Comments on: Erykah Badu feat. Questlove: "Window Seat" http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 01:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ab5tract http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746240 ab5tract Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746240 sorry about that. must have been one of the frames my ancient eee dropped when watching. i'm lucky if it displays half.. sorry about that. must have been one of the frames my ancient eee dropped when watching. i’m lucky if it displays half..

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746497 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746497 Anybody remember the superbowl where a black woman had her breast exposed by her fellow performer causing all kinds of controversy? Erykah strips off and then gets shot down. I think it is a comment on America's reaction to public nudity. Anybody remember the superbowl where a black woman had her breast exposed by her fellow performer causing all kinds of controversy?

Erykah strips off and then gets shot down. I think it is a comment on America’s reaction to public nudity.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-751620 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-751620 Can anyone remember a female singer who did a similar video in the 90s without taking her clothes off, walking through a city? Can anyone remember a female singer who did a similar video in the 90s without taking her clothes off, walking through a city?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746246 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746246 Listen again to the end - after the song. Don't be quick to kill/destroy ideas because they don't mesh with what you're working with right now. Things change. Evolution happens. Listen again to the end – after the song.

Don’t be quick to kill/destroy ideas because they don’t mesh with what you’re working with right now. Things change. Evolution happens.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746253 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746253 Just speculation here...but it's probably shot on a Canon 5d Mark II Just speculation here…but it’s probably shot on a Canon 5d Mark II

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-745998 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745998 Down the street, and right on the fucking grassy knoll! Amazing act. Down the street, and right on the fucking grassy knoll! Amazing act.

]]> By: bornonbord http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746000 bornonbord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746000 @4:11 Haha! I wonder how that man explained that to his kid. @4:11 Haha! I wonder how that man explained that to his kid.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746515 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746515 Nobody thinks this is weird considering Universal/Motown's stance on copyright infringement? Would universal reversely accept infringement on their intellectual property just as long as Erykah Badu was mentioned as 'inspiration' for a video? The concept is almost exactly the same as Matt & Kim's video. -Ernesto Nobody thinks this is weird considering Universal/Motown’s stance on copyright infringement? Would universal reversely accept infringement on their intellectual property just as long as Erykah Badu was mentioned as ‘inspiration’ for a video? The concept is almost exactly the same as Matt & Kim’s video.

-Ernesto

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746004 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746004 The Matt and Kim video this was inspired by can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJkymylTNU4 Great songs and great videos, both of them. The Matt and Kim video this was inspired by can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJkymylTNU4

Great songs and great videos, both of them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746260 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746260 Honestly, with all the people going back and forth and being so polarized over this video, on every level, I'm going to say this IS art. Thanks Erykah, you've got people thinking, which I'm guessing was your point. Honestly, with all the people going back and forth and being so polarized over this video, on every level, I’m going to say this IS art.

Thanks Erykah, you’ve got people thinking, which I’m guessing was your point.

]]> By: Razzabeth http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746006 Razzabeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746006 That's pretty sweet! What a nice booty. Can has uncensored version? That’s pretty sweet! What a nice booty. Can has uncensored version?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746009 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746009 that is just beautiful that is just beautiful

]]> By: icky2000 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746010 icky2000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746010 Pulling up in a 61 Lincoln was an interesting touch. Pulling up in a 61 Lincoln was an interesting touch.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746267 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746267 The live Baduizm album (and Daftpunk!) helped me through a long cold winter in Sweden in the late 90's Fast forward through a few years in South Africa and on a return to the UK I went to see her live in Manchester in maybe 2002/3 - can't really remember. She more or less wafted on stage in a full length pure white obi-wan-kenobi robe a couple of minutes after her band had established a groove and... you could hear a pin drop. I've never seen such a demure/powerful figure transfix so many people just by her presence... let alone before she started to entertain everyone. Awesome. She has a touch of the Khoikhoi about her. Damn, my love is rekindled. The live Baduizm album (and Daftpunk!) helped me through a long cold winter in Sweden in the late 90′s

Fast forward through a few years in South Africa and on a return to the UK I went to see her live in Manchester in maybe 2002/3 – can’t really remember.

She more or less wafted on stage in a full length pure white obi-wan-kenobi robe a couple of minutes after her band had established a groove and… you could hear a pin drop.

