March 22, 2007

New Low Video - "Breaker"

Watch as Alan Sparhawk inhales a chocolate cake! We'd be glad to draw out some tenuous line of connection to the track's existential lyrics, but we've got nothing. Instead, we'll take the clip's moral at face value; next time you speed-eat a confection on film, have a spare glass of milk handy. Or, just hire Takeru Kobayashi.

If you missed it:

Low - "Breaker" (MP3)

Posted at 9:35 AM in MP3, Video
Tags: Low

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11 Comments

mmmm cake.....

Posted by: csZ at 03/22/07 11:37 AM | Reply
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i feel sick now.

thanks, stereogum.

Posted by: richard at 03/22/07 11:41 AM | Reply
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Beautiful song, not so beautiful (or interesting) video.

Posted by: mattshu at 03/22/07 11:52 AM | Reply
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@mattshu: beautiful song indeed, but I'm surprised you don't find the video interesting. The whole album seems to be a lament about our messed up day and age and here we find a pretty strong statement about how despite all the problems and sadness, we just keep consuming, consuming, consuming, trying to satiate a hunger that can't be filled...

that's just my $.02. also, I found this recent quote from Sparhawk to be illuminating:

The oblique songs on “Drums and Guns” are just as intense but are aimed more outward — at “war and killing and poverty and the deterioration of the ecosystem and things like that,” Sparhawk said.

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070322/ENT/103220058/1005/ENT

Posted by: greg at 03/22/07 12:25 PM | Reply
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jimm gaffigan would have a ball with this video.

two questions:
is that some sort of army jacket he's wearing?
do we think that they handclaps are off intentionally or if thats just a result of youtube?

Posted by: annie onymous at 03/22/07 1:24 PM | Reply
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My first reaction to the video, is that he's wearing an army uniform. He's American Military policy, eating, eating, and eating cake, to the "applause" of the two behind him, or America. Check the lyrics.

Posted by: charlie miller at 03/22/07 1:38 PM | Reply
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I guess mr. pothead had a case of the munchies. Looks like mrs. pothead has had severalcases of the munchies.

Posted by: yomomma at 03/22/07 1:50 PM | Reply
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Syncing is frequently off in YouTube music vids. Wish they'd get that fixed.

Charlie - I think you nailed it. Everyone also seems very zombie-like... as if they are doing what they're doing by rote, without thinking.

Posted by: Greg at 03/22/07 2:04 PM | Reply
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the second kobayashi video is great..."the bear doesn't know it's a competition"

Posted by: jim at 03/22/07 2:49 PM | Reply
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i kinda want some cake now. :\

and from now on..everytime i listen to low i will crave cake. :(

Posted by: msilverfish at 03/22/07 9:06 PM | Reply
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There are these people here coming out with great reasons for the video, and all that I thought it was about was Alan wanting there to be an end to the cake he's been forced to eat. Wasn't it in 'Matilda' that the fat kid had to eat a cake infront of people clapping or something?

Anyway, the above reasons for the video are much better than mine.

Posted by: Andrew at 03/23/07 8:23 PM | Reply
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