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May 11, 2005

New Kidz Bop: 'Since U Been Gone' Video

The Kidz Bop version of "Float On" was a minor blog sensation a few months back. Ultra revealed the tracklist for the forthcoming Volume 8. It includes Franz, U2, and Green Day along with the usual (TRL) suspects.

I begged Sarah to let me post this first. It's the video for Kidz Bop's "Since U Been Gone." Click to watch (.mov).

Don't hate. You know you love it. Animal Collective and Flaming Lips fans will dig the costumes.

PREVIOUSLY: Kelly Clarkson: "What's a blog?"

UPDATE: Thanks reader Jeffrey for the awesome screengrab...

Posted at 5:48 PM
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74 Comments

that animated gator is cute

Posted by: max at 05/11/05 5:54 PM | Reply
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f

Posted by: Chase at 05/11/05 5:56 PM | Reply
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Well THAT was life changing!

Posted by: Brendan at 05/11/05 5:59 PM | Reply
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HOLY COW! That's one of the most joycore things I've ever seen in my life.

Posted by: Matthew at 05/11/05 6:05 PM | Reply
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Those kids in the audience now know just what to do at a Hitler Youth rally.

Posted by: esque at 05/11/05 6:17 PM | Reply
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walrus can really do it on the drums, no?

Posted by: jb at 05/11/05 6:27 PM | Reply
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now i remember why i love music

Posted by: Amy at 05/11/05 6:28 PM | Reply
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WOW.

That was All Kinds Of Awesome.

That grrl is gonna have the best story to tell when she's older.

Posted by: kidzrock at 05/11/05 6:37 PM | Reply
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Do you think the kidz will sing the "i can DO your girlfriends" line from Rob Thomas's "Lonely no more"? if so, thats just all sorts of wrong.

Are these record execs deaf??

Posted by: Courtney at 05/11/05 6:37 PM | Reply
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Dude, it's "Open up to me/Like you do your girlfriends."

Off topic, but still. Rob is talking about "doing" multiple women.

Posted by: Anna at 05/11/05 7:01 PM | Reply
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Ack... "isn't". My bad.

Posted by: Anna at 05/11/05 7:02 PM | Reply
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Worth it if just for the backing band of animals. But a question arises: Just where exactly is this video intended to be shown, and for whom?

Posted by: troy steele at 05/11/05 7:08 PM | Reply
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*shudders to think of Rob doing anyone*

Posted by: N at 05/11/05 7:33 PM | Reply
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I hate these blasted Kids Bop craps

Posted by: cashew at 05/11/05 7:42 PM | Reply
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Whatever happened to rock and roll?

Posted by: Ack at 05/11/05 7:43 PM | Reply
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Where are the negroes?

Posted by: Allan at 05/11/05 8:02 PM | Reply
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10 year old sarah gives 35 year sarah permission to like this one.

Posted by: Sarah at 05/11/05 8:12 PM | Reply
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That asian kid in the audience is so effing the coolest thing I've ever seen.

Posted by: buzz at 05/11/05 8:24 PM | Reply
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i love this. so much. i really want to believe that there are little concerts like this with little kids jumping up and down.

this really made my day.

Posted by: robot mark at 05/11/05 8:30 PM | Reply
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this reminds me of going to shows at the Hi-Tone in Memphis - but eh - I'm old.

Posted by: Rachel at 05/11/05 8:30 PM | Reply
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that was fabulous!!

Posted by: christine at 05/11/05 8:54 PM | Reply
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That is the greatest thing ever!

Posted by: elle at 05/11/05 9:28 PM | Reply
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Makes me wish I was a kid again.......worry about making silly videos of fav songs without worrying about how to pay the elec bill to power it all. That was so cute. Gotta admit- gives me ideas for entertainment for my kids........

Posted by: Melissa at 05/11/05 9:44 PM | Reply
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Considering they run commercials for Kidz Bop late at night, I'm guessing there's a huge stoner audience for the stuff.

Anyhoo, that's some awesome shit.

Posted by: toyochin at 05/11/05 10:09 PM | Reply
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When the zz-top/walrus drummer got his closeup my heart exploded with joy. Two other thoughts: when i saw the boy take off the lens cap (the beginning) i thought it was that Aiysha video; and 2, the cut-and-paste intro was quality.

Posted by: 088b at 05/11/05 10:10 PM | Reply
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i laughed so hard i choked.

