SXSW 2009 Music Video: Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Sophisticated Side Ponytail

[IjustwantKush]

I remember watching this 3 years ago lol.

[glidinlikeasugarbear]

why is this so amazing and hipster...

[SirFrancesLavey]

what? I don't even.. I need Andy Warhol right now. I want his opinion of this.

[TCCXOXO]

hear this from the jonses too :]

[TCCXOXO]

this song is beast and they know it, the song is sophisticated itself they sing things u never thought someone would sing about... thats the shit right there! ;D luv this song <3

[ShadowDancer88]

Wow. Do I really need to go find the plethora of 80's videos done in this EXACT SAME STYLE. Stop with the damn "OMG, copcats!!" issue. So not valid. Especially since the video matches the song, which was written quite a bit before the release of MGMT. Can no one do any valid research?

I LIKE this band, especially because they are random. It isn't hipster, it is just having fun with the music while making a point.

[waxyway]

They are great.

[underfliptown]

...fucking hipsterfags

[Bloggersaurus]

1:14 

[Katskan1]

Pretty creative

[JusticeEmu]

this is terrible, it sounds like thelonelyisland lol...

[hahahayoudouche]

whach this stoned... badass

[mofgo2001]

This is shit.

[jonasgti]

Cap hill ballas. Rock it.

[jonasgti]

Cap hill ballas.

[lolipopsicle151]

That's so bomb, THAT'S SO BOMB!!!! I fucking love your sideways ponytail(:

[xb15151515]

Somebody clearly just watched the music video of "Time to Pretend" and decide to make their own version.

[dayglowjoe]

@xb15151515 funnily enough MGMT didn't invent psychedelic low-fi visuals. If this is similar to anything it's "Gravy Train!!!!"

[STATIVERSO]

@dayglowjoe @xb15151515

I have an opinion on that, in the song dey do say

"I like it when you say you'd go gay for Ben"

BEN GOLDWASSER FROMG MGMT

makes perfect sense.

needsomemorepills.......

[mrsgeeway80]

NPSH has had a name change! Brite Futures.

[omgaw]

It's like everything that is wrong with music came together and created the bastard child that is this band.

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head? Are you fucking kidding me? Fucking hipsters.

[KaioXtreme]

wtf???

[Soldekai89]

82 nuns violated your asshole

[ApogyX]

claire is hot

[zyddsoral]

I can't tell if this video is just ironic, or if it past the threshold of irony straight back into seriousness.

[Hugh33h]

roflcopter

[georgnavy]

xD hahaha

love Claire England

[georgnavy]

Claire England

its sooo cute

and when she says

de 2nd "that's so hot" 0:16

she turns me on

she turns me on (8)

[reddragonvideo]

I love this video!

[cutedancerlisa]

Haha. I love this song. Its soo Funny:) I like the sideways ponytale:D

[headcandi93]

PAHAHAHAHAHA this is so funny, i think i just cacked myself. plus, that has to be the best band name EVER 'do you wanna go to the oyster fest? yes oh yes, thats the best' PAAAHAAAA

[flyinhawaiin81]

So i read those comments and you assholes are HATERS this song is BADASS just like shamu and the tilt-a-whirl make some more songs plese!!!!

[hollynw16]

I like it :)

[Sebastchann]

waste of my time >.>

[ericriverman]

I love this stuff and want hear more. I heard Beard Lust for the first time today and it sent me to Youtube.

[staticsonnet]

Love the band but this the vid totally ripped off MGMT's Time to Pretend :(

[wetheunknown55]

It's a joke... everyone who's bitching them out chill. They aren't fucking serious, they're making a mockery of popular music.

[noctule]

Vomit.

[bzeljn]

Shit sucks major fucking ass. I'll take all the thumbs down as a testament to the stupidity of teenagers these days.

[RichardLeeT2]

like kids in their basement putting on a show

[RichardLeeT2]

just wanna be's

[RichardLeeT2]

wanna be's that are trying to produce a seizure

[BASSunlimited]

haters have no clue what your talking about, this is the shit. electro rock= the win.

[Urikone28]

Err, ok, what is this??! It sounds like a really bad try to imitate Avril Lavigne! And I agree, is this what has become modern today? Where did the decent music go? Ok, maybe seeing this crap it ran away lol

[tunaleg]

awful

[KASABLE91794]

i love shamu<3 i love this song so fucking much ..

this band rocks my fucking rubber ducky socks off :)

[underlinedbluetext]

ugh. it seems like being cool ironic has become the norm. we get it. flashing lights and a casio. artsy is now mainstream. sxsw is a breeding ground of posers trying to be ironic and trendy. kill me now. there is no hope for real art anymore. fuck this shit.

[xJohnxAnarchyx]

Since when was flashing lights fucking art?

[xJohnxAnarchyx]

grr. *Were

[lancebramsay]

@underlinedbluetext check out the band the Aliens and tell me there is no more art.

