This song is about a guy who has achieved what he wants, total isolation, and is proud of how all his secrets are stashed away, how orderly his life is, and how he is free to do what he wishes without the constraint of the opinion of friends. However he is sad, as his life is empty, and as much as he tries to fill it with materialistic possessions, he wants to have somebody who cares for him, but he fears being as invisible in the outside world as he is inside his bubble. Yet when somebody approaches him to try coax him out, he shuts himself in, telling them "This is my private life, go away." I can relate to this song on so many levels.
I actually did this I guess you could call it "style" of expressions just for the fun of it with some of my friends and It stuck with me in school as the guy who did the cartoonish stuff lol. anyways, The simple way to say how to do it is basically over-animate your facial expressions whilst jumping your facial muscles with the words. It turns out pretty creepy just by doing that😂
This is what I love about Oingo Boingo. You have such split emotions between being very jovial and careless or depressed to tears. It's a very odd feeling
Nope. I saw a guy jogging down a road a few years ago who was far more ginger. He was the most ginger haired bloke I've ever seen. I've never seen him since; maybe he moved or maybe the Sun got him?
I was a 17 yo kid growing up in SoCal when this song was released into rotation on KROQ. I was going through some serious shit it my life and this song connected with me like no other song before or since. I listened to it over and over again in my room “waiting for a dream to come and get me out of here.” Thank you Danny Elfman and the rest of the band! I’m 57 now and still play this song for my kids and friends who never heard the brilliance of Oingo Boingo.
Same, i was in bed like a whole year due to illness. I spent everyday wondering what was going on in the exterior, i didnt have wifi back then, it's like i didnt exist and the other people neither.
Lmao 4 years later and I'm still thinking the same about the "at night" part. At first I laughed at this song but now from my own interpretation I see the pain and suffering the guy is suffering. I never noticed the words in that way before
i spent a lot of time in middle and high school trying and failing to sing along with boingo songs. It's actually easier now as my voice has gotten rougher so its easier to break smoothly into falsetto parts, but I'll never be smooth like that.
I'm taken aback every time he says "life." Because, he says it in the exact same weird way, every time. Like, it's the normal way to say it or, something. Makes it feel even stranger.
Ikr? I've always said about this band, "If there's anything I like better than a band with a guy just bringin' it on the xylophone, it's a band with 2 guys GOIN' TO TOWN on xylophones. (Grey matter is a great example)
Oingo Boingo has always such a weird way of presenting their message. Like the message is so clear but subtle at the same time and it’s so odd really. And sometimes with sounds and tones so oddly upbeat compared to the weird and twisted stories being told. But Danny Elfman also expresses those darker themes and emotions in the songs with his odd movements and facial expressions that looks like he’s on the verge of a psychotic breakdown. And his voice also sells that. A mind boggling group but a great group nonetheless.
I remember being scared and fascinated by music like this when i was a kid. As a teen, i got to see how incompetently cruddy a lot of indie/punk music was live and realized how intense oingo boingo really was. Occasionally at a show you see a unit like this that are actually sharp, they stand out. Rarely, they make it to the public gaze.
Point well made! Yes....rarely they make it to the public gaze. Maybe art this brilliant is too much for the listener/viewer to have to think about, sadly.
Watch them perform “Stay” live at the Ritz in 87’. It’s prob one of the greatest live performances. It’s sounds better than the studio version..I didn’t even really like the song until I saw it..
Actually listened to this song for the first time yesterday, being aware of Elfman's band but never having heard their music, and damn I've been hooked on this since. Literally been on repeat many many times.
They have such a massive catalog, they’ve been my favorite band since I was 13 (I’m 41 now) and I’m still finding tracks I’ve never heard! Welcome to Boingoland, enjoy!
Literally, Spotify randomly recommended me this one and I was immediately hooked and they became one of my favorite upon listening to the rest of their discography
I had a nightmare of a meth head who looked like Danny Elfman trying to get into my home and screaming "OINGO BOINGO IRENE" at me while shredding my mail so fast tiny pieces of paper got through the screen door and made me wake up breathing heavy. I've listened to Oingo Boingo in the past but it's been years so when i found this song after i woke up i became infatuated with it, I can't stop listening to it.
+Don Burd Hahaha pretty funny Don but i wasn't taking anything. I usually have weird, almost movie like dreams. This one however was alittle special because it lead me to this band.
I just love how he takes these happy sounding melodies and hides little dark surprises in the lyrics. Elfman always has this quirky happy/dark/twisted side and I think that's what makes his music so magical. Even his movie scores are like that in a way. He sounds like he has a fun mind to live in.
Growing up in suburban southern California in the early 80's (Jay and Amber- think Fast Times at Ridgemont High), "Boingo" were every bit as big, as beloved as the biggest groups at the time. But it seemed like only the college kids that went to their shows in L.A. or high schoolers/junior high kids who heard them on local radio knew about them. Fun times, great music, bizarre humor- Oingo Boingo was a secret handshake among the kids that didn't fit in. And, you haven't even played their early stuff which features HORNS! "On The Outside" "Who Do You Want to Be" "Only A Lad" "Private Life"!
Danny Elfman is such an amazing artist. My favorite is his actions and especially his facial expressions, they add so much character to his work, it makes it as I’m watching a show, and someone’s actual creation. Has to be my all time favorite artist.
