My MIL died this past August. My husband and I were at her retirement apartment, going through her things. I had the door to the hall open so I could put stuff out that was going to the rummage sale. MIL loved tchochkes, and had about a dozen-and-a-half decorative birdhouses. As I was packing them up, I put on Birdhouse In Your Soul. Then UA-cam did what UA-cam does, and on came this song. XD I closed the door to the hall. Didn't think that the residents -- average age 83 -- needed to hear me blasting When Will You Die?.
I just give the artist, album, and track number in comment sections of videos and articles that need to have this question posed to them. Make them do a little homework before they clutch their pearls.
imagine you're taking a walk down your street, out for a nice stroll, when a group of like five guys roll this huge pink cardboard truck out of their driveway and down the street, with a cardboard boombox following behind them.
You can see a lady going somewhere with her baby in a stroller at 1:00 and a man walking his dog (the one in the establishing shots, no less) at 1:33. What I would pay to know their thoughts as they stared up at a pink cardboard monster truck rolling down their street...
"Look me in the eye, tell me when you'll die" is hilarious to me, probably just because it implies that this person knows when they'll die somehow-- also the visual of someone leaning over someone else and saying that
Love this song. It's so cheerfully rude and throws so many insults around without a care, even while the brass in the background happily toot away. XD I'm trying to decide whether to literally laugh out loud or feel super bad for whoever this song's about.
I'm so tired Of your lies And the evil things You're doing behind my back Are there crimes That you have never committed? I doubt it, sometimes I wonder When will you die? You're insane You are bad You wreck everything you touch And you're a sociopath But there's one thing That everyone's wondering When will you die? Schoolchildren stay at home (yeah) And all the banks will close (yeah) Each year we'll mark the date (yeah) On which we celebrate (yeaah) I know how I know why I can picture every part Of your comeuppance, except For the one remaining Piece of the puzzle Which is when you'll die This is Dan And that's Dan And that's Marty on the drums To complete the band And I'm John And he is also John And all of us are wondering When you're gonna die Still you live You go on But you're running out the clock And if we knew how long I'd be counting down the days Until the lovely one On which you're gone On that promised morning We will wake and greet the dawn Knowing that your wicked life is over And that we will carry on We'll exhale We'll high five We will know at last How great it is to be alive We'll be lining up And buying tickets And then we'll be jumping Up and down on your grave You're insane You are bad You wreck everything you touch And you're a sociopath And the only way to mitigate Would be to know the date You're scheduled to vacate When are you going to die? Look me in the eye Tell me when you'll die
If you want to make your own Join Us monster hearse (you decide the size) and maybe even post your effort on your tube--get the free pdf instructions at the youtube video called "This is my TMBG paper monster truck hearse!" on the particlemen youtube page.
One time I asked TMBG on tumblr if this song was about Donald Trump. Flans simply reblogged it without a reply, which is the best answer he could have given.
This song has a special place in my heart. When I hear it, I always remember back to AdventureQuest Worlds, when they did the TMBG event for their third birthday.
That looks fun, but how the hell do you scale a papercraft up that much? Cardboard is a pain to work with, and cardstock isn't much better, and scaling in the first place costs a ton of money. Still, I can't tell you how kick ass it would be to see some of my models at that scale, you know just have something like a life sized Lugia (a 17ft long dragon bird) lying around. This is such a fun and mean song overall.
Dr Worm & Rabbi Vole teamed up with Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh, then followed Them around as they went from town to town, copying Their sound. Ultimately, they were all defeated in a fight against Triangle Man.
Doctor Zock me too. i heard it on the album before i watched this because i thought it was a kids song. not that there is anything wrong with the kids songs, they are just low priority.
This just happens to be my new favorite Giants composition with the exception of Dr Worm. It is as if they know what I have been thinking the last few months. I don't wish harm on anybody but i am patiently waiting for that day when someone might die. Thanks Johns for the great song that helps me feel not alone:)
I love the switch to suits. TMBG was wearing suits before these people were probably born. doot doot "everyone's looking forward, when will you die" doot doot~~
oh my god this song is soooooo amazing! i am so happy this exists and i would be double happy to join you! i cant get this feel good jam out of my head.
...I discovered this song on the same day that Trump got flown to Reed Medical Center for Covid-19. I legit thought this song was about him and I was, "woah, I feel ya, but pretty dark there, TMBG" ... then I saw the upload date.
