Come Again

July 23, 2010 9:12 AM

The Kleptones work their mashup magic on The Beatles' Come Together vs. a whole slew of other songs, and then Crumbs Chief turns it into a dance extravaganza. Celebrate your Friday with Come Again. (SLVimeo, 8m17s)
posted by hippybear (14 comments total)

The complete Kleptones project Uptime / Downtime can be downloaded here.
posted by hippybear at 9:13 AM on July 23, 2010

mashups are desecrating our most precious childhood memories... oops wrong thread.
posted by stbalbach at 9:43 AM on July 23, 2010

While I appreciate the mash-up, I thought the video was severely lacking. Too often the dance clips were just a random amalgam of moments from musicals, rather than a well-timed, well-edited video that worked with the music, instead of next to it.
posted by incessant at 9:49 AM on July 23, 2010

Not bad. Too many white people, though (hey, aren't we 'Mericans sposed to be having a "teachable moment" here?).
posted by kozad at 10:01 AM on July 23, 2010

Gene Kelly on roller skates goes with anything!
posted by xod at 11:14 AM on July 23, 2010

I dug it, thanks.
posted by stinkycheese at 11:35 AM on July 23, 2010

Too often the dance clips were just a random amalgam of moments from musicals...

I liked it; some of the dance clips did relate directly to the music or the lyrics and if the videomakers had tried to do it with every clip, the 'gee whiz' effect would have become wearying before the 8 minute video was over. Still, it had too much Beastie Boys and enough Rare Earth for my personal taste and just stopped abrupty there but all in all, it was well worth my time.

Have the Oscars or an IFC tribute show ever done a montage of every iconic dance scene in the history of the movies? Just wondering if this had something to steal wholesale from...
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:11 PM on July 23, 2010

That was pretty damn awesome. My only complaint was the Beastie Boys vocals being mixed too high, you lost a lot of what was going on musically in that stretch.
Does anyone know from whence the clip early on with the guys in business suits with briefcases dancing outside. I'd like to see the rest of that.
posted by mikoroshi at 1:16 PM on July 23, 2010

Does anyone know from whence the clip early on with the guys in business suits with briefcases dancing outside.

It's from Julie Taymor's Beatle valentine Across the Universe.
posted by Skot at 1:36 PM on July 23, 2010

I love mashups, I can always appreciate the technical skill the Kleptones put into their mashes, but I rarely find their songs enjoyable. What's wrong with me?
posted by Evilspork at 2:03 PM on July 23, 2010

If it makes you feel any better, Evilspork, I really enjoyed the song and the video until about the 3:30 mark, and then I started to lose interest. I pushed through the rest of it, but it just wasn't holding my attention the same way. I could still appreciate that it was well done, but I just didn't find it fun any more. Maybe it's a little too much of a good thing?
posted by EvaDestruction at 6:13 PM on July 23, 2010

Where the people singing along to "Come Together" (that wasn't John Lennon) from Across the Universe too?
posted by divabat at 9:54 PM on July 23, 2010

Yes. Actually, all those people are Joe Cocker. It's a great film. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
posted by hippybear at 10:14 AM on July 24, 2010

Evilspork, I love the Kleptones, but there are plenty of mashups of I feel that way about (United States of Pop being the first that comes to mind).
posted by immlass at 10:49 AM on July 24, 2010