This is the original music video to the single 'Zoot Suit Riot' by America's finest rock/swing/ska band, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Directed by Isaac Camner and filmed at the Cafe du Nord in San F...
This is the original music video to the single 'Zoot Suit Riot' by America's finest rock/swing/ska band, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Directed by Isaac Camner and filmed at the Cafe du Nord in San Francisco.
Backstory: This video was filmed to promote the original independent release of the band's all-swing compilation album 'Zoot Suit Riot' on Space Age Bachelor Pad Records in 1997 (up to that point, CPD had already released three successful indie albums of rock, funk, ska and swing). Following said release, the band was almost immediately picked up by major label subsidiary Mojo Records, 'Zoot' was re-distributed nationally and, to appease the masses who felt the original video wasn't weird *enough*, a newer one was filmed by pornographer Gregory Dark in 1998, which can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnCkFj...
Many (read: approx. four people) debate over which is the superior video. I believe most people, the band included, prefer the original version, with its creepy "swing" atmosphere and Steve's endearing over-the-top expressions, but I've always been partial to the second, more popular one which carried a more surrealist "Daddies atmosphere": evil clowns, goat sacrifice, foot fetishism, occult imagery...just try finding THAT with squeaky-clean revisionist cheeseballs like Brian Setzer and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. It really set them apart from the other swing revival bands (as it rightfully should have, seeing as the Daddies were never a "swing band" to begin with. Do your homework, kids. In fact, do it here: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher... )
And, of course, here, where you can also buy all sorts of cool CPD shit: http://www.daddies.com/
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If you mean the 'Skaboy' blip, I'm just doing my duty as a fan to push their material to the 95% of the world who fail to realize CPD have more than one song. ;) If you mean the iTunes ad, I have no control over that and couldn't remove it if I tried. :/
yeah the video was shot in 1997 but the song is based the Mexican American Zoot Suit Riot in 1943,Im not Mexican but I wouldn't mind wearing a zoot suit any day =D!! cool song too:)
saw these guys in seattle a couple weeks ago -- best show i've seen in years. their swing/ska mix is a lot of fun live, and the musicianship was amazing.
Oh wow I do not miss this song getting airplay. Fucking horrible. I wish swing bands were all based in Pearl Harbor during WWII so this music could never have had a comeback.
Sure he was mainly focussing on smoother and happier hits. But you can't blaim him for not trying anything new. With the Stray Cats, he mixed rockabilly and punk with highly sophisticated guitarwork. With BSO, he brought us a swing-orchestra with kickass guitar licks. With 'Rumble in Brighton', you can even say he's done some psychobilly in its early days.
Of course I see that because of BSO, CPD is underrated. Just don't blaim it on the pioneers.
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If you mean the iTunes ad, I have no control over that and couldn't remove it if I tried. :/
Sure he was mainly focussing on smoother and happier hits. But you can't blaim him for not trying anything new. With the Stray Cats, he mixed rockabilly and punk with highly sophisticated guitarwork. With BSO, he brought us a swing-orchestra with kickass guitar licks. With 'Rumble in Brighton', you can even say he's done some psychobilly in its early days.
Of course I see that because of BSO, CPD is underrated. Just don't blaim it on the pioneers.