They Might Be Giants - The Communists Have the Music (Official Video) 

Based communist comment. Also good luck explaining your unAmerican activity

its funny that Ayn Rand said that people under capitlism achieve true freedom, but was told by her publisher to use drugs to complete the book under time, she did start using the drug, but the side effects were really bad and she was hospitalised(only after she completed the book). she herself is proof that capitlism is slavery, and that people/indivisuals are never able to get a fair trade with big, established buisnesses.

Communism is the bland sandwich. I love how gen z romanticize socialism and communism. Like it's cool or something. It ain't

Communism is facism

@@Jeremy-th5pt Dude keep your dumbass PragerU opinions to yourself

Let's take a page from the Book of Jordan Peterson: Its certainly true that the more creative types tend to lean left. Sorry, but all the Ted Nugents and Dennis Millers of the world don't change that fact. Conservatives usually end up doing jobs that don't result in any cultural notoriety. It's just their lot in life. So while I am somewhat uncomfortable with the implications, it is indeed true that the communists have all the music.

ixnayonthetimmay I read that in the voice of the lobster daddy himself

@@ixnayonthetimmay I read it in his voice and honestly can't tell if this is ironic or not

@@ixnayonthetimmay Maybe we just shouldn't take a page from the book of Jordan Balthazar Peterson. This dudes lies about his qualifications. He's a clinical psychologist, already a prestigious job in medicine and academia, but feels the need to say that he's an evolutionary biologist and a Neuro-scientist, as if people won't trust his qualifications if he's honest. The dude trusts his masc-indoctrinated daughter to drive their brand to such an extent that he will eat nothing but beef until it puts him into a medically-induced coma. Jordan Peterson's teachings start from a point that teaches reasonable "self-help" doctrines, like physical fitness in straightening your spine, and routine like making your bed. Then somehow it extends to how femininity is the source of all that's chaotic in society, and then we get into the weird Christian Conservatism. In conclusion to a shitty disorganized rant, Jordan Peterson is either an ignorant and pseudo-academic Christian Conservative, or a knowing contributor to conservative agit-prop. To try and apply JBP's principles to TMBG's music is a futile effort, because JBP is a self-help author who thinks he belongs in the discourse public policy. TMBG is a musical group who occasionally touches on political topics. There's big difference in my eyes.

@@CrowGigantor48 Eh, different strokes for different folks, I suppose. TMBG makes a claim; some RU-vid commenter makes a claim, cites JBP... I'm not sure at what point some random and light-hearted riffing on ideas became hard, solid and objective claims about reality, so let's not take it all that seriously. If we must tho - I'm not sure how you conclude it was his all meat diet that screwed him up - if you listened to his recent interview with his own daughter, it's a bout of depression and treatment with benzodiazepines that screwed him up. And while I may be wrong, I've never heard Peterson claim to be an evolutionary biologist or neuroscientist; rather he is just comfortable and reasonably competent discussing items in those fields. As a comparison, because Neil DeGrasse Tyson is "just" an astrophysicist doesn't mean his discussion about evolutionary biology, the history of science or a wide range of topics he touches on are wrong, no? So should we accordingly dismiss what he says about them out of hand, because they are outside of his nominal credentials? In this case, I use JBPs own words to support the claim of TMBG. How is that wrong? Rather than attacking the straw man you built up, I'd ask you how the claim he made is actually incorrect. Is it not true that more creative, theatric and musical people (actors, singers, comedians, etc.) tend to lean left and liberal? If not, why not? I only use Jordan Peterson as a citation of that fact, regardless of his meat diet or allegedly Christian worldview. I won't claim to speak for him, so here's his words on the matter - what in substance is wrong with those words? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3Ho5VZp_ps4.html

Russian and instrumental international are the best versions.

The Internationale is so good someone wrote a song about how good of a song it is.

@@kevinwillems8720 what is it called?

