Gnarls Barkley Take It Back To ‘84 (And Possibly ‘64?)


Bookended by a cameo from a Justin Timberlake profiling in Cazals and white leather, the gleeful new video for Gnarls Barkley’s “Run” is a tribute to a beloved but short-lived teevee hip-hop dance party, at least according to one Idolator reader left irate by certain lazy comparisons to American Bandstand. Whatever the neon inspiration for the clip’s first half, the last few black and white minutes do have a certain swinging ’60s op-art thing going on and should probably come with a seizure warning. [Subterranean]

 
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Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst Karaoke Nookie
and it was all caught on tape! Sources tell TMZ, Durst hit up open karaoke night at Rock & Reilly's with Nick Swardson and Cedric Yarbrough from "Reno 911" Thetrio performed a bunch of other songs ... like Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Check out video here.
Mati Zundel's Kaleidoscopic Butcher Shop
Mati Zundel just signed to Waxploitation, a label known for Gnarls Barkely and Danger Mouse and so this may be your introduction to an artist you'll hear a lot from in 2012. Zundel told us through email what he imaged the song's story to be ...



 
  1. Chris Molanphy  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    It’s like Graffiti Rock crossed with the early ’80s local musicvideo show Hot! Crossed again with The T.A.M.I. Show.

  2. Halfwit  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    Dude… that is totally P!nk at 0:38 and 2:38 in the graffiti rock video.

  3. Lucas Jensen  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    That video is pretty rad. I want Cee-Lo to shoot me with his eye powers.

  4. EnsignMilkshake  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    Is that Justin Timberlake as the host…?

  5. EnsignMilkshake  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    Uh… should have read the description first. Move along, nothing to see here.

  6. Tenno  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    Hah. Justin doin’ the awkward whitehost thing.

  7. Tauwan  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    I still believe this song has Go Team! written all over it.

  8. I’m a little embarrassed that i know this but the arsonists did it first.

  9. brasstax  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    Yeah, but it’s The Arsonists. Who cares?

  10. so1omon  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    @Halfwit:
    Actually, it’s Debi Mazar… really.

  11. Halfwit  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    @so1omon: I wasn’t being facetious, but yeah… that’s definitely Debi Mazar.

    I think that may be a little cooler, actually.

  12. worldsfair  |   Posted on Feb 29th, 2008

    have to say i’m pretty bummed by the video, its all flash no substance… i love the song since i heard it, and had this whole treatment daydreamed out in my head… playing off the lyrics, damn it i wanted to see a mass of inner city kids chasing some rich white kids!!! thanks for ruining it with another half-assed nostalgic throwback… talkin about twee-hop, Andre did it so much better with Heya

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