@Username Yes, orange man IS bad, and that "joke" is stupid as hell. Just cause some dickhole says "DURR HURR FAMINE BAD" doesn't suddenly make famine good
i love that they know how to make a good music video, so much modern stuff uses too much sensory overloading stuff, but this inexplicably fits the song
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Just here to celebrate Kissenger's special day!
November 29th, 2023 🥳🥳🥳
It sounds so friendly when he introduces the band members, but it takes a hard left when he says "all of us are wondering when you're gonna die."
They all be deceiving
I heard they put all the band members in the song so no one thought they were talking about anyone in the band
@@abbylarkspur sounds plausible.
@@abbylarkspur sounds plausible.
@@robadams5799plause soundsable
Remembering how many comments on here were about Henry Kissinger and IMMEDIATELY bolting right back
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microphone check
You're good! 👍
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you're too quiet :(
ooooOAAAAOOOOOooAAAooo
Sounds good!
Henry Kissinger just died, and I thought of this song. For some reason.
Nobody writes a love song like They Might Be Giants.
Maybe Flogging Molly, but then again that's like comparing great beer to great ale.
Nevermind! Didn't notice the "love" part in that! Sarcasm detected. Carry on good sir :)
This is about the frickin 'devil'
Check out "No Children" by The Mountain Goats!
Maybe Sparks.
My MIL died this past August. My husband and I were at her retirement apartment, going through her things. I had the door to the hall open so I could put stuff out that was going to the rummage sale. MIL loved tchochkes, and had about a dozen-and-a-half decorative birdhouses. As I was packing them up, I put on Birdhouse In Your Soul. Then UA-cam did what UA-cam does, and on came this song. XD
I closed the door to the hall. Didn't think that the residents -- average age 83 -- needed to hear me blasting When Will You Die?.
True pepole will play birdhouse in your soul when putting away birdhouses.
True pepole will play birdhouse in your soul when putting away birdhouses.
That’s hilarious👍😂🤪
@@kikiscosmos4781 … mmm… I always thought it was make a little birdhouse… As opposed to putting it away
@@BaconTomatoCheese It is. But, geez, you know another song that mentions birdhouses?
The issue with this being one of my favorite songs of all time is that I can't sing it in public.
sure you can, and with a huge grin on your face as well!
The song isn't wishing for someone to die, just pondering a question as to when it will happen. Harmless imo because we all die someday.
@@MarynaOLNot unless you find my last horcrux, motherfucker.
We all know who you'd be singing it about.
I just give the artist, album, and track number in comment sections of videos and articles that need to have this question posed to them. Make them do a little homework before they clutch their pearls.
Henry Kissenger we are waiting
wait no longer!
"We'll exhale
We'll high five
We will know at last
How great it is to be alive"
25 thousand views! WOW!
This song got me through the Trump presidency, for that I thank you.
This is Dan,
And that's Dan,
And there's Marty on the drums to complete the band
And I am John,
And he is also John
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yup, those sure are lyrics from the song...
Truth
My all time favourite TMBG lineup.
what a beautiful tribute to henry kissinger
They should pin this comment
Damn, I assumed this was Mitch McConnell's theme song.
I'm here for Rumsfeld.
Bush and Clinton and Obama and Trump and all the other war criminals
I was thinking Maggie T
Listening to this song tonight.
For reasons.
imagine you're taking a walk down your street, out for a nice stroll, when a group of like five guys roll this huge pink cardboard truck out of their driveway and down the street, with a cardboard boombox following behind them.
Just another Tuesday for me an' the boys.
Just another day in my hometown.
It’s a hearse with monster truck wheels which is slightly more confusing
I would start singing TMBG songs inhumanly loudly.
You can see a lady going somewhere with her baby in a stroller at 1:00 and a man walking his dog (the one in the establishing shots, no less) at 1:33. What I would pay to know their thoughts as they stared up at a pink cardboard monster truck rolling down their street...
Looks like they needed a crane.
Dammit, beaten to the punch!
*me after streaming Lincoln on Spotify*
Holy crow, I just got that.
Damn
We got a punch of puns here
wow thats going into the DEEP meme memory banks
"Look me in the eye, tell me when you'll die" is hilarious to me, probably just because it implies that this person knows when they'll die somehow-- also the visual of someone leaning over someone else and saying that
Death note moment.
Love this song. It's so cheerfully rude and throws so many insults around without a care, even while the brass in the background happily toot away. XD I'm trying to decide whether to literally laugh out loud or feel super bad for whoever this song's about.
don't waste your time feeling bad for people that are obviously jerks
TheRealEvanSG I've dedicated this song to Pat Robertson. No need to worry about hurting his feelings. He has none.
