Tiny Tim & The Greatest Album of All Time
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- It isn't a real video essay unless I spend 30 minutes getting to the point
3:26 - The Beginnings
11:00 - The Hit
15:35 - The Peak
17:45 - The Fall
25:03 - The Rock Bottom
29:30 - The Rock
46:12 - The Post-Rock
51:50 - The Encore
You credited “Rebel Yell” to Billy Joel at 2:32
Idol bro
ha ha
No big difference.
It’s funny at the time I figured maybe Billy Joel had written it or something but I finally looked it up and had to go back and check that I didn’t accidentally read it as Billy Joel lol.
@@chrissibersky4617 Well one wrote White Wedding and the other wrote We Didn't Start the Fire which is one of the worst songs ever recorded, lol, that's one difference.
Tiny Tim had 40 years to learn to how to keep a melody and just refused to even think about it
Meh I don’t think he gave a shit
In an alternate universe, _Rock_ became the most iconic rock album of the 90s instead of _Nevermind._
Most iconic rock album? Nirvana is Grunge. (I like to call things by their name, no rude intentions)
@@XPGrindDeathking Good grief - I bet you're fun at parties :P
@@XPGrindDeathkingwhat’s the difference?
Nevermind wasnt that great 🤣
@@timsopinionyou dont get invited its ok 👌
"Santa Claus Has the AIDS This Year" is undoubtedly the most jaw dropping title to a song I've ever heard lol
He got better.
@@unduloidactually Aids used to be much deadlier, people didn't just "get better" that's really ignorant to say
@@JamesJames-li2wvcry harder bitch. Its a joke.
@@JamesJames-li2wv he is santa claus
@@JamesJames-li2wv santa's pretty magical though
This criminally underrated channel is fueled entirely by your quirky and heartfelt enthusiasm for the art of others they fueled the same way. I love you for making me love what you love.
Listen I know Dr Hugo has some controversies but calling him a criminal isn't right, you cant prove that he was the one driving that car that fateful day.
so far I've seen three videos on this channel and I loved every single one of them, tiny tim is one of my favorite artists of all time. the tommy wiseau video is also really really good. I will subscribe and watch every single upload like a tv show:)
@@JamesJames-li2wvI still find it very suspicious that he's never produced a solid alibi to disprove his involvement in the crashing of the Hindenburg... Very suspicious, wake up sheeple!
This is the most mythical algorithm pull I've ever had bravo sir.
Right?!? I just had to pause and wonder what about me led us here?😂
Tiny Tim singing Rebel Yell is among some of the most punk thing I have ever heard
It comes all the way back around the circle back to being incredibly hardcore. Bizarre
Actually, at times his Rock LP (what I heard here.), reminded me of the Cramps.
Not quite sure what that ridiculous statement was even supposed to mean. If you meant 'talentlessly hopeless', then yes, I guess it was
Born before he could live out his true potential
Died before he could get rightfully cancelled
It's a give and take really
Why the heck would he be cancelled??
Edit: Oof, yeah. I can see your point. I would hope that in modern times he would have been kept in check.
@lupusgirl64 your icon is awesome
i don't hate him but i still laugh that our little grocery store in central florida; kash n' karry i think? at the time would play his song tip toe obsessively and i loved it every time it played
born after he could have made it huge in vaudeville
died before dominos actually tasted good
again, give and take
@@eins2001I dont see any responses that clarify, what happened?
I remember when I first started playing ukulele I mentioned tiny Tim to my grandmother, and she jumped out of her seat and said "you know who tiny Tim is " she said she loved his music growing up.
Wholesome/10
truly wholesome. tiny tim was one of the first big pop culture memes
Check out Daniel Johnston he's quite different
I was not prepared. I don't know if I could have been.
"Tiny Tim Rock was not a huge commercial success."
Difficult to believe.
The Rock tracks feel very early super-Psych-y Butthole Surfers, especially with the layered vocals. Also: God Bless Tiny Tim is incredible.
