October 10, 2006

New Islands Video - "Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby"

Take a fantastical, animated voyage with Nick Diamonds and his technicolor troupe on this vid from Return To The Sea. You're aided lyrically with floating "doot doot"s, before the the clip's magical mystery bus itself floats to the great beyond -- where they join the party, already in progress.

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15 Comments

boring. islands suck.

Posted by: jovial at 10/10/06 5:23 PM | Reply
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I like islands a lot but whats the point of breaking up the unicorns and making a band that sounds just like them???

Posted by: James at 10/10/06 5:34 PM | Reply
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I wouldn't go as far as to say Islands suck, but for the amount of attention they seem to be getting, I was expecting more. A lot more.

Posted by: Jeff at 10/10/06 6:15 PM | Reply
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Is this way out of sync for everyone else?

Posted by: dekadetia at 10/10/06 6:41 PM | Reply
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i think islands and the unicorns sound way different.

Posted by: changa at 10/10/06 7:20 PM | Reply
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Love the song, love the video. It's one of the few videos that exceeds my expectations.

Posted by: Mo! at 10/10/06 7:23 PM | Reply
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This looks like the job of Paper Rad. No wonder it's so awesome.

Posted by: Mo! at 10/10/06 7:25 PM | Reply
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I'm an Islands fan, and if you say they sound like the Unicorns you haven't listened to the whole record. There are similarities surely, but they aren't that close sounding.

P.S. This video is enjoyable. A little different. But honest the animation is almost too bad for me.

Posted by: Warren at 10/10/06 11:16 PM | Reply
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islands rock.

Posted by: joe $ at 10/11/06 1:25 AM | Reply
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"i think islands and the unicorns sound way different."

That's funny because if you listen to Island's "Swans (life after death)" it starts with the melody from "William, Clap Your Hands" the Unicorn's song on Unicorns Are People Too.

Posted by: smashing at 10/11/06 6:15 AM | Reply
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islands are bound to sound like the unicorns cause IT'S THE SAME GUYS. i don't think they dissolved the islands so they could go in some radical new direction, just a better one. whats not to like anyway?

Posted by: robbie at 10/11/06 8:56 AM | Reply
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The Unicorns was a group of three - of which one of the main songwriters dropped out of the band, pretty much because they were on the verge of fame, and he decided it wasn't what he wanted.

The other two formed the Islands - hence the similarities and the differences, and probably why its not quite as good as the Unicorns - every Lennon needs his McCartney.

Posted by: Isaac at 10/11/06 11:11 AM | Reply
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Islands are a lot better than Unicorns, in my opinion.

Posted by: jljames at 10/11/06 11:19 AM | Reply
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both bands are good. the unicorns were sweet live band, and islands are a great live band as well.

of course there are similarities (for example, happy melodies with darker lyrics). islands don't experiment with song structure as much as the unicorns, but they experiment a lot more with instrumentation.

on top of that (and if you've ever seen the two bands' live shows you will probably agree), the unicorns had a more more punk edge to them. islands, however, has more of a country-ish sound....particulary with the drum beats. when you see them live, this comes out even more.

Posted by: george at 10/11/06 3:37 PM | Reply
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Just want to say that the Islands music really brightened my day!

If ever anyone needs a break from the fame of Islands, then head up north to BC and hang out.

Would be nice to hear some of that Teenage Hairdoo material if its still there somehow.

Mich

Posted by: mich at 03/03/07 8:23 AM | Reply
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