No context or anything provided? I mean, I watching the video, and I've really no clue who Matt and Kim are, or why I should care about their generic indie-pop stylings and censored bodies... posted by Brother Dysk at 4:26 AM on May 1
I think that nudity represents ‘freeing urself’ and ‘not conforming to society’s expectations’ for ppl to wear clothes. Think that getting naked in Times Square means that ur ‘free spirited’ since it is so consumery there. posted by Locative at 4:30 AM on May 1 [4 favorites]
I thought it was a good video, but I confess to not quite hearing the song. Nice ending. I wonder if they ended up getting arrested in the end.
A good streak takes planning. posted by Catblack at 4:58 AM on May 1
I thought it was a neat video, but then again, I did watch with the sound off. I don't think those cops were real at all, IRL those kids would be immediately down on the ground with a knee in their chest, and then into a van and spirited off to the tombs. posted by Mach5 at 5:07 AM on May 1 [1 favorite]
No, they didn't get arrested. Context for the video and other surrounding details can be found here. posted by King Bee at 5:07 AM on May 1
Friday Flash Fun, eh? Getit? Getit?
Also, that one Unisex Person Unit's hips were...well, I don't know if it's art but I liked it. (And fuck you, pixelating killjoy, whoever you are.) posted by Glee at 5:07 AM on May 1
"Hope that I meet some1 2 start a band with while at my liberal arts/Ivy League/design school university. Not sure if I will get a ‘creative job’ in this economie." Wow, that hipster runoff review linked above is like watching the video all over again through a moron's eyes. Is hipster runoff an actual site or some sort of parody site?
That's a rhetorical question, fellow mefites. To quote Robert Anton Wilson: "As my mahatma guru J.R. "Bob" Dobbs says, "You know how dumb the average guy is? Well, mathematically, by definition, half of them are even dumber than that." posted by Catblack at 5:14 AM on May 1 [5 favorites]
Little-known indie band makes shocking video of mediocre song in the hopes of getting internet recognition on music and community blogs; people still saps. posted by billysumday at 5:19 AM on May 1
I think that nudity represents ‘freeing urself’ and ‘not conforming to society’s expectations’ for ppl to wear clothes.
So what does pixelated nekkidness say about conformity? posted by Pollomacho at 5:20 AM on May 1
The ending was really trite. But then again so was the rest of the video. This is like something out of the movie Jackass except larded up with so much pretense you can't see the humor. posted by delmoi at 5:30 AM on May 1
It was a good video up until the OMG bus moment. By the by, the song that gained Matt & Kim a following is Yea Yeah (video also features them taking their tops off but is, on the whole, funnier). Here's a rather charming live clip of Matt & Kim playing Yea Yeah on Roosevelt Island. posted by Kattullus at 5:32 AM on May 1
It's not a particularly good song. And it's not exactly as provocative a video as it seems to be presented as. But, you know, everybody's got different tastes. So be it. posted by grubi at 5:32 AM on May 1
Pixellation was lame conceptually apart from anything else. posted by unSane at 5:33 AM on May 1
two punk rock people streaking? C- They would have got a B but they blocked out the good stuff. posted by Mastercheddaar at 5:36 AM on May 1
You know how dumb the average guy is? Well, mathematically, by definition, half of them are even dumber than that.
I love this quote because it immediately tells me which "half" the speaker is in. posted by DU at 5:46 AM on May 1 [4 favorites]
Well, they completely nailed the "I am a tourist in Times Square" faces... only moreso. posted by rokusan at 5:47 AM on May 1 [1 favorite]
I was hoping for something more like:
Tay-tay-tay-tay-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-Tay-Tay
Take or leave us
Only please believe us,
We ain't never gonna be respectable. posted by PeterMcDermott at 5:50 AM on May 1 [1 favorite]
The interview is funny.
The pitch for the permit was like: "Tourists walk through Times Square inappropriately dressed for the weather."
After the take, one cop was genuinely concerned. He was like, "Did I mess up the shot?"
The ending ruined it because after you saw it you knew it was fake. If they had left people guessing it would have been much better. posted by afu at 5:59 AM on May 1
after you saw it you knew it was fake
... but hoped it was real. posted by uncleozzy at 6:05 AM on May 1
Woah! That ending was abrupt! posted by P.o.B. at 6:07 AM on May 1
Mirth, mayhem, and meh. posted by netbros at 6:23 AM on May 1
My friend did the same thing in Times Sq. without being filmed, she also got arrested. Cops love nekkid people, can't keep their hands of them. posted by Liquidwolf at 6:27 AM on May 1
The crowd reaction is best part, like the old ladies whipping out their phone cameras. posted by stbalbach at 6:36 AM on May 1
Why did they pixelate her back? Really bad tattoo or fear of side-boob? posted by Mister_A at 6:48 AM on May 1
I like it and the bus (SPOILAR) moment is a very appropriate ending to a pretty decent metaphor.
They are renowned for their upbeat, positive attitudes about music making and life. They genuinely are trying as hard as they can to keep their integrity in line with the hardcore scene they grew up in, but success is making that impossible. They might escape the cops (critics?) but eventually their bubble of 2Kids In Love Touring the Country in a Van For the Fans is going to burst, and they know it and their rapidly-maturing music shows it.
