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New MGMT Video For "Electric Feel" Features "Very Sexy Girls Who Can Dance For Real"

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Yes, it is a new MGMT video for "Electric Feel." But it is not the first video for "Electric Feel." That one was interactive and came with the ability to adjust the color schemes and can still be downloaded if you like adjusting color schemes in your oudated videos. So what's changed since December '07 and now, to inspire another clip for the track? Well there's "Time To Pretend" taking off and generating sweet licensing $$ (e.g. season finale of Gossip Girl), for one. What has not changed is Ben and Andrew's consistent love for extras in videos. Showing skin seems essential.

I like it. I like big stuffed bears that sing "baby gurl." And not to make you jealous, sexy girls, but you could have been in this video. In early April a since removed Craigslist casting call reblogged its way through the bowels of Tumblr with the subject:

MGMT video - open call for very sexy girls who can dance for real

Umm, hahahahaha. I like the "for real," which definitely kept away the sexy girl who was like "I can dance," and her friends said "for real?" and then she realized she should probably just go back to posting pictures of herself on Facebook. It's a higher threshold. For real. I will say that this was a fun video to watch, though, and some of those sexy girls were pretty good at being for real, but as for as this week's arousing, woodsy, primitive dance party videos, Sigur Rós just pwned you, MGMT.

Oracular Spectacular is out via Columbia.

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The big bear looks like the bear from Chuck E. Cheeses or Showbiz Pizza (for you children of the 80s.

Posted by: Greg at 05/30/08 11:44 AM | Reply
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they look like hobbits

Posted by: anon at 05/30/08 12:18 PM | Reply
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exactly. it looks like some sort of subtropical, hobbit rave.

Posted by: Larissa in reply to anon's comment at 06/01/08 3:10 PM | Reply
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Why do these guys get any coverage? So lame and cheesy. It's like they were made in some sort of hipster factory. They should change their name to MKTG.

Posted by: MF McNutt at 05/30/08 12:25 PM | Reply
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sex 6 com

Posted by: fre at 05/30/08 1:27 PM | Reply
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i had my 6th birthday party with that bear.

Posted by: tp at 05/30/08 1:35 PM | Reply
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"Sigur Rós just pwned you, MGMT"

Boy, did they ever!

Posted by: cashewmania profile link at 05/30/08 2:07 PM | Reply
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They are kind of from Chuck-e-cheese. It's Rock-afire Explosion from Showbiz Pizza Place. They are a versatile band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxOVFrfxCxA

Posted by: dalaw at 05/30/08 3:26 PM | Reply
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Directed by Ray Tintori.

Posted by: h at 05/30/08 4:17 PM | Reply
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These guys are kick ass.

Hipster factory? WTF?

Posted by: itchy at 05/30/08 7:37 PM | Reply
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I listen to this album more than any other from last year. MF's just jealous his band sucks.

Posted by: Shea at 05/30/08 9:35 PM | Reply
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Only thing sexy about that video was the bear playing bass.

Posted by: Dan at 05/31/08 8:35 AM | Reply
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What an awkward video. I really don't like it when band members gaze longingly into the camera. Ick.

Posted by: CH at 05/31/08 2:24 PM | Reply
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they really should have saved this another year for the Lord of the Rings prequel soundtrack.

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