My college bedroom looked oddly similar to Danny's room in this video. I even had an olive green blanket. The only thing missing were the red clown pajamas. I guess his Private Life was my undergraduate accommodations.
will forever be my favorite song just for this reason, as Im chronically physically ill and been in isolation for a decade now as a hikiko/neet. this song kinda made for us tbh. the conflicting nature of wanting to remain in your private life but wanting to call for someone to take you out of it. I think the happy nature of the song really seals that in too bc of how fun it can be to have your own space with nothing else to influence your true nature and the blissful state of freedom. I've never heard a song written in this way that encapsulates this dichotomy it so well.
The set of artistic videos from Danny+Oingo Boingo paired with the chosen song's lyrics are so fantastic and deep. I often wonder how many people pass by without noticing. I also wonder how many people miss the repeated, cryptic allusions to a dark being residing around or within Danny. When you enter into the videos for Private Life, Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me, Little Girls, Gratitude (the most obvious display), you are stepping from reality into a mental/dream state. The art of these videos in particular are grossly underappreciated at this point in time. It is awesome to see Danny has reappeared with new material in the last year and it is as thought provoking as ever.
Yes! I ponder this often! These videos are performance art, not just music videos. Danny puts thought into eveything he does. Personifies the shadow and presents it in a way where we can view it comfortably, but just uncomfortable enough for thought. A true artist, and inspiration.
@@spimbles underrated now? They broke up years ago. Out of sight out of mind. Danny Elfman moved on. In the 80s and 90s they were far from underrated. No one mentions them when talking the 80s because those people don't know music or the 80s. They are mostly morons who weren't there and/or self labeled music experts. Oingo Boingo go back to the 70s on the old Gong Show when they were called the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo
Maybe, but the first albums are the best they've done, more like a live act, then afterwards they used too much that 80's FM big rythm, with less breaks and crazy structure and more important less groove, just like every new wave band you can named they got trapped the mid 80's sound. You don't realy feel a band is playing after the 3rd album (counting forbidden zone as the first). There are good song all along their discography though. Actually that third album with "insects" already has a no-groove sound like a band recording instrument by instruments, but you can feel the songs are from the same batch than Only a lad, so it still feels like a true rock band...
One line about this song in particular makes me wonder. "There's something dangerous I like." This could be anything. Is the isolation he likes dangerous? Is he on drugs that isolate him and are also dangerous to him? Is it a particular thing he's addicted to that is dangerous to his health? I sorta think that loneliness is the side-effect of having control of everything because he is alone. He loves being alone, but the loneliness really just kills him on the inside. This is a tough one.
***** Initially, that is what I thought he said too. I looked up the lyrics, and everything says the latter. It sorta changed my view on what the song meant.
The isolation is dangerous. He lives comfortably, but is aware that he's wasting his life away and the longer he continues that life style, the worse off he'll be off, but he still doesn't want to change. Like someone who's aware of the effects of drugs but can't help themselves...
Holy, my terminally inattentive brain has a tendency to click off this song after the first minute and is unknowingly responsible for the fact I never found out until now that it's literally after that point that the song gets good, like, really fucking good.
When this song came out, I thought that Oingo Boingo had been getting worse, then this came along & just blew my socks off. To this day it gives me chills. I love these guys.
I love Oingo Boingo!!. This song is so unique & catchy and the video is hilarious and awesome! I've been a fan since I was in grade school ('87-'88?- thanks to my awesome Dad) and every year or so I gotta go on a Boingo Binge (:... Its crazy to think that just 4 yrs. prior to this songs release (which would be '79) The Doobie Brothers & Donna Summers were topping charts with a music style sounding decades older than this!?.. Its even more apparent to me now, when considering music of the 80's/90"s &now that Oingo Boingo not only "stepped out of the box" to create innovative/original music during a time when "new wave" was busting out experimental hits left and right... but I feel like amidst all of that....they literally invented their very own genre of music, that still to this day remains kind of an exclusive, and rare category to define. :} ........................(or find... lol) I also love that Danny E & OingoB weren't afraid to be uncommon. With their distinct sound and instruments, to Elfman's enigmatic persona & one-of-a-kind vocals.. I'm sure a lot of people most-likely considered him "strange" or "creepy" (..as I can see below, these comments are still being made about him in 2014 on you tube!) lol! ..Obviously that's what he was probably going for but I don't find D.Elfman creepy at all {:.. I think He's a delightfully bizarre, yet totally brilliant artist & Its from his eccentric & "creepy" imagination that sooooooo much progressive, fun and influential music was created... Beyond Boingo.. I'm sure everyone's already aware of Elfman's amazingly composed soundtracks for some of the most memorable motion pictures in recent history (Batman, Beetlejuice, the Nightmare b4 xmas, The Simpsons etc.etc.) And I cannot imagine any of those movies being nearly as interesting OR successful without the iconic musical accompaniments scored bye D.E. ..Sooo I guess I'd just like say: Thank you Danny Elfman for your awesome array of musical contributions and for all the great songs created with Oingo Boingo! {: T h e E n d lol
LastUnicorn x9 **wipes tear from eye** Danny is one of few in the world that I see as a giver of musical genius, which means very little to most, but it means a lot to me
Just realized that my friends have been terrible towards me and made me feel miserable. Now I feel like I’m unlovable and alone. For whatever reason, this is the song that speaks to me in my most desperate moments, a plea to be seen by someone, to be noticed and acknowledged. A desperate call for someone, anyone to like you as you truly are. Maybe that’s just me right now though. If your reading this remember, you owe your time to no one. You don’t owe anyone anything. The only thing you owe is love and kindness to yourself. Don’t let anyone make you feel terrible about yourself. Your are amazing and there are people out there who will truly care about you. Thank you for reading, remember to always be kind.