The best happy pop music has loss at its core: cf, Jonathan Richman, TMBG, Phil Spector, early 90s pop-punk, and so on. Matt and Kim are moving into that territory rapidly, along with certain of their compatriots in the future shock/ synthpunk movement. Good luck to them I hope it's a few more years before they get smush'd. posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:48 AM on May 1 [1 favorite]
Sorry, metafilter, you're I'm-too-cool-to-care hipster-haterade won't work on Matt & Kim. They're adorable. posted by fungible at 6:50 AM on May 1 [8 favorites]
Great video. Getting naked in the Maw of America is a pretty sublime maneuver. posted by bedlam at 6:55 AM on May 1
And what fungible said. posted by bedlam at 6:56 AM on May 1
I liked it - but couldn't escape the feeling that I really wanted to see their genitals. posted by Jofus at 6:56 AM on May 1
Why did they pixelate her back?
I thought it was a joke.
Or, for hipsters: I thought it was a pomo sociolinguistic comment on the arbitrary iconography of the human form. posted by rokusan at 7:01 AM on May 1
Getting naked in the Maw of America is a pretty sublime maneuver.
I got naked in the Maw of America once. You may have seen me on Minnesota's Most Wanted.
(They shouldn't have served me so many frozen Mawawitas.) posted by rokusan at 7:02 AM on May 1 [3 favorites]
Joke, eh? I hadn't thought of that. Could indeed be a joke.
PS I did not hate the song or the video! posted by Mister_A at 7:07 AM on May 1
Someday I may actually care enough to figure out what all the "hipster this" and "hipster that" bullshit is about. posted by P.o.B. at 7:09 AM on May 1 [1 favorite]
"They are renowned for their upbeat, positive attitudes about music making and life."
I think someone wrote that in my high school yearbook. posted by krinklyfig at 7:39 AM on May 1
I'm not like these New Yorkers. I don't need clothes to keep me warm. All I need is the music! These people clearly don't have the music in them that I do. I'm taking this shit off and am just gonna throw it on the ground and keep walkin. Only a brainwashed consumer would care about leaving a thrift store scarf behind. It cost me $125. But whatever! Shit I hope that boil on my ass is gone. The music should have cleared it up by now. I hope everyone can see my tattoos OK. They were inspired by the music. I think I just stepped in vomit. posted by Brocktoon at 7:46 AM on May 1
"matt and kim? what did they do?"
"hmm - i can't think of any melody"
"neither can i ..."
"oh, wait, didn't they do a video where they tore off their clothes in times square?"
Perhaps! But that vomit has a catchy, dancy, retro-80s-analogue sound. posted by Ratio at 8:01 AM on May 1
The Carpenters didn't need to take their clothes off in public to draw attention to their music. But I guess it was a different time. posted by Joe Beese at 8:01 AM on May 1 [1 favorite]
The Carpenters didn't need to take their clothes off in public to draw attention to their music. But I guess it was a different time.
Yeah, but they had all those fucking birds showing up every time Karen stepped outside. posted by Pollomacho at 8:14 AM on May 1 [1 favorite]
they should not litter ...and there is no money shot. posted by Postroad at 8:19 AM on May 1
Count me in on the "eh, it was so-so" crowd. The music was fine, and while the walk-around-naked trick has been done before, it still has appeal. But the pixilation kind of ruined it for me -- if you are going to be naked, be naked. And sure, you probably need a pixilated version for network TV... but go ahead and release the real version online.
Or, if you don't want to show your bits, do something fun and jokey like has been done in other sort-of-naked videos I've seen -- black bars, text, hats, etc. posted by Forktine at 8:26 AM on May 1 [1 favorite]
if matt & kim would even simulate taking as many chances with their music as they simulate taking chances with the law, their music would be a simulation of something other than what it really is: mediocre indie. posted by the aloha at 10:00 AM on May 1 [4 favorites]
What the aloha said, twice over with extra sauce. posted by eyeballkid at 10:04 AM on May 1
That 'Hipster Runoff' 'analysis' is 'incredibly stupid.'
wish you would see how correct carles is. should i bother explaining why to someone who doesn't 'get it'?
OMG that's Matt Johnson, The The Matt Johnson? Well, I worship the man, enough that I chased down the original EP of "Uncertain Smile" while I was in Japan. He could take a crap on the sidewalk in Times Square and I would applaud. The rest of you haters can...well, have a nice day but don't be so negative. posted by Turtles all the way down at 10:31 AM on May 1
omg thier naked!
Why did they blur the one guy's chest? posted by Eideteker at 10:43 AM on May 1
I liked the video, thanks for sharing it but youre kinda doing metafilter wrong. posted by ElmerFishpaw at 10:49 AM on May 1
That was great. I like the surprise ending to the video Kattullus linked to better, but still, great great great. posted by gwint at 10:50 AM on May 1
His singing voice reminds me of Eddie Murphy imitating Richard Simmons in The Nutty Professor. posted by Joe Beese at 12:05 PM on May 1
I dunno, the more I see, the more I like. This looked like a fun time: Silver Tiles (live). For those wishing bodily harm on Matt & Kim (and their fans), you might enjoy their video for '5K'. posted by gwint at 12:07 PM on May 1
The police, or security, or figures of authority whatever, gave up too easy, threatening the contrast between stark reality and staged fiction. If this is, like, NYC, I can believe the sullen disinterest, but this was also deflated by people picking up clothes--no one in that city would do that. You could, like, be knifed with blood spurting out of your throat and people will still make the subway. Also, "she" did not pique my interest as her chest was not prominent to the degree that I wanted to see it un-blurred. The bus was a throwaway. The tune had that "ditty" thing going for it, which I'm hearing in lo-fi-ish Brooklyn Bushwick Williamsburg kind of acts backed by various dropouts, part-time students, and friends of friends of someone who had something someone heard somewhere and made an impression once, and was, like, ok. I'm not sure there are deep questions here. I'm done now. posted by wallstreet1929 at 6:15 PM on May 1
Needs more boobies. posted by Bageena at 9:06 PM on May 1
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