Friday Night Videos: Synthy New Wave
The Cars: You Might Think (1984)
Another week, another video full of then-cutting-edge special effects. This video was spliced and diced and colorized to within an inch of its life. It’s full of disturbing near-stalkerish behavior, culminating in the arrival of the scary Ric Ocasek fly.
Fountains of Wayne: Stacy’s Mom (2001)
Fountains of Wayne clearly love The Cars, from the song’s “Just What I Needed”-like intro to, well, the entire music video. It also is notable for echoing a scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High and for having an overflowing soda pop bottle stand in for more masturbatory activities.
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Comment by Jess
My community band is playing Stacy’s Mom, apparently a pep-band arrangement, this summer. I am ashamed and embarrassed. Also, for some strange reason practically every melody line is written into the French horn part, so I can’t just hide out and pretend I have nothing to do with the song.
Posted on August 13, 2006 at 6:51 pm
Comment by Stephen
Oh my.
Posted on August 14, 2006 at 9:10 am