New Cold War Kids Video - "Hospital Beds"
Yeah you've loved/hated this track for over a year now, but it's never too late for a director's cut vid! Decent sized budget, we'd say; that boxing footage looks stock, but soon enough the ringside folks start singing "put out the fire boys..." Wife beaters, straw hats, and a tale of two friends settling shit in a ring ... to the death! Maybe. Oh and the "story" is in black-and-white. That's how you know it's dramatic.
Posted at 4:12 PM in Video
Tags: Cold War Kids
Holy edit choppiness. It's like an Abercrombie & Fitch ad inspired by Raging Bull....or Brokeback Mountain...or Wonder Years? Not quite sure which.
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people loved this?
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i really don't get how anyone could hate this band.
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agreed. i honestly don't understand the hate. this is a great song.
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great band, great song, shit video.
they were insane when i saw them with tokyo police club and delta spirit in dc...especially the all band jamboree during "st. john"
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soooo good, the song. I think this is their second video, I saw another one.
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I completely agree with JDubs. I was at the same show and the collaboration between the 3 bands was awesome. Definitely the high point of the show.
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@Jdubs: completely agree. I was at their tallahassee show, and St. John was amazing. Hospital Beds was pretty good live too.
other than that, I can't stop staring at Nathan's bad farmers tan in the vid.
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They need to just let their songs tell the stories. They don't need any of that additional Hollywoodishness. Just one good performance video would make me happy. I love the band but this video is mediocre at best.
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Nice new videoclip!
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The video was too busy and hard to follow. There were three different stories running together under a song whose story that didn't relate to any of them. It's a great song though. I love the video for "Hang me up to Dry".
I'm afraid the band may not have staying power though, but we will see.
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the boxing footage looked great. why did they have to tell the story with all that other crappy-looking stuff?
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singer is goddawful.
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the song is about two people in a hospital room sharing memories and stories. the video is a perfect illustration.
these dudes are so nice and a breeze to work with.
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Am I the only person that doesn't think these guys are a hair away from ripping off The Walkmen?
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They sound similar to the Walkmen, but I wouldn't say that is "ripping them off". I agree though. I like The Walkmen a lot more than Cold War Kids, but I like them for the same reasons.
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i hear the walkmen with a little jack white in the mix...
yeah but it's too bad that the white rabbits are ripping off cold war kids. yikes.
ps. i like the white rabbits
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I think if 8 Mile was attempted to be done Jean Luc Godard style, it'd look something like this mess... love the song as well as the Cold War Kids though
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