Frilly Military: a homemade pop video

[imomus]

Well, after telling you yesterday that some of my new stuff is "hits in a parallel universe", I thought I'd show you. Here's a homemade pop video I shot yesterday in Kyoto, cycling through a shopping arcade on the west side of the city. It's for "Frilly Military", one of the songs that'll be on the new album. Click the picture to see it. It's 15.7MB.



The song (a big hit in a parallel shopping arcade, for sure) is a reworking of one I wrote for Kahimi Karie back in 2001. I recorded and produced it in Osaka this month, and John Fashion Flesh Talaga reworked it (especially the skippy buildy bit at the end) in Bay City, Michigan. And now it's everywhere at once (there's even a blocky-dizzy low-res version of it on YouTube).

Oh, "Frilly Military" is published by Sony Music Japan. And the video was made with iMovie. Love those cheap and cheerful effects! My "Ocky Milk" album is due out this summer.

Comments

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Ah, Josef K videos (http://www.youtube.com/results?search=josef+k&search_type=search_videos&search=Search) on YouTube!

[dzima.livejournal.com]

Nice song.

One thing that your video makes very clear is the human way that you can ride a push bike in Japan. You don't have to compete with mad cars, wear useless jock's helmets and cope with random people yell/throw things at you like in, we all know your favourite enemy, The West/America.

[silenceinspades.livejournal.com]

that's sort of brilliant.
i've made some pop videos with imovie also
http://www.vimeo.com/clip=46992.
though i could not lip sync as professionaly as you.

[geeveecatullus.livejournal.com]

That's quite sweet, both the song and the video.

[cutup.livejournal.com]

That should be the recruitment video for an alternate universe military that only children can join. I think I'll watch that again now. See you in the acid bath!!!!

[646388.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed that a lot :)

[cheapsurrealist.livejournal.com]

Who was the camera operator? Another cyclist? Nice tracking.

Thanks for the free preview! I loved it.

[kojapan.livejournal.com]

I didn't get to see your new video yet but the name sparked an interest for other reasons, I think a 'frilly military' look should be my fashion goal for the next few months.

[tassellrealm.livejournal.com]

Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag and chante, danse babypop.

Very nice.

[(Anonymous)]

Fantastic song, Momus!

The guitar at the begining reminds me of 'Travels with a donkey'.

I was wondering if you totally scrapped the Rusty sessions, or if not, how much Rusty is on your new album?

Daniel

[(Anonymous)]

Its gimmicky, but here is something that reminded me of parallel univereses
http://cacazan.com/sarubun/terra060112.html

[fishwithissues.livejournal.com]

awesome great song and video. the subtle vocodering is really pleasing to the ear, which is unsual for vocoding. my favorite part is the end of the musical breakdown when the the screen brightens to white for a moment (was that added in imovie or a happy accident of auto-exposure?). it fits really well with the music.
looking forward to hearing the whole frilly, friendly album.

[lord-whimsy.livejournal.com]

Bicycles and videos go well together.

What does ocky milk taste like? Is it good with cereal?

[jasongtokyo.livejournal.com]

Nice one. The break in the middle of the song reminds me of pre-Parklife Blur, which is a good thing. You may have a real hit.

For those interested, here's a link to a downloadable copy (http://www.savefile.com/projects/445752) of the video for Morrissey's new single "You Have Killed Me," which first aired last night on UK TV. It spoofs an old Eurovision broadcast. The tune is a bit "Morrissey-lite," but definitely a grower. I love that he namedrops directors Pasolini and Visconti.

[cityramica.livejournal.com]

....hmm.
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Momus becomes parallel universe Pet Shop Boys again

[ambiguboi.livejournal.com]

The auto-tune, military references and camcorder street footage make this your return to parallel universe Pet Shop Boys, in the style of their 2003? song and video for London.

Wow

[dominik500.livejournal.com]

I can't even believe how much I love this song. If this is a taste of what's to come, summer can't come soon enough. Great job!!!

[jemly.livejournal.com]

hi thanks for sharing this,
i was just now able to see it .

cheap effects done right = 10000x more affective than expensive effects done wrong .......

and i watched it a few times in a row in order to soothe the ear worm the song created.
very catchy.

lovely.

[reflejos.livejournal.com]

Me encantó.

[bartkolounger.livejournal.com]

I love it!

Do you guys really like virtual Sex and Porn?!

[(Anonymous)]

Came back after 3-day trip with my boyfriend Jack, opened mail, and got about 46 letters with porn, porn, and once more porn. Links to any kind of porn, even something disgusting.
Huh, and that was really smth out of my mind:
how could that girl tolerate all that??
http://lesbian-sex.sex-movies-xxx.info
any comments, guys?

poodle

[nlgordaz.livejournal.com]

Hey, what kind of Poodle (http://poodlepower.net) was it? A standard poodle, toy, or miniature poodle (http://www.aaapets.com/pet_lovers/breeds/poodle.php)?
Best,
Lane

Frilly Military

[(Anonymous)]

I love this song, Momus. Great video too. Found you via Flasher for the first time. Great work. I will follow.
-Scupper