Someone finally gave Beck a budget! And Michel Gondry! While there are no furries in this mesmerizing black and white clip for “Cell Phone’s Dead,” we finally get the answer to the question “If Beck were a Transformer, what would he transform into?” (Answer: a door.)
Beck talks about the tune in this endearingly awkward interview with MP3.com:
MP3.com: I just think ["Cell Phone's Dead"] is–it definitely reaches into the inner-Meters-loving fans and what have you. And the one thing I’m really impressed with on the album is the sparseness of it.
BECK: Oh, good. Yeah, I felt like that was what I was originally shooting for but we definitely got into bringing in other sounds, and it got more layered as time went on, as we worked on it more and more. But I think we really tried to tie our hands behind our backs a bit, not add too much, keep it as sparse as possible when we could. That’s, for me I found that the hardest thing.
That said, we still think Beck would dig Team9′s mash-up of the song, which eschews sparseness in favor of cameos from Fatboy Slim, Genesis, and Brandy.
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I still love the song.
This video definitely pwns the first.
And endearingly awkward is right.
the song is cool. ive not heard it yet. definately of the more promising of his stuff lately. but i wish he didnt seem so halfassed about shit. and those little urban things, his voice, it all doesnt seem like it clicks. but its getting closer. that vocal part at the end and the piano thing are totally cool and fresh sounding for him. i feel like hes trying to sound fresh….but just isnt trying very hard at all.
video is way cool. duh
Haha, that bass and drum part sounds just like “Chameleon” by Herbie Hancock. Very cool video though.
video = crazy
team9 = genius
More importantly, I thought devendra banhart was supposed to be in this video? Remember that photo where pitchfork announced that they were friends? It was this really cool photo in wild color with a girl dressed as a piano and devendra in the background…???
Are those giant waffle monsters? Makes me hungry. Great video for a killer song.
devin,
devendra banhart is in the video for strange apparition that is on the dvd that comes when you buy the cd. That video has the chick as a piano
“I can’t Dance” mix is Brilliant!