Same. Linnell is why I am currently divorced. This video made me divorced. Share this video with your friends as an epic divorce prank.

They won't need a crane, just the old man playing bass. That dude was doing it all in this video.

WHY IS LINNELL SO PRETTY HERE ARHJKHKJLHKJHKJSFJKDHL

Billie Eillish: [Breakup songs] They Might Be Giants: *_DIVORCE SONG_*

Dan, Dan and Marty looking sharp

They Might Be The Greatest Band That Ever Lived.

its no longer an uncertainty, these men truly are giants.

I've been listening to this song for about half my life, since middle school, and I only just now became aware of how insanely hot They used to be. Heck I'm roughly the age they were in this video, so maybe that makes perfect sense.

Obsessed with Linnell’s jawline in this video.

They'll need a crane, so do not accidentally bring a heron. Great to see John and John, and the distinguished elderly gentlemen again, this time in HD.

They'll Need A Crane, Ana Ng, Birdhouse and Don't Let's Start are 4 of the best music videos in all of music history and don't need to hide from Sledgehammer, Bohemian Rhapsody or Thriller.

They'll need a crane to get this song out of my head!

So glad I got to see this band with my very best friend before she succumbed to cancer. She thought the were great too

The happiest sad song ever.

They are so handsome.

Decades later it's still a fun song. Lincoln was an amazing album.

this song was special in its place in the catalog, it showed that all this music could be taken more seriously and was being created by people who also had real depth and maturity

he plays bass he rows boat he jumps in time

0:24 he shmoves so effortlessly

this is the one band that i wanna gatekeep but at the same time tell as many people as i can about

The longer I’m married the more sense this song makes to me.

🎶 Love sees love's happiness But happiness can't see that love is sad That love is sad Sadness is hanging there To show love somewhere something needs a change They need a change They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break it's gonna take a metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart, to help him start to see a world apart from pain Lad's gal is all he has Gal's gladness hangs upon the love of lad The love of lad Some things gal says to lad aren't meant as bad But cause a little pain They cause him pain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break it's gonna take a metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart, to help him start to see a world apart from pain Don't call me at work again no no the boss still hates me I'm just tired and I don't love you anymore And there's a restaurant we should check out where The other nightmare people like to go I mean nice people, baby wait, I didn't mean to say nightmare Lad looks at other gals Gal thinks Jim Beam is handsomer than lad He isn't bad Call off the wedding band Nobody wants to hear that one again Play that again They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break it's gonna take a metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart, to help him start to see a world apart from pain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane They'll need a crane 🎶

Fun fact: That’s Sinatra’s drummer

After more than 30 years, this remains one of my favorite songs.

This by far my favourite song from RT games

I wish the whole world could see how talented tmbgs are but then again sometimes it’s like when other people don’t know about them I feel that the songs become much more personal… like it’s being told just to me.

i need them both

I love looking for the little details in this video, like the old man guitarist leaping into the air at 0:42. This may be one of the less surreal music videos that TMBG has put out, but it's still an amazing work of atmospheric framing and aesthetically pleasing footage. It's even more magical if you've actually been to that tunnel in Central Park. Love this one so much.

weirdest breakup song ever !! good though,, helping me through a lot currently :)) (also btw theyre both so fine)

Nightmare People... Such mind-bogglingly amazing lyrics!

Happy anniversary, Lincoln!

Two seconds into this video I got serious "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" vibes. IMDB director. Adam Bernstein directed 3 episodes, 1 from each season.

I wonder if they picked this filming location because of the visual similarities it shares with a lot of old parks in Massachusetts, or if that's just a coincidence.

things, I wish I realised during Covid Lockdown: TMBG reuploading the old catalogs because they are champs with art to share with the world

This touches all of the feels while going through the slow dissolution of a relationship... TMBG is brilliant at capturing emotions in short vignettes

Didn't hear this one when I was younger. Damned fine song.

i love JLs little dance in this

...I need to put all my old TMBG albums back on my phone.

I love how John is the Shawn to John's Gus

This is one of my favorite songs by them

Congrats on Lincoln's 35th anniversary. You looked so young back then. Were the other musicians in the video foreshadowing this day?

Such a good video. The keyboard player looks like he would have a nickname like “Fast Eddy”

1:27 has always been my favorite shot in this music vid

They might be giants, I have been a fan since I was young thanks to my pops, THANK YOU fro uploading these music videos these days. KEEP them coming.

Still one of my all-time favorite TMBG songs. Love the video too

Young Linnell could get it

Your songs are so awsome i love all of them

love that theyre a lot more than they seem to most people. love this song. tmbg.

