From 1969, please enjoy (hitherto unheard by me) Teutonic popsters The Petards and their perhaps unfortunately monikered German hit "On the Road With My Bag."
The best description of the song itself I can muster at the moment is "inoffensive," but the video has inspired a couple of questions. First of all -- and if we have any readers conversant with the German language, this is for you -- does the band's name sound better auf Deutsch than it does in English? Secondly, and more important, was that woman with the baby carriage a paid extra, or was she merely out for a walk when the thing was being shot?
This is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI especially like that the drummer looks like Ginger Baker, and has a Keith Moon-style double-bass kit... but plays like the kid on the Partridge Family!
I'll bet she's neither. Looks like one of their moms. And the song has no redeeming qualities. Offensively bland.
ReplyDeletewas their album titled 'hoisted!'?
ReplyDeleteAre you familiar with the Brechtian concept of the alienation effect?
ReplyDelete:-)
Steve are you familiar with the term old?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteSteve are you familiar with the term old?
Are you familiar with the term asshole?
Brooklyn Girl said...
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
Steve are you familiar with the term old?
Are you familiar with the term asshole?
Brooklyn Girl was too kind.
Uh...seems to be a loss of sense of humor this afternoon.
ReplyDelete:-)
Anonymous here. When I say old in reference to Mr. Simels it is used as an Honorific.
ReplyDeleteSimels regrets...
:)
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteAnonymous here. When I say old in reference to Mr. Simels it is used as an Honorific.
Thanks for the clarification.
I still don't get it but..........
Now that I've watched this all the way through ... kid chewing gum, lead singer sitting on hood of car, guy in bowler throwing ball, etc., etc. ... I'm wondering if this is some homage to "Blow Up" (and is it East German? I only ask because of the Russian-looking cars).
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I am clearly suffering from the "distancing effect" ...
I kept hoping the car was going to plow into the drums!
ReplyDeleteGently, just enough to knock the drums and the drummer over. That would have be fun.
ROTP(lumber)
Very surreal. The white VW Beetle driving backwards in the beginning. The baby carriage lady is on a mission, and won't be stopped. The band continues, they probably can't afford more film for another take. The guitarist politely swings the peghead out of her way. Then the director shows his film school chops with the "Touch of Evil" tracking shot, the French New Wave shot through the car window, then the Fellini-esque bowler hat dude with a bouncing ball. I like the "Sunshine Of Your Love" drum solo, with the two nippled bass drums.
ReplyDeleteYo Peter-
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice the drum miming, and he's barely touching the cymbals, maybe they'll get shut down if they make too much noise. I wonder if the singer's just mouthing the lyrics? If those drums aren't nippled, then they're Simpson's eyes. Wonder how this looks if it's played in reverse?