I relate to it too - except for the “neat and clean” part. Well I did promise Mr. Elfman I would clean my room so I could go see him for my birthday this October...
I don’t normally post comments on here, but this really stuck with me. I’m in a similar situation right now and have been contemplating leaving everything behind (can’t really say exactly what I mean unless I want my comment to get removed lmao). I’ve been stuck in a cycle of trying to find someone who likes me without putting in the time and effort of liking myself first. Anyways, what I’m trying to say is that this helped me snap out of those thoughts, and at a very crucial moment too. I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to write all of this. We’ll both find a place where we’re accepted and loved for who we are. No matter how long it takes.
You deserve friends who see and love you for your authentic self. I hope you and anyone struggling rn find that. I love to see how deeply Oingo Boingo touches people, even all these years later, because I relate to that (milennial fan).
This is my private life I have no friends to fear I've got no problems, no cross to bear If you can find me Come and get me out of here This is my private place Everything is neat and clean The skeletons are hidden in the closet This is my private place Come and get me out of here This is my private life This is my private life This is my private life.... These are my private things There they are against the wall The dirty pictures, religious objects These are my private things Come and get them out of here This is my private bed This is where I lie at night Staring at a lightbulb hanging on the ceiling Waiting for a dream to Come and get me out of here Here in my humble room at night I often wonder what goes on out there What makes them run so scared I often stare at the people passing by But they can't see me through my window shades Just like I'm not even there This is my private life This is my private life This is my private life There's something dangerous I like This is my private life I know my problems aren't your fault What I really want to know: Has it always been this way? This is my private life This is my private life This is my private life Come and get me out of here
This is one of the last bands I recall having to have their albums the day they were released. I don't recall being disappointed with any of them. I have not dug into the vault to revisit this music nearly enough over the years.
Oingo is just the best. Danny rules. The intensity and talent of everyone in that band is insane. Going through some of these old tracks recently. Man, they still hold up solid.
Why am I obsessed with this video? Why have I been playing it repeatedly, daily, for like two weeks now?? How did my roommate come to be obsessed with this song separately from me at the same time??? Is this because of the pandemic ? I can't stop looking at his crazy facial expressions like he's about to pounce on prey or something while he's singing about his dingdang private life!!
This is the song i need to hear when its 3 am. Time has stopped, my children are asleep upstairs. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow. Only me alone in the darkness, unable to understand how i have come to this place, this age and time. What i really want to know, has it always been this way?
i relate to this song a lot, for my entire life ive been forced to stay inside and im bad at social skills so i basically have no friends, i feel insane and isolated and have weird manic bursts of energy bc i want this to end, i look outside wanting to make friends but i fear of getting shunned even though i think im amazing, i just feel insane and im held indoors against my will and its like yes... my private things.. they are ALSO on the WUUAALLLL!!!!!!!! i stare at people and walk around my room weirdly
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Danny looks like he's on the verge of the calmest mental breakdown.
I started listening to oingo boingo as a teen kid
And it really set me calm
Like when something terrible happens they really cheer me up
I love how the camera cuts right as the skeleton moves, like his dance was to bad to keep in the video
Bruh that's so funny 😆
You know that was actually funny
@@sean2855 yeah!
* *good*
I can't unsee it now
Danny Elfman is my favorite cartoon character.
Kerry Hatch is mine ;-) I miss his clowning around. :-(
If you were around in 82, you could have grown up too. You had 40 years to do so. Influential for sure, it's why I'm still listening.
Well, he looks a little like the Clock King from Batman: TAS.
He's my spirit animal
Love him. Best concert ever.3 times. But pissed me off when in an interview he declared Oingo Boingo was his most embarrassing time in his life.
Danny sure did love tank tops.
Danny must have not gotten the memo that redheads shouldn't wear tank tops, this is coming from a redhead.
sgtpepper1138 Damn my freckled pale chest.
sgtpepper1138 : carrot top. Enough said.
Christopher White It's a red head thing lol We love wearing them because people think we shouldn't. lol
everytime i see him in this video it reminds me of like bruce willis from The Fifth Element mixed with the hair of the fifth element lool
This song is about a guy who has achieved what he wants, total isolation, and is proud of how all his secrets are stashed away, how orderly his life is, and how he is free to do what he wishes without the constraint of the opinion of friends. However he is sad, as his life is empty, and as much as he tries to fill it with materialistic possessions, he wants to have somebody who cares for him, but he fears being as invisible in the outside world as he is inside his bubble. Yet when somebody approaches him to try coax him out, he shuts himself in, telling them "This is my private life, go away."
I can relate to this song on so many levels.
