Seen with ears: 01/09

1/29/09

Oren Lavie - Her morning elegance

Quite simple, but it's very cute how the stop-motion technique was used in this clip...

Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
by IgnitionVM

Muto by BLU

OK, OK, it's not a traditional videoclip...
But hey, it has music and sure as hell the animation is just incredible. Here's a real "must see"...

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

1/27/09

Parliament - Mothership connection live

Oh my groove!!
It's the p·fucking mothership!!

George Clinton and his minions practicing their habitual lewd behaviour. Pay attention till the end and you will see the rocketship landing...

Leonard Cohen - Everybody knows

Leonard Cohen knew already in 1988 why everything is so fucked up now. Bitter but superb lyrics from one of the best songwriters...
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Leonard Cohen ya sabía en 1988 porqué las cosas están tan jodidas ahora. Amarga pero espléndida letra de uno de los mejores escritores de canciones...(subtítulos en castellano)

Babe Ruth - The Mexican

A discharge of pure fandango rock in this live version of The Mexican. Pay special attention to the homage to Ennio Morricone in the minute 2:40 ...

1/26/09

Cornelius

More eye candy from Cornelius...

Ljudbilden & Piloten - Arms and Legs Together

Directed By Rikard Heberling.

"Repitan conmigo, un, dos Jane Fonda, un, dos, Jane Fonda, otra vez, un, dos, Jane Fonda. Eso es."

1/23/09

Philip Glass - Metamorphosis Two

"Apaga la cámara. Vámonos. El pajarito no va a salir. Que te lo digo yo."

Brigitte Bardot - Contact

Marianne Faithful thought she was a dumb ass.

1/22/09

Tom Waits - Hold on

Hey, it's Tom Waits... Do I need to explain more?

1/21/09

El Guisante Mágico - Beautiful

Directed by Sofa Experience, this videoclip has no tricks, just a nice and long falling from the skies of San Diego...

Puppetmastaz - Mephistopheles

Imagine for a moment that the entire crew of The Muppet Show starts smoking crack and singing hip-hop, the result: Puppetmastaz, the only gangsta rap group formed entirely by stuffed animals...

R. Jeeves - Don't Look At Me

Long time ago...
When film industry wasn't there ...
Singer R. Jeeves had a great sucess selling his catchy flip-pop songs!!!

(You know the lyrics, just say: "DON'T-LOOK-AT-ME" and figure out the tune).

Workshop - I Wish I Had You

This hidden treasure from Ladomat labels deserves some attention.

1/20/09

Modern Romance - Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White

"Que recuerdos los del veranito del 82. Aquel capitán y su enoooorme submarino."

Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa

"Con el traje del abuelo, los guantes de mamá, las gafas de Marisol y el tururú de la trompeta seré el mejor. Uy. ¿Pero quién es ese del sombrero?"

Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey

"¡Oye! Se me ocurre algo. ¿Y si tu culo suena como una conga?"

Prince - Batdance

Directed By Albert Magnoli.

"Venga chicos. Una máquina de humo aquí. Otra allí. Y un par más al final del escenario."

Jean-Luc Verna & His Dum Dum Boys.

Directed By Brice Dellsperger.

"¿Es un pájaro, es un avión? ¡No! Es una caquita voladora. Ñami."

Devo - Whip it

An essential band to understand the concept of "freakism". This video is really old, but as funny as the first day...

1/19/09

Justice - We are your friends

With this kind of friends, there's no need for enemies...

1/16/09

Cornelius - Fit song

With Keigo Oyamada AKA Cornelius, the visuals interact so neatly with the sound that sometimes his music seems just a soundtrack used to enhance a nice animation. In this case, even the lyrics fit the stop-motion narrative...