Production budget: $10,000,000 plus.
Hi-def 1080p screen to watch this in it’s full glory: $300.
Seeing future World Cup winner Wayne Rooney living in a caravan: priceless.
Nike have created possibly the most epic non-interactive advertisement ever made. Though we do like the Adidas house party ads…
(Check this out for the interactive champion – it’s worth the load time).
Every nation has it’s shame. The British had Ringo. The Dutch gave the world The Vengaboys. Canada spawned Nickelback. But it doesn’t stop there.
Another internet sensation is born. Great.
Bangs is a Sudanese-born, Melbourne-based rapper who not only owns pictures of nice cars and a selection of dollar store jewelry, but also has the funds to make a trip to the movies (complete with popcorn and drink) happen for one lucky lady. Which to be fair makes him wealthier than me.
Bangs is available for bookings and interviews – contact bangs_bookings@hotmail.com. Or don’t.
I came across these guys when a friend showed me their Phil Spector-inspired project (wall of sound, not murder) for their track Excuses. The concept isn’t new, but it has it’s magic. And the song is one of the best I’ve heard this year.
Add that to the fact that the lead singer looks a tad like Libertines front man/serial skag fiend Pete Doherty, and you have a recipe for either success or disaster.
The studio version of Excuses is available at the link below, for the princely sum of er, nothing.
http://rcrdlbl.com/2010/02/24/download_the_morning_benders_excuses
Every nation has it’s shame. The British had Ringo. The Dutch gave the world The Vengaboys. Canada spawned Nickelback. But it doesn’t stop there.
There are two things that the English embrace. Football, and undeniably crap-but-patriotic music. So when something comes a long that links both so well, it’s bound to be a hit on the Queen’s home soil.
The FIFA World Cup is literally hours away, and if Manchester United’s twinkle-toed pit bull can pull something out of the bag then we’re in with a shot. We usually have an embarrassing “official song”, but this year the powers that be canned the idea. Did that stop the production of steaming aural turds? Of course not.
Now Dizzee Rascal has teamed up with former Hollyoaks benchwarmer James Corden to cover Tears for Fears forgettable 80’s hit Shout. Dizzee did add the line “come and ‘ave a go if you think you’re hard enough” into the chorus, so thus gets one mark for creativity, and 3,000 marks deducted for making me shiver with shame.
When an awkward band cover a song by Black Box, and somehow make it very, very cool, it’s something to be applauded. Worshipped even. The original is below, just in case 1989 passed you by.
Every nation has it’s shame. The British had Ringo. The Dutch gave the world The Vengaboys. Canada spawned Nickelback. But it doesn’t stop there.
The main thing Die Antwoord have to apologize for is the lost man hours. Everybody who’s seen the video for The Ninja goes looking for more.
I don’t know what the deal is. I don’t really get why I’m still reading the interviews and looking for new videos. Someone described it as less Bruno, more Lady Gaga. But a lot more interesting than both. Even Die Antwoord call what they do “car crash music”.
Either way, over four million hits on Youtube in as many months tells it’s own story. Reports of a record deal with Interscope and a video to be directed by Neill Blomkamp are premature, but either way, chances are you’ll soon be trying to figure out Die Antwoord.
