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They Might Be Giants - Can't Keep Johnny Down (Official Video!)

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Directed by Mohit Jaswal. Song from They Might Be Giants' Join Us album. Video available on new rarities set Album Raises New and Troubling Questions. Get it at Apple Music (geni.us/2e2C) or Amazon (geni.us/1mIh). Also available as FLAC, CD by special order and a special mp3 edition (same price as iTunes download but with five bonus videos and a bonus PDF) at
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From BeesKnees Productions
The winning entry for TMBGs Can't Keep Johnny Down contest, judged by John Hodgman (correspondent on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart")
"...Every time I watch this video, I see new beautiful things in it. The reverse spit take, the firecrackers arcing through the air, the weirdly poetic, jiggling man-flesh... make this a wonder, complete and impeccable." - John Hodgman
Director: Mohit Jaswal
Cinematographer: Eduardo Uruena
Editor: Justin Dean
For more info,
Email: beeskneesfilms@gmail.com
Twitter: @MohitJaswal
Lyrics:
Outnumbered a million to one
All of the dicks in this dick town
Can't keep Johnny down
Men piled up in a towering mound
None of them once has found a way
To keep Johnny down
Spending days by myself
Remembering slights
I'm not a monument to justice
Plus which I don't forget a face
And they can't (down, down, down)
Can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
They haven't yet built the man (down, down, down)
That'll keep old Johnny down (down, down, down)
Some dude
Hitting golf balls on the moon
Bathroom in his pants
And he thinks he's better than me
I'm pointing a finger at my own face
They can't know what's in here
And they can't keep Johnny down
Beneath my dignity
To flip off the guy
When he pulls up alongside
To say my gas cap is unscrewed
And they can't (down, down, down)
Can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
They haven't yet built the man (down, down, down)
That'll keep old Johnny down (down, down, down)
And they don't (down, down, down)
Don't know what I've seen (down, down, down)
They can't know what's in here (down, down, down)
And they can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)'
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@pdbordelon 7 лет назад

"Some dude hitting golf balls on the moon, bathroom in his pants, and he thinks he's better than me"...best lyrics ever written!!

@NxDoyle 4 года назад

That's a big claim, and I say that as someone who thinks that Linnell is one of the greatest, least heralded lyricists ever. Don't get me wrong, I love the line.

@daworldhavenumberblockstvv2401 Год назад

"Some dude hitting golf balls" hey? Reminds me of Rob (Numbear 4).

@wynnedwards94 Год назад

I don't quite understand the line. Can someone explain it?

@Shiner335 Год назад

@@wynnedwards94 Alan Shepard, whose space suit would have had built-in urine collection, brought a golf ball and club for one of his moon landings--probably not the Apollo 18 mission, though.

@wynnedwards94 Год назад

@@Shiner335 oh I thought it was something metaphorical lol

@omfgitspyrogirl 3 года назад

That’s my friend Guy. He’s one of the kindest and chillest dudes you could ever meet. Such a great video, very proud of him

@DREWVIX1992 Год назад

His name isn't Johnny?

@northtreble4871 Год назад

Its guy apparently.

@kirklyles1705 Год назад

Really? Coz he looks like a real warmonger to me!,😉

@PopFlyPopShop 4 месяца назад

We want a Guy AMA! Legendary

@user-cu5rz8hl2w Месяц назад

Did he get flipped off by someone lacking dignity?

@Pratttan2 10 лет назад

This is a video about a man living his life on the edge, only to realize that he may be a little too wild and settles down with a quiet desk job.

@ryanwhitaker4444 8 лет назад

Isn't that backwards?

@TimeTravelinc 7 лет назад

Ryan Whitaker Pratttan2 Yeah, so it's about a guy who snaps after one guy took the last doughnut (understandable, I think), and decides "Screw it, I'm going to live wild!", and goes nuts along the way (or even more so after the "Donut Disaster").

