They Might Be Giants - I Love You for Psychological Reasons (official video)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- From TMBG's album Phone Power. Support TMBG's work and get it directly from the band: bit.ly/TMBGpp. Or, get the album on Apple Music (geni.us/TMBGiPP) or Amazon (geni.us/TMBGPP)
This song was the week 51 post from TMBG's Dial-A-Song project. See the full archive at www.dialasong.com.
Video directed by Paul Sahre. Edited by Zak Tebbal. Videography by Minchai Lee.
Lyrics:
lately I’ve taken to vacantly making repetitive movements mistakenly seen as improvements
nearing perfection but wisely electing to shun my reflection preferring instead shoe inspection
cheese and chalk do not talk but their eyes synchronize with a secret rhythm
which is a way one could say that I love you for psychological reasons
mumbling failure in jail my extremities flail and I wail though my arms and my legs to the chair are nailed
under the table unwilling unable the torture’s medieval the dream is a fable with feeble wings
why does the mouse share the house with the louse they won’t say but they feel their feelings
doesn’t subtract from the fact that I love you for psychological reasons
reasons I can’t really go into now
reasons we should probably not get into right now
I’m ashamed to admit I’m afraid of assuming the blame for my lame abnegation of braveness and fame
brain in a jar in a car in reverse I’m rehearsing the way I’ll replay how to say how to be where you are
flammable undiagrammable sentiments pass between animal beings
hard to explain but it’s plain that I love you for psychological reasons
why does the mouse share the house with the louse they won’t say but they feel their feelings
doesn’t subtract from the fact that I love you for psychological reasons
reasons I can’t really go into now
reasons we should probably not get into right now
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If you imagine these experiments done to the mice weren't so innocuous and that the mice were really people, then the two would love each other for psychological reasons. As they went through the exact same kind of suffering, they would be able to understand each other (like no other person could.)
TMBG are having the longest renaissance.
They've been on a Renaissance since the late 80s!
Couldn’t agree more. Their output from the past ten years rivals the classics.
A renaissance requires a dark age
@@Donut-Eater I felt like they got shakier starting with John Henry, (though Factory Showroom is fantastic) and post-factory showroom didn’t have a solid full album until Nanobots.
"Cheese and chalk do not talk but their eyes synchronize with a secret rhythm" just realized that Cheese and Chalk could be the names of the mice
These are some intricate and complicated lyrics even by Linnell standards. Hope to find the lyrics posted somewhere soon.
Just when you think they've topped themselves, they top themselves.
+BojoPigeon check the expanded description, friend!
+Ezra Knickelbine Well, yeah, it's there NOW. :D
Thanks for adding the lyrics, gentlemen.
As expected, I was mishearing some of the lyrics.
TMBG have killed themselves?? RIP.
@@JMoruzzi Tip~Top joke, yo.
I wish they would top me
This is my favorite song lately :) The lyrics are complicated and somewhat nonsensical so that they're extremely honest but also a way for the narrator to obfuscate their feelings (a confession that you start backtracking halfway through?) Which resonates me with quite a lot.
I also really like what Whitney is doing with the drums on this, combined with the long descending lyrics and big pauses.. John does a big trailing off verse and then Ms.Houston goes BOP BOP for punctuation at the end of it.
I was so distracted by the adorable rats that I almost missed the whole song. I'll have to listen again without watching just so I get the full experience.
same (except they're mice)
Same here.
I liked watching while listening to the lyrics. It made me think about how we're all animals in an enviornment just like the rats.
Read the lyrics instead because thats the only way I can
@@DeadRoyaleClown *mice
This lyricism is intrinsic to me, it represents childhood in the 90s. I’m thankful.
I´ve been following this band for decades and the title of this tune explains perfectly why. I take a bow.
This song speaks to me on an emotional level and that disturbs me a bit.
Linnell usually doesn't write love songs. When he does, it's beautiful madness. It is so real, that it escapes clear definition.
I can't get enough of this song. This has become my favorite new TMBG work. It was great hearing it live in Milwaukee! And the rodents and design of the video is super charming! So good. So. Good.
i love these happy love songs from them
TMBG + cute mice = amazing. Keep up the good work lads! :D
It's hard to imagine that there is one more song left.
Kind of depressing actually
Person Person wait did they stop doing stuff ? I remeber hearing dont lets start a like 7 years ago... i wanna get back into them and am planning on binge hearing all their ablums this christmas. Shame if they stopped producing stuff....
+Don't Kermit suicide No, this was just the penultimate song in the 2015 Dial-a-Song project. They have a new album out right now, in fact, and another Dial-a-Song project.