@@mylesj4380 They All Sang the internationale

I do agree. I'm pro-capitalist, but to the hell with pop music etc... classic-marxism and anarcho-communism, that's where good music is, man :D

That moment when you get handed an Ayn Rand sandwich straight front the can and it tastes so bland then you ask the lass to pass you a glass of Engel's conditions of the working class

@@waffles6280 noo haha don't drink a glass of Engels conditions of the working class haha it's so unamerican xD I'm gonna call the committee haha jk... unless... 😳😳

@@dielfonelletab8711 but sir you've clearly made a mistake. Here, let me show you my mix tape

@@kevinwillems8720 by historical materialism you're right! Very well, on your way.

@@dielfonelletab8711 I'll drink a glass of Engels conditions of the working class with you If you help me liberate Aboriginals from institutionalised racism 😳👉👈

Can we get a F in the chat for our brave comrade.

oh god oh fu

@@CatTheRoundEarther F

bourgeoisie

Birdgeoisie

I wouldn't be to sure about that

They are I was tricked by my anger!!

@Wayne Rocha I mean they open with shitting on Ayn Rand and then bring up Engels instead of low fruit like Marx or Lenin. Not proof but little bit of weight.

Comrade what kind of commie are you?

@kevin willems You should. They are by far the biggest threat to anarchism should any sort of revolution come.

it's not funny, as an Ayn Rand fanboy I am very offended

​@@user-jd6do2ls2jBeing offended by another being insulted... doesn't sound very individualist to me, bud.

@@user-jd6do2ls2j Have fun reading propaganda for the world's dumbest ideology wrapped up in horribly written literature to boot. I was forced to read Anthem for a class once and it was actually torture.

Yes, music production.

Comrade

Ew

@@kimjongun2081 of course a revisionist like you would have a problem with that, kim.😒

Holy Shit You're Right! That's More Range Than My Imaginary Sniper!

They also made the Dr Evil theme song from Austin Powers and an unused soundtrack for Coraline...

Metroz Eegle “how to do everything and anything (an experts guide)”

Some topics of theirs include prosthetic foreheads, evil twins, night lights, historical figures, and a concerning amount of songs about death.

@@Realwessharpe and Elements!

nah dude its totally about how communists r dumb and just like music /s

Dielfon Elletab Agreed, I’m a CAPITALIST and I know that this song is in PRAISE of Communism. It’s obvious. I don’t agree with it, but I like the melody.

Or just a stupid song about the rad Sacre

What does this song have to do with the military-industrial complex?

@@hanksadmireraynrandismyfav9853 Well of course you do. The communists have the music, after all.

If she did, he didn't have time to drink it before being dragged before the committee.

@@Lantern_Light that’s true, but maybe they’d see they made a mistake if they actually listened to his mixtape

@@ratkid6859 we also have to take in account that he is not Partial to the Marshall, or the plutocrats with their beaver hats.

@@unknownhandyman6821 and he has considered that the fascists have the outfits, but he doesn't care for the outfits

@@mohitnair2541 that’s true. But what he DOES care about is music. And, as we all know, the communists have the music.

o7

For the most part, however Soviet commisar uniforms were great. The ones with the blue pants.

TMBG's first live show was at a Sandinista rally. Just pointing that out.

Thats what the republicans mean when they say "communism = big government". "Oh no! Stalin is growing, look he is already as big as the statue of liberty"

Dont forget the little detail of the cats they werent used in ww2 becuase they were used in a war against one of t

Those weren't even the most interesting projects! Here's a description of one CIA project, MKUltra, from the wikipedia article en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States . "To achieve this, Cameron placed patients under his "care" into drug-induced comas for up to 88 days, and applied numerous high voltage electric shocks to them over the course of weeks or months, often administering up to 360 shocks per person. He would then perform what he called "psychic driving" experiments on the subjects, where he would repetitively play recorded statements, such as "You are a good wife and mother and people enjoy your company", through speakers he had implanted into blacked-out football helmets that he bound to the heads of the test subjects (for sensory deprivation purposes). The patients could do nothing but listen to these messages, played for 16-20 hours a day, for weeks at a time. In one case, Cameron forced a person to listen to a message non-stop for 101 days." This inspector general report mentions the process, stating: "Precautions must be taken not only to protect operations from exposure to enemy forces but also to conceal these activities from the American public in general. The knowledge that the agency is engaging in unethical and illicit activities would have serious repercussions in political and diplomatic circles". God bless our free country. The CIA is a terrorist organization, don't let anyone tell you different.

