Sunday, March 02, 2008

just for the hell of it

feeling a bit maudlin watching this video by oingo boingo. no longer together danny elfman is better known now as a film composer esp. his scores for the films of tim burton. boingo is not my favorite band from the 1980s, but elfman has a fine voice and his talent as a songwriter is clearly evident from this piece.

'we close our eyes' and another year has turned again. it has, it really has. holy shit.



2 Comments:

At 3:43 PM, Blogger Logan Ryan Smith said...

I've never been able to get into them, despite my post-punk/ new wave obsession, and now I know why:

Danny Elfman SITS while he sings.

BOOOOOOOO.

 
At 5:07 PM, Blogger richard lopez said...

that doesn't bother me anymore than nirvana going acoustic and sitting down the entire set for mtv unplugged. there's a bit of intimacy here, and i think it shows that the band, and elfman, are thoroughly enjoying themselves onstage.

but as i've said before i've never really got into boingo, except for liking a fistful of their songs a lot.

i've watched this video now about a dozen times. the song is on continous loop. i hear it morning noon and night. it is a very catchy song. and i think the only way to remove it from my grey matter is a lobotomy.

 

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