Yeah the were terable
Tiny died doing what he loved and even The Beatles enjoyed his work! Thats a full life if you ask me!
Beatles suck there i said it 😏 there music is so dated
@@supme7558 bless you.
@@supme7558Wow. So brave. Any other scathing cutting edge takes?
@@theta426 Yes. Cats are better than dogs. There, I said it. 😅
That may be so, but I still find it incredibly sad when I read his wikipedia page and it says "Before the start of his final performance, most of the audience had left."
Breaks my heart to imagine him playing Tiptoe Through the Tulips for the last time and having a heart attack, with most of the audience not even being there to have seen his final performance. :/
No idea why the algorithm picked this up but this was a great video
“They can take my leg I’d rather have the beer” is a legendary line
I'm very glad it did, this is one of the best music video essays I've ever seen
Tim would've been a deity if he lived long enough up until the 2000's and onward. His style would've spearheaded internet humor. His "resurgence" with SpongeBob's use of "Tiptoe through the tulips" is a clear indicator.
Rest in peace you insane, unhinged genius.
SpongeBob used “Living in the Sunlight”, not the other one
tiptoe thru the tulips was never used in spongebob
I could totally picture tiny tim doing a bit or two on Tim and Eric, or being a guest on the Eric andre show...
I was fascinated by Tiny TIm ever since I heard his rendition of Livin' in the sunlight in a custom Doom map. He was such a bizarre character, with a genuine talent. I only knew Highway to Hell from the Rock album, which not a bad cover, but the other songs... this is nuts.
ttftw
Tiny Tim's rendition of Rebel Yell is the most cyberpunk music track ever captured. Truly inspired.
My god, that part-by-part analysis of Rebel Yell had me absolutely DYING laughing - you managed to perfectly convey not just what a delightful mess of a cover it is but also all the weirdly transcendent moments that result from that. Tiny Tim is just so utterly, bafflingly sincere in his attempts here.. I can honestly say it's unlike anything I've ever heard
Same here. I haven't laughed this hard in month.
to me this album of Tims’ is a mix of Ken Dodd on Acid plus Axl Rose & Demis Roussoss . Fantastic 😁👍
I was buying a Tiny Tim record in Tampa one time and the store owner told me he let Tim sleep at his place once he said he smelled terrible and got so drunk he pissed the bed.
That story tracks, and also, you know he’s been waiting for EVER to drop that. He’s been moving that record to the front of the display every hour for six years
Yet he had ocd and took a shower after every use of the toilet?
@@jackelewish1568even if its true, its one of these bad times we have in life, especially if we're drunk, i had my fair deal of stories, my family took care of me when i was in a very bad part of my life years ago, i faced depression, alchoholism and drug use in high school, but thankfully i got better and thats not the only story about me that they have.
so even uf it is true, its just an unhappy moment that ended up becoming the only interaction between these humans, which is kinda sad, what is sadder is how this comment almost feels like its trying to make it look like he was like that all the time.
Sometimes OCD can kind of like backfire if their habits and patterns are disrupted and then they completely shut down and it's nearly impossible to get them out of a bed or into a shower. I've seen it happen. Sometimes they'll be afraid of toilet too( yeah it goes where u think.. their pants) it's a crazy illness@@jackelewish1568
This is great. There aren't nearly enough videos like these on outsider artists that aren't named Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart. I'd love to see one like this on The Residents (even if it'd have to be six hours or more in length to do them justice, haha). Especially after that Kaw-Liga needle drop in your Wiseau video.
Frank Zappa was into avant-garde but he was not an outsider artist. Same with Captain Beefheart. Their music is weird and nonconventional on purpose. Whereas outsider art is often more focused on the eccentricity of the artist themselves and the music isn’t usually intended to be considered odd. Tiny Tim fits the description of this, but Zappa definitely does not.
Wasnt Captain Beefheart Meatloaf? Idk theyre all a bunch of freeks, like my mommy.
@@justinb864a much better comparison would be Daniel Johnston.