@@cooldude6651 - I don't think anyone kills goats with their brain power in this video.

@@cooldude6651 lol.

@@seanhartnett79 can't really judge the tone on that lol, but if you're thinking I'm some conspiracy wacko you can check it out yourself. This is a pretty notorious topic in psychology, usually brought up in regards to attaining subjects' informed consent for procedures.

Hugo Boss rolling in his grave.

@@siripfreely 😂

neither do they have slick hairstyles or bodies that look like arno breker's sculptures. these are some knockoff brand facists these days

The majority of them never did anyway.

Fascist back then did have some sort of style, but now they look like people like Matt Walsh, that isn't a facist, that's your slightly racist uncle at a golf course on a Tuesday afternoon

Av Rand (TheAv66) yah it’s literally about not caring about politics and just liking their music

@@waspoppin4784 it's also about mccarthyism

Yeah Archie is right. It's also a condemnation of McCarthyism. (which is good!)

@@KoruGo McCarthy was non american for how he treated anyone he just assumed was commie

Old Soviet music is pretty stirring....

In what era

ZipComics the 1950-70s mostly. The McCarthy era.

communism.

That's kinda what I got from it. I also see it as mostly ironic.

actually the song is about how communists have the music

Literally same.

I don’t even read the comments because it’s just arguing going on and on and on and it ruins my day lmao

this is my least favourite hobby

Fuck Reddit, 4chan, Discord, or whatever, this is the ultimate messaging board

By far the best comment on this video 😆

Lol.

and this is exactly the kind of propaganda that turns people communist. singing blatant propaganda instead of giving a real political speech. nothing against your mom, or you. it's the communists who are at fault here.

Extremely based

@@florpyjohnson9531 If people read engles or marx from a song then more power to them, and us! Commies have heart, maybe the only ones that still do

@@mlzplayer9243 they dont have heart, they have propaganda.

Fr

You people are scum

@@low_vibration your mom

@titanfucker420 actually my dad is a high ranking commisar and insulting me is anti revolutionary activity. To the gulag with you

@@low_vibration ky$ capitalist

@Цхарлес д'Албрет

@Jake Sangria a lot of people like to eat dogshit sandwiches. It's baffling, but we keep watching you eat dogshit. At least you're proud of it, imagine how horrific and depressing your life would be if everything you believed was actually untrue and you were too deep into it to actually question it. God, that'd be a nightmare, huh? Thankfully, the economy is doing... ohh. Well, we have a pandemic resp... ohh.

lmao gottem

@Jake Sangria well yeah you're an "objectivist." You do, say and believe lots of stupid shit

@@raslin2k true.

voomroom fuck off capitalist

@@marlow7376 how about you fuck off when people are just trying to enjoy a good a good song with and undeling message, LIKE MOST MUSIC

starwars shark it’s obviously a troll

I still think ana ng has undertones of WWII

strong woman respecter holy fuck yes

Hell yea

god i hope not

Homura Akemi it always is

This also explains why my cat is suspiciously close right now.

Yep. Also, the CIA tried to implant a microphone in a stray cat in the 60s, but it immediately got hit by a car in Moscow...

@@warweasel2832 lol that's pretty funny. "Ah shit... Alright people! Garfield goes to Moscow take 2!"

Fr, how is it "about disregarding politics" when it's literally talking about politics

B but you see it it says that they only like communism bc music??? Surely the music and the outfits are not references to anything? This song is just about liking music regardless of ideology!! /S

@@epi7189 Want to jump in and say, I agree listen to Miss Me, Son of God, it's the last song on Lincoln.

