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T-Shirt and Jeans - A Song

2011-11-14 · song · Hank · 3:53 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Everyday life · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, self promotion, recurring series

In a Song Wednesday song, Hank explains he wears T-shirt and jeans because clothes should say little about him: to know him you have to talk to him, and rebel uniforms and subcultural shortcuts are always incomplete.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting; it is Song Wednesday; 'that's not a chord'; the song is about his outfit

00:00:14 — Song 'T-Shirt and Jeans': the store visit that gave him his uniform; why jeans and T-shirts; clothes say little about who he is; rebel uniforms and subcultural shortcuts

  • ★★★ In the song, Hank says his T-shirt and jeans don't mean anything: he tries not to say much with his clothes, so people must talk to him to find out who he is. (playful) — 00:00:54 · also in: T-Shirt and Jeans and TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

    “I try not to say too much just with my clothes”

  • ★★ Hank sings that jeans are durable and comfortable, and that he likes shirts with unironic images of things he likes. (playful) — 00:01:13

  • ★★★ Hank sings that what he loves most about his wardrobe is that it reveals little, not even whether he is a thousandaire or a billionaire; he wants to speak with his mouth, not his clothes. (playful) — 00:01:33 · also in: T-Shirt and Jeans and TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

    “I want to tell you with my mouth not with the clothes I wear”

  • ★★★ Hank sings that he finds it odd that rebels put on uniforms, like eyeliner or factory pre-torn fancy pants. (playful) — 00:01:57 · also in: T-Shirt and Jeans and TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

  • ★★★ Hank sings that it is easy to assume a guy must be a certain way because he dresses offbeat; a subcultural shortcut may be what he wants, but it is always incomplete. (playful) — 00:02:07 · also in: T-Shirt and Jeans and TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

00:02:56 — Thanks John for encouraging a song video and Jessalyn for rescuing him from the shirts; he will do music on vlogbrothers when he feels like it; Ellen Hardcastle for sale

  • ★★ Hank thanks John for encouraging him to make a song video; it has been a long time since he just sat and played guitar, and he doesn't always need big music videos. — 00:02:56
  • ★ Hank thanks his friend Jessalyn for rescuing him when he got stuck inside the shirts he was wearing. (playful) — 00:03:11
  • ★★ Hank says that despite nerdfighters who think his music belongs on other channels, he will do music on vlogbrothers when he feels like it. — 00:03:20 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Hank shows his most recent album, Ellen Hardcastle, for sale via a link below; the new song isn't on it because he just wrote it. — 00:03:28

00:03:37 — Thanks John for the Bank of Nerdfighteria annual report; sign-off; who is coming to HankGames tomorrow

  • ★★ Hank thanks John for eloquently presenting the annual report of the Bank of Nerdfighteria and says to keep it up. — 00:03:37 · Bank of Nerdfighteria
  • ★ Hank teases who is coming to HankGames tomorrow ('Stabby Stab'). (playful) — 00:03:47 · HankGames

In the description and comments

  • ★★ In the description, Hank says he agrees with the song's perspective, but not completely. (hedged) — video description

Humor (significant)

  • Listing the life milestones he passed in his T-shirt-and-jeans uniform. — 00:00:46

    “when I touched my first boob and the first time I read Thoreau”

  • Praising jeans in the song. — 00:01:16

    “they're pants made out of plants so it's hard to argue they're unethical”

  • His wardrobe hides what lies beneath. — 00:01:42

    “you would never know if I'm a thousandaire or a billionaire”

  • On rebels who dress in uniforms. — 00:01:57

    “fancy pants that come factory pre-torn”

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Mentioned

Central: T-Shirt and Jeans

Also: Bank of Nerdfighteria · Ellen Hardcastle · HankGames · Song Wednesday · stereotype

Only in the description or credits: Jessalyn

Also centred on T-Shirt and Jeans: T-Shirt and Jeans and TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

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