I’ve never seen such a demure/powerful figure transfix so many people just by her presence… let alone before she started to entertain everyone. Awesome.

She has a touch of the Khoikhoi about her. Damn, my love is rekindled.

]]> By: JohnnyOC http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746012 JohnnyOC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746012 Damn, that takes guts. I've only heard about her in the background noise of my life (too busy being group think myself, I guess). I'm going to have to start paying more attention to her music from now on. Damn, that takes guts. I’ve only heard about her in the background noise of my life (too busy being group think myself, I guess). I’m going to have to start paying more attention to her music from now on.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746015 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746015 WoW, all the way around. I like the message. I admire the guts it took to accomplish this. I cheer for people wanting to make a statement, enough to not conform in doing so. WoW, all the way around.

I like the message.
I admire the guts it took to accomplish this.
I cheer for people wanting to make a statement, enough to not conform in doing so.

]]> By: Art Carnage http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746273 Art Carnage Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746273 That sets a new low for bad taste. If she had actually lived through the Kennedy assassination, she wouldn't be so cavalier about it. That sets a new low for bad taste. If she had actually lived through the Kennedy assassination, she wouldn’t be so cavalier about it.

]]> By: bkad http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746021 bkad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746021 <blockquote>WoW, all the way around. I like the message.</blockquote> Maybe you could help me with this. I didn't catch what the message was.

WoW, all the way around.
I like the message.

Maybe you could help me with this. I didn’t catch what the message was.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746277 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746277 It's a lens baby or an effect added in post. It is impossible to shoot as wide as it is and not have more depth of field. So I'm gonna guess the operator was let'n the video cam auto-focus and get what they got! It’s a lens baby or an effect added in post. It is impossible to shoot as wide as it is and not have more depth of field. So I’m gonna guess the operator was let’n the video cam auto-focus and get what they got!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746024 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746024 <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99ein_make-the-girl-dance-baby-baby-baby_music">Here's another music video</a> from the same genre, this one from the French electro group Make the Girl Dance. It's the reactions of the passers-by which makes these work. Here’s another music video from the same genre, this one from the French electro group Make the Girl Dance. It’s the reactions of the passers-by which makes these work.

]]> By: Wingo http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746283 Wingo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746283 This one's cool enough, but I prefer the trippy kaleidoscope-y vid she made recently with Lil Wayne. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvjx0luTUoI This one’s cool enough, but I prefer the trippy kaleidoscope-y vid she made recently with Lil Wayne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvjx0luTUoI

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746028 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746028 Holy shit, this is so awesome. A truly beautiful woman- just oozes confidence. Extremely great. Kind of inspiring... That tattoo is excellent, also. Holy shit, this is so awesome. A truly beautiful woman- just oozes confidence. Extremely great. Kind of inspiring… That tattoo is excellent, also.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746032 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746032 If you're rolling in a white Conti with suicide doors, you don't <i>need</i> to be feeding no parking meters... If you’re rolling in a white Conti with suicide doors, you don’t need to be feeding no parking meters…

]]> By: loopfiend http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746033 loopfiend Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746033 I found it gimmicky and disrespectful. Would she do the same publicity stunt at the Memphis motel where MLK was shot? Also all her songs sound the same. I found it gimmicky and disrespectful.
Would she do the same publicity stunt at the Memphis motel where MLK was shot?
Also all her songs sound the same.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746290 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746290 I accidentally opened this song in 2 windows with one starting about a second later, it made the song super trippy sounding and I loooved it. Then I realized my mistake and tried listening to it regularly and it was a bit boring. The video is amazing though. I accidentally opened this song in 2 windows with one starting about a second later, it made the song super trippy sounding and I loooved it. Then I realized my mistake and tried listening to it regularly and it was a bit boring. The video is amazing though.

]]> By: soubriquet http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746041 soubriquet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746041 As Tallulah Bankhead once said "There's less to this than meets the eye" I really can't find anything in this to enthuse about. Girl walk, dropping clothes. Distant guy follows picking them up, whilst monotonous song plays. Bang! Yawn. As Tallulah Bankhead once said “There’s less to this than meets the eye”

I really can’t find anything in this to enthuse about. Girl walk, dropping clothes. Distant guy follows picking them up, whilst monotonous song plays. Bang!

Yawn.