Posted by: sham at 05/11/05 10:44 PM | Reply
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Buzz had it right. The Asian kid rockin' out after the Tiger did its cheerleading jump was the best. He's a mini William Hung.

Posted by: Moses at 05/11/05 10:54 PM | Reply
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Glad I'm not the only person that loved the Asian kid - by the way, he's making his "o-face" at 2:37. it's fantastic.

Posted by: brooks at 05/11/05 11:00 PM | Reply
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Anybody else notice the fat kid who resembles Dracula near the end?

Posted by: carlie at 05/12/05 12:03 AM | Reply
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Blah! I thought that screengrab was Batboy for a second.

Posted by: ruxquiero at 05/12/05 12:20 AM | Reply
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I would be so happy if all videos were exactly like this.

Posted by: rockin' tiger at 05/12/05 12:28 AM | Reply
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--Those kids in the audience now know just what to do at a Hitler Youth rally.--

Exactly what I was thinking.

Posted by: catherine at 05/12/05 1:03 AM | Reply
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Now that's a lot of furries!

Posted by: Isaac B2 at 05/12/05 1:07 AM | Reply
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That was genius. These guys at Wormseye films are my new heroes. Looks like they've done videos for Stellastar* and Jill Sobule. Not that this means anything. Their movie is pretty funny http://www.wormseyefilms.com/quicktimes/magic_hour_exc.mov

Posted by: [hifidigitalboy] at 05/12/05 1:18 AM | Reply
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Speechless.

For the first time in years... I have reason to get out of bed in the morning.

Thank you.

Posted by: Chris at 05/12/05 1:23 AM | Reply
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That chick is bangin'

Posted by: r kelly at 05/12/05 2:00 AM | Reply
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i'd love to be able to say that i was once a drumming walrus in a music video.

Posted by: jams at 05/12/05 3:41 AM | Reply
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i'd love to see them do a cover of liz phair's "blowjob queen"...

Posted by: peter at 05/12/05 9:18 AM | Reply
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so I actually really enjoyed the video...

that video was 10 times better then that Crap video "Candy Shop" 50-Cent did...

Posted by: jfantastic at 05/12/05 10:04 AM | Reply
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This has reached new levels of awesomeness.

Posted by: Bribo at 05/12/05 10:05 AM | Reply
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Quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever...wait, this just in...

YES. That is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

I want Gator on bass in my band.

Posted by: Billy K at 05/12/05 10:36 AM | Reply
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Damn, that I didn't realize at first that the little asian kid was a kid. I thought it was William Hung spazin out.

Posted by: Dan at 05/12/05 10:37 AM | Reply
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loves it! the screengrab reminds me in a weird way of thom yorke. and what's with the freaky zebra at the end? i'd say it's totally random, but really, what isn't in this video.

Posted by: yennyfair at 05/12/05 10:39 AM | Reply
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I've had the worst week. But, golly geee, that little video actually made me cry with its cuteness.

Posted by: anoush at 05/12/05 10:42 AM | Reply
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don't make Lil' Hung angry. You won't like it when he's angry...

Anybody know where the "Float On" video is?

Posted by: djelvis at 05/12/05 10:42 AM | Reply
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after cracking up, and disturbing the rest of my office in the process, the animal suits got me to thinking: if this is popular with the kiddies, why haven't the Flaming Lips managed to tap the 5-8-year-old market yet? (the stoner market already overlaps the Lips and Kidz Bop, after all.)

Posted by: j. dilla at 05/12/05 11:07 AM | Reply
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Flaming Lips did tap that market: they were on the SPongebob soundtrack. I loved this. I have no idea what Kids Bop is or whatever, but like evryone else, had a blast.

Posted by: SmallWonderRobot at 05/12/05 11:33 AM | Reply
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the link seems to be busted already. i pulled the .mov and put it on my server temporarily.

http://brandspeak.net/brandpub/files/tmp/kb_sybg.mov

everyone should be able to watch and brighten their day!

Posted by: rik at 05/12/05 11:43 AM | Reply
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link is dead.

Posted by: mochajavamama at 05/12/05 11:43 AM | Reply
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I have it mirrored on my site.

Fluxblog

Posted by: Matthew at 05/12/05 1:23 PM | Reply
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err, can't link - www.fluxblog.org

Posted by: Matthew at 05/12/05 1:24 PM | Reply
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Just heard from the director of the vid. Link removed by request of the label. :(

Allegedly it will be posted again soon. Good luck looking for mirrors.

Posted by: stereogum at 05/12/05 3:59 PM | Reply
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thanks for the link rik.
love the dancing tiger.