I love your style. I got so invested even though I didn't even know who this singer was until now. I can't even imagine how much work went into this too
I know him because of SpongeBob :) 🌈
If you’re familiar with the Insidious movies, Tiny Tim is the “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” guy
fantastic video, tiny tim is such an interesting person and you did him and the record justice
also hearing "lets make the water turn black" in the background gave me a good chuckle
I don’t know why I didn’t realize how much of a character he was. Not just his public persona but as a person. What a wild dude
Sounds like Tiny's beers ran the sessions of Tiny Tim Rock....and 20 min covers? Now thats insidious!
I hope you using the word, "... Insidious" was a pun! I think the trailer for that movie brought Tiptoe Through the Tulips tp a new generation
How is this man not world famous yet?! Can't think of a youtuber that puts more work into their videos. Your phenomenal at this...Keep up the good work. I look forward to your internet world tour!
He is
What are you yapping about
His Stayin Alive is one one my favourite ever covers
In my opinion. His story would beb a great biopic. Seriously. Someone needs to make it happen.
I actually have a signed copy of this on cd
I grew up thinking of Tiny Tim in the past tense. I seemed to have missed everything past the wedding (before my time)! I had no idea he rubbed so many elbows, and I'm really seeing Andy Kaufman in a new, not so original, light (and this after knowing he was carrying on from early Steve Martin, and even an early David Letterman, among many others). Fascinating video essay.
It's so clear that you put an extra special amount of time into reviewing this album and talking about Tiny Tim altogether, and it's great! I thought it would be another flippant, trash YT video just gawking at low hanging fruit, but it sounds like you actually really are fascinated by the album and love talking about how weird it is! You make me want to listen to it - especially Rebel Yell! XD Nice work!
What a sick joke is this video having of only 74 likes? This needs to be multiplied by the millions!
I know right
crazy how you never mentioned how one of his songs made it on the spongebob pilot, which is the main reason some people actually ever heard of tiny tim lol
Carson’s show was not The Late Show, it was The Tonight Show**
Fantastic compiling of archives here. Honestly Rock and Chameleon are pretty interesting. I would love to have a copy of some of these on vinyl or CD as well as that Lost and Found LP.
Second edit: the breakdown of the music on the album is fantastic. I’m a huge Tiny Tim fan, so this was a real treat.
What a coincidence, I'm a tiny fan of Huge Tim!
@@Jaredthe1st I always thought Huge Tim lost his luster after the 3rd record
@@opaljk4835 the third record was _huge_ in Japan.
How does this video not have more views? This is great!
This was hands-down, one of the funniest, most hilariously edited and fun video essay's I've seen on UA-cam! Had a great time watching this and enjoying your infectious enthusiasm for the album all the way through. I never knew this album existed, and was belting out laughs every time you went through a new track. The sound of this thing is just insane, and terrible, and I LOVE IT. Thanks for a great watch!😄👍
Fantastic video! I started it thinking I would watch it in sections and then accidentally watched it all in one sitting because you kept it so engaging all the way through. I'd recommend putting the Tiny Tim Rock album cover in the thumbnail though since I feel like a lot of people might scroll past thinking the video's a lot more surface level, just talking about how quirky the God Bless Tiny Tim album is and stuff like that.
On the strength of this video I’ve bought one of his albums and the biography you quote from.
I’ve never heard of Tiny Tim before and I’m hooked, he’s an idiosyncratic genius. A cross between Frank Zappa and The Sparks. His incredible voice
an eerie, warbling falsetto, enunciating every word like a pantomime dame.
I'd like to see a deeper look into the unprecedented musical brilliance of 1910 Fruit Gum Co.
The bio “Eternal Troubadour” is worth the time
Dont tell my homies but i can sing in falsetto just like Tiny Tim in the shower. Its actually super fun to do as a guy with a pretty deep voice.
I'm currently ill with a big infection, and these videos are helping to be not bored, so thanks for your content!
This is such a marvelously well crafted video and I'm surprised to see how few views it has. I've been diving down the Tiny Tim rabbit hole recently and I think this video has been the most informative to who this man was and at the same time, it was vastly entertaining and unpredictable. Hope your channel goes viral, man.