***** Same.
***** Nobody could have possibly described my life any more accurately than you just did. I didn't even think of this song that way before.
***** Maybe the people leave you alone because you're Guy fucking Fieri...
No one wants to fucking hang out with him
James Griffin but what about his camera guy
James Griffin that camera guy is his gay husband
Danny has an interesting quality of moving his face like he's stop-motion animated.
Well he's done a lot of work with the stop motion king.
Gee, I wonder why you would say that
I actually did this I guess you could call it "style" of expressions just for the fun of it with some of my friends and It stuck with me in school as the guy who did the cartoonish stuff lol. anyways, The simple way to say how to do it is basically over-animate your facial expressions whilst jumping your facial muscles with the words. It turns out pretty creepy just by doing that😂
No wonder there are characters in JoJo named after this group. They are equally as bizarre.
He's a natural actor.
That's so messed up that the skeleton was about to start dancing his ass off, but the cut him before he got his shot
poor Richard
I always laugh so hard at that part 😂
It's genius
It’s very funny. Thank you for pointing that out.
literally i was so excited
This is what I love about Oingo Boingo. You have such split emotions between being very jovial and careless or depressed to tears. It's a very odd feeling
Can you please tell me why John Depp fans love this music? Genuine question :3
Oh! Tim Button! I found my connection haha
@@Himaniiibiebsy Tim Burton
I love it because, if the lyrics get me down the music picks me up.
He’s a Gemini and it shows in the split personality in his songs.
"Dirty pictures, religious objects,"
The duality of man.
Indeed
The Bible's not *entirely* against sex; refer to Proverbs Chapter 5 first, and then Proverbs Chapter 7.
Elf Man.
His lyrics are so reflexive and smart, a poet and a musical genius
No shit mr. philosopher
He's so violently ginger.
rainbowroad the killjoy this comments so ridiculously 😬 cringe .
@@teetoys76 ???
Nope. I saw a guy jogging down a road a few years ago who was far more ginger. He was the most ginger haired bloke I've ever seen.
I've never seen him since; maybe he moved or maybe the Sun got him?
@@pineapplepenumbra Damn, another ginge sacrificed to the sun Gods.
@@rainbowroadthekilljoy8 Lol.
Not fair, I want Oingo Boingo to manifest in MY room.
Erin McGee lmfao
same ngl
@@waxeater112 oop-
@@Comical1984 JoJo?
this is my favorite comment
I was a 17 yo kid growing up in SoCal when this song was released into rotation on KROQ. I was going through some serious shit it my life and this song connected with me like no other song before or since. I listened to it over and over again in my room “waiting for a dream to come and get me out of here.” Thank you Danny Elfman and the rest of the band! I’m 57 now and still play this song for my kids and friends who never heard the brilliance of Oingo Boingo.
THANX 4 BEING A 60s KID, FELLOW, ELF⚕MAN 🕯{A}🕯C‼️‼️‼️‼️ 🕯'M NIFTY@FIFTY-8🕯GHT‼️‼️
Jed the Fish!
Amen Brother, from East Los Angeles
I'm 41, and just found oingo boingo 6 years ago. I love "it only makes me laugh" from Solo. Danny definitely has a way of uttering the unutterable.
We're the same age! Same impact from this song. I was in Garden Grove. You?
I find the part where he says "it's like I'm not even there" and looks at the camera so relatable for some reason. It's uncanny.
i feel that feel man :'(
Woah me too
just another bi-annual reply to this comment
Same, i was in bed like a whole year due to illness. I spent everyday wondering what was going on in the exterior, i didnt have wifi back then, it's like i didnt exist and the other people neither.
And for multiple generations at this point. Timeless, brilliant music
I don't know why, but the way he says "this is where I lie at NIIIIGHT!" Just cracks me up...
Probably cuz of how funny he says it
ikr, i listen to that part over and over and over
you mean NOOOIIIIIGGHHHTT
hee hee nnnnNNNNNAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHTT
Dude goes from 1 to 1000 and is my favorite part of this video
Man this song goes hard.,. It's relatable as shit like I GET you here wanting to wait for a dream to come and get you out of here.
I keep relistening to how he sings the word "night" at 1:41, thats crazy-vocal goals right there
ikr?
Lmao 4 years later and I'm still thinking the same about the "at night" part. At first I laughed at this song but now from my own interpretation I see the pain and suffering the guy is suffering. I never noticed the words in that way before
similar to Andy Patridge, after all Danny is an XTC fan
i spent a lot of time in middle and high school trying and failing to sing along with boingo songs. It's actually easier now as my voice has gotten rougher so its easier to break smoothly into falsetto parts, but I'll never be smooth like that.
I'm taken aback every time he says "life." Because, he says it in the exact same weird way, every time. Like, it's the normal way to say it or, something. Makes it feel even stranger.
1:08 that xylophone guy is rocking it like no tomorrow
lmao
@@waxeater112 hi com slot
roooofl
Ikr? I've always said about this band, "If there's anything I like better than a band with a guy just bringin' it on the xylophone, it's a band with 2 guys GOIN' TO TOWN on xylophones. (Grey matter is a great example)
Oingo Boingo has always been at least 50% xylophone.
Hits different in quarantine.
don't worry, its your private quarantine.
