Ring Road video

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub

best Underworld Video since....Spoonman?

nah, push upstairs was a great video...

[dubman]

better than cowgirl, at least

of course anyone can do that gritty layered thing. but if you actually watch the people who "press every button" they certainly dont hold back or take their time like this video does. it's very focused and, wait for it, controlled.

gah. you people, sometimes.

[dubman]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

nah, push upstairs was a great video...

yeah, so was born slippy.

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by dubman

better than cowgirl, at least

of course anyone can do that gritty layered thing. but if you actually watch the people who "press every button" they certainly dont hold back or take their time like this video does. it's very focused and, wait for it, controlled.

gah. you people, sometimes.

i was careful to include that this video is crafted quite well. its just not mindblowing. Cowgirl to me, was, especially for what was going on at that time. It stood out. I feel that this one just melts away. Is that bad? No. Is it good? No either. It just is.

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by dubman

yeah, so was born slippy.

which one ?

[Dirty0900]

KOS video with the lizard r0cks.

[grahamwood]

spoonman
blimey
never knew what could go wrong
so nothing did
simons logo thing was as if a clever stoppage: consideration and detail but really? at the time, yes
and the "dont put your hand" section seeming like the fastest most detailed work ever
into the blood still feels somewhat convincing-platelets detaching towards words
all hand printed words with rubber letters and ink
but that was the first one: the whole opening makes me wonder just what i was thinking
but i think i know
lovelove

[BrotherLovesDub]

the handmade care and love really show in the Spoonman video. definitely my favorite passage on Footwear Repairs. i've worn out that segment of tape! please release the beast on a minty fresh DVD.

[ben]

This video is a masterpiece. Somehow they've managed to produce exactly what I have in my head every time I listen to the song. Gritty and black and white at the start then bursting into colour at the chorus.

[holden]

Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub

best Underworld Video since....Spoonman?

If memory serves, Spoonman and Ring Road are the only videos that include most/all of the lyrics appearing in almost-real-time (e.g. the "don't put your hand..." part of Spoonman and all of RR). And the technicolor washes also remind me of Spoonman and parts of Spikee (though the latter had lots of repeated images/patterns, there is a very trippy section where the colors kep changing).

The layered bold text, layered till it's unreadible recalls Dubno and Mmm skyscraper i love you artwork/typography.

Forgive me, but the graphic line drawings remind me of artwork for Radiohead's "OK Computer"/"Amnesiac" albums. Not a bad thing, though!

Rather than the splatters and layers of earlier videos, the washes of color and the way the line drawings/grids float in/out is a nice update of the classic look.

A return to abstract Tomato Form after the people-centric NUXX/Push/Jumbo/KOS/Moaner/TMO/DA3D/Crocodile/BBB vids. Love it!