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October 29, 2007

New St. Vincent Video - "Jesus Saves, I Spend"

In which Annie lectures her little scouts by the campfire about the "awful mess we've made" while in a dress that could only mean 'more mess to come.' The standout, string-tinged Marry Me waltz gets a Andy Bruntel/Bucky Fukumoto directed clip; they've got Annie telling stories while her background vocals are handled by a group of kids and a littler caterpillar. The scouts eat books and escape the clutches of possessed sleeping bags, but we're most impressed by the continuing trend of shrubbery come-to-life (see also). It's a fun world for St. Vincent, in which you conquer sandwiches with your mind and ingest books through your mouth.


For old times' sake...

St. Vincent - "Now. Now." (MP3)

Marry Me is out now on Beggars Banquet. (Which, by the way, should be said "Marry me!" Like Maeby says it on Arrested Development.)

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I love her.

Posted by: neatMCsammer at 10/29/07 11:41 AM | Reply
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She probably gets this a lot, but... marry me?

Posted by: Brian at 10/29/07 11:45 AM | Reply
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this is silly

Posted by: anon at 10/29/07 12:04 PM | Reply
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Genius video! Genius face!

Posted by: jj at 10/29/07 12:38 PM | Reply
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charming and quite smart.

Posted by: wim at 10/29/07 1:00 PM | Reply
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"Cool hat? Aw, dammit I wanted the Mind Sandwich badge..."

Posted by: Christopher at 10/29/07 2:31 PM | Reply
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I preferred the blogotheque version:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35r15_673-st-vincen-jesus-saves-i-spend_music

Posted by: Matthew at 10/29/07 2:51 PM | Reply
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i really liked that. this girl is great.

Posted by: seth at 10/29/07 3:18 PM | Reply
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Well I'd really love to be one of those boyscouts
...if you know what I mean

Posted by: Kaleem at 10/29/07 5:48 PM | Reply
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How did the universe contrive to create this girl without imploding?

She is way too talented to look that good. Or does she look too good to be that talented? It's unfair, really.

Posted by: DragonForce at 11/03/07 10:31 PM | Reply
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