Broken Social Scene Sweetest Kill Video

June 8, 2011 9:31 AM

Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill Video for Broken Social Scene's "Sweetest Kill" from the 2010 album "Forgiveness Rock Record".
posted by pick_the_flowers (26 comments total)

See also.
posted by joe lisboa at 9:34 AM on June 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

/watches her with the axe

Sweety, no! You'll put big gouges in your nice wood floor.
posted by Phalene at 9:55 AM on June 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

I really liked Forgiveness Rock Record.

I'm ambivalent about this video. Warning to the squeamish- there will be blood.
posted by Dr-Baa at 9:57 AM on June 8, 2011

Bonus: the album streaming (on MySpace, it's one redeeming feature as of late).
posted by filthy light thief at 10:01 AM on June 8, 2011

I love BSS. But none of their videos work.
posted by psergio at 10:01 AM on June 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

Unless you count Half Nelson.
posted by psergio at 10:02 AM on June 8, 2011 [1 favorite]

I might like this better if the actress could act (without looking incredibly self-conscious), and a bit more imagination had gone into the use of imagery (girl wears white dress = innocence, but what's this? She's doing something bad and splattering her 'white' dress with blood? etc etc).
posted by Pilly at 10:05 AM on June 8, 2011

That woman hasn't used an axe ever in her life.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:08 AM on June 8, 2011

The rubber arms were a bit rubbish.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 10:11 AM on June 8, 2011

I was all ready to hate this because they've got the hump to get over of being an Canadian indie band with about 36 members who have a stupid name who call their records arch knowing things like 'Forgiveness Rock Record' (!) but actually that song sounded quite good.
posted by dydecker at 10:12 AM on June 8, 2011

I saw their first US club show, and it was so good that I'm still kind of baffled that they they only had the one good album in them.
posted by anazgnos at 10:14 AM on June 8, 2011

Who?
posted by Thorzdad at 10:16 AM on June 8, 2011

You know what I hate?

Those stupid fucking stemless wine glasses. Why do I want greasy fingerprints all over the bowl? The video was crap too.
posted by Keith Talent at 10:18 AM on June 8, 2011

The actress is Bijou Philips, I believe.
posted by mrgrimm at 10:18 AM on June 8, 2011

I'm Still Your Fag
posted by mrgrimm at 10:28 AM on June 8, 2011

GOOD: G20 video for Meet Me in the Basement
Also quite good
posted by Flashman at 10:46 AM on June 8, 2011

Yeah, this needs an NSFW tag.

If you are intrigued by BSS, don't overlook their (far superior IMO) labelmates The Most Serene Republic.
posted by jbickers at 10:51 AM on June 8, 2011 [2 favorites]

Heh 'The Most Serene Republic' that's funny
posted by dydecker at 10:54 AM on June 8, 2011

IMO, the song is awesome, but this video is out of order. I don't get it. Super violent......for what?

(I also kind of thought it was "I thought you were the sweetest cat" before I saw this.)
posted by pick_the_flowers at 11:03 AM on June 8, 2011

WOW. A Broken Social Scene song I actually liked.

Huh.
posted by Kitteh at 11:04 AM on June 8, 2011

That woman hasn't used an axe ever in her life.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 1:08 PM on 6/8
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She probably has to hold the rubber prop axe that way so it doesn't flop over and wreck the illusion.
You see that on (e.g.) Buffy a lot.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 11:20 AM on June 8, 2011

That's a great BSS tune. Shame about the heavy handed video.
posted by helmutdog at 12:09 PM on June 8, 2011

My favourite song from the album (no video unfortunately).
posted by Acey at 3:18 PM on June 8, 2011

This isn't an official video or anything but it's my favorite.
posted by A dead Quaker at 8:44 PM on June 8, 2011

This is an official alternate video from some other band with Leonard Nimoy in it.
posted by homunculus at 8:50 PM on June 8, 2011

I've never found anything really interesting about BSS and this video won't change that at all.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 9:38 AM on June 9, 2011