Friday 3 June 2011

Ladytron

For the Manic Pop Thrills podcast I picked a few songs for Mike to insert into the interview, but of course we didn't play them on the night. Listening to part 1 of the podcast now, I'm once again reminded of how utterly bloody fantastic this song is:


The video is equally marvellous and bizarre. I have the sense that it's referencing something, anyone know what? Some half-remembered East European childrens TV series, perhaps?
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9 comments:

  1. Afront3 June 2011 at 11:51

    The new Ladytron album is out soon, single "White Elephant" is wonderful electro-psychedelic in the style of Broadcast. If you're up for some electropop, here's a Spotify playlist I've been putting together:

    http://open.spotify.com/user/afront/playlist/0A0HKlKohKG9HLeLuWDOGF

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  2. al3 June 2011 at 15:11

    I read some comments on Youtube; some said this video referenced "Neverending Story" (esp. that creature).

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  3. kai4 June 2011 at 18:46

    Also has shades of Monkey to it too
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)

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  4. Afront5 June 2011 at 04:02

    I asked some of my synthpop friends if they knew what this video was about. Someone pointed to an entry on wikipedia and though that it is from a Asian legend. Someone else said that he'dnoticed Chinese temples on the mountains & a raised wooden bridge at one point, and thought that perhaps it was a reference to the thousands of Chinese who laboured in snow & ice to build the railroads through mountains of US west in 1800s.

    So, nothing definite yet. Another friend of mine (who writes a music blog called The Electricity Club) has an interview with Ladytron lined up so I asked him to find out about this video directly from the source ;)

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  5. ara5 June 2011 at 06:11

    "kletva" from their album Velocifero is apparently a cover of a song from a Bulgarian's kids movie, so you never know

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  6. Scram12 June 2011 at 19:15

    unrelated to the video except its to do with outer space and music composition, but thought it might intrigue. http://vimeo.com/24410924

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  7. hire magento developer15 June 2011 at 00:06

    Absolutely rocking video. I loved it and also got the real time inspiration for my new video shoot.

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  8. Create an Online Store6 February 2012 at 02:09

    Good to know about this album..I was really impressed by ur blog.

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  9. Potulný rytier zemplínsky30 April 2018 at 08:21

    A belated thank you for bringing Ladytron to my greater attention some seven years ago. Looking back to 2011, when I found this blog post, I realise it was all the bigger a mistake that I've overlooked them before. Thanks. :-)

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