Funny to think that the Johns are the old men now

Love sees love's happiness But happiness can't see that love is sad That love is sad Sadness is hanging there To show love somewhere something needs a change They need a change They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break it's gonna take a metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart, to help him start to see a world apart from pain Lad's gal is all he has Gal's gladness hangs upon the love of lad The love of lad Some things gal says to lad aren't meant as bad But cause a little pain They cause him pain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break it's gonna take a metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart, to help him start to see a world apart from pain Don't call me at work again no no the boss still hates me I'm just tired and I don't love you anymore And there's a restaurant we should check out where The other nightmare people like to go I mean nice people, baby wait, I didn't mean to say nightmare Lad looks at other gals Gal thinks Jim Beam is handsomer than lad He isn't bad Call off the wedding band Nobody wants to hear that one again Play that again They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break it's gonna take a metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart, to help him start to see a world apart from pain They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane They'll need a crane

I love that Central Park tunnel

So this is a happy sounding song with sad lyrics singed by a slender, quirky guy. I'm impressed that this is not a tumblr anthem yet. Edit: ok while not a Tumblr anthem they are very popular there

"Lincoln° is an abolute classic, and this one is probably my favourite.

It might turn in to they'll need a cane

I imagine it must have been a little challenging for the camera operators to follow the boats, especially with Flans playing guitar.

Christ. What a melancholic and beautiful song about divorce. I have no idea why but the music video, even if it doesn't imply much about the theme, seems eerily unfitting. Almost as if they were to contrast the lyrics. The "I didn't mean to say nightmare" part in particular.

This is good music to chill with

Never gets old

Excellent video, Instant 5 stars, 30 rock guy is good guy.

I love divorce

"Ramming speed!"

don't quite know how to put this without it sounding rude, but John Linnell looks so British in this.

2:27 Flood reference?

This is better quality than the VHS I bought from Rocking Horse in Brisbane in 1990.

Love sees love's happiness But happiness can't see that love is sad That love is sad Sadness is hanging there To show love somewhere something needs a change They need a change They'll need a crane They'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break It's gonna take A metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane They'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart To help him start To see a world apart from pain Lad's gal is all he has Gal's gladness hangs upon the love of lad The love of lad Some things gal says to lad Aren't meant as bad but cause a little pain They cause him pain They'll need a crane They'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break It's gonna take A metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane They'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart To help him start To see a world apart from pain Don't call me at work again No, no, the boss still hates me I'm just tired and I don't love you anymore And there's a restaurant we should check out Where the other nightmare people like to go I mean nice people-baby wait, I didn't mean to say nightmare Lad looks at other gals Gal thinks Jim Beam is handsomer than lad He isn't bad Call off the wedding band Nobody wants to hear that one again Play that again They'll need a crane They'll need a crane To take the house he built for her apart To make it break It's gonna take A metal ball hung from a chain They'll need a crane They'll need a crane To pick the broken ruins up again To mend her heart To help him start To see a world apart from pain They'll need a crane They'll need a crane They'll need a crane They'll need a crane They'll need a crane They'll need a crane They'll need a crane They'll need a crane They'll need a crane

Nice

They'll need crane, They'll need crane, To make a song similar to Lucky ball and chain, Ball and chain, Not stylistically, of course, o-of course, o-of course, but topic-wise, topic-wise Yes, this came out before LB&C, but I forgot when I wrote this :/

Ohh. These old guys are probably passed on

1:37

I am the crane.

my breakup song lol

up there with residents and primus

0:43

All these people are old now.

Dear "They Might Be Giants" can you please put captions on your videos for kids. The captions help English Language Learners and kids learning to read. Thanks. A Teacher.

omg flansy here is so 🥹🥹🥹🥺🥺🥹🥺🥺🥹😍the family in my basement wants to be freed

is that the same boat from the cover of flood?

Nice video quality, but too bad about the sync issues... You could fix that easily and reupload before this gets lots of views! (The video is a few frames behind the audio)

I'm a fan, and I looooove this song, but I want to hear it without manic/harsh synth sounds, and with instrumentation and arrangement that really brings it out, you know? Or maybe I'm totally wrong. I just watched the documentary "Gigantic", and maybe that's the charm? Happy about sadness?

Karen took the kids. Wait. They never had kids. And this is about John's pare-

They'll need Ukraine 🎵🎶

What a strange and strangely affecting video...!

Sounds like Barnicle Boy sang this! 😅

Who are the backing musicians?

i actually got to see where they filmed this! my birthday was pretty recent (may 1) and i went to nyc with my dad and we went to bethesda terrace! it was really cool and there were turtles in the lake they rowed boats in! i couldn’t stop freaking out about that lake because it was so unreal to see irl

I wonder if they are as old now as those backing guys were then?

Gonna be honest, the 449 likes and 1 dislike are driving me crazy.

They'll need Ukraine.

David sent me

This song sounds like it belongs on flood

This might be the last song I ever hear as I contemplate suicide. It took a crane. And I was the damn operator.

A devastatingly sad song. Whoever directed this beige video clearly didn’t get it.

This song is amazing and sad af. This VIDEO is mediocre at best...

Not quirky. Spastic.

Oh no; this song is terrible…

Anyone else think Glenn Howerton could have played John Linnell in a TMBG biopic?