Circlesquare
10 April 2006 :: posted by Travis
Have you watched this yet? Check out the music video for Circlesquare’s “Fight Sounds Part 1.” So simple, yet so brilliant. This is one of those rare occasions when the video actually takes the song to a whole different level. Directed by Bienvenido Cruz.
April 11th, 2006 at 2.51 pm
this is fucken great. is there anywhere i can get the mp3?
April 12th, 2006 at 2.15 am
that video is the best thing i’ve seen this week. so pretty when the fireworks come in.
April 12th, 2006 at 2.44 am
i’d like to track down the mp3 too! great vid.
April 12th, 2006 at 8.02 am
karmadownload has the ep.
April 12th, 2006 at 7.53 pm
It is also available for download on iTunes.
April 18th, 2006 at 4.40 pm
Looks like a cheap version of Brian Ferry’s “More Than This”. Also, sounds like Trent Reznor’s dying words. Goldfish make more noise when they fight (not counting the meaningless pause towards the end of the song). Is the vocalist dressing like a high school shop teacher to let us know this is “industrial” music. You’ve all been fooled. Don’t patronize this artsy garbage. People will make fun of you. I wouldn’t download this if he was paying me.
April 20th, 2006 at 12.15 am
Simon, you are so smart. We all really appreciate your compelling insight, and keen musical sense. Do you write for a music magazine as a critic or are you just naturally talented? I’m so glad you told us what to think, since we all could have looked so foolish. Please tell us more. We love you.
April 20th, 2006 at 8.19 am
Oh be nice to Simon. It’s not easy being stuck in 1994.
November 17th, 2006 at 7.54 am
[...] In a track about how loyalties change, Jeremy Shaw of Circlesquare finds himself among familiar faces. But is it he who’s changed, or is it everyone else? Who’s to blame when friendships fall apart? “So simple, yet so brilliant. This is one of those rare occasions when the video actually takes the song to a whole different level.” - Big Stereo [...]
November 29th, 2006 at 2.17 am
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August 7th, 2007 at 4.15 pm
[...] Besonders eindrucksvoll finde ich das Video zu “Fight Songs Pt. 1″ (”Baby turn the lights down / This is strictly fight sounds”). Der Film ist schlicht, gar minimalistisch in Schwarz-Weiß gehalten und verzichtet weitgehend auf äußere Handlung oder eine Kulisse. Man sieht nur eine Person (vermutlich Jeremy Shaw) das Lied singen und sich zur Musik bewegen in wechselndem Licht und Schatten. Das Zusammenspiel des “synchronized stuttering edit to the syncopated beat” (Cliptip) ist hier hervorragend gelungen. Dann plötzlich stehen dort drei, vier Kopien von ihm und singen den stupiden Chorus “Na-na-na-na”. Mit dem schwebenden Gitarrenteil in der Mitte explodiert dann ein Feuerwerk nach dem anderen auf dem Bildschirm, so dass der Kontrast zum dem folgenden Teil, in dem wieder nur die Person zu sehen ist, umso stärker ausfällt. Wie gesagt: äußerlich passiert nicht viel, aber die Leere einer enttäuschten Freundschaft habe ich selten besser dargestellt gesehen. Oder mit Travis’ Worten: “This is one of those rare occasions when the video actually takes the song to a whole different level” (Big Stereo). [...]