They Might Be Giants - Let Me Tell You About My Operation (official video)

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2015
  • From TMBG's album Glean. Support TMBG's work and get it directly from the band: bit.ly/tmbgGlean. Or, get the album on Apple Music (geni.us/iGlean) or Amazon (geni.us/aGlean)
    This song was the week 6 post from TMBG's Dial-A-Song project. See the full archive at found.ee/dialAsong.
    Are you a radio DJ or want to be part of DialASong? Get more info here: found.ee/RadioNetwork
    Video directed by Jeremy Galante & David Cowles, character design by David Plunkert. Animation team: Brad Pattullo, Mike Genz.
    Lyrics:
    Smile wide scrub side feet on the dash. I’ll sleep the whole damn day
    Slow Lane. Propane. Empties for cash. Rearview mirror thrown away
    Oh, let me tell you about my operation. Doctors removed your memory (Tres bon!)
    Ground floor. Screen door. Yelling inside. I think you know the scene
    Front lawn. Break of dawn. Clothes on the ground. How could you be so mean?
    Oh, let me tell you about my operation.
    Doctors removed your memory
    Oh, it’s good news. It’s just a quick procedure
    Find happiness through surgery
    Oh, let me tell you about my operation
    Doctors declared I’m better now
    Our liaison--oh it was poison baby!
    Our liaison--it was a drag
    Let me tell you about my operation
    Doctors removed your memory
    Oh, it’s good news. It’s just a quick procedure
    Find happiness through surgery
    Tres bon! Tres bon! Tres bon!
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Комментарии • 115

  • @Mattwood646
    @Mattwood646 9 лет назад +236

    Its a pretty awesome feeling to be able to say that my instructors worked on this animation.

  • @cosbytroopergd1152
    @cosbytroopergd1152 4 года назад +279

    I love how this song sounds like it's both from the 20s and the 20s at the same time

  • @CapitalQ
    @CapitalQ 9 лет назад +187

    The sheer amount of creativity that must have went into this song and video is unreasonable.
    Très bon.

  • @dickweed5104
    @dickweed5104 7 лет назад +33

    I sense addiction in this song,it's just so damn catchy. I'm not going to be able to sleep until I memorize every single lyric.

  • @souvenir2990
    @souvenir2990 7 лет назад +33

    Kinda realizing this is my favorite song now.
    If someone asked me, I'd say no. But I'm here at least five times a day, so...

  • @MLGSkittleNinja
    @MLGSkittleNinja 9 лет назад +79

    I love this animation style! Especially the close up parts when he has the microphone - the animator is really good at making fluid looking speech

  • @HarleyRowan
    @HarleyRowan 9 лет назад +48

    Tre bons! Tre magnifique! How do these gentlemen do it!? And every week. I feel like the luckiest fan of TMBG!

  • @KelsaRavenlock
    @KelsaRavenlock 2 года назад +7

    I remember when dial a song started as an actual call in, I spent a night in holding at Van Nuys jail switching between dialing up TMBG songs and playing the trivia games LA was using to get people to use the new city services number.

  • @peregrinelint8484
    @peregrinelint8484 8 лет назад +79

    this song is basically the plot of eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

    • @madnessstarvinghysterical6403
      @madnessstarvinghysterical6403 8 лет назад +1

      MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY

    • @heatherferreira4225
      @heatherferreira4225 7 лет назад +8

      As a woman, gotta admit I'm a bit surprised men "need an operation" to remove a woman from their memory. Most of us estrogen based lifeforms have substantial evidence male degaussing is permanent and instantaneous

    • @banjo304
      @banjo304 6 лет назад +20

      Heather Ferreira it’s almost as if you didn’t understand the themes of the movie

    • @stevie2.040
      @stevie2.040 5 лет назад

      or human centapede

    • @mrnobody-unowen
      @mrnobody-unowen 3 года назад

      I agree! It's good.

  • @MattOsborn98
    @MattOsborn98 8 лет назад +11

    They played this song at the Slowdown last night. I LOVE the piano riff!

  • @MagicTurtle643
    @MagicTurtle643 9 лет назад +26

    Goddamn guys. Seriously SO good. This Dial a Song stuff is some of the best music you've ever put out. I LOVE IT!!! So glad I subscribed to this project.

    • @jackmerlotdoesntliveherean9652
      @jackmerlotdoesntliveherean9652 Год назад

      Dial-a-Song ratcheted up my already considerable respect so now I walk miles of interstate highways looking for orphaned old token ring gear to feed the meter.

