[MUSIC] Die Antwoord, "Banana Brain"
Sep. 8th, 2016 11:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldI've been listening to "Banana Brain", Die Antwoord's latest single and the first off their new album Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid.
I have to say that Die Antwoord's video for "Banana Brain" makes me like this rave-infused song more.
There's the expected shock, of course: Yolandi again plays a worryingly underage teenager, this one someone who drugs her parents into unconsciousness so she can go out clubbing, while among other things Ninja tries to shoot through a bathroom door.
Their videos strike me as a throwback to the 1980s, when the music video was treated as a self-contained art in itself. It also fits squarely into another tradition, running through to the present, of musical artists using music videos as platforms for film stardom.
Anyway. This song is quite fun. Recommended.
I have to say that Die Antwoord's video for "Banana Brain" makes me like this rave-infused song more.
There's the expected shock, of course: Yolandi again plays a worryingly underage teenager, this one someone who drugs her parents into unconsciousness so she can go out clubbing, while among other things Ninja tries to shoot through a bathroom door.
Their videos strike me as a throwback to the 1980s, when the music video was treated as a self-contained art in itself. It also fits squarely into another tradition, running through to the present, of musical artists using music videos as platforms for film stardom.
Anyway. This song is quite fun. Recommended.
