Probably fav video too.
Good trivia question: On which album does this song appear?
On this by-the-books pop soundtrack hodgepodge, the sole highlights are a mediocre R.E.M. outtake and "Soul to Squeeze," The Red Hot Chili Peppers' rewrite of "Under the Bridge."
Interesting techie article here
Brown M&Ms from Van Halen on Vimeo.
It has a website and everything... I think it might be a comedy. Only explanation.
They actually carry a copy of this at the Toronto Public Library. Now this is a gravy train I can get behind. And don't feel guilty about putting it on hold for pickup at your local branch. Here's the thing: you've already paid for it.
And it is definitely worth it.
St. Vincent "Cheerleader" from Hiro Murai on Vimeo.
Also, check out the title track from her latest album, "Strange Mercy"... listen to about 1:37 and tell me that doesn't kind of sound like the dungeon music from Zelda: Link to the Past.
It's pretty clever:
The thing that bugs me about these videos is that they set it up to make it look like they're playing it "live" in front of the camera. Not that it should be a big surprise or anything, but they're not. They're playing to a backing track. The vocals sound too clean and the mic placement doesn't match the tone of the voices.
As for the song itself... meh. I have no problem with gimmicks or goofy songs, but there's no wink or nudge with anything this band does, it's all so earnest. They're all very talented musicians though, I'll give them that.
It's a pretty clever spot. My guess is that for the audio they would record each dog individually and pitch correct it with Melodyne. That would have been an interesting couple of days in the studio...
So it's an ad for an ad. Super Bowl Sunday ads are so big that they are spilling out beyond the actual broadcast day, interesting.