Gnarls Barkley's "Smiley Faces" Video

[Alexander]

Great Video!!!

I've already stated on another thread that "St. Elsewhere" is the non-jazz album of the year. Danger Mouse keeps producing better and better albums, and Cee-Lo is a wonderful singer (his solo albums are great, too). Not being the MTV watching type, I hadn't seen this video when it first appeared. Gnarls Barkley does "Zelig!" Watch them hang with Duke Ellington, The Velvet Underground, the Clash, the Stones, and many, many more! Great fun!

Oh, did I mention Dennis Hopper and Dean Stockwell?

Great song, too!

Edited January 4, 2007 by Alexander

[Man with the Golden Arm]

That's great! Hopper and Stockwell ... would have loved to see Gnarls boogalooing on top of Frank's Charger!

got my share of MTV over the break, one of the standouts - crazy rorschach

[Alexander]

That's great! Hopper and Stockwell ... would have loved to see Gnarls boogalooing on top of Frank's Charger!

got my share of MTV over the break, one of the standouts - crazy rorschach

That's a great one too! Have you seen the "Gone Daddy Gone" bug video? Not as good as the others, but still pretty twisted...

[Man with the Golden Arm]

GONE!

wow ... thanks for the tips.

[Alexander]

Who Cares?

Looks like they did a video for virtually every track on the album! This one is great. Mario Van Peebles IS Blacula!

[ejp626]

That's great! Hopper and Stockwell ... would have loved to see Gnarls boogalooing on top of Frank's Charger!

got my share of MTV over the break, one of the standouts - crazy rorschach

That's a great one too! Have you seen the "Gone Daddy Gone" bug video? Not as good as the others, but still pretty twisted...

So Gone Daddy Gone seems to be a pretty straight cover of the Violent Femmes version. Is that the case with any other tracks on St. Elsewhere?

[J Larsen]

Well, now I've finally heard Gnarls Barkley.

[Alexander]

Well, now I've finally heard Gnarls Barkley.

And they rock, right?

[Alexander]

That's great! Hopper and Stockwell ... would have loved to see Gnarls boogalooing on top of Frank's Charger!

got my share of MTV over the break, one of the standouts - crazy rorschach

That's a great one too! Have you seen the "Gone Daddy Gone" bug video? Not as good as the others, but still pretty twisted...

So Gone Daddy Gone seems to be a pretty straight cover of the Violent Femmes version. Is that the case with any other tracks on St. Elsewhere?

All of the other tracks on "St. Elsewhere" are originals, but they do make a habit of doing covers in concert. I heard that at their New Year's Eve show (in support of the Flaming Lips) they did a version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." I really wish I could have heard that!

[ejp626]

I heard that at their New Year's Eve show (in support of the Flaming Lips) they did a version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." I really wish I could have heard that!

I'm sure it will be on YouTube eventually.

[J Larsen]

Well, now I've finally heard Gnarls Barkley.

And they rock, right?

I've been struggling for a positive spin, and I think I've finally found one: thanks for saving me $12.99 plus tax.

[Alexander]

Well, now I've finally heard Gnarls Barkley.

And they rock, right?

I've been struggling for a positive spin, and I think I've finally found one: thanks for saving me $12.99 plus tax.

I'm asking seriously: What didn't you like?

And did you watch all four videos?

Edited January 7, 2007 by Alexander

[J Larsen]

It's just my personal taste and thus hard to explain. It reminds me of something that would appeal to Beck or Beta Band fans and I am no fan of either.

Doesn't mean I think less of people who are.

Frankly, I was imagining the guy sitting down and trying to figure out how he could get the Pitchfork crowd as he wrote the songs. Not that I think he actually did that, but it was very easy for me to picture.

[Alexander]

It's just my personal taste and thus hard to explain. It reminds me of something that would appeal to Beck or Beta Band fans and I am no fan of either.

Doesn't mean I think less of people who are.

Frankly, I was imagining the guy sitting down and trying to figure out how he could get the Pitchfork crowd as he wrote the songs. Not that I think he actually did that, but it was very easy for me to picture.

Haw! Beck AND Beta Band Fan right here! Just had a lovely listening to "Odelay" earlier today. What a fantastic album...

I don't question your right to dislike anything you want. Taste is such a personal thing. It just interests me how something I like so much could completely turn somebody else off. When I worked in the music department at B&N, I used to confront this all the time. I remember one day, a woman came in looking for some "relaxing piano music." Of course, I immediately put on some Bill Evans (probably "Waltz for Debbie" or one of the other LaFaro trio sides). She screwed up her face like I had just shoved cod-liver oil in her mouth and said, "Oh, God! Not that! This makes me very anxious!" I was very taken aback. I'd never met anybody who didn't like Evans immediately, much less anyone who didn't find his playing relaxing! I took it off and tried Keith Jarrett's "Koln Concert" which suited her much better.

Another time an older guy came back to the department and complained about the fact that I'd been playing (very mellow) jazz all afternoon on the in-store play. "It's just noise! They're just making it up as they go along! Why don't play some real music?"

Taste is such a strange thing...

[Aggie87]

I liked the video more than the song itself, which was just...ok. And the video is basically doing the same sort of thing they were doing in Forrest Gump 10+ years ago.

[Alexander]

I liked the video more than the song itself, which was just...ok. And the video is basically doing the same sort of thing they were doing in Forrest Gump 10+ years ago.

And that Woody Allen did in "Zelig" ten years before that.

[Van Basten II]

Having fun listening to this one starring one half of the formation, great voice and really really really catchy tunes.