Alright, it's a cover song. Though I will always love the Talking Heads version (the original) the most, this is still really cool. Oddly enough, my boss is friends with Miles Fisher, who is also the man in this video who happens to look just like Christian Bale, or sometimes Tom Cruise. Must suck to look like that. Ha.
Musically, the cover is fun, up tempo and loaded with synth. What I love about this song more than anything, however, is the video. It's not just any old music video. Fisher actually does a remake of American Psycho, and crams it into a video that's under 5 minutes long. Who ever http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1115909918293398765directed and filmed the video did an excellent job lining up key parts of the video with appropriate lyrics. One of the greater moments of the video involves a 3-way with two models, one of which is the daughter of Patty Hearst.
I was skeptical when I first heard about the synching of this song to such gruesome content, but it works surprisingly well. The obvious choice for Talking Heads songs would have been "Psycho Killer", which makes the use of "This Must Be the Place" so much better, and unexpected!
For your enjoyment, I've attached the video.
This video is what kick started my recent obsession with the talking heads. I can't get enough of them lately, the song 'nothing but flowers' has been on permanent rotation in my head for months and months and months.. love them.
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