  • @andycast_com
    @andycast_com 2 года назад +7

    The animation and animated story is so MuthrFin FUN and truly well done! You might have to study it to get it, but what a crazy-good video! (Not to mention the song is full-on-robot Awesome!) TMBG still great after all these years. DIAL A SONG 2022 !!!!

  • @ZandoFox
    @ZandoFox 7 лет назад +14

    I wish I could "like" this video every time I viewed it. The song and animation are that good.

  • @dukewinward
    @dukewinward 3 года назад +9

    Credit to the artist, David Plunkert, well known illustrator.

    • @andycast_com
      @andycast_com 2 года назад +1

      MAN ! I didn't know! You are awesome for pointing this out. He is quite the talented artist!

  • @MinoTheShow
    @MinoTheShow 9 лет назад +6

    Can't stop playing this, it's amazing, especially with the deeper meaning

  • @PogieJoe
    @PogieJoe 9 лет назад +16

    Wow. You fellas are on a spectacular run. And these videos are just superb!

  • @lupinthird
    @lupinthird 9 лет назад +9

    I'm so glad I joined the IFC, having access to all of these songs in MP3 format keeps my ears and daily commutes happy.

    • @gupdoo3
      @gupdoo3 9 лет назад +10

      What Instant Fan Club? You must be thinking of some other band.

    • @lupinthird
      @lupinthird 9 лет назад +9

      Oh, I didn't say Instant Fan Club -- I said IFC (Internet Film Crew), I have no idea WHAT you're talking about!

    • @ProtoGhostal1701
      @ProtoGhostal1701 9 лет назад +6

      Christopher Griffin I thought you meant Independent Film Channel.

    • @gupdoo3
      @gupdoo3 9 лет назад +5

      The Volcano Worshpers Club Even though we can't explain it, we already know how great it is.

  • @rogerwilco1777
    @rogerwilco1777 2 года назад +5

    So which John's brain is made of Cheese??

  • @danielrichards6200
    @danielrichards6200 3 года назад +5

    Just got back from the hospital, and this song is a great painkiller.

  • @jackmerlotdoesntliveherean9652
    @jackmerlotdoesntliveherean9652 Год назад +2

    I can dig these hep cats with their pretty ladies showing off some ankle under the hemlines of yon flapper dresses & their propensity towards the roaring back of leopard print pillbox hats.

  • @williambrousseau4458
    @williambrousseau4458 9 лет назад +48

    John's brain is a slice of cheese?

  • @Hungry_Hunter
    @Hungry_Hunter 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant song and the animation is sublime.

  • @morganbrown3953
    @morganbrown3953 9 лет назад +31

    Not what I was expecting when I saw the horns or lyrics xD
    Could anyone expect this?
    I mean, I like it, but its INSANE.

  • @liamroberts422
    @liamroberts422 3 года назад +3

    Just how smooth can animation be

  • @somehominid
    @somehominid 9 лет назад +3

    favorite so far
    so good

  • @mkemp979
    @mkemp979 8 лет назад +2

    I love ALL of there songs!!

  • @HeatherRawVeganHenry
    @HeatherRawVeganHenry 6 лет назад +5

    This is exactly the song I need playing in my head as I walk down the street!

  • @jesdavies44
    @jesdavies44 4 года назад +2

    So much love for this song, gives me dancing feet

  • @Willow76ny
    @Willow76ny Год назад +3

    Tres bon.

  • @NoorElahi1776
    @NoorElahi1776 8 лет назад +2

    So good, every time I hear it

  • @byronholt2031
    @byronholt2031 Год назад +4

    Oh, let me tell you about my operation!
    Smile wide, scrub side, feet on the dash
    I'll sleep the whole damn day
    Slow lane, propane, empties for cash
    Rear-view mirror thrown away
    Oh, let me tell you about my operation!
    Doctors removed your memory
    Très bon
    Ground floor, screen door, yelling inside
    I think you know the scene
    Front lawn, break of dawn, clothes on the ground
    How could you be so mean?
    Oh, let me tell you about my operation!
    Doctors removed your memory
    Oh, it's good news
    It's just a quick procedure!
    Find happiness through surgery
    Oh, let me tell you about my operation!
    Doctors declared I'm better now
    Our liaison
    Oh, it was poison, baby!
    Our liaison
    It was a drag
    Oh, let me tell you about my operation!
    Doctors removed your memory
    Oh, it's good news
    It's just a quick procedure!
    Find happiness through surgery
    Très bon
    Très bon
    Très bon

  • @AquaDaCatMeow
    @AquaDaCatMeow 8 лет назад +8

    God damn this song is the best thing ever holy shit i love it so much i cant stop dancing i love it REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @maggir.8016
    @maggir.8016 9 лет назад +9

    Most macabre yet! (Keep trying, gentlemen!) I am earwormed already.

