So a couple months after I post a video for "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" from They Might Be Giants, the band decides to release another version of the song and a video to match. It's "Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and as you might expect, there are enough bleeps and bloops for an entire season of Bobby Knight basketball and major league baseball. I think I prefer the original song (and video), but this one's got its own zip.
(And, yes, I'm still singing the song to Miss Mary Mack.)
They Might Be Giants - "Electric Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" [YouTube]
Video: "To the Moon" - The Mighty Buzzniks
A gorgeous new video from Australian band The Mighty Buzzniks. It's for "To the Moon," from their recent release Bug Out. Directed and animated by Kate Cawley, who appears to be in line to draw the moon when Harold and his purple crayon actually find it. A driving rock song for preschoolers with a fun video to match.
The Mighty Buzzniks - "To the Moon" [Vimeo]
Video: "Forget You" (Cee-Lo Green) - Camilla and the Chickens
The Muppets, the latest entry in the Muppets film canon, premieres Wednesday (and the soundtrack tomorrow), so we're getting close to seeing the whole thing, but obviously the songs are starting to hit the interwebs. Said webs got thrown into a tizzy when the Muppet Barbershop Quartet cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" went public (it was pulled for awhile, but now it's back). Now you can also hear Camilla and the Chickens cover Cee-Lo Green's massive hit "Forget You." Well, it was known as something different mostly, so we'll just call it "Cluck You." [Note: I swear, I thought of that line all by myself. I know, others probably did before me. But I'm proud of it.]
Camilla and the Chickens - "Forget You" (Cee-Lo Green) [YouTube]
Share: "Oh, How You've Grown" - Frances England
Frances England has written me a song.
OK, she's written you a song.
You, there in the back with the Danish? Song for you, too.
Explanation? England's written "Oh, How You've Grown" and offered the tender song on her website for free as part of her Holiday Family Creative Challenge. Not only can you download the mp3, you (that is, the non-commercial you) can use it as the soundtrack to your own family holiday scrapbook -- she's calling at an "end-of-the-year visual postcard." You can see England's own video here -- sepia makes everything more nostalgic.
Frances England - "Oh, How You've Grown" [YouTube]
Video: "Counting on a Friend" - The Bazillions
The Twin Cities' The Bazillions just keep cranking out one great video after another from their album Rock-N-Roll Recess. After a series of animated videos from EG Design, they've taken a completely different tack for the video from "Counting on a Friend."
It's a stop-motion animated video from EG Design.
(I mock, but it's just as cool as its predecessors.)
The Bazillions - "Counting on a Friend" [YouTube]
Video: "Bartleby Finkleton Will Not Take a Bath" - Steve Weeks
Steve Weeks' album Dandelion is a fine collections of tall tales and songs of scoundrels. One such scoundrel is Bartleby Finkleton, recalcitrant bather. The video for Weeks' song "Bartleby Finkleton Will Not Take a Bath" has been around for awhile, but so what? It's got a couple things I like, which is enough:
1) Weeks playing a real guitar while standing up in a bathtub in the middle of a room.
2) The putative Finkleton playing a cardboard guitar while standing up in a dumpster.
Steve Weeks - "Bartleby Finkleton Will Not Take a Bath" [YouTube]
