Why does Triangle Man hate everyone?

[aphex]

He hates Particle Man and Person Man, why?

I can understand why Person Man is pissed, he got hit on the head with a frying pan. But why is Triangle Man pissed?

 

[monk3y]

What are you talking about again?

 

[PunDogg]

Originally posted by: InstincT
What are you talking about again?

 

[iamwiz82]

I've never really thought that deeply about TMBG lyrics. My brain gets full really fast.

 

[Subzero]

Originally posted by: PunDogg

Originally posted by: InstincT
What are you talking about again?

I doubt he / she knows ...

:laugh:

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: PunDogg

Originally posted by: InstincT
What are you talking about again?

 

[oniq]

Originally posted by: SubZero

Originally posted by: PunDogg

Originally posted by: InstincT
What are you talking about again?

I doubt he / she knows ...

:laugh:

aphex is shemale!?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: oniq

Originally posted by: SubZero

Originally posted by: PunDogg

Originally posted by: InstincT
What are you talking about again?

I doubt he / she knows ...

:laugh:

aphex is shemale!?

*gasp* Last time i checked i wasnt...

 

[ElFenix]

what about universe man?

 

[kmac1914]

because he's Triangle Man. Duh.

On a side note, this gets a :thumbsup: from me just because i thought i was the only one who remembered that particular episode!

 

[godmare]

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
what about universe man?

He has a watch with a millenium hand and an eon hand.

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: PunDogg

Originally posted by: InstincT
What are you talking about again?

Particle Man by They Might Be Giants:

Particle man, particle man
Doing the things a particle can
What's he like? It's not important
Particle man

Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man

Triangle man, Triangle man
Triangle man hates particle man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle man

Universe man, Universe man
Size of the entire universe man
Usually kind to smaller man
Universe man

He's got a watch with a minute hand,
Millenium hand and an eon hand
When they meet it's a happy land
Powerful man, universe man

Person man, person man
Hit on the head with a frying pan
Lives his life in a garbage can
Person man

Is he depressed or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with person man?
Degraded man, person man

Triangle man, triangle man
Triangle man hates person man
They have a fight, triangle wins
Triangle man

 

[Isshinryu]

Because of you and your racist friend.

 

[MichaelD]

I like pie. Pie is gooooooooooooooood. Pie, pie pie!!!!

Funkiest music EVAR. pie.

 

[sobriquet]

Originally posted by: Isshinryu
Because of you and your racist friend.

Don't forget the blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Seriously, if I recall correctly they're singing about different kinds of scientists (physicist, astrophysicist, etc.) but I've long forgotten what kind of scientist triangle man is -- newtonian physicist?

I was reminded watching that Nova string theory series that Einstein didn't "get" or fully accept quantum physics, so his generation could be triangle man.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: sobriquet

Originally posted by: Isshinryu
Because of you and your racist friend.

Don't forget the blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you.

Seriously one of the best songs ever.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Seriously, if I recall correctly they're singing about different kinds of scientists (physicist, astrophysicist, etc.) but I've long forgotten what kind of scientist triangle man is -- newtonian physicist?

I was reminded watching that Nova string theory series that Einstein didn't "get" or fully accept quantum physics, so his generation could be triangle man.

nope.
like most other tmbg songs, they just singing to sing, baby.
some of their songs have super-intense meanings, others belong to the school of words = sounds = more music.

 

[coolred]

Yeah but heres the real story.

Triangle is always trying to mess with the little guy. I mean particle man is at a huge size disadvantage to triangle man, not to mention particle man is wet from being underwater.

Then theres person man, a more even size match, but person man just got hit on the head with a frying pan.

Notice though, triangle man never attempts to mess with universe man. Cause he knows that if he messes with him he will come out of the fight cirlce man, and that would just make him gay.

 

[DaveSimmons]

next you're going to tell me "Dead" isn't an exposition of the Buddhist view that a soul grows and learns through reincarnation

My Giants Book of Philosophy is getting it all wrong

Time to go buy a purple toupee.

 

[ViRGE]

Ahh, I remember when I first heard that song, it was on an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures. Poor Plucky, he had to be Particle Man.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
next you're going to tell me "Dead" isn't an exposition of the Buddhist view that a soul grows and learns through reincarnation

My Giants Book of Philosophy is getting it all wrong

Time to go buy a purple toupee.

dude.
the fans put SOOO much more work into it than they do.
go read their interviews and watch their documentary.

edit: yes, the concepts are there in abstract forms. but...not the very specific ways the fans make them.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: PatboyX

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
next you're going to tell me "Dead" isn't an exposition of the Buddhist view that a soul grows and learns through reincarnation

My Giants Book of Philosophy is getting it all wrong

Time to go buy a purple toupee.

dude.
the fans put SOOO much more work into it than they do.
go read their interviews and watch their documentary.

edit: yes, the concepts are there in abstract forms. but...not the very specific ways the fans make them.

I was kidding about that one. I have all the TMBG studio releases but I'm not enough of a fan to spend time researching the meanings or the guys themselves.

They are smart guys though, so even if they were consciously just assembling nonsense for "particle man" (and "dead") they might have had some Deep Thoughts bubbling in the subconscious.

 

[troglodytis]

hey, hovering sombrero