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August 10, 2007

New Eef Barzelay Video - "I Love The Unknown"

Although it looks like a bit of a Thumbsucker (and this vid does little to quell that impression), we hear Rocket Science is a fantastic flick. Take a stuttering shy kid, have him man up and join the high school debate team to woo the woman of his dreams -- and cue the subsequent life calamities (parents split, dream girl's not who she seemed, life is just dismay old chum, etc.). Most assuredly, lessons will be learned and you will walk out a better person! On the Rocket Science soundtrack is Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay, and the vid for his contribution "I Love The Unknown" captures the alt.country crooner looking like the young teacher all the girls in high school think is cute -- mugging in the classroom, knocking down books in the library, jumping with the kids on the bus. Think Eef "love the unknown"s a few too many times, but it serves as a sweet movie preview.

Rocket Science premiered at Sundance this January, but hits a theater-possibly-near-you 8/10.

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Doesn't seem an interesting movie.

Posted by: Tibi Puiu at 08/10/07 10:34 AM | Reply
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I saw this movie, and it was really bizarre. I wasnt even sure what was going to happen, and I have to say, I was disappointed in the end. But I fell in love with this song, just because of the chorus, and I had to look it up.

Posted by: erika  in reply to Tibi Puiu's comment at 10/06/08 10:52 PM | Reply
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Saw the trailer for this yesterday. Meh. Looks like more post-Wes Anderson quirkmaking. Yawn.

Posted by: Wayne at 08/10/07 10:52 AM | Reply
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perfectly put, wayne.

and this song is pretty weak lyrically, compared to eef's clem snide stuff.

Posted by: nick at 08/10/07 11:53 AM | Reply
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Umm Nick, this is a Clem Snide original...it was put out in 2001.

Posted by: ColSanders at 08/10/07 12:53 PM | Reply
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This was a Clem Snide song if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: Nick at 08/10/07 1:08 PM | Reply
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saw an advance screening of this movie on wednesday and it is fantastic. I went into the movie not really impressed by the trailer but it is very well done. Dont miss it.

Posted by: Neil at 08/10/07 1:36 PM | Reply
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well, i'm fucking stupid.

Posted by: nick at 08/10/07 3:10 PM | Reply
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Not only is it Snide original, but I'm pretty sure this is one of the original mixes.

Hm.

Posted by: Jeff at 08/13/07 7:40 AM | Reply
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You're not fucking stupid. For all I knew, it could have been an Eef song pre-Clem Snide.

Posted by: Nick at 08/13/07 7:09 PM | Reply
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