I can confidently say this is probably the video that was filmed in the shortest amount of time.
23 seconds.
The band is running through a quarry.
You'd have to play it at about 10x speed to see it in real time.
MTV hated it SO MUCH they refused to play it.
It was made to be played on Top of the Pops, a UK show that required a video to list a song on their chart.
They didn't play it, either.
Which is too bad. The lead single from their Bossanova album was amazing. It's got this alien surf sound going on, which is amazing. The lyrics are odd, based in 1920's Rosicrucians folklore. How Charles Thompson Iv - a.k.a. Black Francis - got his hands on 1920's Rosicrucian folklore is beyond me, but it makes for an interesting song.
Yes, someone published the video at real speed.
Yes, they made another video. No, it's not better. Yes, it's the same quarry.
Yes, the song sounded amazing when the band performed it live in 2005 in an acoustic setting.
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