New Gnarls Barkley Video - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul?"
The Internet got its first listen to "Who's Gonna Save My Soul?" when ?uestlove leaked it (as much as you can call sharing a good friend's track with permission a "leak") to YouTube. It was no simple, static-image YouTube stream, though; Ahmir made a show of both his lip syncing ability (i.e. he knew the words) and the breadth of his video filter color palette (i.e. he knew iMovie). Today's is a more official sort of video, though, which Friday Night Lights fans will realize when they say "oh shit there's Smash's girlfriend" (actress Aasha Davis, who played crazy Waverly), Lonely Island fans will realize when they say "holy crap there's Jorma," and everyone else will realize when the heart in the middle of the table starts singing like a bloody, California Raisin Cee-Lo.
Umm, bloody awesome. That's a downcast tune, but trust a band like Gnarls to find an animated spin on it (and just props to director Chris Milk, too). Moral of the story: Gnarls Barkley are not fans of getting caught in the friend trap. Second moral of the story: I am the best at determining morals of the stories.
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Posted at 4:21 PM by amrit in Video
Tags: Cee-Lo | Danger Mouse | Gnarls Barkley | Jorma Taccone | The Lonely Island
Dope. Absolutely dope and I can totally relate. Like you said, downcast tune... but Gnarls knows how to make it killer.
Kudos. Kudos.
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Where have I seen that woman before? She looks soooo familiar.
Someone, tell me!
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OOH, SHE'S WAVERLY.
Next time I'll actually read the story.
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I have been told, as per the director of the video, that I should let all involved know, a music video is usually mostly the directors idea and not the band.
that being said, Chris Milk, did a wonderful job.
(see Chris I told them!)
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Ok ok, so Chris didn't say that but I think we should give him some credit...
so come on guys..
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a fair point! noted.
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probably one of the best videos i've ever seen.
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And holy crap! That's Jorma Taccone, one of the three members of the Lonely Island (along with Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg)!
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one of the saddest videos i have ever seen... and true. unfortunately i could totally relate to this... pretty much same thing happened to me a while ago and thats how it felt....
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fuckin' genius.
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That's how I'd put it. I wonder what would be would have said if the ending was prolonged.
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everybody wants some!!!
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feed me seymour!!!
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that was great, but I hate it when music videos have dialogue over the music.
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This one actually plays outside the US
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This is a really cool video. Im looking forward to seeing more of their stuff
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I SAW THAT VIDEO IZ ON THE WEB ALREDDY AND IT HHAS A VIDEO THAT SEEMS LIKE A LIL WAYNE JOYNT. WHAT DOES HIS BRAIN POPPED OUT HIS CHESST LIKE THAT?! f***KING SIK! WHEN I GET OFF WORK i AM taking THE TRAIN TO MY HOMYZ HOUSE TO WATCH THIS sht 40 TIMES W/bluntz.
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pop in Hooked On Phonics, while you're at it.
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Nice video
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HQ youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZS-OFuZQ0A&fmt=6
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I worked on this and I can attest that this video is pretty much 100% Chris Milk. As told by Krist above, that is the way videos work most of the time - a bunch of directors come up with ideas and the artist picks the director whose idea they like best. If the band comes up with the idea, they usually get a co-director credit.
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a cool video doesn't mean anything if the song isn't good. and im pretty sure chris milk had nothing to do with that.
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