Thursday, April 07, 2005

Beck : E-Pro

I've been exposed to Beck only recently (yes i know you must be mocking me right now). Much due to the media coverage his new released album "Guero" was getting. What got me more interested was that the music video for "E-Pro", the first track from his new album was made by Shynola, the same folks who created the music video for Junior-Senior's hit single "Move your feet" and Radiohead's Blipverts and "Pyramid Song".

So I decided to dig in deeper and deeper into the history and discography of his, and also developed great respect for Shynola in the meantime. I'll ask them some things regarding the video, as nothing could be found on the net.


First here's something about the video: Song begins with lyrics "See me comin' to town with my souls", which is accompanied by video of Beck coming out of a coffin. He digs up his dog while zombies flung their arms to get him. He escapes on a bicycle, which converts into a huge spider that climbs over buildings. Very nice perspective manipulation during this part. Then Beck lands in a forest where birds chase him off from a diamond kept in nest. The birds rip out his head and throw it in the ocean. Beck is caught by a fisherman, who blasts him back to the graveyard. Beck jumps on to a rail of music notes floating through the air. Video ends with him standing on a lone music note in the air.

Video looks like drawn from crayons. I couldnt find any site giving any details as to how it was made, not even website of those who created it.

The song itself is very engaging. Begins with some swinging guitars, trademark of his single "Loser", which was THE slacker song of 90s, which soon turn into a full-scale orchestra.

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