By the fourth week, the whole thing was toast

[slipjig3]

You may be asking yourself, "Wait, Richard Thompson does videos?" Apparently he does. He did a few for Rumour and Sigh (for "I Feel So Good" and "I Misunderstood", specifically), back when Capitol was doing the if-Bonnie-Raitt-can-hit-it-big-so-can-he thing. Now he's got one for "Let It Blow" off of his new one, Front Parlour Ballads. The clip was directed by avant-guitarist Henry Kaiser, who's definitely let the butter slip off his noodles, on a budget of what looks like about $8.47, not counting ham sandwiches for the crew (i.e. him and Richard). For those of you with QuickTime who wish to know what sex between a kiwi fruit and a banana looks like, click here.

That said: the song is absolutely fantastic.

Comments

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

Well, that's put me off fruit.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Pretty much does for fruit salad what David Cronenberg's Crash did for car accidents, don't it?

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

At least Crash had nekkid James Spader.

[antsswarm.livejournal.com]

~blinks~

...but... the... banana....kiwi....buh....

~looks afraid and lost~

They were TOUCHING each other inappropriately !!

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

*gigglesnort* Try not to think about it too much. It'll go away, I promise.

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

awwww, I wouldn't say he's been beaten by the ugly stick.

But then, I have a soft spot in my heart for guitarists. :)

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Who said Richard was beaten by an ugly stick?! Not I. Weak chin, sure, but, well, me too...

there's nothing wrong with your chin.

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was rafaela...something about all English folkies being beaten by the ugly stick?

Could be I'm hallucinating that...