Wilco Breathes Life Back Into Popeye Through Music Video Collaboration
It might sound crazy, but you can thank Wilco for the first hand-drawn Popeye cartoon in over thirty years. Yes, in the band’s latest music video for “Dawned On Me,” Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto, and the gang rock out with Jeff Tweedy and company in front of the SS Wilco in a video that’s visually appealing, easy on your earbuds, and full of win. Collaboration of the year?
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From Wilco's Being There. Live Off The Floor as per the usual. Mixed by Peter, Filmed by Marta. Enjoy! New EP to be released on February 28th. Release show to follow on March 2nd at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern. Get two free songs every two by signing up for our “Singles Club” - http://www.tksinglesclub.com
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I would expect a video for a popular band with licensed characters that had a director, designer, storyboard artist, two animation directors, and who knows how many actual animators wouldn't look like a simple Flash animation run through After Effects' “old timey” filter. A friend of mine made a very similar video a few years ago that was all the more impressive considering that he made it alone and without any budget.
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Several gripes- No Eugene the Jeep, the flicker effect that was used was very distracting, they didn't use the old trope of the background repeating when the characters moved across the screen, the pace of the song didn't match the action on the screen, no sound effects (Popeye needs to mumble at least once or twice, the punching sound effect of hitting Bluto, or Bluto's laugh). I did love the dancing of the characters and the song is catchy. Sorry, I never realized I was as big of a Popeye fan.
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