived rent free in my head since the early 2000s. I was just recently introduced to the Taco version of Putting on the Ritz and kept switching back to this song when i would try to sing that one😅

  • @DemonLordDagruel
    @DemonLordDagruel 9 месяцев назад +6

    Grate song only discoverd it yesterday in a RUclips channel called The Why Files

    • @grapeape2381
      @grapeape2381 9 месяцев назад +1

      Same! I cannot get it of my head like hecklefish said. I watched it like day after it was released tho, only bothered searching for it now.

  • @martinolsson9643
    @martinolsson9643 4 месяца назад +2

    What a marvellous video to a fantastic song. Jeez

  • @emalehchevska6235
    @emalehchevska6235 3 года назад +49

    Love this song 💖

  • @seir323
    @seir323 6 месяцев назад +1

    This video inspired at least one or two Psychonauts levels, or at least they were both responding to the same things, and it's beautiful.

  • @Blaze-uh9fd
    @Blaze-uh9fd 2 года назад +8

    Teacher played this for the class in 6th grade still remember it going to freshman year college

  • @DarkInception
    @DarkInception 3 месяца назад

    When I was in 6th grade, I had a geography teacher that was obsessed with this song and I remember her playing it for the class. This was back around 2006. I haven’t listened to the song since, but I’ve always vaguely remembered the chorus in the back of my head.
    Glad to hear it again.

  • @Worldcup904
    @Worldcup904 11 месяцев назад +5

    I love this song so much🗺

  • @KitsuyuutsuR
    @KitsuyuutsuR 5 месяцев назад

    I always loved this crazy song 😊 My youngest son is currently going to college with a girl who is from Istanbul. I just played this song for him for the first time. He seemed to enjoy it 😊

  • @franciscoosuna259
    @franciscoosuna259 Год назад +5

    With this song, they ARE giants !!!!

  • @4thalt
    @4thalt Год назад +2

    I heard this song on YT Shorts and looked it up, no way it's by TMBG. I used to listen to them a lot when I was a little kid, this is so surreal.

  • @OrderOfOmphalos
    @OrderOfOmphalos 7 месяцев назад +6

    Funny thing... San Francisco was originally Yerba Buena, which translates to 'Good Herb'...
    In hindsight, the original name was appropriate...

  • @Concetta20
    @Concetta20 Месяц назад +1

    I actually like this cover better than the original from the 60’s. I love that fiddle and tambourine.

  • @SnootracSpells96
    @SnootracSpells96 9 месяцев назад +3

    The animation is amazing

  • @BeachBeans2327
    @BeachBeans2327 Месяц назад

    This song literally helped me on a test in high school, makes it even better.

  • @adamteevee1015
    @adamteevee1015 2 месяца назад +16

    0:43 ottoman

  • @IlovRoblox.417
    @IlovRoblox.417 3 месяца назад

    These people made so many beautiful songs I'm crying

  • @llwpeaches
    @llwpeaches Год назад +11

    Can we all take a moment to salute the drums in this song?

  • @henryfreed-fundak5861
    @henryfreed-fundak5861 18 дней назад

    Fun Fact: One of the directors of this music video, J. Otto Seibold, was the illustrator of the 1997 children's book Olive, The Other Reindeer. Which was later adapted into a television special produced by Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening and starring Drew Barrymore as Olive. The book also spawned a sequel, Olive, My Love in 2004.

  • @dha3505
    @dha3505 3 года назад +28

    One of the greatest lyrical groups of 90s and early 2000s!

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 Год назад +1

      Their catalog over the past twenty years is even better IMHO.

  • @fatma_____
    @fatma_____ Год назад +2

    Çok sakin ve huzur dolu bir vibe veriyor.

  • @ItzNixhOlass_CHRISTISLORD
    @ItzNixhOlass_CHRISTISLORD 2 года назад +37

    My dad listens to this song.

  • @jaimecampbell5010
    @jaimecampbell5010 22 дня назад +3

    My co worker HATES this song but wtf it’s a jam 😂😂

  • @Venti_is_thebest_character
    @Venti_is_thebest_character 17 дней назад

    2 of my favorite songs come from they might be giants and they will always be my favorite band

  • @pikachuthebananasplit9061
    @pikachuthebananasplit9061 2 года назад +54

    i first heard this song in a Simpson's episode and now this song is playing on repeat in my head

    • @EmpressLizard81
      @EmpressLizard81 2 года назад +8

      The Simpsons did it too? I saw it on Tiny Toons.

    • @pikachuthebananasplit9061
      @pikachuthebananasplit9061 2 года назад +3

      @@EmpressLizard81 yep it was in the credits of the episode called Mobile Homer

    • @EmpressLizard81
      @EmpressLizard81 2 года назад +1

      @@pikachuthebananasplit9061 oh cool, thanks!

    • @Actionfan19
      @Actionfan19 Год назад

      My first hearing of this song was an episode of Muppets Tonight.

    • @plopadard
      @plopadard Год назад

      I heard on a tiktok edit 😔

  • @aaronbrown621
    @aaronbrown621 2 месяца назад +1

    They Might Be Giants: Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
    Release Date: May 14th, 1990 (34 years)

  • @Dustin-qr3kh
    @Dustin-qr3kh 3 года назад +7

    I haven't heard this in over a decade.

  • @CaptnCanada85
    @CaptnCanada85 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great song; even greater music video.