I don't think They'll be done till their heads fall off.
Mister Apple hell to the yeah then. Makes me happy
This probably sounds weird, but now that I watched this...this weirdly reminds me of pinky and the brain? Lol! This song is really catchy.
This is totally a Brinky song, you are not alone.
phenomenal
Are Cheese and Chalk the names of the mice? Because that would make a lot more sense.
its what the test mice are fed to see what happens if a mouse eats chalk (I am not saying they fed a mouse chalk im just saying what i think it is)
+@TovaShai That phrase is definitely what the lyric is referencing.
The brown mouse's name is fluffy, but I don't know the other's name.
Yeah I looked it up because I was like, this definitely has meaning - Linnell definitely has some unusual lyrics but they're never purposeless, even if the theme and the subjects of the song are unusual as well the lyrics correlate within whatever they're talking about. So yes, "cheese and chalk" is like saying "apples and oranges", kind of, as if to say though these two things are very different they still pay attention/are charmed by each other and love each other for reasons that they can't explain, despite their differences.
This is possibly my new fav by you guys. Seriously great.
hello brinky nation
I BLOODY LOVE THIS SONG
still got it
my ap psychology exam is tomorrow, listening to this for good luck :)
Hey Johns? You _do_ realize it's
the mice that are running the tests
& studying us, yes? '°'
P.S. tyvm for the letter +!+
Edit: & the sticker, also.
The video only distracts from the greatness and near perfection of this song.
its very cute that one of the mouse's tail is curled up
We do everything for psychological reasons. The mind is a mystery- a beautiful mystery.
What about neurological reasons psychology isn't the only facet of the brain
+Lutes self 🖒
I´d say psycho-physiological reasons. Nothing wrong with that as long as it has positive effects. If not it could make sense to explore a little deeper ;-)
Flowers For Algerjohn
aggressively attempts to refrain myself from applying this song to the scientists from Pacific Rim
What kind of dog are these?
One of our partners just sent this to us and oh my god how are mice so cute!
This song is fantastic!
WOW!
It's a bop
Awwww RIP Brown Hamster in this video because their twitter said that she died ;~;
why am i crying ?
I.L.Y.F.P.R.
This makes me feel indescribably hopeless
why?
Happy Valentines Day
meeses :D
+LOST FOSSIL: I love those meeces to pieces. (From Parliament's "Sir Nose D Voidoffunk." It's a play on the line "I hate those meeces to pieces" from the old Hanna-Barbera "Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinx" cartoons from "The Huckleberry Hound Hour." "Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinx" was a lighter, less-violent and lower-budgeted variation on "Tom and Jerry."
i ship 273 and 274
Number 50 seems to be missing. I've been trying to get the whole collection, but they seem to have skipped a week.
Its Long White Beard. Check their Facebook.
+KaBlamBandicoot64 Why isn't it here? All the other ones are. Why keep that one exclusive to facebook?
cool
rip fluffy
i want to get into these reasons we shouldn't get into right now
Do you see what it is you're looking for?
I still haven't found what I"m looking for.
where's week 50?
+aminedude Check their social media. It's out there.
Long White Beard!
This could be us but ur playin
🙀👍🏻🐭 so cyoot
Too busy watching the hamsters to listen to the music
There were no hamsters in the video, only mice
:)
the perfect music video doesn't exi-- Wait no, this is it. perfection.
Brinky anthem🥴
RATS!!!
Aw 🐀🐁 I love mouses hate animal testing 🙁💔
i
"flammable undiagrammable sentiments pass between animal beings"
This is some top shelf poetry bros
The entire song is a very remarkable example of amazing poetry.
i keep seeing you on random videos lol
hello from three years in the future
What a poetical way of describing how one person smells another’s farts. 🤪😉😎
@@waltertomaszewski1083 I think it's supposed to be a nerdy way of saying that sparks are flying.
Possibly THE most They Might Be Giants line ever.
This is a really sweet love song by TMBG standards.
Low bar.
"Another First Kiss" is a very romantic song to me also "Man it's So Loud in Here". Both of them are on the album "Mink Car".
@@nancyrice7569 even Another First Kiss is a remake! But gosh that album is connected to my very soul
I’d also like to add Anna Ng
@@bexmw A remake? You mean like "Constantinople's"? Or did they write "Another First Kiss"?
I can't believe there are songs with such beautiful, complicate yet simple and effective lyrics. Found this song by accident and fell in love instantly.
I’m always curious about the stories of how people find new music to love ❤️ How did you end up finding this one?
@@mishmash3927 I can't remember 😅 I think it was on a TMBG playlist 😊 I first heard of them with Yu-Gi-Oh abridged 😊
Cool :) do you have any faves by TMBG?
