La Blogothèque Strong Arm Bloc Party Into A Take Away Show

This is actually a pretty impressive ambush orchestrated by the La Blog folk. The story, which they posted on their site, involves the camera crew tracking Bloc Party down at a bar after the band's secret show in Paris, and proceeding to insist on an impromptu performance for the Take Away Shows. No pressure Kele, just a little one-off song for the twelve of us here in this alley and the rest of the internet in perpetuity as this inevitably gets posted by every blog that's ever followed your music especially since you decided to play "Modern Love" which remains the jam. It's understandable why the band would be hesitant -- they like their delay pedals and tend to stay away from acoustic performances in Parisian alleys with strange French men. The resulting video captures the cajoling perfectly, with Chryde stepping into frame and trying out some of his charm on Okereke. It works. Chryde's a charming one. The song is charming, too.

Still love that one.

Posted at 12:59 PM by amrit in Video
Tags: Bloc Party

14 Comments

that was a lovely ballad, thanks blogotheque for being nosey pricks.

Posted by: holier-than-thou at 10/29/08 1:19 PM | Reply
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ssshhh!

Posted by: whatlofi at 10/29/08 2:02 PM | Reply
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One of my favorite songs! i though for sure it was going to be a new one.

Posted by: Zac at 10/29/08 3:04 PM | Reply
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Yeah, I would pay to see an acoustic take on Ares.

Posted by: buns  in reply to Zac's comment at 10/29/08 6:14 PM | Reply
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Talk about a couple of nice guys to put up with the camara man's incessant requests. And if that weren't enough they actually go with it and play a song for them. I imagine that most people under these same circumstances would just tell this guy to dick off.

Posted by: Sexual Robotics at 10/29/08 3:29 PM | Reply
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A lot of respect to Bloc Party for going along with it on the spot like that. I have to say that I prefer the "set-up-in-advance" type videos (Yeasayer especially) - but this is pretty solid as well.

Posted by: culture bully at 10/29/08 4:34 PM | Reply
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Yeasayer wasn't planned AT ALL... We just told a friend we would crash to her place ;)

Posted by: Chryde in reply to culture bully's comment at 10/30/08 5:34 AM | Reply
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That reinforces my man-crush on Kele. I hope Chryde bought them a beer afterward.

Posted by: Captain Spork at 10/29/08 4:38 PM | Reply
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This is so beautiful. Kele is one of the nicest guys in the business.

Posted by: pants at 10/29/08 6:34 PM | Reply
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I really would love an mp3 of that version of the song... any idea where I can find one?

Posted by: Jesse at 10/29/08 7:51 PM | Reply
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Hey, I ripped it from the video. Btw, I hope this is okay?

http://www.yousendit.com/download/Y2oveEVURndubVUwTVE9PQ

Posted by: Kristoffer in reply to Jesse's comment at 10/30/08 9:05 AM | Reply
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Thanks. Nice one!

Posted by: Jesse  in reply to Kristoffer's comment at 10/30/08 1:43 PM | Reply
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ha, kele said "you caught me a book" ..those arent the words!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: simonsays at 10/29/08 8:09 PM | Reply
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anyone know how i can download this video? :)

Posted by: maxine at 12/19/08 2:24 AM | Reply
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