Direct from Brooklyn
1999 American film
- April 27, 1999 (1999-04-27) (VHS)
- February 18, 2003 (2003-02-18) (DVD)
Running time
44 minutes (DVD)
Direct from Brooklyn is a compilation of music videos by American alternative rock group They Might Be Giants. It was released on VHS in 1999 and DVD in 2003. The title refers to the home of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, founding members of the band. Many of the music videos were filmed in Brooklyn and other parts of New York City.[1][2]
Video listing
The music videos run in reverse chronological order, from "Doctor Worm" (1999) to "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" (1986) with the exception of the last two videos, which are from 1990.
- "Doctor Worm"
- "Snail Shell"
- "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)"
- "The Statue Got Me High"
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (video 1)
- "Birdhouse In Your Soul"
- "They'll Need A Crane"
- "Purple Toupee"
- "Ana Ng"
- "(She Was A) Hotel Detective"
- "Don't Let's Start"
- "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head"
- "Particle Man"
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (video 2)
- Notes
- The videos for "Particle Man" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" are the animated videos from Tiny Toon Adventures. The first "Istanbul" video is an official animated video commissioned by Elektra Records.
- The DVD includes commentary for each video, with the exception of "Snail Shell", the commentary track of which is the improvised song "Complete Paranoia".[2]
- The version of "Don't Let's Start" in the music video is the mix from the "Don't Let's Start" single.[3]
DVD bonus tracks
Video
- Why Does The Sun Shine? (live from the 2002 tour)
Audio tracks
- All MacGyver On It
- Your Mom's Alright
- Man, It's So Loud in Here (Hot 2002 Remix)
- Notes
- "All MacGyver On It" and "Your Mom's Alright" were previously only available on foreign copies of Mink Car.[4]
References
- ^ Gigantic (A Tale Of Two Johns), dir. AJ Schnack. 2003.
- ^ a b Direct From Brooklyn DVD commentary.
- ^ "Don't Let's Start" single liner notes.
- ^ They Might Be Giants 23 April 2003 electronic newsletter. Archived here. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
External links
- Direct from Brooklyn at This Might Be A Wiki
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- John Flansburgh
- John Linnell
- Dan Miller
- Danny Weinkauf
- Marty Beller
- Hal Cragin
- Brian Doherty
- Jonathan Feinberg
- Dan Hickey
- Kurt Hoffman
- Graham Maby
- Tony Maimone
- Eric Schermerhorn
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- Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) (1993)
- Back to Skull (1994)
- Working Undercover for the Man (2000)
- They Might Be Giants In... Holidayland (2001)
- Bed, Bed, Bed (2003)
- Indestructible Object (2004)
- The Spine Surfs Alone (2004)
- "Don't Let's Start"
- "(She Was A) Hotel Detective"
- "Ana Ng"
- "They'll Need a Crane"
- "Purple Toupee"
- "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
- "The Statue Got Me High"
- "I Palindrome I"
- "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)"
- "O Tannenbaum"
- "Snail Shell"
- "S-E-X-X-Y"
- "Doctor Worm"
- "Boss of Me"
- "Man, It's So Loud in Here"
- "Experimental Film"
- "I'm Impressed"
- "Can't Keep Johnny Down"
- "You're on Fire"
- "Super Cool"
- "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head"
- "Particle Man"
- "James K. Polk"
- Live!! New York City 10/14/94 (1994)
- Severe Tire Damage (1998)
- Live (1999)
- The Spine Hits the Road (2004)
- Almanac (2004)
- Venue Songs (2004)
- First Album Live! (2014)
- Flood Live in Australia (2015)
- Live in Brooklyn (2016)
- Don't Let's Start (1989)
- Miscellaneous T (1991)
- Then: The Earlier Years (1997)
- Best of the Early Years (1999)
- They Got Lost (2002)
- Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants (2002)
- A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (2005)
- Venue Songs DVD/CD (2005)
- Album Raises New and Troubling Questions (2011)
- Idlewild (2014)
- Direct from Brooklyn (1999)
- Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2003)
- Here Come the ABCs (2005)
- Venue Songs DVD/CD (2005)
- Here Come the 123s (2008)
- Here Comes Science (2009)
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