Friday, October 30, 2009
Moving Pictures Turbo Fruits Debut Toothy, Campy, Japanese-y Video for 'Naked With You' [Updated]
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Everyone's favorite local "psuedo-surf rock band" Turbo Fruits recently filmed a music video for their track "Naked With You" with director Brad Holland (formerly of Whirlwind Heat), and Dazed Digital has the exclusive. That means we can't embed it here, but you should still follow that there link over to D.D. Why? Because the video features frontman Jonas Stein cruisin' the mean streets on a killer moped with a "smokin' hot" broadzilla, not to mention loads of Japanese subtitles and a near-fatal attack from a gnarly-toothed plushy monster.
There's also an interview with Stein and Holland in which the principal Turbo Fruit divulges what kind of hugs Drew Barrymore gives. According to Dazed Digital, Stein also wants us to [sic] "Keep [our] eyes peeled for our video for Mama's Mas 'Cos I Fried My Brain' by Matthew Robinson" in the near future. I'd assume that means the video for "Mama's Mad Cos I Fried My Brain" by Matthew Robison, but I don't want to be presumptuous. "Naked With You" is from Turbo Fruits' latest, Echo Kid, which I believe to be a damn fine album. By the by, anyone happen to catch TF with Black Lips last night? (HT: Fergburger)
Update: Here 'tis!
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Pretty mediocre song. Would anyone know who Turbo Fruits are if Jonas Stein didn't look like a Jonas Brother? Or if he hadn't been in a band with Jemina Pearl, who isn't that great either... but has more charisma in her pinky toe than Stein could muster on his best day? Lame song, (slightly) entertaining video.
I can't can't tell you what it means to have someone publicly correct the spelling of my last name.
Lemme know if you need a kidney.
Personally, I like the title track better (is it me, or does it very much resemble the old Meemaw acapella number about Jesus telling you to hijack a big jet plane?).
Like the JEFF video, I think a few more seconds and it would get on my nerves, but this is fun. I mean, one of my favorite tracks on their last record is the one where they sing to a Pop Tart, "You taste so good! I eat you!" It's about 45 seconds long, which is perfect. Maybe I'd be into the extended remix after a jazz cig?
It is a catchy tune. Sounds like a song, not a jam session.
He has great pop sensibility and writes better shit than half the damn bands in this town.
They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away,
but many of us still don't eat them. That doesn't mean
we shouldn't be eating them, however. Pound for pound,
fruits are among the healthiest foods a person can consume,
offering numerous benefits (from antioxidants to vitamin C
to potassium to fiber) in huge quantities that other foods don't come close to.
But which fruits offer which specific health benefits?
cheers
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