Rabid Child (partially found They Might Be Giants music video; 1985)

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Screenshot from the music video

Status: Partially Found


They Might Be Giants is a rock band which first debuted in 1982. Despite their struggle to fame, the band became a cult classic following tracks on their self-titled and second album They Might Be Giants. Among these tracks was the track "Rabid Child," a relatively short song compared to the others on that album.

Music Video

A music video for "Rabid Child" was recorded at an unknown date. The music video consisted of John Flansburgh, one of the main band members and vocal for "Rabid Child," singing into a camera and hugging unto a wall. It also featured some of the other band members standing around wearing masks and John Linnell, the other main band member, in the back wearing a 'carpet hat' playing the accordion.

The music video was recorded in Flansburgh's apartment with a cheap video camera.

Availability

The music video, while not released in full, had a couple seconds of it shown in the documentary about the band Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns. The clip was only included as a compromise with producer Aj Schnack after he tried to fight to get the music video included as a bonus feature on this documentary's disc.

"I promised fans that I would ask John and John about including the full piece and I was quickly (but politely) laughed out of the room (or would have been if we had been in the same room)."

Video

Only video of the missing music video.

Reference

Information on the music video and song Retrieved 18 Feb '18