Posted by: smitty at 05/12/05 4:03 PM | Reply
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the link rik posted works...for now...

Posted by: smitty at 05/12/05 4:05 PM | Reply
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Link's gone bad. Anybody have an alternate? After reading all the comments i've got to see it.

Posted by: Kier at 05/12/05 4:27 PM | Reply
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totally effing awesome and the best. video. EVER.

and hey allan - you might wanna clean your hornrims, as there are definitely 'negroe' children in the crowd, including one boy that gets a cameo shot.
recognize, fool!

Posted by: me at 05/12/05 5:56 PM | Reply
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Remember when all those kids got to dance around with the Arcade Fire for Pancake Mountain at the 9:30 club? "It's a school night and we're out past our bedtime(YEAAAH!!)" Get ready to puke.

http://www.pancakemountain.com/tv.html . That makes me so mad for reasons I cannot begin to explain.

Posted by: drowned_in_milk at 05/12/05 7:56 PM | Reply
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Asian kid animated!

http://oftherecord.org/images/asiankid.gif

(sometimes highlighting text in this board is screwy, so you can just click on "stereogum" below)

Posted by: stereogum at 05/12/05 8:47 PM | Reply
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The QT link is back up. ROCK

Posted by: kidzbop clarkson at 05/13/05 12:02 AM | Reply
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So F'ing good it's ridiculous. Love all the wormseye stuff. That film on their site is amazing.

Posted by: macneil at 05/13/05 12:13 AM | Reply
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stereogum's gettin' a bad habit of biting from other blogs and not giving credit. that's sloppy business. and fluxblog is kinda big enough to have been seen by some of your readers, dontcha think?

Posted by: ano at 05/13/05 12:45 PM | Reply
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Hey Ano, you've got it backwards.

Matty fluxblog got the video link from stereogum (director leaked it to me).

I hate to be all "I posted it first!" but well, I did.

Posted by: stereogum at 05/13/05 1:38 PM | Reply
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that was hilarious, perfect screen grab of that asian kid.

Posted by: dzA at 05/13/05 2:28 PM | Reply
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i think i saw one black kid.
YAY FOR DIVERSITY!

Posted by: jonny at 05/13/05 6:07 PM | Reply
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What's wrong with that Arcade Fire/Pancake Mountain video? I think it's awesome they did that. Shit, if I had kids, I'd rather watch The Arcade Fire with them than Barney or The Wiggles.

I dig The Evens song about vowels. Seeing Ian MacKaye doing kiddie songs is hilarious.

Posted by: Drew at 05/14/05 2:06 PM | Reply
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Why is this video better than anything on Tv? I vote for more kidz bop videos.

Posted by: AJ at 05/15/05 5:52 PM | Reply
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Damn, am I the only one who was thrown back into PBS/Disney Channel/Nickalodean nostalgia with that video? Watching that makes me wanna watch the daytime programming on those networks all over again ^_^

...then again maybe not ...guess the nostalgia worn off already.

Posted by: mtbatol at 09/07/05 4:06 AM | Reply
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This is still my favorite post in the history of stereogum.

Posted by: Jooly at 11/09/05 9:41 AM | Reply
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Ok no affence but retarded its like kelly simgs it then BOOM SINCE YOU BEEN GONE I CANNOT BREATHE FOR THE FIRST TIME IM SO MOVIN ON YEA YEA...... I mean like 16 year old girl
GROW UP! LOL you cant sing ur acting like a retard in front of about 1.5 billion people... I mean use some common sense... All of you guys too GROW UP! ur acting so childish ur being a disgrace to kelly clarkson since you been gone and it makes no sense.. i mean seriously! What the hell was that freaking aniamls doing with the song........ i mean... disgrace .... if u ever do this again i swear i will report ur webpage and ur webs are gonna get ban and if you dont wanna get ban dont do this its plasirising and disgracing songs ur not using copyright

Posted by: jonathan at 11/14/05 6:15 PM | Reply
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I imagine the above commenter is the type of person that can't help but snicker at his own jokes.

Posted by: Mocking Music at 12/20/05 1:23 AM | Reply
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Are you sure 51438 about this?!?

Posted by: Flots Masriach at 10/03/06 5:29 AM | Reply
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Pioneering screenwriter Nigel Kneale, best known for the Quatermass TV serials and films, dies aged 84...

Posted by: Geoffrey Cate at 11/12/06 9:39 AM | Reply
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-- another link with it

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