@@cranknlesdesires how can it be political if Lincoln the least controversial president of all time is involved.

What is this strawman lmfao

Emma Goldman :)

Democrats and Republicans in a nutshell

Of politics in a democracy*

@@historical_idiot in a faux democracy*

@@historical_idiot well, isn't that a silly definition

@@VioletQueenofToasters no, thats legit just a statement of fact, the such cant exist without a democratic, or representative, system of governance

Let’s take the musicians back for the people comrade

@@LVoidtheEndless DELTARUNE GUY??? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE??? God first Sarah Z then Innuendo Studios then Lady Emily, what is it with random niche microcelebs I like and being TMBG fans

*comrade*

@Kats Trans comrade?

@Kats Based. Trans rights!

Yes. The entire idea that communism/Marxism is less "Western" then capitalism/the philosophy of Adam Smith is ridiculous. Scotland is no more "Western" than Germany. Of course, this mostly just stems from the fact that the first successful communist revolution took place in Russia, and the ensuing propaganda which stemmed from that fact.

And then the whole room clapped.

@Jobere Boucher you are right

Don’t view the replies

how do i like a comment twice?

@@lazer_kat_4673 go back to reddit bro

@@historical_idiot bro what? I just said i liked what the comment said 😭

based

Ayn Rand was a fascist and collected social security.

Daniel Høyberg and giant pilled

It fuckin slaps

@@gemstonegynoid7475 so hard

That's the point of the entire song. It's not about the actual politics at all, but a guy passionate about music siding with communists only because they have good music. Other political ideologies are mentioned as having different traits, but the guy just wants music.

@@g--stef4756 i mean, they did directly mention that they dont like their "ayn rand sandwich" and wanted a glass of "engels conditions of the working class" so i believe they might be communists.

@@sir_stride cause the character in the song finds capitalist cultural products unappealing for an unspecified reason and therefore listens to and understands more about communism

@@cookingwithtool159 The reason isn't unspecified, they literally said they don't like plutocrats and find Ayn Rand's reasoning bland.

@@BonnieBoestar To be fair there is A LOT between Ayn Rand and communism :D

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Because I’m hungry

Joe has them

Here

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a cool thing to hear is an auditorium of communists from different countries singing it simultaneously, because they have all different lyrics including two separate sets for American and UK English. I had that opportunity and kind of just made singing noises along with my comrades because I didn't know anyone's lyrics. 15 years later, I'm still a communist and I still don't know the lyrics

I know lol

Isn't that point of the song?

*liberal, because "non-political" just means default, like how one might think of supporting slavery as a neutral position during monarchist rule. The libshits are very much being political in their adherence to purging any meaning from radical media.

Please do leave a list, tovarish

@@Ewr42 can't give a list right off the bat, but two children's song Звездопад and Этот большой мир carry messages like "only the one who's burning is right, the one flying to humans like a shooting star" and "if I forget anything, the stars won't accept us" respectively.

How many times have you seen BoogalooBoy1776? I’ve seen him more times than I can count

Pete Seeger is probably one of the best political musicians out there, to be fair

What they forgot to kill went on to organize.

lol conservatives trying to explain that this song is "aesthetics bad" when the whole song is preaching why communist music aesthetics are more appealing than fascist uniform unity and capitalist monotony.

@@c0llegeboard439 I agree that the conservatives are dumb, but lets be real: it's communism that causes monotony. In the soviet union artists were brutally punished for creating anything that wasn't strictly part of the narrow range of allowed art: the "socialist realism" genre was forced on them the same way that the Nazis forced "fascist realism", both under penalty of death. "Uniform unity" is absolutely an element of communism. Capitalism's only concern is whether something makes money. They Will Be Giants make money. Weird, experimental music makes money. Capitalism creates an incredible variety of music BECAUSE it's all capable of generating profit. The record labels also manufacture a lot of generic pop shit, but hey, variety is the spice of life. Under capitalism there's a little something for everyone.

