Comments on: Beach House video starring Ray Wise

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:47:00 +0000

And y’all just think we’re a vast swath of The Wire punctuated by running gun battles.

I always thought that you lived in a vast swath of early rock and roll punctuated by 300-lb drag queens sex-dancing down the streets.

By: Doc_S

Doc_S — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:06:00 +0000

From us over here in B’more… you’re welcome. ;) And y’all just think we’re a vast swath of The Wire punctuated by running gun battles.

By: Chang Terhune

Chang Terhune — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:49:00 +0000

holygoddamn batman.

beach house = awesome

ray wise = awesome

By: IronEdithKidd

IronEdithKidd — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:49:00 +0000

He must not like ambient a whole lot. :/

By: vonbobo

vonbobo — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:41:00 +0000

LOVELY! (sorry for shouting!)

By: Roose_Bolton

Roose_Bolton — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:51:00 +0000

You’d best stay far away then, Mr. Jenkins…your Brian is all you have.

By: Drabula

Drabula — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:12:00 +0000

Excellent stuff. Kind of in the same category as Serafinowicz’s Hot Chip vid.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:39:00 +0000

R. Crumb would have liked those cheerleaders.

By: robuluz

robuluz — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:39:00 +0000

The song is awesome, I’m gonna look these guys up. I’d probably prefer a more traditional treatment for the video, I think Eric’s style is a little shouty, but that probably just means I’m an old fart who doesn’t ‘get’ the kids these days, so you know, why do I bother.

Edit: Just listened to Bloom on Youtube. Wonderful, wonderful stuff. Just reminiscent enough of Cocteau Twins to stir me, while not really sounding anything like them. Thanks Amy!

Edit edit: After some thought, I think my comments above are restricted to the work as a video for the song. viewing the song as a soundtrack to the video, I enjoy the whole thing much more.

By: Randy Walters

Randy Walters — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:10:00 +0000

It means a lot to me that someone noticed.

By: feetleet

feetleet — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:52:00 +0000

The shit you fogeys got named.

By: ebiii

ebiii — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:23:00 +0000

Holy Shit that was nice! I’ve been working on a music video recently (mostly 3D rendered) and I could not help seeing this piece as a storyboard. The director is genius. The shots just melt together. Really, really well executed. And yeah, that Twin Peaks feel to the music.

By: Brian Jenkins

Brian Jenkins — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:53:00 +0000

Man… seeing Beach House live must melt your brian

By: millie fink

millie fink — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:32:00 +0000

Thanks, I thoroughly enjoyed that shit.

By: naufragio

naufragio — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:25:00 +0000

I like the Eric cameo midway thru — in case you weren’t sure what you were watching, here’s a tip…

By: Kenmrph

Kenmrph — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:38:00 +0000

Yes I know!

By: Randy Walters

Randy Walters — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:30:00 +0000

Mere words cannot express the ineffable bliss that suffuses my very being as a result of viewing this video.

The owls are not what they seem.

And damn, it’s great to see Ray Wise. We have the same initials, you know.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:19:00 +0000

Really? I found the TP soundtrack calm and pretty. Which part was bizarre?

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:55:00 +0000

The song is strongly reminiscent of some of the music from Twin Peaks, but definitely less weird by itself (the Twin Peaks music is bizarre even separated from the show) – which they then make up for with the weird video of course.

By: Kenmrph

Kenmrph — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:53:00 +0000

Ray Wise looks like he’s aged a good 5 or 6 years since Twin Peaks