Phoenix + 80's Films = Match made in heaven
As the Music Like Dirt top tracks of the year list returns for a fifth edition, it once again falls short of being the most comprehensive, the most knowledgeable or the most bleedin' edge. It is however consistently the latest and for that I apologise and hold out the hope that as the light fades on January there are still a few hardy souls out there who wish to pick over the embers of 2009. It was compiled from a shortlist of around a 1000 tracks, through a process of demented indecision until I gave up whittling at [...]
Il existe encore des gens de ce monde qui savent danser... ou mieux qui ont bien compris que danser était un idéal de vie... Pour refuser de sombrer en ces jours grisonnants où le froid gèle jusqu'à vos sentiments, il faut générer un bonheur vindicatif, aussi contagieux que le H1N1, retrouver ces frissons où l'on serre les dents et on s'ébroue tous les membres. Cette folie éphémère qu'est un mouvement irrépressible de danse a été merveilleusement captée sur ces trois vidéos, toutes plus belles les unes que les autres, qui réussissent le tour de force en ces temps bien [...]
If you're like me you probably screamed in joy at the top of your lungs when you heard Phoenix was coming to town. And I'm sure you also started planning and plotting to make sure you got your hands on tickets before the inevitable sellout comes. Well, if you really want to make sure you get your hands on them before anyone else, consider today your lucky day. At 10pm tonight, there will be an online presale at this link . You need to use the password "AMADEUS" to get in.
This post isn't intended to be a definitive list of the most important music videos this year. It's simply five videos that I posted in 2009 that I like more than the rest. From the creative claymation of Grizzly Bear's Ready, Able to the quirky Heaven Can Wait by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck , these videos are my favorites. I love the farce of Jay Reatard's It Ain't Gonna Save Me and the simplicity of the Vivian Girls' Moped Girls [...]
Phoenix - Lizstomania / One time too many - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo. With the release of the Phoenix edition of La Blogoteque's Take Away Show, I was reminded just how much Iove the song "Lisztomania." Their roam around the Eiffel Tower among throngs of tourists is attended by among others [...]
We're going to kick off this years annual round-up with the Mahogany Best Music Video. I scoured for ages and I thought about which ones to shortlist and a pattern emerged with most of the videos that emerged this year. BUDGET LIMITATIONS. The recession hit hard in this area -- whether it be limited location or scenes, I definitely could see cutbacks. Nevertheless, there were some amazing videos from some equally amazing bands and here are our favs. People Under The Stairs -- Trippin' At The Disco [...]
2009 has been a fantastic year in music - an excellent way to bring the 00s to a close. It has seen two of the decade's best and defining bands (Animal Collective and Phoenix) put out their most exciting and, at the same time, most accessible albums to date. Other younger bands have positioned themselves to be the defining members of the 10s with excellent debut offerings (The xx, Delorean , The Big Pink, Washed Out, Passion Pit). Two of the decade's defining lead singers, Thom Yorke and Julian Casabalancas embarked on exciting solo tours - now [...]
Or, what I like to call, MY DREAM LINE-UP: Manchester Orchestra, Passion Pit, and Phoenix. Oh and Jack's Mannequin was thrown in the mix too. I arrived in the middle of Manchester Orchestra's set. As you may recall, I saw them about three months ago at the Kia Soul event. They were just as good this time, and this time I knew all the songs! I really like them because they are a lot heavier than a lot of the other new indie bands on the circuit. [...]
Since when are Mannequin and Footloose Brat Pack movies?
This morning on Twitter , I asked people to submit their song to a mixtape to the theme: Songs to beat the Monday blues? Here are 22 songs handpicked to cheer you up on any given Monday. One of the bands picked, Local Natives play The Academy 2, Dublin tomorrow night. WE SHOULD ALL GO. I've a feeling it's going it be amazing. New Order - Blue Monday [ @GavinFeeney & [...]
Phoenix is a band from France that I've just recently heard. Their current release, Wolfgang Amedeus Phoenix , on V2 Records/Loyauté was produced by Philippe Zdar of French house band, Cassius . Above is the first single Lisztomania mash-ed up with clips from the 1980's movies Footloose , Mannequin and the John Hughes (R.I.P.) directed, The Breakfast Club & Pretty in Pink , which the band prefers over their ' official ' one. Below is the the trailer for the upcoming [...]
John Hughes passed away yesterday after suffering a heart attack while walking with his family in New York City. He was 59. Hughes wrote and directed a number of great movies, but the ones that hit young outsider me (and tons of others) most were those punk or new wave or geeky or whatever teen-as-hero '80s flicks: Sixteen Candles , The Breakfast Club , Pretty In Pink , Some Kind Of Wonderful , Ferris Bueller's Day Off , etc. ( Weird Science was pretty great, too.) We're celebrating a filmmaker not just because [...]
Tu écoutes toujours le meilleur album de l'année et tu n'y crois toujours pas. Autant de cartouches en un album, ce n'est pas possible. Voici une fraicheur supérieure : le clip de lisztomania avec des extraits de films teenages des années 80. Ils parait qu'ils ont étés réalisés pour cette chanson. La version Symphonique de 1901 est monumentale. Après Wembley, Phoenix jouera au Royal Albert Hall. Phoenix - 1901 (Pete Herrs Symphonic Remix)
I'm sure everyone has already seen this…but if not: it's pretty crucial. I could do without the Jon Cryer bits, but I think they get redeemed by Meshach Taylor's Mannequin scene .
Un petit malin a réalisé sont propre clip pour la chanson Lisztomania du groupe Phoenix. Les nostalgiques y retrouveront des images des films Breakfast Club, Mannequin, Pretty in Pink & Footloose. Via HispterWave De plus, le label Kitsune vient tout juste de sortir l'EP comprenant les remixes de Lysztomania par Holy Ghost!, Classixx et Der Die Das. Je vous en met un ici: Phoenix- Lisztomania (Der Die Das Remix) [...]
Wanted to pass this along through the blogosphere. This is probably one of the best user-made music videos I've seen… ever. Combining Phoenix's Lisztomania with several 80s movies, the video fits everything together so well. It features dance scenes from The Breakfast Club, Footloose, Mannequin, and Pretty in Pink. I think I might pull out a few of these DVDs… And in case you don't already have it: Phoenix - Lisztomania.mp3 - Albert (I'm out for the weekend, visiting LA. See ya'll next week)
I'm sure this unofficial Lisztomania video violates all sorts of copyrights, but it's a wonderful romp through a great song using video footage of some of my favorite movies from high school. Evidently the savvy gents form Phoenix agree. According to Boing Boing, "AvoidantConsumer did such a good job, the band even posted on their official MySpace page and, according to Swide, Phoenix have gone on record saying the unofficial Lisztomania Brat Pack version is "our best video."
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