Oingo Boingo has always such a weird way of presenting their message. Like the message is so clear but subtle at the same time and it’s so odd really. And sometimes with sounds and tones so oddly upbeat compared to the weird and twisted stories being told. But Danny Elfman also expresses those darker themes and emotions in the songs with his odd movements and facial expressions that looks like he’s on the verge of a psychotic breakdown. And his voice also sells that. A mind boggling group but a great group nonetheless.
Message? Lol.. dude... there was no message in the 80s. You millennial always think there is some deeper meaning to things.
@@criticaltweaker4393 Okay, Boomer.
@@Galaxy--Bug ok no talent useless turd.. see I can call people names too
Critical Tweaker he’s not what you’d say wrong though you said you millennials
@@criticaltweaker4393 there is deeper meaning to this guys songs , like the "i love little girls" song which was made to condemn pedophiles.
I sure know the feeling :)
This is definitely the guy that would team up with Tim Burton for 30+ years
..and Matt Groening.
Honestly after reading this and thinking about it, this DOES kinda feel like a musical number
@Ryan Duong and Gus Van Sant
@Ryan Duong until Raimi thoroughly pissed him off on SPIDER-MAN 2 by using temp tracks from other composers and keeping them
@@J.S.3259 What about Multiverse of Madness?
wow, another oingo boingo video with Danny Elfman in a tank top.
dude worked out
No complaints here.
Wow what a treat! You don’t see that everyday!
He has no sense of style whatsoever
Danny Elfman is officially in the "I make men question their sexuality" list. Well, he would be, if one exists.
this is my private bed.......where I lie awake at NAAAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHTT
best part of the song
BestLlama agreed
these are my private things.......hanging on the WUAAAALLLLL
stop showing off
I remember being scared and fascinated by music like this when i was a kid. As a teen, i got to see how incompetently cruddy a lot of indie/punk music was live and realized how intense oingo boingo really was. Occasionally at a show you see a unit like this that are actually sharp, they stand out. Rarely, they make it to the public gaze.
A lot of "New Wave" bands had serious and very talented musicians. Certainly true of the bands who sold a lot of records.
Point well made! Yes....rarely they make it to the public gaze. Maybe art this brilliant is too much for the listener/viewer to have to think about, sadly.
Watch them perform “Stay” live at the Ritz in 87’. It’s prob one of the greatest live performances. It’s sounds better than the studio version..I didn’t even really like the song until I saw it..
@@matthews852 im on it . Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984) is my recommendation . youve probably seen it but just in case
@@raginhomosapien
Danny Elfman is one of my favorite composers
Actually listened to this song for the first time yesterday, being aware of Elfman's band but never having heard their music, and damn I've been hooked on this since. Literally been on repeat many many times.
Welcome to the weird world of Oingo Boingo. Enjoy your stay.
It's hard for me to believe he was the one who wrote all those great film scores from my childhood
They have such a massive catalog, they’ve been my favorite band since I was 13 (I’m 41 now) and I’m still finding tracks I’ve never heard! Welcome to Boingoland, enjoy!
Literally, Spotify randomly recommended me this one and I was immediately hooked and they became one of my favorite upon listening to the rest of their discography
I had a nightmare of a meth head who looked like Danny Elfman trying to get into my home and screaming "OINGO BOINGO IRENE" at me while shredding my mail so fast tiny pieces of paper got through the screen door and made me wake up breathing heavy.
I've listened to Oingo Boingo in the past but it's been years so when i found this song after i woke up i became infatuated with it, I can't stop listening to it.
+Don Burd Hahaha pretty funny Don but i wasn't taking anything. I usually have weird, almost movie like dreams.
This one however was alittle special because it lead me to this band.
+Don Burd dude you sure you're not on drugs? haha so what's your action hero name then?
+Don Burd Ah okay, i think Don the dude, or Don the dodo burd would be cool. Mine is fernie.ernie, or just Ernie.
+Don Burd Well Don Burd, it's nice to virtually meet you.
OMG Irene! I had the SAME DREAM!!! He's after us!!! (key Freddy Krueger music here)
I just love how he takes these happy sounding melodies and hides little dark surprises in the lyrics. Elfman always has this quirky happy/dark/twisted side and I think that's what makes his music so magical. Even his movie scores are like that in a way. He sounds like he has a fun mind to live in.
Growing up in suburban southern California in the early 80's (Jay and Amber- think Fast Times at Ridgemont High), "Boingo" were every bit as big, as beloved as the biggest groups at the time. But it seemed like only the college kids that went to their shows in L.A. or high schoolers/junior high kids who heard them on local radio knew about them. Fun times, great music, bizarre humor- Oingo Boingo was a secret handshake among the kids that didn't fit in. And, you haven't even played their early stuff which features HORNS! "On The Outside" "Who Do You Want to Be" "Only A Lad" "Private Life"!
I grew up in west Virginia and boingo had a following there, a surprisingly large following.
most hilariously sinister thumbnail on youtube
yEs
I know rght??🤣
SINISTER IS THE PERFECT WORD FOR THAT
Danny Elfman is such an amazing artist. My favorite is his actions and especially his facial expressions, they add so much character to his work, it makes it as I’m watching a show, and someone’s actual creation.
Has to be my all time favorite artist.
