For those who have commented that this song/video is trite and devoid of any content that could be construed as truly educational for children, I would simply offer the following quote from Mr. Fred Rogers: "Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."
I forgot about this CD probably like 15 years ago, and the other day I randomly woke up with this exact song in my head. Couldn't remember anything about where the song came from, so I'm happy to have found it on UA-cam! I had totally forgotten about the "No!" CD I had as a kid.
I remeber when I was younger my parents would always play me TMBG. One time for my birthday a cousin gave me this album. We were listening in the car and we probably got a good fifteen minutes of this song before we realised it was on repeat. I feel so sorry for my poor parents
We were shown this by our English teacher to learn about theme. This, of course, had no theme. xD Our whole grade has been singing it non-stop the past month!
In school I had to do a speech where I sold a product, so basically an advertisement speech. I sold a violin, a hippo for half off the original price, a free mop with a mess included, then the business went out of business so I gave away George Washington. Speech class is fun!
Oh my gosh, I was trying to muffle my laughter and keep from laughing, but apparently it didn't work. XD My mom's says to my brother, (who was at the kitchen table doing homework) "Quite making those noises and work on your homework!" XD
TMBG are coffee crazy!!! They don't and have not ever taken illegal drugs or at least that's what they've always said. This song is from their first children's album title "No!"
There was He was conducting an experiment to test the reaction audio can cause a stable, solid object to suddenly fall out of a chair. I performed this same experiment on myself, though it seemed to last to only 00:44.
They Might Be Giants may have come up with a new album for kids, but everyone loves the album, not just children. These guys are absolutely FANTASTIC. The best, most dandy musicians to ever grace this planet with their presence. Rock on, TMBG. Love you guys.
this song is beautifully crafted and thought out and if you don't know this song, the door is right over there.. and you could step through it and get out
They're doing this thing out of pure silliness. I listened to it as a kid and I had no issues with it whatsoever. And it is a fact that this is more helpful to children than any educational TV show for kids, which is proven to cause more developmental issues than not watching them. :)
It soooo late at night and I'm typing this laughing so hard it's been fifteen minuets and I'm still trying to type this but my hands keep shaking from laughing! I think it's bedtime for moi!
I'm sorry, I wasn't clear. I didn't mean that googling it would provide meaning, I just meant that googling the sentence, with quotes around it, reveals various different things all written by me. It's kind of neat. As to the sentence, it's supposed to be non-nonsensical. Imagine South Park-style cows chewing the cud and exploding. My petronis charm is a big furry cow--that explodes for no adequately explored reason. -- Furry cows moo and decompress.
@humansforbreakfast theyre an alternative band that's kinda hipsterish, but they have some children's albums. they did the theme song for malcolm in the middle
My middle school orchestra teacher would often play videos on the projector for us, I’m surprised he never showed us this since he himself plays the violin (and sometimes viola)
Actually this song sounds like Mozart wrote an orchestral chamber piece while on Heroin AND Cocaine while introducing some new modern twists.... haha and that's not a bad thing at all!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 quater of George Washintons head......... Half of George Washintons head......... 3/4 of George Washintons head......... All of George Washintons head!!!
Sorry for the confusion. That's just my tagline/signature type thing. Yes, I'm an egomaniac like that. Search for it on Google! (with quotes) -- Furry cows moo and decompress.
you think you're screwed up? lol i got drunk off my ass last night. i could not stop throwing up. lol and this song is funny as hell, even though it annoys the shit outta me...
The kicker is, after you see it once it will get stuck in your head and you'll be singing "vi-o-lin lin lin... the next day." -- Furry cows moo and decompress.
I love a joke taken too absurd lengths even if it isn't funny to begin with. That is what this song is. Not the best They Might Be Giants, but humrorous.
This is an AWESOME kids video, wish they had this when I was little. When they started saying 'MOP!' I scared the hell out of my cat laughing so loud. xP
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I used to listen to this as a child. Maybe that explains a lot
I opened 9 tabs, and paused all of them at the beginning, then pressed play on the tabs one by one and now i cant breathe from laughing way too hard.
For those who have commented that this song/video is trite and devoid of any content that could be construed as truly educational for children, I would simply offer the following quote from Mr. Fred Rogers:
"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."
leave it to fred. that fucker was dead on right about everything.
if nothing else, it teaches them what the different quarters of george washington's head look like
i dunno where i'd be today without that
Allegedly this song was made as a parody of how quote-unquote ‘snobby’ classical music sounds to kids. Loved it when I was a kid haha
It's brilliant ^_^
I vividly remember my dad making me watch this video likely in 2006 and it shaped me as a person
This makes me so happy 😄
Car selfies are stupid! Fuck car culture! We need better public transit, walkability and cycling infrastructure.
@@crowmob-yo6rybro not the place
This video is me when I'm trying to be creative and think of ideas.
...MOP!...MOP!...MOPMOPMOPMOP!...