@FrozenBlood67 4 года назад

Here, 6 years later, to remind you two that this was certainly a joke.

@imaramblins 2 года назад

Seems legit! 😇😉😊

@willlaflam Год назад

Did you just eat the last doughnut….

@rayscotchcoulton 2 года назад

Now, when I noticed at the *very end* how one half of the main guy's collar was accidentally tucked under his tie (all good, continuity errors happen), I thought--"Ah. No, see, THAT shows that the whole video to that point was just a fantasy. He's really in the "tucked collar" reality where he doesn't flip out over no more donuts."

@didgeboy287 12 лет назад

THAT was funny. It was a great payoff, too, finding out why "Johnny" goes berserk. EXCELLENT TMBG video.

@peteryyz43 9 лет назад

I love the way he blinks perfectly in time with that last chord of the song...great great video.

@DanielPearsonInFidelio 9 лет назад

Whenever I need joy in my day, I watch this video again.

@Eschauta 9 лет назад

You have influenced me into a TMTG morning, sir.

@thememphis1971 5 дней назад

This is arguably the greatest music video of all time.

@DustWarden 7 лет назад

Watched this twice in a row, and can tell I'll either love it more each time I watch it, or it'll get stuck in my head and it will gradually drive me insane.

@debb8321 7 лет назад

DustWarden lol!

@sindex 12 лет назад

Linnell nailed this song. It's just great.

@johnknox5886 4 года назад

Always loved this vid. And the tiny "last straw" that sets the guy off is SO well-chosen: Johnny doesn't get his donut.

@TKID-17105 Год назад

I've been watching this video on and off for over a decade now, and it is honestly (obviously with the track included) one of the best music videos I have ever seen. And I'm old enough to have been there at the start of music videos.

@PatrickRob82 10 лет назад

It's weird seeing My beloved TMBG continue after I stopped listening. They continue to progress in to the modern age and I'm left, selfishly holding on to the memories of Apollo 18, Flood, John Henry, Lincoln and Miscellaneous T. They have a new generation of minds to blow with new, brilliant albums that aren't for me... and how lucky they are... just like I was. Listen up, youngsters... and remember... every so often... Turn around. Turn around. There's a thing there that can't be found...

@richjones7722 8 лет назад

Um... Why not, you know, listen?

@TimeTravelinc 7 лет назад

Ensiform Jones I don't know why, their stuff from the present today, is just as good as the stuff from yesterday. Or yesteryear.

@christianfarmer 7 лет назад

every album has a few gems with unique lyrics and music. They are constantly changing. Still the most intellectual group I have ever met.

@mike-7620 6 лет назад

doooo. You are me! I was listening to apollo 18 while delivering newspapers in sixth grade. I' d pop in the tape through the years, re-visit on mp3, and then occasionally see news of them here and there. They are certainly amazing artists.

@siractionslacks890 2 года назад

At least with the internet they can meet James Ensor.

@raziel1178 7 лет назад

It was a donut that made ol Johnny snap... understandable, tbh,

@angeliparraguirre7329 5 лет назад

1:01

@nickdryad 4 года назад

It was the last donut. A very special donut.

@djphil5150 12 лет назад

The Rebel Alliance tat says so much, even its placement. Love this guy! Poor bastard. I've been there.

@sheekaloca 4 года назад

This is literally the best music video I have ever seen. And towards the end, the donut flies back in that guys hand. LOL.

@jessep3079 9 лет назад

now to watch in reverse...

@pfpvincent1 12 лет назад

LOL, I just noticed the spit-take guy's terrified cat.

@pdbordelon 7 лет назад

Even if its just in his imagination they haven't yet built a man that will keep ole Johnny down....Ole Johnny is all of us.

@ZackWright-ei7mn Год назад

This has been my favorite song for years and i just sang something personal over it and it was truly legit. Nobody heard it and I forgot it... But it made my week.