@@mishmash3927 I ended up loving this one and Birdhouse in your soul. I listened to other songs, but these 2 are the only ones that stuck with me 😊
... Don't stop now! There is a 30 plus year legacy from the Johns that will make your life better and better and better :-)
Fun facts: These are most likely both female mice (male mice got BIG HONKIN' BAL-personalities.)
Mice are social and can, in fact, bond very strongly! When I worked at a pet store, we had two that had to be sold together. Even when we separated them for a week when one had a mild respiratory infection, they both became despondent at being alone.
Lesbian mice
@@Spicywtrmlon so true!!
Rats too. Giant. Nads.
@@alexcarter8807 They Might Have Giants
I used to keep fancy mice as pets and get them in pairs always having 2 older and 2 younger together so that when an older one passed the other wasn't alone or tossed in with unknown mice.
The thing that struck me deeply during this time was the way the mice acted when one was going to die in a few days from age.
The elder mouse would stop doing anything at all and drop into what appeared to be a depression.
The other mice after a day would start spending all their time with this dying mouse, one on each side giving it comfort, then after a couple of days you would see the elderly mouse running around playfully with the others and then it would pass away within a day or so.
It reminded me greatly of the way some corvids have death rituals.
PSA:
If you're thinking of getting mice (or other rodent), you'll need a much larger enclosure than what you see here. The cages they sell in pet stores are also too small. Avoid the wire cages and get an aquarium instead. For 1-3 mice you want at least a 10 gallon tank (don't get more than 3 if you're inexperienced; other species have different space requirements - check the humane society's webpage for guidelines). Get the "long" shape rather than the "tall" shape (rodents need floor space). To keep the critters from escaping, the pet store should have mesh covers that are intended for aquariums sold as reptile habitats. Find the cover that matches the area of your aquarium. The mesh cover should provide plenty of ventilation.
An exercise wheel is a must. The one used in this video is too small, though. The animal should be able to run flat, as if on the ground, without an arched back. Do not but a wheel that does not have a solid surface. Feet injuries can occur in those little spaces (when I was a kid, the only wheels we could get were wire ones, and my hamsters always had cuts on their legs).
Mice work well in groups, but other species don't. Hamsters should be kept alone; Syrians (usually marketed under various names, but they're the larger hamster species and the one most commonly recognized) will fight until at least one of them is dead.
Make sure the food you buy is one formulated for the animal you have. Also, know what kind of treats are safe for and enjoyed by the species.
Buying or adopting an animal should not be done on impulse. Do your research, and make sure you're prepared for your new critter before you bring it home.
fedos i just share the entire house with my pet mice. I respect them. Why cage em in mang
Because that way they don't get out into the wild or preyed upon by the cat.
Oh now I know why my hamsters always fought until blood
Psst, hey buddy, they were in those cages for less than 5 hours.
Whatever you don't get both, 'cause then you might end up causing a spawning of the cage and aquarium.
I love this line so much it makes me feel things...
*Why does the mouse share the house with the louse, they won't say but they feel their feelings / Doesn’t subtract from the fact that I love you for psychological reasons*
Am I also a nerd who likes to apply this line to Makise Kurisu from the visual novel Steins;Gate, because she's both a scientist and a tsundere in love with the biggest dork imaginable? Yes, yes I am.
Catbug is a cat but he's got bugness in his veins, manhouse lives within himself with thoughtful human brains
The way he puts the mice in the water, only to immediately pull them out and mark the test off with a frowny face always gets a laugh out of me.
No animals were harmed indeed.
I almost believed this was a genuine scientific study, but then they used a ruler marked in inches.
Why, is there some other way of measuring length?
@@SeanSinclair821 metric system
@@SeanSinclair821 Another stupid American that doesn't know the superior metric system do to being dumbed done by the stupid dumb bad stinky evil imperial system (jk)
@@possumprince that can't be real
@@normanclatcherits European magic, you need not concern yourself with such things
No animals were harmed. One grad student, however, was irrevocably scarred.
By mouse bites.
This sounds like a GLaDOS quote lol
Mouse don't bite unless they're terrified
Most mice will struggle to break human skin lol
The title is of course a parody of "I love you for sentimental reasons", a song made famous by Nat King Cole.
For those who don't know: the brown mouse in the video died recently.
Her name was Fluffy.
RIP, Fluffy.
Poor Fluffy.
F
Why would you say that I’m sad now
Yes I saw the article. Couldn’t cope with the fame and went in to rehab for substance abuse. It’s all to common in the music industry.
