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August 13, 2007

New José González Video - "Down The Line"

When "Down The Line" started streaming over at MySpace, word came down that Andreas Nilsson of the Knife-collaboration fame would provide directorial services for the track's video, which now is complete in all its swine-starring glory. Andreas took inspiration from the Jim Woodring cartoon Frank -- except from what we can tell, Frank didn't feature a car-burning/cig-smoking pigman. But the weirdest twist is seeing pig dude use his finger to write "Ella" in the windown condensation. It's true: 9/10 ungulates prefer Rihanna.

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"COPYRIGHTS RESTRICT US FROM PLAYING THIS VIDEO OUTSIDE THE U.S."

Posted by: seth at 08/13/07 11:46 AM | Reply
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Yeah yeah yeah. Damn MTV OverHype.

Posted by: Dexter at 08/13/07 11:51 AM | Reply
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Every time I watch one of these videos I feel like I'm one of the most shallowest people on the planet, because I never understand them. I need explosions or booty shaking to help me with plot lines. The burning car did help, though.

Posted by: Alex at 08/13/07 12:16 PM | Reply
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Killer song.

Posted by: Sean at 08/13/07 12:51 PM | Reply
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nice song and video. woodring's artwork looks like he was strongly influenced by R. Crumb (of Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural fame)

Posted by: dudeasincool at 08/13/07 1:14 PM | Reply
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That was a great song. But pigman's tumorous pate frightened me so.

Posted by: Christopher at 08/13/07 2:59 PM | Reply
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that was depressing. Im a huge Knife fan and to see the two artists collaborate in the form of a video is wonderful.

Posted by: audiotaco at 08/13/07 3:04 PM | Reply
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This song just made me interested in Jose. His version of Heartbeats is great as well. Any more highlights I should check out?

Posted by: Zayin_451 at 08/13/07 11:27 PM | Reply
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