@MrReelio3 9 лет назад

This was amazing! One of the most entertaining/gripping music videos I've seen

@terebi916 4 года назад

this is a masterpiece.

@djphil5150 12 лет назад

Dude, I used to occupy that cubicle!

@hectorhonushogarth 12 лет назад

This definitely deserved to win.

@funnyusername8635 Год назад

The backward leap out of the pool is fantastic!

@imaramblins 2 года назад

Great song, lyrics, band, video! 😂

@pellelindbergh7483 4 года назад

Psychotic break at the office. Happens to me every day.

@djphil5150 12 лет назад

I would hope that at least a few of of us remember "Office Space."

@BlakeBlackstone 3 года назад

I liked the video when I first saw it but the more I see it the more I like it.

@uopook 12 лет назад

This guy is my Hero.

@JohnBrown-pq9tj 2 года назад

This song was in my dream last night, lyric per lyric.

@Midwest_Urbanist Месяц назад

I like to think this is the third time this week he's done this

@BryanJager 12 лет назад

I love the reason why Johnny flips out!! Makes me LOL every time I see this video!! rofl I would do the same...hehe

@0okamino 7 лет назад

You snub a guy too many times by taking the last doughnut... well, we see what happens.

@Thenameless1 4 месяца назад

I've heard this before, I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE? WHERE WAS THIS PLAYED BEFORE? I COULD SWEAR I WATCHED THIS VIDEO SOMEWHERE BEFORE TOO.

@LucasBooneC 10 лет назад

Watch out! Here comes Johnny in his under-wear!

@blueberrylps Год назад

Guy is a legend

@Icekiller1080 12 лет назад

and that kids is why I share my snack with my coworker

@HangoverKitchen 12 лет назад

Awesome new album guys! Come back to Texas!

@WindInAWheatfield 12 лет назад

this man is my fucking hero. what a beast.

@CineGMitchell 12 лет назад

Brilliant!!

@anttron1 11 лет назад

pure freedom...

@Regusername 12 лет назад

Great clip.

@loadingscreens 12 лет назад

I see this has been accepted as the true music video :D

@mumblz8785 10 лет назад

anyidea whats on the back of his right leg in the beginning of the video? Fav part in the video (besides the punchline @ the end) is the uncaring motorcyclists; acting all cool and unconcerned that he's giving a ride to a guy in his briefs as if he as done this before.

@andrewdesalvatore7262 10 лет назад

Christian Miller yea.... a tattoo of what?

@carrieullrich5059 6 лет назад

mumblz8785 Star Wars rebel alliance tattoo :)

@liqnitrogn 12 лет назад

very nice video man you pay true respect to tmbg

@andrewbest4571 Месяц назад

They might be giants

@williamthepunkmonk 12 лет назад

This Is AMAziNG

@debb8321 8 лет назад

"..spending days by myself..."

@astrangeriremain 7 лет назад

"Remembering slights"

@daftwod 10 лет назад

into the wild!

@ilovethemso 12 лет назад

Love this video, thank you!

@playasadonejoe 3 года назад

HARRY DUBOIS: "I don't want to be this kind of animal anymore!"

@skivit 12 лет назад

I was going to say this video was really boring and uninspired. Then the last 10 seconds happened and it brought the whole thing together. Lovely.

@SafetyServbot Год назад

It's my hope that someday they'll release a higher quality version of this video

@sophierobinson2738 7 лет назад

whee!

@wopor333 12 лет назад

i like this one better than the other vid

@drummyt7166 2 года назад

1:53 eat wall, dude with the donut

@nickdryad 4 года назад

Play it backwards and it has a satisfying ending.

@monkeydoodle35 4 года назад

2 things: 1. This should've won. 2. Does anyone hear "Beer and Weed" during the "Can't know what's in ( here and we)" bit? The spit and exhale makes it that much better.

@RezaPutra2504 12 лет назад

I am wondering it must be much fun when making this video.