God speed sweet fluffy
*omg it’s actually pinky and da brain* 🐁🐁
This is easily They Might Be Giants' most wholesome music video ever
Lately I've taken to vacantly making
Repetitive movements mistakenly seen as improvements
Nearing perfection but wisely electing to shun
My reflection preferring instead shoe inspection
Cheese and chalk do not talk but
Their eyes synchronize with a secret rhythm
Which is a way one could say that I love you for psychological reasons
Mumbling failure in jail my extremities flail and I
Wail though my arms and my legs to the chair are nailed
Under the table unwilling unable the torture's
Medieval the dream is a fable with feeble wings
Why does the mouse share the house with the
Louse they won't say but they feel their feelings
Doesn't subtract from the fact that
I love you for psychological reasons
Reasons I can't really go into now
Reasons we should probably not get into right now
I'm ashamed to admit I'm afraid of assuming the
Blame for my lame abnegation of braveness and fame
Brain in a jar in a car in reverse I'm rehearsing
The way I'll replay how to say how to be where you are
Flammable undiagrammable sentiments pass between animal beings
Hard to explain but it's plain that
I love you for psychological reasons
Why does the mouse share the house with the
Louse they won't say but they feel their feelings
Doesn't subtract from the fact that
I love you for psychological reasons
Reasons I can't really go into now
Reasons we should probably not get into right now
Source: Musixmatch
"No scientists were bit by mice during the making of this video."
"Yes. Only musicians."
No mice were bit by scientists during the making of this video
I love this song, but it's so hard to sing along to.
This band is so fire. I can't handle it.
Whoa!
Your head's on fire!
this sounds like a song that would be used for credits music
yet another happy tune...i think they ARE giants!
this has to be my favorite song + music video combo i've ever seen. those mice are so cute.
0:17 - Those ears
Incredibly underrated TMBG modern classic.
I've been hearing "preferring instead introspection" in place of "preferring instead shoe inspection."
+FerHivore that almost makes more sense
i feel like it must be intentional, it fits after all.
"Shoe Inspection" means he gets shy and looks away, down at his shoes.
Charles Walter correct
I always heard "Preferring a station inspection" for some reason?
God I'm going to miss this every week. :(
Brilliant, brilliant lyrics Linnell!
My Struggle.
+blake shaw I'm gonna collapse
+PogieJoe - A great withdrawl of TMBG will be had next year.
Pinky and Brain.
The lyrics on this are really ace; no pun intended
Those mice are so cute i want to crush them in my mouth
Brinky!
This is so great! I'm sad there is only one more.
I'm almost terrified of this fact
+Tucker Lang OH MY GOD NO IT'S THE END OF DIAL A SONG YEAR. WHY.
+Alternatively, Bananas THIS WAS THE BEST YEAR IN MUSIC AND ITS ENDING WHAT DO WE DO
+Alternatively, Bananas I've been relying on this for intermittent cheering up. I know what you mean. It's always been there for me, and every time I think about it, it's not gonna be there now. So sad.
+Alternatively, Bananas NO. I refuse that reality and replace it with one where Dial A Song goes on forever. I'm going start over again at week one. whatever. My short term memory is such that the songs will SEEM new.
Awwww, they are so cute...
And so are the mice! Ba-dum PSSH!
Might be the most beautiful song I've ever heard.
OMG! I've been a fan for quite some time. I met a new fella whose favorite band is ALSO TMBG. He is just awesome. That is all.
Probably the best "love" song title ever.
Are you guys going to upload week 50 on here? It was such a good video and needs as wide an audience as possible!
The song's title is a play on the 1940's hit "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons." There's a strong chance that people visiting this youtube video don't know this.
“Lately I've taken to vacantly making repetitive movements Mistakenly seen as improvements Nearing perfection but wisely electing to shun my reflection Preferring instead shoe inspection
Cheese and chalk do not talk But their eyes synchronize with a secret rhythm Which is a way one could say that I love you for psychological reasons”
This is lovely, I've listened to it so many times
Everyone falls in love for psychological reasons. Honestly, I can't think of anything that people do that isn't for psychological reasons.
Death.
Think harder.
One time i was real sick and i pooped my pants.
You should have won.
Bernie Sanders This song is a brilliant counterpoint to all of the songs that say things like "I love the shape of your body" and similar (apologies to Ed Sheeran).
Algernon?
It’s okay, I get the joke. It was funny.
This was my 5th grade teacher’s favorite band. How’s it going, Mr. B?
What subject?
Yes.
I love you for psychological reasons.
Great and cute new song and new single and new video from They Might Be Giants. I love TMBG. They rock the house. 😀
What a great song.