jaz: stuff & things

PSY - GENTLEMAN


Gangnam Style” follow-up single

                                               

Bollywood Love:

Jiya Re - Jab Tak Hai Jaan (above)

Song Jiya Re (Blu Ray)
Movie: Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Singer: Neeti Mohan
Music Director: A.R. Rahman
Lyricist: Gulzar
Actors: Anushka Sharma and Shahrukh Khan

Cover by Alaa Wardi (below)

                                               

The Jets - Crush on You  (c.1985)

                                               

Self Control - Elliott Yamin

From Elliot…

Hey guys, I’m very proud of the way this recording session came together and I wanted to share with you how it came about. I’ve ALWAYS wanted to record a song LIVE, with all of the players in the room, blowing, strumming, hitting, singing simultaneously, just like musicians & recording artists did it back in the Motown era. With the help of some immensely talented friends, we were able to accomplish just that!!…After getting his hands on a Red Epic Camera, my friend Keith Rivers (who directed the video) said why don’t we shoot this session? We recorded this version of “Self Control” at-SoundQuest Recording, the same studio we recorded my recent album Let’s Get To What’s Real. From the inception of this idea, to the last minute of filming & recording, this only took 48 hours to put together.”

 

                                               

AJ & The 88s (full video)

Tim, Aaron and Aaron’s very talented 14 year old son AJ (on drums this time)

                                               

AJ & The 88s 

Tim, Aaron and Aaron’s very talented 14 year old son AJ (on drums this time)

                                               

AJ & the 88s

Me, Tim, Aaron and Aaron’s very talented 14 year old son AJ

                                               

Atoms For Peace - Ingenue

After Radiohead’s “Lotus Flower” video, the world needed more Thom Yorke dancing. In the video for “Ingenue,” a song from Amok, the debut album of Yorke’s new band Atoms For Peace Yorke and contemporary dancer Fukiko Takase, in identical old- suits and ponytails, get down in an empty theater. 

                                               

This Gondry-esque video for Aussie band Gotye beautifully mixes stop-motion animation and live action to tell a narrative about the soul-crushing monotony of the daily work grind. Melbourne-based directorDarcy Pendergast uses a “360 pan motion control rig” to create the incredible rotating rooms effect and some mind-blowing animation / multiplication. The video apparently took 9 months to make and the extraordinary finished product makes all that time and effort well worth it. - seenyourvideo.com

www.ohyeahwow.com

                                               

Clubfeet - Everything You Wanted…a simple video effect used often but well

www.ohyeahwow.com

                                               

The Civil Wars - Sour Times

Portishead Cover

                                               

Marvin Gaye sings National Anthem 

c.1983

Marvin Gaye sings the American National Anthem at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game. 

                                               

The Civil Wars - I Want You Back

Jackson 5 Cover

                                               

Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway 

and the Nicholas Brothers

A clip from the movie “Stormy Weather” (1943) featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing “Jumpin Jive”. At approx 1:30 the Nicholas Brothers jump in and lend their feet to the action.

                                               

Molly Jenson - Give It Time


(
Ft. Greg Laswell)