Henry Kissinger, obviously
I was thinking GW Bush, Donald Rumsfield and Dick Chenney; but it feels even more appropriate these days.
I know people that would say this was about trump
Tho imo idk
I'm so tired
Of your lies
And the evil things
You're doing behind my back
Are there crimes
That you have never committed?
I doubt it, sometimes I wonder
When will you die?
You're insane
You are bad
You wreck everything you touch
And you're a sociopath
But there's one thing
That everyone's wondering
When will you die?
Schoolchildren stay at home (yeah)
And all the banks will close (yeah)
Each year we'll mark the date (yeah)
On which we celebrate (yeaah)
I know how
I know why
I can picture every part
Of your comeuppance, except
For the one remaining
Piece of the puzzle
Which is when you'll die
This is Dan
And that's Dan
And that's Marty on the drums
To complete the band
And I'm John
And he is also John
And all of us are wondering
When you're gonna die
Still you live
You go on
But you're running out the clock
And if we knew how long
I'd be counting down the days
Until the lovely one
On which you're gone
On that promised morning
We will wake and greet the dawn
Knowing that your wicked life is over
And that we will carry on
We'll exhale
We'll high five
We will know at last
How great it is to be alive
We'll be lining up
And buying tickets
And then we'll be jumping
Up and down on your grave
You're insane
You are bad
You wreck everything you touch
And you're a sociopath
And the only way to mitigate
Would be to know the date
You're scheduled to vacate
When are you going to die?
Look me in the eye
Tell me when you'll die
thank you for this comment i copy and pasted this and sent it to my friend on discord
The greatness and perfection of tmbg. Thanks
❤
If you want to make your own Join Us monster hearse (you decide the size) and maybe even post your effort on your tube--get the free pdf instructions at the youtube video called "This is my TMBG paper monster truck hearse!" on the particlemen youtube page.
Federal agents are no doubt going to arrest me for playing this so much today
Ditto
😂😂😂😅 ......
I think they've got their hands full with more immediate threats.
Seeing that get destroyed must have hurt a little on the inside.
Which is exactly why they did it
This is an example of a song with dark lyrics, but a happy tune. Tmbg makes a lot of these happy tunes dark lyrics theme in a lot of their songs.
One time I asked TMBG on tumblr if this song was about Donald Trump. Flans simply reblogged it without a reply, which is the best answer he could have given.
omg do you have a link to the post lol
I feel like this should be trending today.
It is.
Sure thing.
Yeah but what about *today*?
And every day until that glorious day
Always.
dedicated to henry kissinger on this lovely day
Listened to this song six times so far today
I love how uplifting this band is
Animals
Turns out the answer was November 29, 2023.
Who?
@@blueorb7030me
@@blueorb7030He is talking about Henry Kissinger. Which is apt, but for me this song will always be about Trump.
@@randell9667 bro's gotta testla PFP and hasn't yet invented anything! Sad.
@@blueorb7030there is always time
This song has a special place in my heart. When I hear it, I always remember back to AdventureQuest Worlds, when they did the TMBG event for their third birthday.
Nothing makes me happier than songs by John and John. Another classic notch on their belt.
ehh i only really like songs by John. John songs i can do without
(jk)
I want this song to be played when I'm on my deathbed
Same here bro.
Are you going to have a pink Hummer hearse?
Sign me up…👍
how can you make a song to have the lyrics and the instrumental so diferent AND still be great together????
this one’s for you maggie thatcher ❤️
The best "hate" song ever.
No help from you
This video is so awesome it nearly killed me, which was probably your intention.
what a wonderful song to celebrate to
It's completely insane how much I love this song.
you're insane you are bad
That looks fun, but how the hell do you scale a papercraft up that much? Cardboard is a pain to work with, and cardstock isn't much better, and scaling in the first place costs a ton of money.
Still, I can't tell you how kick ass it would be to see some of my models at that scale, you know just have something like a life sized Lugia (a 17ft long dragon bird) lying around.
This is such a fun and mean song overall.
Joe Casson it’s actual size, but it seems much bigger to me.
The entire conceptualisation/making/destroying of it is covered in Paul Sahre's memoir "Two-dimensional man". Big time recommended read!!
I am watching this on October 2, 2020. I hope you future readers understand why that's significant.
Absolutely. VOTE!!!!
What did you have against Victor Zalgaller?
Watching this in honor of Henry Kissinger today. May he look up at us and smile 🫡
"Up" 💀
:)
omg sarah!!!
Woah, neat! A verified person.
