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June 16, 2008

New Last Shadow Puppets Video - "Standing Next To Me"

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There aren't many visual flourishes in the video for Last Puppet Show's "Standing Next To Me." Then, they did name their debut The Age Of The Understatement. Most of the time, besides some fancy shadowing, and an echoing of the Stars Wars opening crawl, we get the buzzed British duo -- Arctic Monkey Alex Turner and Miles Kane of the Rascals -- making like the Everly Brothers and literally standing next to each other, until a troupe of modish girls in matching striped dresses, but differently colored leggings, decide to dance along on a matching striped floor. This is the cue for the guys to don sunglasses, partially as protection from the retina-melting spotlight.

Those choreographed girls are the easy listening '60s throwback version of these choreographed girls.

The Age Of The Understatement is out via Domino.

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looks like the beatles duo !!!

Posted by: wunderkind at 06/16/08 12:42 PM | Reply
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This is amazing! He has a tambourine. How can you not love a tambourine?

Posted by: ParkerLane at 06/16/08 5:11 PM | Reply
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I feel like people passed over them quicker than they should have. The album was quite good.

Posted by: HoopaJoop profile link at 06/16/08 6:51 PM | Reply
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nadsat

why some people have to be so close to perfection! alex turner is a legend...they must stick to this band! fuck the monkeys and the rascals! these 2 togetha can do miracles!!

Posted by: nadsat profile link at 06/16/08 9:17 PM | Reply
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