The video for Ratatat’s new single Drugs is absolutely horrible, which is exactly what they wanted. Carl Burgess scoured the depths of the Getty Images archives and pieced together this string of painful moments set to music. The recycled mediocrity vibe is strong and there is a fair amount of uglification going down via some video post. I have to imagine someone involved in this project is a big Tim & Eric fan, and perhaps watched one too many Aphex Twin videos.
Ratatat Stock Footage Video
08.12.2010
That was a painful watch indeed, although I did get some good laughs out of it.
Lots of awkward faces, very funny.
BRILLIANT!
OMG this is amazing!!! HAHAHHAAAA! What a riot!
Wow, that was super painful to watch, but I couldn’t stop. I loved it but I never ever EVER want to watch that again.
Nice find Scott!
I couldn’t even finish it!
Well, I think it’s hilarious.
oof.
reminds me of this timid tiger video,
where they used and imitated stock-photography and -videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I0Oi0evP_c
So many poorly-fitted shirts, sooo much kaki, sooooo much bad hair – i love it! How did you manage to get all of my clients to volunteer for this?!
有长见识了，感谢分享，支持支持，记得回访啊
That’s it! I am going straight to Getty to download this groundbreaking stock footage. Simply incredible raw emotion captured here! Wowsers!
pure genius
Floored.
More please.
Ha! Incredible. At work we often run across the stock video on Getty and iStock — and we’re always like “who will actually use this stuff?” Well, now we know.
The ladies face at 1:16—is it just me or does that ladies face look permanently stuck on iChat’s pinch face video preset?
Pretty good. Seems how there all on that gray screen… lets give to Eric Wareheim and see what happens!
haha, the quality at least looks nice.
interesting concept
What a great idea.
definitely saw the windowlicker monster in there somewhere
The best music video of all time!
This chick looks like she has that Photo Booth effect applied: http://drp.ly/1wHQ2M
WTF @ 2:57.
hahahaha this is the best video ever!
ratatat ftw
Wow, i never knew how excited I could get when Tim & Eric and Aphex Twin are mentioned in the same sentence. You just made my day
I see whats going on, but can’t help to think the amount of effort put into this is merely a waste of talent and time. Didn’t really care to watch this.
With that being said, I’m sure there are a lot that think the same thing about the programming on Adult Swim. (of which I am a fan of)
I dig the originality and I don’t find it painful at all. If you think that was messed, check out the vid for MIA’s “born free”. Be warned, it is very disturbing and was taken down from youtube. But one of my favourite clips of all time.
http://vimeo.com/11219730
Remember PLEIX? http://www.pleix.net/films.html
I am sorry, but the creativity and originality of this clip is just close to zero in my eyes. I do agree there is potential in the use of stock footage for a video work, but if the concept and the realization stays as shallow as the source – it’s wasted. They added cynicism, that’s all. Poor Eric, poor Aphex to be thrown in one pot with this…
uhh… am I the only one that noticed that weird-ass head?
Looks like most of the clips came from this Getty Images collection: http://www.gettyimages.ca/Search/Search.aspx?assettype=film&artist=Post+Holes+RF
bad drug trip.