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Aphex Twin | “Come to Daddy” + “Windowlicker”
“Come to Daddy” – Aphex Twin
To date, this Chris Cunningham-directed number is still one of the most frightening things I’ve seen.
Even better, though, is Cunningham’s “Windowlicker”, an ingenious video that pairs a disturbing back-limo groping session with the grotesque face of Richard D. James/Aphex Twin pasted on the bodies of bikini clad women. The 4-minute-long vulgarities-rich intro is fantastically offensive. Gasp. It makes my skin crawl.
Clearly, this is one of the best music videos out there.
“Windowlicker” – Aphex Twin
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Add comment October 9, 2007
Malcolm McLaren | “Buffalo Gals”
“Buffalo Gals” – Malcolm McLaren
Every music fan has that pie in the sky, that unattainable pop nugget from their childhood. Mine’s Malcolm McLaren & The McLarenettes’ “Eiffel Towers”. I’ve been searching for this song for years and come up with nothing but track listings and references to Bow Wow Wow’s “Sexy Eiffel Towers”. That’s a classic song in itself, but it brings me nowhere near as much wiggle-in-my-seat joy as McLaren’s own mix, heard in the closing credits of that way overlooked ’80s romanticom No Small Affair starring a springy-fleshed Jon Cryer and pre-cougar Demi Moore.
Can anyone help? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Frye?
Malcolm McLaren – Official site | Last.fm | Wikipedia | Amazon
12 comments October 6, 2007
Patrick Wolf | “Magic Position”
“Magic Position” – Patrick Wolf
I’m still in the process of developing a musical relationship with Patrick Wolf. And so far I’m impressed, especially with 2004’s Lycanthropy and this year’s The Magic Position, where this single of the same name is featured.
His gangly, awkward presence clearly reveals his tender age (24 years old), but his songs have a mature, theatrical, and experimental presence that reminds me of fellow Brit Jarvis Cocker. This here single is full of high-contrast happiness and glorious hand claps — a nice bonus to any single and video.
Patrick Wolf – Official site | MySpace | Last.fm | Wikipedia | Amazon
Similar artists: Antony & the Johnsons | Jarvis Cocker | Suede | The Killers
Add comment July 14, 2007
The Pipettes | “Your Kisses are Wasted on Me”
(Deep inhale) Okay, seriously. Could we can all this “Yay! Go team!” media hype surrounding The Pipettes? Sure, I get weak in the knees when I see a band outfitted in their Sunday’s best, but this group, fronted by three lasses from Brighton, England, just tries way too hard.
I like cute. I like quirky. And manufactured bands are okay. To a great extent, most bands and artists are manufactured, really, so any argument based on that doesn’t hold. The Pipettes’ songs are cute, saccharine, and explosively poppy, and they make an absolute perfect accoutrement on a sunny day, but their live show, as photographed above earlier this year in Austin’s Flamingo Cantina, pumps out nothing more than kitsch without sincere passion. If dance moves are your thing, then forget this and get yourself a ticket to see Britney Spears.
Anyway. (Exhale)
The Pipettes play Vancouver tonight at the Plaza Club. Despite my own bitter misgivings, I think most people will dig this sort of stuff. At least they have stage presence, and it got me riled up enough to write a post about it. That certainly says something.
The Pipettes – Official site | MySpace | Last.fm | Amazon
Similar artists: The Shangri-Las, The Ronettes, Architecture in Helsinki, The Concretes
3 comments June 15, 2007