ALL OF GEORGE, WASHINTON'S HEEEADDDDDDDDDD
And then the crazy violin playing as though all of George Washington’s head is full of craziness.
thanks for pointing out all the dust on my screen
Shawn and head fragments... don't ask
Efzapa lol
ikr
My orchestra teacher showed me this today. My god. I'm addicted.
Logan Schenk I love your orchestra teacher.
This is the weirdest video ever but I keep watching it over and over.
It feels relaxing
Hippo
hippo
hippo
hippo
hippo
hippo
Thanks, song!
It actually pointed out several bits of dust on my comp. screen.
Who else was low key dying when they heard this song as a kid
A cinematic masterpiece of art
I'm on this side of UA-cam again ._.
i just havnt seen the video of it! gosh. i like the george washington part. lol
I forgot about this CD probably like 15 years ago, and the other day I randomly woke up with this exact song in my head. Couldn't remember anything about where the song came from, so I'm happy to have found it on UA-cam! I had totally forgotten about the "No!" CD I had as a kid.
Yo, I had that same CD!
I remeber when I was younger my parents would always play me TMBG. One time for my birthday a cousin gave me this album. We were listening in the car and we probably got a good fifteen minutes of this song before we realised it was on repeat. I feel so sorry for my poor parents
i've had this stuck in my head for years
LOL when he said speck of dust, i started to wipe my screen!.....huuuuuummmmmmmm........boredum
Speck of Dust dust dust XD i am creeped out from this but its funny
It made fun of my uncleaned laptop screen…
This video truly embodies the deepest essence of what this song represents and presents it in a way that is accessible to the masses, very good.
+FlutterShaman Aww, thanks!
We were shown this by our English teacher to learn about theme. This, of course, had no theme. xD Our whole grade has been singing it non-stop the past month!
In school I had to do a speech where I sold a product, so basically an advertisement speech. I sold a violin, a hippo for half off the original price, a free mop with a mess included, then the business went out of business so I gave away George Washington. Speech class is fun!
My Theater teacher showed my class this because it was stuck in her head and he kid loves it. Almost all the class had it in their hand after words xD
So *_this_* is what it's like to be high on 'shrooms!
Shitpost but rated E for everyone
This song has been stuck in my head since I saw it over a week ago with the kids in the daycare I work at. I love it.
I puked in my mouth a little. I got on the weird side of youtube too fast today...
#turnup
I stopped at 1:32
I was sleep-deprived omg
Oh
Ok
_WTF did I just watch_-
Truly, the greatest example of contemporary songwriting.
It is stupid but catchy😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕
i remember singing this in my elementary school choir class a few times, it seems to have remained in my head for all these years
Oh my gosh, I was trying to muffle my laughter and keep from laughing, but apparently it didn't work. XD My mom's says to my brother, (who was at the kitchen table doing homework) "Quite making those noises and work on your homework!" XD
I do not understand the point of this, but I like it.
Jake Frost, think you spelled "Jack" wrong...
Or he spelled "Jake" perfectly!
TMBG are coffee crazy!!! They don't and have not ever taken illegal drugs or at least that's what they've always said. This song is from their first children's album title "No!"
They Might Be Giants are amazing!
WOOT!
So glad I could find this! I used to have an interactive music CD that you could use on your computer to play games with the songs!
Ah. I had the CD as a kid. I lost it. How I missed it. Thanks for giving me back those childhood feelings of joy.
There was
He was conducting an experiment to test the reaction audio can cause a stable, solid object to suddenly fall out of a chair.
I performed this same experiment on myself, though it seemed to last to only 00:44.
mop
*MOP*
MOP MOP
MOMOMOMOMOP
*M O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O P*
What the fuck was TMBG thinking when they wrote this song? They have so many strange songs but somehow this one tops most of them.
Omg, the first time I heard this song I laughed so hard and kept replaying it over and over again, haha.
I thought this song only existed on CD’s holy crap
Uh, I can find nothing on the meaning, so I shall counteract with this:
--
"A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous."
Wow
MOP!
Ok so now you see what happens when you divide by zero!
This is what I like to call... the crack head song. :D
I LOVED this as a kid. it made me into the person i am today
Hahaha, amazing!
@@DerekLieu dude youre a legend for still replying 14 years later
@@crispypretzelchickenfries *Turns to dust* 😂
They Might Be Giants may have come up with a new album for kids, but everyone loves the album, not just children. These guys are absolutely FANTASTIC. The best, most dandy musicians to ever grace this planet with their presence. Rock on, TMBG. Love you guys.
You made that on PowerPoint, didn't you! Ha ha, it was actually not bad at all. That song is so hilarious.
this song is beautifully crafted and thought out and if you don't know this song, the door is right over there.. and you could step through it and get out
I died at hippo
Oh, my monitor's dirty! Lol.
@ThisIsMissLys OMG really???? Was there absolutely no context whatsoever?