@@kasai0555 check out her stuff!!! her videos are so lovely and shes adorable
dude ur vids are so good!
Hi Sarah !!
HIGH FIVE 🙏
Id- Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
Ego- Can't Keep Johnny Down
Super Ego- When Will You Die?
Oh man hearing this after Weird Al's Everything you know is wrong puts into perspective what he was going for with it.
Bye bye kissinger, 100 years too late
Dang....wish I was able to see them during this tour....
Going to be playing this quite a bit today.
Listening to this on October 2nd, 2020, for no particular reason haha
Dr Worm & Rabbi Vole teamed up with Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh, then followed Them around as they went from town to town, copying Their sound. Ultimately, they were all defeated in a fight against Triangle Man.
Please nerf Triangle Man
But they still didn't walk in the glow of Anna Ng's majestic presence.
This is a very different song than the title led me to expect. (That's not a complaint, mind you. Just a statement.)
Doctor Zock me too. i heard it on the album before i watched this because i thought it was a kids song. not that there is anything wrong with the kids songs, they are just low priority.
had the same thing with Statue Got Me High- I didn't actually pay attention to the lyrics the first time I listened to it
what is the most ill-fittingly upbeat tmbg song? I think They'd Need a Crane wins at least over this one.
Happy day!
This just happens to be my new favorite Giants composition with the exception of Dr Worm. It is as if they know what I have been thinking the last few months. I don't wish harm on anybody but i am patiently waiting for that day when someone might die. Thanks Johns for the great song that helps me feel not alone:)
Happy 2020...
why did they have to destroy that cool monster truck from the album cover
I love the switch to suits. TMBG was wearing suits before these people were probably born.
doot doot "everyone's looking forward, when will you die" doot doot~~
I love that hearse! You guys always have such interesting videos.
This just gave me hope. Again. Long Live TMBG.
They... did a great job! Love TMBG like no other band.
The Coffin Dance before the Coffin Dance.
oh my god this song is soooooo amazing! i am so happy this exists and i would be double happy to join you! i cant get this feel good jam out of my head.
...I discovered this song on the same day that Trump got flown to Reed Medical Center for Covid-19. I legit thought this song was about him and I was, "woah, I feel ya, but pretty dark there, TMBG" ... then I saw the upload date.
@Username Yes, orange man IS bad, and that "joke" is stupid as hell. Just cause some dickhole says "DURR HURR FAMINE BAD" doesn't suddenly make famine good
How's everybody doing?
The beautiful thing about this song is it totally doesn't matter where you lean politically or anything else, this song speaks to everyone.
I'm John
and he is also John
Best lyrics about the Johns
FINALLY
I see you're browsing the comments for anyone else here because of... that thing. Yes, we are here!
i love that they know how to make a good music video, so much modern stuff uses too much sensory overloading stuff, but this inexplicably fits the song
Loooooove that they have a baritone sax!
theme song to my life
we no longer have to ask this question
It might finally be happening, thank God
Great tune and equally vid - TMBG quality.
Relating to other comments as well as directly to this video; soon I hope.
Here to scorn Rush Limbaugh
Great song to send to someone you don't like. it'll take them a moment to figure out
That's really cool how they did that.
When the school bully got expelled from my school, I shared this song with everyone of my friends.
A gorgeous listen for today for sure!
how much to buy the funny pink truck
Too late
I'll be counting down the days 🎉
hope you're getting a lot of views today!!
A real Tr-i-ump-h of a song!
Was just listening to Celebration by Kool and the Gang and saw a lot of people were operating on the same frequency. RIP in piss war criminal.
this song helped me through my mother's last months
Such a great song
Therapy is music.
Listening and thinking of Greg Abbott this Christmas morning.
Love this.
Good morning folks!!!
Who among us has never known someone this song could be about?
They Might Be Giants to TERFS:
That's why you hit them with the Linnell glare for the whole song
I'm pretty sure there's no actual subject of the song.
Here because of the freaking predictive beauty that ties this song to 45.
LMAOOOOO
The Seattle show was superfab. Don't miss this tour! I've been a fan since '86, and THEY just keep getting better!!
This feels pretty relevant
11/29/2023
Happy 100th birthday Henry Kissinger.
"Are there crimes that you have never committed? I doubt it" indeed
CONGRATS COMRADE!
Timeless
I love this song! Reminds me of the Apollo 18 era, sigh :) Why no Alabama Love, John's? At least Atlanta is only two hours away!
To answer your question Tmbg I will die 8/6/28
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@@jeremyaster7470 💀💀💀 same