New Black Lips Video - "Short Fuse"
When we evaluated the Black Lips' 200 Million Thousand, the general idea was catchy, interestingly textured songs, boringly predictable shtick. In the Chris Taylor-animated, drummer Joe Bradley-directed video for "Short Fuse" we get zero shtick, because the Atlanta band's not around to pour their PBR on our heads or remind us they once went to a strip bar. Instead, it's a literalist (and successfully vintage) take on the track: When Cole Alexander sings about eyes wide open, we see wide open eyes; the postman lyric brings the postman. We also see Humpty Dumpty have a great fall and, of course, plenty of (surprisingly handsome) short-fused TNT do its thing.
Black Lips - "Short Fuse" (MP3)
Black Lips - "I'll Be With You" (MP3)
200 Million Thousand is out 2/24 on Die Slaughterhaus/Vice Music.
Posted at 1:39 PM by brandon in MP3, Video
Tags: Black Lips
So, Chris Taylor is officially good at everything.
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apparently. i'm in total agreement.
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pure rock n roll! love those crazy kidz
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i hate the 2009 edition of pure rock n roll. it's a throwback and it's dull. but, divorced from pissing in their own mouths, it's pretty clear the black lips write some good songs.
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Seeing them for the first time Thursday. Hope it's a good show.
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Fun retro cartoon stuff....what's not to like? A question that could be asked about the band in general....so back off on the "Premature Evaluation"-fueled Lips bashing. And yes, Chris Taylor is pretty much good at anything, plus he's one of the nicest guys in music.
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i think all the visual puns would be excusable if this was actually funny
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triple post fail.
The video and the song rock! Love these guys.
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Aww, poor Humpty Dumpty.
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Well that just plain ruled.
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Cole Alexander looks like the cowboy in the Village People. That makes it an exceptional video!
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I'm just not a fan. And the video was way too literal. It was corny. The style was cool though.
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http://vimeo.com/2127460
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