TMBG rule -- even in the band's new kid-friendly wrapper. Well done!
HOW THE HELL DID THIS ACTUALLY SCARE ME
Edit: the part that scared me starts at 1:25 and i'm watching it right now
when i was little I had the NO! cd and I loved it. This brings back good memories! HAHA
They're doing this thing out of pure silliness. I listened to it as a kid and I had no issues with it whatsoever. And it is a fact that this is more helpful to children than any educational TV show for kids, which is proven to cause more developmental issues than not watching them. :)
It soooo late at night and I'm typing this laughing so hard it's been fifteen minuets and I'm still trying to type this but my hands keep shaking from laughing! I think it's bedtime for moi!
I'm sorry, I wasn't clear. I didn't mean that googling it would provide meaning, I just meant that googling the sentence, with quotes around it, reveals various different things all written by me. It's kind of neat.
As to the sentence, it's supposed to be non-nonsensical. Imagine South Park-style cows chewing the cud and exploding. My petronis charm is a big furry cow--that explodes for no adequately explored reason.
--
Furry cows moo and decompress.
@humansforbreakfast theyre an alternative band that's kinda hipsterish, but they have some children's albums. they did the theme song for malcolm in the middle
I listened to this song like a BILLION times when I was likkkke TEN!!! :O I hearted it so much. I laughed at how little sence it made... Yeeahhh....
Amazing Song
Actually it was After Effects, but thanks anyway ;)
My middle school orchestra teacher would often play videos on the projector for us, I’m surprised he never showed us this since he himself plays the violin (and sometimes viola)
*dying of laughter*
HIS VOICE IS SO UNIRONICALLY PRETTY
Actually this song sounds like Mozart wrote an orchestral chamber piece while on Heroin AND Cocaine while introducing some new modern twists.... haha and that's not a bad thing at all!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 quater of George Washintons head......... Half of George Washintons head......... 3/4 of George Washintons head......... All of George Washintons head!!!
Sorry for the confusion. That's just my tagline/signature type thing. Yes, I'm an egomaniac like that. Search for it on Google! (with quotes)
--
Furry cows moo and decompress.
you think you're screwed up? lol i got drunk off my ass last night. i could not stop throwing up. lol and this song is funny as hell, even though it annoys the shit outta me...
@humansforbreakfast
well one related video is the imagination movers which is for four year olds,
sssssoooooo...
The kicker is, after you see it once it will get stuck in your head and you'll be singing "vi-o-lin lin lin... the next day."
--
Furry cows moo and decompress.
I love a joke taken too absurd lengths even if it isn't funny to begin with. That is what this song is. Not the best They Might Be Giants, but humrorous.
thanks for pointing those out. i've been meaning to dust my monitor for months.
This song is awesome just for comical value. The amount of people that get annoyed by this is small, as long as their stoned that is, love the vid!
2002 DVD
begone you evil dust. *cleans screen* Seems to me something someone messed up on something would make. It has entertainment value to it tho
@jhubeJELLO -_- wasn't meant to post this more than once. youtube said "error", i assumed it didnt post.
I found this while looking on I-tunes and found this and i was like wtf then i was on the floor laughing at how so random this is!
Highlight of tmbg music
@Bianca16161616 hey if ya want c a really funny verson watch the one that says the song i composed or something like that :) XD
I don't know what you guys are talking about. I mean...the speck of DUST? How can you guys not see his amazingness?
=D
Whenever I see the abbreviation TMBG I always think of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles o_O;;
I agree with you though :D
@MrPapiPop haha well any person who has any mind at all wouldnt make songs about violins and specs of dust and mops
xD HOMG
Either this is REAAAALLY funny or I have an even stranger sense of humor than I thought I did xD
Hippy Hippy Hippo!
I made this comment then I just edited it for this question AND do you mean
"Hippo
hippo
hippo
hippo
hippo
hippo
hippo?"?
LMAOOOO. I watched this a couple yrs ago nd jus found
it again x) such a useless video but so funny
I used to listen to this when I was little :3
32 people tried to mop a hippo (that was covered with specks of dust) with a violin. They failed.
Wow. I used to listen to this as a kid. Can't believe it was that long ago. Nice to relive those memories.
@WannabeDetectiveAlex intended, yes. The actual audience has turned out quite different.
LOL HIPPO xD i swear you gotta love They Might Be Giants, gotta love the song NO! also x3
This is an AWESOME kids video, wish they had this when I was little. When they started saying 'MOP!' I scared the hell out of my cat laughing so loud. xP
@blondierginger37 Well, I don't know how old you are but they've been around since 1982.
Pahaha Speck of Dust! I cracked up when I heard it :D
My mum doesn't quite get it...
:)
The George Washington face part was creepy
serisously, this guy is singing about mops
i kinda feel bad for this guy
serisously
I will never forget this video, it was engrained in me from an early age 😂
When I saw george Washingtons head I immediately thought of trump as an alien