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Thunderbirds Are Coming Out
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| "Thunderbirds Are Coming Out" | ||
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| Single by TISM | ||
| from the album www.tism.wanker.com | ||
| B-side(s) | Untz (Original Version) I Go Off |
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| Released | October 9, 1998 | |
| Format | CD Single | |
| Recorded | ??, 1998 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | ??:?? | |
| Label | Shock/genre b.goode | |
| Writer(s) | TISM/J. Pearson | |
| Producer(s) | ? | |
| TISM singles chronology | ||
| Whatareya? (1998) |
Thunderbirds Are Coming Out (1998) |
If You're Not Famous At Fourteen, You're Finished (2001) |
Thunderbirds Are Coming Out is the name of a single by TISM. It was released off www.tism.wanker.com and featured memorable video clip of 30 bands (plus TISM) all playing the song. We view them one at a time by use of a dolly shot and at the end, we see TISM who stand around and don't play anything, due to the song having been finished by the time they appear.
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Lyrically, the song deals with a troubled teenager who rebels against his (or her) parents and "sit[s] for hours all alone, without an opinion to call my own". Eventually the teenager sees The Thunderbirds on television and is impressed. The teen is inspired by their appearance, stating "there's less to them than meets the eye" and from there joins various social cliques and adheres to norms of teenage life - in a sense giving up individuality, but yet transcending to the next level of teenage life.
The video for Thunderbirds are Coming Out was directed by Craig Melville and actually contained 30 Australian bands - 31 including TISM - performing live, including Klinger, Mach Pelican, Blood Duster and 28 Days. A single, unedited camera tracking shot showed each band performing the song until the very end of the song when TISM appear masked. At this point, the song ends and TISM do not get to play any of the song.
Here is a list of all the bands which appeared in the video.
- Snubrocket
- The Sex Bombs
- Piffen Yonnies
- Dynamo & the Hornosexuals
- Fee Foe Fum
- Blood Duster
- Acetylene
- Funk X-Plosion
- Big Marble E-Fect
- Westgarth
- Busy Fingers
- GIT
- Cyclone Tracey
- Libido in a Bottle
- The Shine
- 28 Days
- Ringwood Secondary College Choir & Orchestra
- Webster
- Where's Bec?
- Fatty Cramps
- Klinger
- Hyperno Way
- New Waves
- Ruby Doomsday
- Zoot Ax
- Tiltmeter
- 20 Minutes
- Phone Sex Radio
- Guanomite
- Mach Pelican
- TISM
- According to director Craig Melville, Blair McDonough of Neighbours and Big Brother Australia fame appears in the video. [1]
- The remix appearing on the CD single of this song was used as the theme song to BackBerner.
- "Thunderbirds Are Coming Out (5! 4! 3! 2! 1! Mix)"
- "Untz (Original Version)"
- "I Go Off"
- Bands in TISM's "Thunderbirds are Coming Out" Video
- Thunderbirds Are Coming Out video clip
- Thunderbirds Are Coming Out at the Music Video Database