    • @helix2331
      @helix2331 2 года назад

      i thought that dead would take that title for sure!

  • @TMBG1337
    @TMBG1337 9 лет назад +1

    Yes, this pleases me.

  • @CraigBiehle
    @CraigBiehle 9 лет назад +7

    I dig it. I know people who tell me about their operation.

  • @donofdeaths
    @donofdeaths 3 года назад +3

    Very good.

  • @NuisanceMan
    @NuisanceMan 2 месяца назад

    I love the tools-on-legs characters!

  • @mattjindrak
    @mattjindrak 3 года назад +2

    Boy am I relating to this fucking tune

  • @fishy658
    @fishy658 2 года назад

    Yesss

  • @ferrisparelli633
    @ferrisparelli633 4 года назад +3

    Finally, a song in my key

  • @debb8321
    @debb8321 9 лет назад +15

    Robot punching itself in head...yeah. That it's TMBG ... Great! (or 'tres bon'! :)

  • @swedishchefhands9037
    @swedishchefhands9037 9 лет назад +2

    TMBG at their best here

  • @johnosler5255
    @johnosler5255 7 лет назад +6

    Maybe I'm misreading it, but it seems like this song is basically just the plot of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

  • @ColinZimmerman
    @ColinZimmerman 9 лет назад +1

    Is it April yet? Can't wait to see you guys in Pittsburgh.

  • @heatherferreira4225
    @heatherferreira4225 7 лет назад +4

    Say, is that Ana Ng there at 1:09? ;)

    • @heatherferreira4225
      @heatherferreira4225 7 лет назад

      And second question: are these the same guys who claymationed "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" for you fellas? Character design and many visual choices are too close for them not to be!

  • @feffolcrowman5740
    @feffolcrowman5740 4 года назад

    Must live in Florida

  • @johnnymoon
    @johnnymoon 6 лет назад +6

    my animation professor worked on this lol

    • @Waynimations
      @Waynimations 4 года назад +2

      hello fellow edinboro student

  • @cannibalisticginger7256
    @cannibalisticginger7256 3 года назад +14

    Any other trans peeps vibing to this?

    • @omlette
      @omlette 2 месяца назад +2

      YYEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

  • @DeadRoyaleClown
    @DeadRoyaleClown 7 лет назад +3

    Today's the day, huh? Well what if I told you I'm not an agent of fate, I'm fate itself!
    hahahah! The fact you believed me was even funnier than the joke!
    ~The Clown

  • @Jincman
    @Jincman 2 года назад +1

    This song as taken on different meaning now that I’ve seen Severence! LOL

  • @daworldhavenumberblockstvv2401
    @daworldhavenumberblockstvv2401 Год назад +2

    2:04 hyper characters excess the knifey

  • @daworldhavenumberblockstvv2401

    Not ways here in Ducks Band, the only album, 125 but... The human with a horse face.

  • @daworldhavenumberblockstvv2401

    Swile witr zcruuub ziiite bleeding da gass

  • @anthonyschultz1979
    @anthonyschultz1979 9 лет назад +3

    trey-bon

  • @briansweet8904
    @briansweet8904 9 лет назад

    If only.

  • @stevie2.040
    @stevie2.040 5 лет назад +1

    tre bon = very good

  • @phishy333
    @phishy333 2 года назад

    Fish brain

  • @indihugh2654
    @indihugh2654 3 года назад

    Disco Elysium : )

  • @daworldhavenumberblockstvv2401

    The guy that's funny is here 0:23

  • @senderreciever7798
    @senderreciever7798 5 лет назад +2

    Tell me about your operation!
    I wonder why they say, "tre bon."
    I know why they have the woman in the guy's head pushing buttons, twisting knobs, pulling leavers, and pressing buttons....
    The wannabe-good-at -stuff's do it because they aren't. Like how they attempt to and steal some of your ideas.
    They like to find your "triggers" for one reason: they can't meet the bar.
    And, if they can't meet the bar, they try to lower it for themselves and their ilk versus doing the work and using their own elbow grease, thinking and the like. What happens when you've ruined all of the sources of the things you need and want? Then what?

  • @scribblekitteh43
    @scribblekitteh43 Год назад +8

    trans rights

  • @starf4181
    @starf4181 9 лет назад

    Very good.