Tiny Tim and Victoria Jackson - Easter Parade Conan O'Brien 1995.
I searched for that video across the internet maybe every other year since probably 2000. It got uploaded by The Vintage Man last year. It's a pretty special performance if you've never seen it.
Fantastic video! I saw Tiny Tim live in 1990. After the show, I was able to find him and briefly meet him. I still have his autograph.
Thank you for this great video. I’m a huge fan of Tiny Tim and I love this album. And i love Tiny for his fighting spirit and his self-irony. And most of all for his wonderfully different and unique personality. Thanks again for making tiny visible with this video.
I can't believe I watched that whole thing, no regrets, well done, and something very different.
You just introduced me to Corey Feldman's music. I'm not going to say thank you. I just wanted you to know what you've done.
This is absolutely brilliant, you have a real talent for these videos! Your channel better blow up A$AP, this work deserves it
This feels like one of those fake documentaries in sitcom type shows where the main characters have to help a washed up celebrity
bro i watched the whole thing & was DEVESTATED this only has 2k views, this is an AMAZING video, you should be proud
3:39 "I feel like someone from Mars coming to earth". Then the stuff about his ability to remember certain songs. Really sounds like he was autistic or something like that
I liked his early work , he was very inspired, talented, and fun to listen to. It was his innate ability to recognize the sentimental beauty of the 19th and early 20th century love ditties, and lovingly recycle them while accompanied with ukulele, that was his genius. His eccentricities propelled his work and yet hindered his success in life. It's sad that he'll be forgotten, but won't we all?
This narration is so hilarious -- especially during "Tiny Tim Rock"!
This is great work. I've long been fascinated by Tiny Tim, but in no way a superfan (unlike a guy I know, who actually owns a copy of that board game, and once met David Tibet over their mutual love of Tiny Tim, only to LATER find out that Tibet was quite a big deal in his own right ...), so I had never heard of this album. Of course we shouldn't put psychiatric diagnoses on dead people, but as an autistic guy myself, I can relate to his awkward ways and some of his quirks, and it's actually inspiring how he didn't seem to even try to mask them.
I have to wonder if you've heard "The Savoy Sessions", recorded in the 90s by the washed up early 60s star P.J. Proby? An equally unhinged set of really ill-advised and weirdly produced cover songs, but in a darker way. Proby (who is, amazingly, still alive today) does not seem to be a pleasant character by any stretch of the imagination, but I love this trainwreck of an album. The high point is the 9 minute rendition of "Anarchy in the UK", where he goes from a confused rant about being "the father of the KKK" to moaning "my whole life is destroyed!" in a way that really makes you believe him. ua-cam.com/video/GsugcFLVttg/v-deo.html
This video was so incredibly in depth with the context of how and why it came to be, and the editing and script were super good. Hell yeah, this is good.
Remembering matrix codes is the same typa shit as remembering every barcode in a supermarket.
I was waiting for the reference to Tiny Tim appearing on WWF Monday night raw. And you did not disappoint
This was an absolutely amazing video. I was smiling ear to ear the whole time partly because Tim is insane in a great way and your style is great in a great way.
The image of Tiny Tim sat in front of those wild flowers is one of the most beautiful images I've ever seen of a man.
I know it probably sounds like I'm joking and maybe this just kind of exposes what kind of person I am. But theres an incredible amount of pathos in that one image and I truly think that theres something truly magical about it.
The documentary King for a Day is a painful watch. As someone who adores Tiny Tim and unironically loves his music, to see the darker side of him was quite distressing (especially his sketchy history of him and young girls. Just like Elvis eh?)
But I just always try to think of that photo. This beautiful misunderstood man who looked and sounded like no one else.
And was probably also a repressed homosexual or at least had a confusing fascination with the masculine form.
