November 27, 2007

New MURS Video - "Yesterday & Today"

MURS hitches a ride on a bike headlong into a truly crappy labor days experience in the video for "Yesterday & Today." Bad day at the office: The dude piloting the two-wheeler steals his lunch, the papers pile up and fall, he gets dumped via a letter signed "a bitch" ("you could call it puppy love because i got dogged out"), and some guy checks out his junk in the bathroom (what?). Dude's pain makes for a fun video, complete with an El-P cameo (nice '89 hat and pants), topical pop culture references (Say Anything, etc.) and ultimately, an empowering message on how to change your station in life: "Set a couple goals, follow through with your plan." It also helps if you go Falling Down and hogtie the boss before hijacking his office.

We realize there are a million and one songs about work sucking, but the framing of this pup's reminiscent of MURS's old Definitive Jux pal Aesop Rock's classic "9-5ers Anthem" ... with less complexly intense metaphor and a totally different flow and ... okay, maybe it's just because El-P's in there and we have Def Jux on the brain.

Murray's Revenge is out now on Record Collection/Warner Bros. It's been out a long while. If you want to update your files, you can hear "Better Than The Best," the single from MURS For President, out March '08, over at the man's site.

Posted at 11:27 AM in Video
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