@Aaron-P 12 лет назад

brilliant video, and, erm..., *thank you* for only 360p, for realz...

@ItTakesII 12 лет назад

haha so well done! -julian

@BillPeschel 3 года назад

I came here to check it out because I'm watching a Kinks documentary about the Village Green Preservation Society album, and they have a track called "Johnny Thunder" and the lyrics said "They can't get through to Johnny / They will never, ever break him down" and I'm thinking WTF that sounds like a TMBG song so I went looking it up on Wikipedia and Genius and I came across this video in which everything is backward and now I'm dizzy wondering if I'M BACKWARD and I don't know if I can get out of this place if it's the last thing I'll ever do. HELP!

@LTamazil 12 лет назад

and to think it's because that guy ate the last doughnut

@sammosammy 12 лет назад

In this video: Jick after a hard day of working on Kingdom of Loathing.

@djphil5150 12 лет назад

@erix33 he may be pissed, but he does care abt his appearance?

@jayaks5195 4 года назад

Ryan from Guaranteed* Video.. Is that you?

@mariomakesmusic_ 8 месяцев назад

If you love this song listen to All-American Bitch by Olivia Rodrigo, that guitar pluck😁

@RezaPutra2504 12 лет назад

Ummm, I should this too at my office.

@rebeccaandpaulbatchiebucci5557 Год назад

How did you get the person to wear underpants

@andrewlocklear9409 11 лет назад

ok again i just realizd that in aqw the vot class has all of tmbgs songs as the special moves

@TighelanderII 4 дня назад

This could have been directed by Christopher Nolan!

@AlphaLackey 8 лет назад

I'm gonna go for the longshot interpretation and say that it's a reference to the 1960 presidential election, and that the video is just random stuff ;)

@somni6756 7 лет назад

AlphaLackey I read that it was a self motivational song, written to reflect how J.L. felt during high school, yet I may be wrong.

@tallowyloch 12 лет назад

Easily the best video of the ones I've seen, but not great sound quality.

@chapel976 12 лет назад

I need to see this in reverse. well, un-reverse.

@yrobtsvt Год назад

Rip Torn was released from prison with no jail time after he broke into a bank with a gun, specifically so that he could be in this video. He then starred in three made-for-TV movies and died in 2018

@doktorwyrm 12 лет назад

hahaha. i hust realized he has the Rebel Alliance Insignia on his arm.

@WaferTots 2 года назад

Reminds me of Rambo First Blood

@tomashood5552 5 месяцев назад

I mean, the video its great...but what was he going to do to that deer? 🤨

@suicidalpenguins4u 12 лет назад

1 person attempted to keep johnny down

@murrfeeling 4 года назад

Go nuts for donuts.

@di77me 3 года назад

was this an infomercial for soylent? Also Is TJ miller blowing up because of an allergic reaction?

@taggedunion 12 лет назад

Johnny kind of looks like Khal Drogo.

@erix33 12 лет назад

Great video for a great song, but it will always bother me that in the last little bit you can see that his tie is not properly under his collar even though prior in the video it was, which means after he got cheesed off, he took the time to fix it.

@Str8NTru 12 лет назад

now he gets a life eh

@DaNargh42 12 лет назад

lol, rebel alliance

@GothGuy885 5 лет назад

this should be the opening scenes from a reboot of "The Office"

@DaNargh42 12 лет назад

Careful. You may unearth a back-mask

@fgooglefugo 12 лет назад

1:30 Katy Perry?!

@DaNargh42 12 лет назад

...is that ryan dunn?

@nevohyams 3 года назад

i was on the video which didn't win the contest, but sadly RU-vid decided for some reason that it's a children's video and can not have comments, just like it's decided Pinball Wizard, and many other clearly not child centric videos are apparently intended for diaper wearing audiences exclusively.

@nevohyams 3 года назад

comments are enabled there now