@@peacemaster8117 "it's communism that causes monotony. In the soviet union artists were brutally punished for creating anything that wasn't strictly part of the narrow range of allowed art: the "socialist realism" genre was forced on" okay buddy then explain how the Soviet Union produced the best weed on the planet. destroyed.

@@peacemaster8117 the soviet unionism was literally just state capitalism. Communism is a stateless classless society and the soviet union is a bad representation of that. In fact the communist elements they had is not what gave them issues, it was the capitalist elements that remained which were the faults of their system.

@@venusmono7449 They produced a lot of hemp, cannabis was illegal.

Erik Peterson. 'Nuff said.

@Hugh Mungus Ah, nice. I could see that.

How is modern punk anywhere near good?

James Kowanko folk punk, crust, hardcore. Diversify your interests bruh

Modern Hardcore punk is not only somehow less listenable than metal-core, It's also the most fraudulent movement turning a movement of liberation into that of conformity where if one wanted to be accepted in it one would have to have or learn to accept the same socialist or anarchist politics, same outlook on life, same hair and fashion style, as well as same music taste. Back when punk was punk people with as broad musical and personal styles and beliefs as Patti Smith and Johnny Thunders could share a musical movement. Now, even if the music is okay the mere labeling of itself as punk makes it an insult to the excellent music from the 70's and early 80's. Green day and blink 182 have far more of a right to call themselves punk than those faggots. I didn't folk punk was a thing I probably gonna have to check that out I like folk and punk.

Well the culture war is already underway so why not join in the fun

@Hyrum Wood ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U06jlgpMtQs.html BEHOLD, FOOL

@Hyrum Wood (citation needed). Watch too much Fox news eh?

Hyrum Wood mate there was a huge soviet disco scene it wasn’t illegal lmao

Hyrum Wood That has nothing to to with an economic system that has to do with the government which was very similar to nazi Germany

Fick dich schweinehund!

@@kaiserproductions1278 lösch dich

"I do read theory, tankie!" **pulls out book about trains**

@@aabb-ev1vh ich fühle Mich nicht danach.

@@kaiserproductions1278 loeschdich.de

Do... Do you know what spunk means?

@@alienbastard55 yes I know what you know it means, the worst thing about the english language is that nearly every word has another meaning that's changed over time, now instead of talking about meaning let's just have a gay time listening to the communist manifesto

@@swordsimkid23 i'm already as gay and communist as it goes

Wayne Rocha lmao

The Red Army Choir is the best!

meanwhile is righting a comment calling others stupid.

Jake Sangria what kind of "benefits" lol

@Jake Sangria a lot man, I'm from a former USSR country and communism has greatly helped almost every country it has been tried in

@Jake Sangria I'm not lul

Jake Sangria why would it matter if we benefited from capitalism. we can still change the system even if it’s good.

Feeling cool, you?

Still listen to this almost every day!

Communistic. I mean, Comcastic. I'm Comcastunistic, thanks for asking.

@@bunkerhillstudios3382 will I have to send you to the committee, you know what McCarthy does with people like you, darn commies, wanting flavorful ayn sandwiches

Yes, there were some fine selections from the USSR, but capitalist societies have the best music by far, no question.

@@kemalbilmez9897 seriously? So if I check your music selection it will be full a music from China, North Korea, or former Soviet states like Kazakhstan? No US, UK, Japan? No Canada, Australia, or the Jamaica?

Both ideologies are have both great and shitty music

@@dataexpunged6491 its almost like your political views dont effect your musical tastes :thinking:

God damnit I was trying to make the one comment in this whole damn section that doesn’t erupt into a comment war

imo- yours is the best part haha!

What?! You're too kind, thank you!

RU-vid fucked it by defaulting to "newest comments"

@@warweasel2832 everyone sorting by newest in yt comments is the fastest way to lose faith in humanity

And unserious

Valentin Lizana God Bless the RU-vid Algorithms

_Politics_

Yeah, they sold their labor in order to make a living, as most people do under capitalism.

if there's anyone who understand communism the most, it's children.