I never imagined his speaking voice to be anything close to how it actually sounds. Truly astonishing
I am very pleased with this video, a great compilation of contexts. I live in a country very, very far south, far from North American culture. However, in my childhood I think I heard something by tiny tim. I had forgotten about it and after 30 years I heard the tone of his first hits in a video... it made me remember and look for that music. I've been collecting everything from this great soul for 2 days now. God Bless Tiny Tim.
I always loved tip toe through the tulips and never understood why all of a sudden people found it creepy after insidious.
I honestly thought the love was a lot more common, but I also mostly knew what older people in my area liked rather than my own peers 😂
I love tiny Tim's version of 'people are strange' it's so fun
Tiny tim is such a gem and I love learning more about him!
You deserve way more views and subscribers, watched all your videos and they have such effort put into them, just the fun side of music I adore.
Check out The Girl who was... Death by Devil Doll if you havent, another fascinating bizarre album (you'll see why) by an equally fascinating band. Their whole discography and frontman Mr Doctor are worth a deepdive really
Keep it up man u great
Interesting breakdown of Tiny's vocal Talent I think his main problem was he had a huge range and was able to affect many different tones but it was largely untrained and the same thing with his timing basically you know he was used to only relying on his own sense of time being a solo artist to mostly played ukulele along with his vocals so the whole band idea was probably a little alien to him
basically what happens when you force a kid to grow up sheltered and removed from society... thankfully he chose the "odd way" and not what kids would do today to their classmates, its a shame he couldn't find a place in society... although he's better off not having known the horrors they would try to poison him with today
It really makes sad how underrated this channel is. Hope it blows up soon.
Nobody is underrating this. Currently the thumbs up and thumbs down on my phone are 104 to 4 and everyone in the comments is gushing. That is an excellent rating.
Perhaps you hope this channel gets more recognition. I do too.
Special thanks to the producer of this video. Great job on this great career bio of such a talented person and character. We need more people nowadays with character. Nowadays people all look like copies of someone or something else that we see everyday. To be original and unique is something Tiny had in spades. Creative and one of a kind , we will miss you my friend godspeed and reast in peace. ❤
You had my like and subscribe less than 2 minutes in. Imagine my existential horror that this video was randomly chosen for me and is over a year old...😮
You're doing great work with your video essays, this one's your best yet. This was a fun watch, especially the album "analysis". Shame you didn't mention anything about the album "Songs of an Impotent Troubadour", an even bigger oddity than " The Rock" imo.
Anyways, keep up the good work, can't wait to see what your next video will be about.
Glad you're back! I must show this to my colleagues that knew Tim. They're archivists, and I was born on his 60th birthday (when Disneyland Paris opened).
When I saw this video, I thought it would just be another generic video about some random footnote in music history, but the way you presented everything was so impressive. I don't think anyone else could have gotten me to care about Tiny Tim
you do great videos! your excitement comes through so well, its absolutely contagious. please keep em coming!
Great video! However I want to say that The Spooky World "marriage" was actually a renewal of their vows. Fantastic content overall :)
Some guy sent the link to tbis onto the rym page for Rock and i must say this was much needed context.
Also I hope for your own sake you looked into the Tiny Tim documentary thing his producer did whwre he believed there was a spiritual connectuon vetween a random fire that happened and tiny tim performing in the area
Tiny Tim was something we sadly lack these days, a true individual. Pop stars are all so similar now that you'd think there was a factory somewhere just churning them out, (spoiler: there is). But TT was unique in every way, from his voice to his appearance to even the way he thought. The world needs outsiders like Tiny Tim, they're the parmesan cheese to life's spaghetti and meatballs. Not strictly necessary but a little sprinkle just makes it all taste so much better.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I've admired Tiny Tim for a long time. At first it was only because he also played the ukulele like me. But knowing that he's also OCD and has a specific diet like mine (I'm vegan) makes me feel a little bit into his world. To me he's a genius, and you're right one should listen to at least one or two of his songs. Anyway, I enjoyed "Rock" album almost as much as his previous albums. But his rendition of "I'm a Lonesome little Raindrop" is my number one favorite.