]]> By: PeaceLove http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746297 PeaceLove Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746297 Badu & Questlove have a long creative history together. I heartily recommend Dave Chappelle's Block Party, a fantastic documentary by Michael Gondry in which a bunch of the top Hip Hop stars, including Badu, come together for a block party/concert in Brooklyn. Not only is Chappelle a wonderfully funny and appealing host, but you really get to see how tight and beautiful the Hip Hop community is. Badu & Questlove have a long creative history together. I heartily recommend Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, a fantastic documentary by Michael Gondry in which a bunch of the top Hip Hop stars, including Badu, come together for a block party/concert in Brooklyn. Not only is Chappelle a wonderfully funny and appealing host, but you really get to see how tight and beautiful the Hip Hop community is.

]]> By: soubriquet http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746298 soubriquet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746298 If polarising opinion, and setting people talking is all that's required for this to be 'Art', wow! I'd never thought about it that way... So the shooting of Kennedy was art too? And the invasion of Iraq? Wow. If polarising opinion, and setting people talking is all that’s required for this to be ‘Art’, wow!
I’d never thought about it that way… So the shooting of Kennedy was art too? And the invasion of Iraq?
Wow.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746043 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746043 I'm inclined to agree. I think what a lot of people see here they're just making up for themselves, which is fine I guess, but I don't think you should give so much credit to something that is abstract and meant for an open interpretation. I’m inclined to agree. I think what a lot of people see here they’re just making up for themselves, which is fine I guess, but I don’t think you should give so much credit to something that is abstract and meant for an open interpretation.

]]> By: christopher http://boingboing.net/2010/03/27/erykah-badu-window-s.html#comment-746046 christopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746046 @ 8&9: i think the message could be interpreted partly as a response to the matt & kim video. she's clearly acknowledging that m & k's stunt was ballsy and difficult, but she's pushing it further by going it alone, in dallas. that is, i think the m & k video remains more lighthearted because they're there to defend each other (even though matt's a skinny dude, you get the feeling that he has kim's back, and vice versa), and because they're a couple of b-burg hipsters having a fling in times square (home of the naked cowboy and commercial exhibitionism in general). in this case, badu is a solitary black woman stripping down on the historically charged block in dallas where kennedy was shot (an evocatively if not literally dangerous place). the mock assassination at the end acknowledges her vulnerability, and the finality of real subjugation (contrast with kim getting goofily hit by a bus, for no apparent reason). brava. for those that are just picking up her music, youtube the slick earlier stuff, but fucking *buy* "new amerykah" 1 & 2. badu kind of disappeared for the first half of the 00s, but the break apparently gave her time to let some seriously brilliant stuff develop. @ loopfiend: that's like saying that anyone who derives art from the zapruder film is being "gimmicky" (or that don dilillo is disrespectful for writing "libra"). the JFK assassination is an essential meme for anyone who wants to comment on the 60s and what happened to us then (e.g. drugs, race, feminism, conspiracy, insanity, violence, revolution). @ 8&9: i think the message could be interpreted partly as a response to the matt & kim video. she’s clearly acknowledging that m & k’s stunt was ballsy and difficult, but she’s pushing it further by going it alone, in dallas.

that is, i think the m & k video remains more lighthearted because they’re there to defend each other (even though matt’s a skinny dude, you get the feeling that he has kim’s back, and vice versa), and because they’re a couple of b-burg hipsters having a fling in times square (home of the naked cowboy and commercial exhibitionism in general).

in this case, badu is a solitary black woman stripping down on the historically charged block in dallas where kennedy was shot (an evocatively if not literally dangerous place). the mock assassination at the end acknowledges her vulnerability, and the finality of real subjugation (contrast with kim getting goofily hit by a bus, for no apparent reason).

brava. for those that are just picking up her music, youtube the slick earlier stuff, but fucking *buy* “new amerykah” 1 & 2. badu kind of disappeared for the first half of the 00s, but the break apparently gave her time to let some seriously brilliant stuff develop.

@ loopfiend: that’s like saying that anyone who derives art from the zapruder film is being “gimmicky” (or that don dilillo is disrespectful for writing “libra”). the JFK assassination is an essential meme for anyone who wants to comment on the 60s and what happened to us then (e.g. drugs, race, feminism, conspiracy, insanity, violence, revolution).

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