Me too. And seeing him perform live again and unleash his weirdness once more has been a real treat. He's the same! Perhaps spookier.
My college bedroom looked oddly similar to Danny's room in this video. I even had an olive green blanket. The only thing missing were the red clown pajamas. I guess his Private Life was my undergraduate accommodations.
Fun, yet crushingly depressing at the same time.
Nothing has changed in 7 years
ChANGe
Now it’s 9
Yes indeed!!
The 80's in a nutshell.
I can't be the only one mesmerized by Steve Barteks hair doing it's own thing as he's playing.
I was a hikomori for 5+ years when I first listened to this song.
It spoke to me clearly, plently and painfully. Utterly brilliant.
Do you live in Japan?
@@Diabrorojo you dont have live in Japan to be this, it's just cool term instead of saying "I ain't leaving my house lol"
That's why the real term is NEET, Not Employed Educated or Training
@@hipsterelephant2660not really you dont need to be a shut in and isolated to be a neet but if youre an hikikomori you probably are a neet too
will forever be my favorite song just for this reason, as Im chronically physically ill and been in isolation for a decade now as a hikiko/neet. this song kinda made for us tbh. the conflicting nature of wanting to remain in your private life but wanting to call for someone to take you out of it. I think the happy nature of the song really seals that in too bc of how fun it can be to have your own space with nothing else to influence your true nature and the blissful state of freedom. I've never heard a song written in this way that encapsulates this dichotomy it so well.
My daughter turned me on to this incredible talent & I been watching videos dancing in my kitchen..he makes me feel alive again💯❤🤟
Good singer.
Good composer.
One hell of a weird man.
Danny Elfman, folks.
Couldnt say it any better 👍
shut up hes cute
@@waxeater112 I- did someone delete a reply or are you just mad because they called him weird? Because he is, but that isn't bad
@@lyricelizabeth9860 i honestly cant remember
@@waxeater112 Lol fair enough
He's so melodramatic in mannerisms but in a very entertaining way
The set of artistic videos from Danny+Oingo Boingo paired with the chosen song's lyrics are so fantastic and deep.
I often wonder how many people pass by without noticing.
I also wonder how many people miss the repeated, cryptic allusions to a dark being residing around or within Danny. When you enter into the videos for Private Life, Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me, Little Girls, Gratitude (the most obvious display), you are stepping from reality into a mental/dream state.
The art of these videos in particular are grossly underappreciated at this point in time. It is awesome to see Danny has reappeared with new material in the last year and it is as thought provoking as ever.
Yes! I ponder this often! These videos are performance art, not just music videos. Danny puts thought into eveything he does. Personifies the shadow and presents it in a way where we can view it comfortably, but just uncomfortable enough for thought. A true artist, and inspiration.
I have been listening to this song maniacally since nine o'clock at night. It is now five o'clock in the morning.
Most underrated group of the 80s. Such a shame this song didn't get more air time.
They were far from underrated
@@MH-zg5yw theyre underrated now. youll rarely ever hear anyone mention oingo boingo when talking about the 80s
@@spimbles underrated now? They broke up years ago. Out of sight out of mind. Danny Elfman moved on.
In the 80s and 90s they were far from underrated.
No one mentions them when talking the 80s because those people don't know music or the 80s. They are mostly morons who weren't there and/or self labeled music experts.
Oingo Boingo go back to the 70s on the old Gong Show when they were called the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo
Maybe, but the first albums are the best they've done, more like a live act, then afterwards they used too much that 80's FM big rythm, with less breaks and crazy structure and more important less groove, just like every new wave band you can named they got trapped the mid 80's sound. You don't realy feel a band is playing after the 3rd album (counting forbidden zone as the first). There are good song all along their discography though. Actually that third album with "insects" already has a no-groove sound like a band recording instrument by instruments, but you can feel the songs are from the same batch than Only a lad, so it still feels like a true rock band...
Nobody is more ginger than Danny Elfman. Thats a Fact
Carrot Top.
@@legrandgougoulilumine6940 i mean ginger humans
@@lordeanok 😅😆😆
Cletus Cassidy but they’re tied I think
He’s so pigment deficient he can’t even freckle. His albedo is visible from SPACE
One line about this song in particular makes me wonder. "There's something dangerous I like." This could be anything. Is the isolation he likes dangerous? Is he on drugs that isolate him and are also dangerous to him? Is it a particular thing he's addicted to that is dangerous to his health? I sorta think that loneliness is the side-effect of having control of everything because he is alone. He loves being alone, but the loneliness really just kills him on the inside. This is a tough one.
***** Initially, that is what I thought he said too. I looked up the lyrics, and everything says the latter. It sorta changed my view on what the song meant.
Maybe he's bored and lonely, and he wants something dangerous to like, to liven up his existence?
i'm guessing his thoughts.
No mr theorist
The isolation is dangerous. He lives comfortably, but is aware that he's wasting his life away and the longer he continues that life style, the worse off he'll be off, but he still doesn't want to change. Like someone who's aware of the effects of drugs but can't help themselves...
Everyone in the band either looks like:
a former high school nerd
a classy gentleman (the brass players)
or a psychopath (Danny)
Lovely bits.
former? theyre all nerds
PrinceOfPlease or a dad? The guitarist
PrinceOfPlease predictive programming
what will the drummer and bass guitarist be
The incredible talent of Danny Elfman notwithstanding, Boingo was an AMAZING band.