So the whole being sexist thing didn't turn you off? Why is everyone ok with this man despite the 17 year old the opinions he had on women and war?
@@markbasilejr1169 one can like someone and not agree with EVERYTHING they say or do.
@@jimfrisk688 and if you can like someone despite pedophilia that says more about you than I'm sure you would like it to
@@markbasilejr1169 show me where Tiny Tim committed or was into pedophilia Thats quite a charge you are laying. You dont know him nor do you know me, you are just spouting off on the internet.
@@markbasilejr1169 then Elvis Presiley dated Priscila when she was 14, Seinfied dated a 17 year old girl in the 90s, without any marriage. Tim got married, never did anything before marriage, and tried to make things work, but of course his ideas were very outdated. He wasn't a bad guy... but a tortured guy.
Massive new fan of your channel! It all started on me listening to some Gerogerigegege and ended up spending my work day binging your videos.
29:35 This is such a raw little speech, bravo. This is really well done, what a great documentary! Thanks! I can feel the effort you put into this.
Your work is fantastic!
This documentary is superb.
As a dedicated tiny Tim fan finally a good tiny video that doesn’t call his circus years sad and actually focuses on an interesting record. Thank you
Great video! A lot of interesting information, and quality delivery and editing style
I love your video documentary about him. He is laughing so hard at your descriptions of his recording of. Tiny Tim Rock !!
In the ‘90s a friend and me went to the Stag bar on a rainy afternoon and played pool. We enjoyed finding songs on juke boxes we liked but irritated everyone else. A quiet guy in the corner played a Tiny Tim medley that seemed to go on for ever. We laughed knowing we just got our asses handed to us.
Thank you for this video! I already felt that Tim was an amazing artist very outside of everything going on in his time but knowing now that Rock exists its genuinely amazing how absolutely insane that album is thank you for this review and also thank you for touching on his less than desirable views yet still being genuine about his music. Great Vid man!
Does anyone know where I can find the Interview with tiny saying, "Women in my opinion have no sense of humor"
After so many months I found this masterpiece of video, in recent weird Al movie Tim did a tiny cameo and it made me chuckle
This was wonderfully put together! I’m sure Tiny Tim would approve! Bravo!
Aphex Twin Tiny Tim mashup would be memorable...
you have to post more videos like this, this was amazing
He's actually on the Beatles Fan Club single.
What I find wild is that he actually called his own death. Down to the very song he said he would be singing. That is genuinely wild.
I've definitely heard tiptoe through the tulips before, but I never knew this guy existed until today. And I thank you for the knowledge. Hahaha
the amount of work and care you put in these niche topics is so wonderful. thank you for this. i appreciate it.
He terrified me as a kid, musically and visually. I'm not old enough to have seen him live on TV but my neighbor as a kid was a huge fan of his, often playing his music and having pictures of him in her house.
Terrified me and still kinda does. I can only comfortably watch videos of him as an older man when he's chilled-out a bit.
When he was younger and sauntering around all creepy and singing with that high pitch...lol...nightmare fuel.
Thank you for an amazing documentary. Tiny Tim was a unique individual way ahead of his time and misunderstood. Especially by me. Looking at him now through mature eyes, one can see the avant-garde genius.
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on UA-cam, I was enthralled from start to finish
thank you, he was so good hope he will be remembered for many years
This is one of the best videos I’ve watched this year. Good quality content dude!
Dude got married and immediately started sub tweeting/vague booking his wife.
I'm so old I had to look up what both of those phrases meant.
Awesome ! I got to meet and see him perform in the mid 90s in Lawrence KS. You should check out his album The Great Troubadour with Current 93, and his song with Nurse With Wound and Current 93 called ,
Just What Do You Mean By "Antichrist"?
absolutely amazing, incredible, and very sober tribute to the legacy of tiny tim. and what a great way in to the story, this album. i'd heard of tiny tim. i was aware enough of tiny tim. but today you've finally led me to the heart of tiny tim. what a guy. great job, man; thank you.