@@GlockenWhale It's my turn on the titty now i need some milk too!

@@TheManWithTheFlan that's... called working

@@processedgrain8685 Yes, selling your labor to make a living is generally called working. That is correct.

It shows people care

Why, HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE MAYBE?

Miffty wait what

@@darthplaceholder3939 I'm not fucking joking.

They also made the hot dog song from that show

@@darthplaceholder3939 its in there album called here comes the 1,2,3

Somehow RU-vid set it to "Newest first" as default.

But they've overcome their shyness, and their calling me your highness!

I mean, they made a song about leaving a party cuz of someone's racist friend. It's always been there.

To be fair not all of The Else was political. The political songs were limited to I'm impressed, the shadow government, and the Mesopotamians

Also “How Can I Sing Like a Girl?” is blatantly feminist, anti gender roles, and pro self expression.

Manufacturing Consent

Art, philosophy, science, ... To live in a neoliberal world is to be passively suicidal.

Explain every video game ever

@@alexelliott5662 Tetris came from the USSR :) The most sold game in the world lol. But seriously, just saying, it could be better.

@@alexelliott5662 Love all those manipulative games designed around squeezing you for money

I don't know if this is funnier in context or out of context.

Now he's been banished to Virginia to deliver TVs to people's front doors for the rest of his days

@@numberq1134 D:

I'm glad in the end that you copped to it, and hope you're proud, just a little bit. 'Cus what I care about is music. And the communists have the music.

Yes.

Miguel Martin Because political repression is not that widespread, you don’t need to fight your enemy if you can divide them. The anti-fascists are the vanguard of Neo-Liberal late stage Capitalism.

Of corse, dude, what I meant is this is about Mc Cartneys USA

I am the first communist here, what I say the song should not be interpreted as a vision of modern politics

@@miguelmartin901 you are certainly not the first communist here

Listen to the Jamacian Reggae version of the internationale. *the communists do have the music.*

che was drippy as fuck

@@pepsiboy1118 fax

It wasn’t Much but Stalin rocked his outfit

Red Guards got drip tho.

can't forget daddy Thomas Sankara

Even in war… there is love

This song doesn't sympathise or even state a viewpoint on communists, fascists or any other ideology it simply says that communist music is good or atleast exists, so if you like the song do you not agree with it?

@@matocian_empire8 I think the songs is pointing out people follow certain ideologies for reasons that aren’t really related to the basis of that ideology. Ex. “I like anarchy because I like wearing bandanas over my face”

@@scardon1940 i agree that this song also focuses on choosing political alignments for arbitrary reasons, but we don't care about the outits or the plutocrats just the communists and their music. So that's what I focused on

@@troy1993 ''I got handed an Ayn Rand Sandwich straight from the Can, it tasted so bland, I asked the lass to pass me a glass of Engels Condition of the working Class. Right away they dragged me to the Comitee to explain my unamerican Activity.'' But yeah good Music is the only Reason to become a Communist. ;^)

Yeah... I think I was just talking out of my ass. I completely lost myself in the aesthetic of the song that I just... missed the point of it. My bad. >H>

an ARK its

UsotheMarshmallow how about being only about how much the communists music is just really good?

@@Foxfady It should be clear by the line 'I don't need a rationale to sing the Internationale' that this track has a deeper meaning than just 'communist music is good'.

@@Foxfady i mean that's true lol, suppose that can be the 3rd meaning lol (one i agree with wholeheartedly)

Great comment, though I’m pretty sure you copied and pasted this from one several months ago. Nice try.

@@christinaandwena8917 I didn't, though I wouldn't be surprised if someone else had the same ideas

I can sing it in French, German, English and my native language.

@@zhess4096 YES ZHESS omg german.. you passed expert mode....

@@AvitalShtap It must be the world's anthem

OK commie

@@vtdemocracy7520 commies ≠ facists