NPSH would be the perfect definition of pop. Catchy electro beats, shallow yet catchy lyrics. They are obviously poking fun at pop by overdoing everything.

[peace409109]

im going to see them tomorrow

[tiltyaheadbak4]

who cares if it's "hipster"? music is music, like it or don't.

[Gorlon1111]

this is probably the most hipster thing ive ever seen.god i hate hipsters.

[gymloverkl]

OMG!!! a katamari fan!!!!!

[madbrendan]

*JUST* discovered this band - im buying the album!

holy crap they are full of electro goodness!

[scienquist]

This is so hipster it's painful.

[Gorlon1111]

dude I noticed that too. Fucking hilarious. Fucking Hipsters.God this is horrid.

[BastetMeow]

the drum machine at the start sounds exactly like the opening of All You Ever Think About Is Sex by Sparks

[OwenRocker]

this would of been a hit back in 2008 when that kind of elctro and neon style was in, but this is 2009 and we've all moved on.

nice song though!

[MannyLykesYou]

so happy i dont have epilepsy

[sallesp]

I'd bang the emo guy

[poetoflosthope]

this is the video that got me into this band. Their amazing synthpop and i love their style! i just wish natalie portman would go to one of their shows lol

[andrea4music]

i freaking love this song!

[jessicavoltera]

LOL this is sooooooooooo wack

i'd bang the singer tho.

[piper314]

I like it!!!!! it makes me wanna jump around! :DD

[victoria73980]

This came out such a long time ago

[baysidekicksass]

mgmt knock-off!!!!

[KPismyname]

What?

[ArionHasAYoutoob]

favorited, 5 stars, awesome!

[odin332211]

oh and is this the video that won 1st place at couchfest last year? super cool

[odin332211]

This video is perfection.

[ArionHasAYoutoob]

uhhhm, :51, shaved armpits, :D

[ArionHasAYoutoob]

saw em on FUEL TV commercials, and i liked em.

[ptune77]

80s video ... but I luv their sound

[cannedkitty]

garbage.

[FEEDER87]

yes, u r garbage.

[justaroundthebend]

i will fuck you up this is genius

[Chegachiaf]

(L) love npsh (L) YES I DO I LOVE SHAMU

[booshigy]

ok...i herd this about 3 different times and i think i would rather count the rincles on my dogs balls then listen 2 this!!!!!!!! how is this music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[watertiger99]

I love this song. I have to say though -- the more I have watched it -- the more I really love the video itself. A lot. Especially when she hurls the band in technicolor.

[homogenic97]

I prefer to not use the term "rip off" from MGMT's Time to Pretend, but rather lets just say there are "eerie similarities"....YOU GO NPSH!

[KPismyname]

I see no similarities....

[HoshigakiKisame3290]

This is some trippy shit

[oscarmassive]

do you wanna see shamu with me!?

yes i do, i love shamu! <3

[watzongoman]

that's so 80's wannabe

[scropio15]

this video kinda hurts my eyes...too flashy....

[mlatana1]

I'm not sold. Who's the director of this lame-o video? It is a complete rip-off of MGMT's Time To Pretend. Complete! I doubt the director of MGMT's vid would do an eerily similar. Yeah, you guys are sooo original.

[kingtobo]

@mlatana1: So anything that uses crappy retro VFX is ripping off Time to Pretend? Cause that's pretty much the only thing that's similar about those two videos.

[StealthGrizz]

Yea, I kind of see the similarities, but at the same time, are you really going to tell me there aren't a baker's dozen other artists that have also done some trippy technicolor video. Kid Cudi and Kanye West have both done something very similar very recently (except theirs were animated). I'm just saying, seing that these guys are an indie pop electro band, I actually expected their video to be like this.

[alteregoash]

are you aware of the 80s? MGMT didn't invent cheesy blue screen popculture mayhem.

[phlatapus]

your right, there are similarities,

and im not completely positive so dont attack me if im wrong on this :P

but i think this video was made before MGMT's time to pretend.

but dont bash me if im wrong!

im just saying x] (Y)

[KPismyname]

Thing is.... NPSH > MGMT....

[thedoc56]

hahahha mgmt owns these fags

[Gorlon1111]

??? MGMT is about a billion times better then this hipster "music". But I bet your a chick so you don't really analyze music very well. Something ive noticed with girls.

[ObsTheGreat]

They're two completely different bands and genres, but I have to agree.

[DanNinjaMan]

look at these fucking white kids

[shaystamang]

September 28th!

[coconutfriend]

SHAMU!!!!

[oscarmassive]

i would imagine there being a ponytail in the video... but no!!!! no sight of a sideways ponytail anywhere! ugh

[pandoraraven]

This video trips me out in such epic proportions.

Try taking the pill twenty minutes before this, you'd be like, OHSHITE!

:D

[ohgoodlord]

hipsterrrrrr....craaaaap....zz­zzzzz.

