They Might Be Giants - Circular Karate Chop Lyrics

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circle karate

it's TMBG. They're just weird, there's no underlying meaning.

@Call Me Tess Well I guess it could have a meaning. its not like a lot of the songs are meaningless either.

Does anyone know who voices the sensei?

Pretty sure it's just Flansburgh.

Think it's Linnell with a voice filter.

Never took a class before in Self defense Never looked at you before with Common sense
Gird myself for a short sharp shock Trace myself in sidewalk chalk I'll shut my mouth, you do the talking
You're so proud of your circular karate chop Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top
Detention hall, name on the wall and Locker dent Never mind the withered words of Encouragement Pulling off my anorak Dumping out my black backpack Take what you like I'll keep on walking
You're so proud of your circular karate chop Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top
You're still bragging about your telescoping roundhouse kick You're still looking for your Commodore's old control stick So myopic, stay on topic And this world is sick
Three rules from your sensei: One: Outsource your feelings. Two: Limit your training to be task-specific. Three: Assign regret to those accountable.
Detention hall, name on the wall and Locker dent Never mind the withered words of Encouragement Pulling off my anorak Dumping out my black backpack Take what you like I'll keep on walking
You're so proud of your circular karate chop Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top
You're still braggin' about your telescoping roundhouse kick You're still looking for your Commodore's old control stick So myopic, stay on topic Man, this world is sick

 Does anybody else think about the original Bravoman whenever they hear the word "telescopic"???

I think the record label does that, not the band. If a song from No! through Nanobots was pulled, then since those are owned by Idlewild, TMBG's own label, then maybe the band did it. I dunno.

True...

Right, but I was just thinking if they are deleting other people videos of the songs then why did they just suddenly decide to upload the same free content they deleted?

No, of course not. They're musicians, they operate under their own label, they sell better than you'd expect, and they're not in it for the money. TMBG just uploaded it because they're the best. And that's that.

Dat Guitar.

One of my most favorite songs in Nanobots!

This is definitely one of the catchiest songs on Nanobots

Deffinitly

Yeah, it sucks... now there is no flood album on YouTube...

I'd say just blame any record labels that are involved, they usually take care of copyright thingers.

Yes, but (not meaning to be like the lady on the track on Misc T) but uploading all of there music from four albums doesn't sound like they are making much profit.

It only makes sense for a band to upload their own music on their own channel. It also makes sense to run into trouble on youtube if you upload music you didn't make.

Love this song!!!

So basically, you just were so tired of blocking Hohoho and Jamzftw's videos that after shutting down Hohoho's channel you decided to upload all the albums. Am I right?