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June 27, 2011 11:04 AM

The Mellow Brick Road. The Wizard of Oz condensed into 4 minutes, with soundtrack by Pogo.
posted by Gordafarin (11 comments total)

Every time I come across a new Pogo song I go "Okay, this will be the one I don't enjoy at all" and so far that has never happened.
posted by The Whelk at 11:13 AM on June 27, 2011

Wow, this is awwwesome.
posted by odinsdream at 11:34 AM on June 27, 2011

Fantastic stuff. I love everything I've seen by Pogo, and that video was very good - beautifully expressive while not using much detail. Also, I need to see that movie again now.
posted by ZsigE at 1:07 PM on June 27, 2011

Vimeo fail.
posted by benito.strauss at 3:07 PM on June 27, 2011

The Vimeo works fine for me, but it's also on Youtube here.
posted by Gordafarin at 3:33 PM on June 27, 2011

Thanks, Gordafarin, that was great! (I wouldn't have complained, only it seems I'm not the only one with Vimeo trouble.)
posted by benito.strauss at 7:28 PM on June 27, 2011

I loved this! Thank you.
posted by mkim at 10:31 PM on June 27, 2011

1) That was completely awesome.

2) WoO must have even more filler than I realized, because the whole story is there. Some of that is the songs, but a lot must just be panorama shots and whatnot.

3) I liked how the different character voices were added to the soundtrack as they appeared. But then he (is Pogo a boy?) used neither the Wicked Witch nor Oz the Great and Terrible, both of whom have very distinctive voices. That was disappointing.
posted by DU at 5:14 AM on June 28, 2011

Oh wait--the video was made after the song? I guess that explains some timing mismatches. But not why Wicked and Oz weren't present. Surely those evocative voices could've added something.
posted by DU at 5:15 AM on June 28, 2011

Perhaps because the Wizard and Witch don't sing?
posted by Gordafarin at 2:53 PM on June 29, 2011

Pogo is a dude, yes.
posted by The Whelk at 3:15 PM on June 29, 2011