Holy, my terminally inattentive brain has a tendency to click off this song after the first minute and is unknowingly responsible for the fact I never found out until now that it's literally after that point that the song gets good, like, really fucking good.
lmaooo i get that tbh 😭
Just heard this song for the first time last week and I love it. Danny seems pretty depressed for a guy who has Oingo Boingo doing shows in his room.
Glad to see this has MILLIONS of views, because this band is one of the best ever.
So much more than a band. Oingo Boingo was an enigma.
This dude would have been an amazing Joker.
i agree that he should have had a role as a Joker's henchman in
1989 Tim Burton's Batman.
Spot on
He gives me more Cletus Kasady vibes. There's something dangerous he likes
When this song came out, I thought that Oingo Boingo had been getting worse, then this came along & just blew my socks off. To this day it gives me chills. I love these guys.
Did you lived that change? It sounds so interesting! I wish I could see that.
But the entire Only a Lad Album is fucking FIRE though
@@odahikaru11This song is from Nothing to Fear
"this is my private life" and then there's seven other people in his house
In his mind .
I love Oingo Boingo!!. This song is so unique & catchy and the video is hilarious and awesome! I've been a fan since I was in grade school ('87-'88?- thanks to my awesome Dad) and every year or so I gotta go on a Boingo Binge (:...
Its crazy to think that just 4 yrs. prior to this songs release (which would be '79) The Doobie Brothers & Donna Summers were topping charts with a music style sounding decades older than this!?..
Its even more apparent to me now, when considering music of the 80's/90"s &now that Oingo Boingo not only "stepped out of the box" to create innovative/original music during a time when "new wave" was busting out experimental hits left and right... but I feel like amidst all of that....they literally invented their very own genre of music, that still to this day remains kind of an exclusive, and rare category to define. :} ........................(or find... lol)
I also love that Danny E & OingoB weren't afraid to be uncommon. With their distinct sound and instruments, to Elfman's enigmatic persona & one-of-a-kind vocals.. I'm sure a lot of people most-likely considered him "strange" or "creepy" (..as I can see below, these comments are still being made about him in 2014 on you tube!) lol! ..Obviously that's what he was probably going for but I don't find D.Elfman creepy at all {:.. I think He's a delightfully bizarre, yet totally brilliant artist & Its from his eccentric & "creepy" imagination that sooooooo much progressive, fun and influential music was created...
Beyond Boingo.. I'm sure everyone's already aware of Elfman's amazingly composed soundtracks for some of the most memorable motion pictures in recent history (Batman, Beetlejuice, the Nightmare b4 xmas, The Simpsons etc.etc.) And I cannot imagine any of those movies being nearly as interesting OR successful without the iconic musical accompaniments scored bye D.E. ..Sooo I guess I'd just like say: Thank you Danny Elfman for your awesome array of musical contributions and for all the great songs created with Oingo Boingo! {:
T h e E n d lol
LastUnicorn x9 **wipes tear from eye** Danny is one of few in the world that I see as a giver of musical genius, which means very little to most, but it means a lot to me
Listened to this and now I can tell the future using a comic book and change my face at will. Thank you Oingo Boingo brothers!
Just realized that my friends have been terrible towards me and made me feel miserable. Now I feel like I’m unlovable and alone. For whatever reason, this is the song that speaks to me in my most desperate moments, a plea to be seen by someone, to be noticed and acknowledged. A desperate call for someone, anyone to like you as you truly are. Maybe that’s just me right now though. If your reading this remember, you owe your time to no one. You don’t owe anyone anything. The only thing you owe is love and kindness to yourself. Don’t let anyone make you feel terrible about yourself. Your are amazing and there are people out there who will truly care about you. Thank you for reading, remember to always be kind.
I relate to it too - except for the “neat and clean” part.
Well I did promise Mr. Elfman I would clean my room so I could go see him for my birthday this October...
I don’t normally post comments on here, but this really stuck with me. I’m in a similar situation right now and have been contemplating leaving everything behind (can’t really say exactly what I mean unless I want my comment to get removed lmao). I’ve been stuck in a cycle of trying to find someone who likes me without putting in the time and effort of liking myself first. Anyways, what I’m trying to say is that this helped me snap out of those thoughts, and at a very crucial moment too. I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to write all of this. We’ll both find a place where we’re accepted and loved for who we are. No matter how long it takes.
This is the only song I fully identify with, and I fucking hate that
Nah fuck me I still hate myself I want to burn
You deserve friends who see and love you for your authentic self. I hope you and anyone struggling rn find that. I love to see how deeply Oingo Boingo touches people, even all these years later, because I relate to that (milennial fan).
This is my private life
I have no friends to fear
I've got no problems, no cross to bear
If you can find me
Come and get me out of here
This is my private place
Everything is neat and clean
The skeletons are hidden in the closet
This is my private place
Come and get me out of here
This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life....
