Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/05/10/with-no-music-a-has-take.html
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Fabulous even with the sound off. Love that animation style.
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aren’t we all, Pesco, aren’t we all…
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And hilarious! Just when I thought nothing could beat the Elvis musicless video.
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The literal video version is the definitive one, surely.
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Despite the 80’s ish weirdness, I have always thought this to be an excellent video. The story and animation are timeless.
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Her headtilt at the beckoning hand always seemed odd to me. She switches from “Omigod, a fucking hand just reached out of a newspaper comic!” to “Hey, he’s kinda a cute, who cares if this is the most disturbing thing I’ve ever experienced. Let’s go!” in less than a second.
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When was it not dark and disturbing? Especially the literal version!
Pipe wrench fight!
Between this and the Shittyflute version…FIGHT!
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Welp, that’s the next 37 minutes and 8 seconds taken care of for me. Gonna go listen to the whole album now.
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Then you should love this:
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I really liked this video when it came out because I was working on my undergrad degree in fine art and reading all the comic books I could find at the time. It was a true artifact of time and place.
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I never really watched this closely, so I missed the Altered States reference at the end:
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Nice!
And then there’s the Brothers Quay stop-action (artist: His Name Is Alive):
What’s really disturbing is that an entire iconic music video got made based on the idea that comic books look like that.
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Used to great effect in the leftovers t’other night (spoilers)…
OMG I was just going to post that! I only just noticed it from this musicless video
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It actually is a pretty damn good album.
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