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*The [[Homestar Runner]] video features many of the H*R characters created by [[The Brothers Chaps|Mike and Matt Chapman]]. Clicking on the text "Directed by Strong Sad & The Cheat" at the beginning of the video loads an audio commentary by the H*R characters. It doesn't have much to do with TMBG lore, but they do refer to Them as "Super Giants," "Supreme Giants," and [[John Flansburgh|"That one right there with the glasses"]], and make continual references to the skull. See the H*R wiki [[HRWiki:Experimental Film|article on this song]]. | *The [[Homestar Runner]] video features many of the H*R characters created by [[The Brothers Chaps|Mike and Matt Chapman]]. Clicking on the text "Directed by Strong Sad & The Cheat" at the beginning of the video loads an audio commentary by the H*R characters. It doesn't have much to do with TMBG lore, but they do refer to Them as "Super Giants," "Supreme Giants," and [[John Flansburgh|"That one right there with the glasses"]], and make continual references to the skull. See the H*R wiki [[HRWiki:Experimental Film|article on this song]]. | ||
*When this song is played live, Flansburgh has a tendency to yell "Guitar!" in a falsetto voice before the solo, reminiscent of Justin Hawkins of {{wp|The Darkness}} in "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". | *When this song is played live, Flansburgh has a tendency to yell "Guitar!" in a falsetto voice before the solo, reminiscent of Justin Hawkins of {{wp|The Darkness}} in "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". | ||
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| + | *In 2021, Damon Blalack of the Miscellaneous T Facebook group discussed the possible inspiration behind the song: | ||
| + | <blockquote> As a young Film student, I’d long-planned to eventually make a feature film inspired in and around the World of TMBG someday, and couldn’t help but mentioning it to John Linnell as an aside, towards the end of a 2001 interview I conducted with him. I tried my best to describe to him what it would be like, to gauge whether it would be a feasible project someday for both Johns to appear in at some point, and described that beyond knowing how it’ll begin and end, that I was still working out the concept for what I hoped could be a mainstream-level experimental film (something akin to early Aronofsky or early Nolan works, but peppier because of the tunes) | ||
| + | Much to my great surprise, a little over a year later the track-listing for The Spine was announced, with a curious single track, Experimental Film, which later to my great shock and glee when I heard the release, contained near verbatim statements from that conversation as the core lyrical structure! | ||
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Revision as of 22:34, 29 March 2022
| song name | Experimental Film |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Selections From The Spine, The Spine, Experimental Film (Promo), TMBG Clock Radio, Venue Songs, Them Ain't Big Eye Ants, Idlewild, 50,000,000 They Might Be Giants Songs Can't Be Wrong |
| year | 2004 |
| first played | January 25, 2004 (161 known performances) |
| run time | 2:56 |
| sung by | John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- The Homestar Runner video features many of the H*R characters created by Mike and Matt Chapman. Clicking on the text "Directed by Strong Sad & The Cheat" at the beginning of the video loads an audio commentary by the H*R characters. It doesn't have much to do with TMBG lore, but they do refer to Them as "Super Giants," "Supreme Giants," and "That one right there with the glasses", and make continual references to the skull. See the H*R wiki article on this song.
- When this song is played live, Flansburgh has a tendency to yell "Guitar!" in a falsetto voice before the solo, reminiscent of Justin Hawkins of The Darkness in "I Believe in a Thing Called Love".
- In 2021, Damon Blalack of the Miscellaneous T Facebook group discussed the possible inspiration behind the song:
As a young Film student, I’d long-planned to eventually make a feature film inspired in and around the World of TMBG someday, and couldn’t help but mentioning it to John Linnell as an aside, towards the end of a 2001 interview I conducted with him. I tried my best to describe to him what it would be like, to gauge whether it would be a feasible project someday for both Johns to appear in at some point, and described that beyond knowing how it’ll begin and end, that I was still working out the concept for what I hoped could be a mainstream-level experimental film (something akin to early Aronofsky or early Nolan works, but peppier because of the tunes)Much to my great surprise, a little over a year later the track-listing for The Spine was announced, with a curious single track, Experimental Film, which later to my great shock and glee when I heard the release, contained near verbatim statements from that conversation as the core lyrical structure!
Song Themes
Bodily Mutilation, Colors, Creative Drought, Denial, Drinking Glasses, Egoism And Pretentiousness, Movies, TV And Movie Themes
Video Themes
Animals, Bodily Mutilation, Criminal Activities, Coffee, Death, Food, Games, I Am, Insects, Money, Presidents, Recycled Material, Skulls, Sports, Time, Transportation
Videos
- Watch it on Homestar Runner
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Experimental Film is currently ranked #20 out of 1035. (291 wikians have given it an average rating of 9.17)
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