These are my private things
There they are against the wall
The dirty pictures, religious objects
These are my private things
Come and get them out of here
This is my private bed
This is where I lie at night
Staring at a lightbulb hanging on the ceiling
Waiting for a dream to
Come and get me out of here
Here in my humble room at night
I often wonder what goes on out there
What makes them run so scared
I often stare at the people passing by
But they can't see me through my window shades
Just like I'm not even there
This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life
There's something dangerous I like
This is my private life
I know my problems aren't your fault
What I really want to know:
Has it always been this way?
This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life
Come and get me out of here
This is one of the last bands I recall having to have their albums the day they were released. I don't recall being disappointed with any of them. I have not dug into the vault to revisit this music nearly enough over the years.
may i reccomend you do? and then Oingo Boingo Tapes' channel >:)
@@Razor12704 Thank you sir!
This is one of my favorite songs, and at the same time, one of my favorite music videos of all time.
I love Bartek's hair... and they way he moves his legs when he dances. He is so cool
God i am enthralled at how fucking crazy danny elfman looks. i mean i expect nothing less from an elf man
literally pause on almost any frame of him and he looks deranged 💜🥰
omg wait ur subscribed to jerma… same here ! it seems like jerma fans and oingo boingo fans have a type, demented unhinged men with big boobs
@@xilitla. yea thats pretty accurate
I absolutely love everything oingo boingo has ever done im 29 and have been listening to them for 20 years
This is the most relatable song I've ever heard.
Oingo is just the best. Danny rules. The intensity and talent of everyone in that band is insane. Going through some of these old tracks recently. Man, they still hold up solid.
The fact that the subtitles say quirky rock music at the start makes me chuckle.
i love oingo boingo videos cuz danny elfman always looks like he's on the verge of a mental breakdown
rip sinead o connor. this was funny but i thought of her right away when i heard this song.
This Oingoed my boingo
you know you are watching an old OB video when you see both Kerry Hatch and Richard Gibbs. Those were great days.
Why am I obsessed with this video? Why have I been playing it repeatedly, daily, for like two weeks now?? How did my roommate come to be obsessed with this song separately from me at the same time??? Is this because of the pandemic ? I can't stop looking at his crazy facial expressions like he's about to pounce on prey or something while he's singing about his dingdang private life!!
This is your private life.
This guy is making new songs and coming out with a new album next month.
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 hell yeah!
The dynamic duo: A kid with a comic book that dictates the future and a person who can disguise himself as anyone.
Danny is one of the strangest dudes ever man haha
+gabriel enriquez He's also the reason Tim Burton isn't homeless.
+Josef Stalin You're thinking of Michael Keaton.
+AlecoSound No you are thinking of Johnny Depp
+Josef Stalin That is true Comrade.
+Joshua Castillo No. It's Michael Keaton. There was only one Edward Scissorhands movie.
One of my favorite bands from 80s! They were so unique! Love it!👍💜
Back when they filmed entire music videos in one room. Pure talent
@@DeekoDT-4
Danny Elfman is a freeking musical genius!!!!!!
Danny Elfman work is absolutely genius !!!
This is my private comment.
CAdaverOusPRophet nope
This is my private answer
It's like it not even there.
This is not my private video but sure, this is my private reply.
Hippity hoppoty your comment is noe my property
Oingo Boingo been out here to show what people stuck at home feel like before it was cool.
3:20 Steve's glasses slid off his nose n are dangling over his mouth but he keeps bopping
Was not emotionally prepared for the last frame of this music video.
Lesser known fact, before taking up crime fighting, Rorschach had a successful career in pop music !!
1:37
This is my Private Bed...
This where I lie at *_NOIOIGIHGHT_* 😮
Danny Elfman - the only singer with an evil look in his eyes while smiling...creepy AF and I love it!
Задорно, классная музыка, Дэнни здорово поёт
elfman look so insane, i love him so much, it's one of my favorite artist
This song gives me chills it's an opera to humanity.
This is my favorite song.
That guy has a great smile
Johnny "Vatos" in his pajamas... Great!
My brother played this song in his car, and I’ve been a fan ever since
Danny Elfman: When your mum says "we have Sting at home" and you know it's better.
This song is pretty legit. I love it
Luv, luv, luv me some Oingo Boingo forever!!!!!
This is genuinely one of my favourite songs; so resonant.
this song is definitely growing on me, I gotta check out more of oingo boingo's stuff.
This is the song i need to hear when its 3 am. Time has stopped, my children are asleep upstairs. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow. Only me alone in the darkness, unable to understand how i have come to this place, this age and time. What i really want to know, has it always been this way?
Nothing quite like listening to this four to five times a day while you're working seven days in a row during high school.
this video keeps me company
I discovered this song day before yesterday and I've listened to it at least 3 times each day since
that dude playin tha absolute *_F U C K_* out tha xylophone lmao
He's attractive God damn
i adore this so much, what rare gems oingo boingos music and videos are
i relate to this song a lot, for my entire life ive been forced to stay inside and im bad at social skills so i basically have no friends, i feel insane and isolated and have weird manic bursts of energy bc i want this to end, i look outside wanting to make friends but i fear of getting shunned even though i think im amazing, i just feel insane and im held indoors against my will and its like yes... my private things.. they are ALSO on the WUUAALLLL!!!!!!!! i stare at people and walk around my room weirdly
Haha
Can't you join a group therapy group of people with social anxiety or autism?
The real 2020 anthem