[spagetticakes31]

OHH EMM FRIKIN G I LOVE THIS SONG!! lolz...but what does it have to do with natalie portmans shaved head??

[saltysalty67]

Band name is right up there with String Cheese Incident and Leftover Salmon as some of the most idiotic and not very clever names.

[andyanyd]

It's like gravy train and mgmt had a really dumb, annoying baby

[oscarmassive]

lol my thoughts exactly! hahah though actually like the song.

[alaskanwildflower]

i <3 these guys/girl :3

[pinoysw1mmer]

They played the long version at bumbershoot. Twice as much awesome.

[alaskanwildflower]

True :D they were so aweome!!!!this video was wierd but a good wierd :D

[yacgirlie]

highly addictive!

[TheRightToBeBold]

I like the calypso breakdown ... flippin' genius.

[pl3xus]

this is fucking awful. Seriously boggles my mind at how people consider this music.

[wp211995]

trippy, but good

[kapaowtine]

I saw them at battle of the bands when they first became so popular they should have wont they were screwed over. Talked to their moms it was awesome

[allyn627]

oh everything amazing comes from seattle :]

[alaskanwildflower]

A lot of aweomlyamazinglyoutragiousgrea­t bands come from Washington State!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JustRockItOut]

I want to kill myself now.

[windowzombie]

I already did :(

[tobshor]

ich liebe es !!!!!!!!!!

[LindtLover]

good mix ! I funny party song on an "eye-bleeding" video !

[PainappuruX]

it's too short.........................

[masamune200]

I fucking love hipsters!

[DINOLEGZ]

horrible

[kissescupcakes]

this song makes me kaugh lol.and weird i ALWAYS used to wear my pony tail to the side LOl :P

[dark232]

ok, who is JT? and who is BEN??

[ChachiTelevision1979]

JT from Step By Step and Ben from Knocked Up.

[wildrideFS]

Rumour has it those first few lines are all Degrassi references, so MusicFrickenFreak below actually appears to be correct.

[MusicFrickenFreak]

when the say "i like it when you say your gonna kill JT"

it remides me of JT from degrassi...

hahaha.

thats not what theyre referring to, is it?

[Ubbbbberfish]

incredible fucking

(reverse that...)

[usedforbattle]

This songs really poor, shame coz the videos really well dun

[Conspiracyxo]

One of the best names for a band I've ever heard.

[kissescupcakes]

lol.i added this song on my myspace profile. :)

[Classikpunk1976]

i think youtube's hipster status went up about 10 points because of this video.

[1234BarbieDoll]

This somg is the BOMB.

[BaldotheDon]

What the fuck...?

That video started at the edge of stupid, traversed it at the speed of warpage, reached some weirdly indescribable event horizon, and came out of the other side at levels of awesome high enough to make the Metalokalypse pause a moment to think quietly to itself, "Whoa! That was shiny! Blinky, even."

Devo would be so proud. Favorited!

[itskristelclear]

Favouriting this now. <3

[1234BarbieDoll]

THIS IS MY NEW FAVE SONG!

[reems23]

Is this a cheap rip off of the Lonely Island or are they a serious band, I can't quite tell.

[mrsgeeway80]

They have the best band name ever. Seriously. :)

[sensitivexdandroid]

trippy

[jock959]

this is probably the dumbest thing ive ever seen. good beats though

[Schissen18]

.... amazing... simply F****** amazing.

[Neton16]

i like the vid because she is hot.. just because that ^^

[LifeDuxMuffinNuts]

More people need to know of this song! x3

[darko11121986]

She is absofuckinglutely HHHOOOTTTT!!!!

[krazymizzsarah]

i love this song so much.

[Jaspenly]

Claire England is hot.

[fourhead1]

double 10 she hot aight

[Davekun]

Yes Getty Images logo.

[HippiePowered]

I just saw these guys at Sasquatch and they were one of the surprise highlights of the entire festival.

[nem2201]

dude the dance tent was tiiiiight

[ycl16]

ilovethissongsomuch!!!

[Waykum]

this video + LCD = total trip

[dontlookperv]

she's my favorite! lolz

[LadyVforVendetta]

looks like someone was on crack that day......... XD

[floppydinosaur]

I love you guys!! saw you in seattle last month opening for lily allen, good for you :)

I had never heard of you before that but now I'm hooked on your beats!! keep it up, I'm definitely a big fan :)

[Alto2Pride]

This video could use a platypuss.

[maxhudson528]

i lol'd

[ICameAsARat94]

Steel drum interlude FTW.

[Liam92Mail]

A great video for a great song.

[allaboutbe]

that's so bomb!

that's so bomb!

[ktfrogg96]

sweet....sounds awesome!!~~~~

[Shatiibaybee]

kickass!!

[deepintoblues]

That is awesome.

[TheOtherTyler]

YES

love them