Shot over a week of long nights out with A-Trak and Armand including live footage from the Fool's Gold "Day Off" labor day block party , the clip is a pop-art adventure starring commandeered taxis and hotdog stands, sexy strangers, and a who's-who of famous friends: rappers, producers, indie rockers, graffiti writers and nightlife icons all take turns adding their own special sauce to the song, turning "Barbra Streisand" into one of this year's must-rewind clips.
Watch the video and see just how many cameos you can catch, then pick up the "Barbra Streisand" single featuring striking sleeve art from Fool's Gold art director Dust La Rock on October 12th. Why Vimeo? Get started.
Log in Join New video Upload. Create a video. Go live. Record screen. In amongst the unexpected and the now non-existent are the reliables, in the form of Todd Terry and Questlove, both artists who in their own right prove their eternal relevance. Revered in and now legendary in , they have weathered the storms the music industry has faced since the beginnings, and will continue to prove that in amongst the bullshit, true talent remains steadfast and as important as ever.
So what does "Barbra Streisand" mean? It's probably just the throwaway accompaniment to a song that will forever be associated with no-drinks-on-the-dancefloor clubbing, though if nothing else it shows that the subsequent half-decade has been the making or breaking of Duck Sauce's friends. Some have continued their trajectory of success regardless of scenario. Santigold and Ezra have respectively continued to release critically acclaimed music, natural born music makers who were born from a bubble pot of excitement that "Barbra Streisand" captures perfectly.
A few have had their careers affected by something on the cusp of explosion. Uffie, a burgeoning artist, could have capitalised on the likes of SoundCloud to grow and maintain her following and fanbase. The Fat Jew dipped out of music when he saw a gap in the market elsewhere. Their relevance means everything or nothing, depending on whose watching, proving that it doesn't matter if you're mates with Armand.
As for the others; rest assured we won't see Kanye or Pharrell cropping up in candid music videos again. Come see A-Trak on Saturday 3rd December, tickets and info here. Find out more about how we uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience.
As we prepare to welcome A-Trak back on 3rd December , we look back at the eye-opening video for "Barbra Streisand" Somewhere in the midst of an Armand Van Helden inspired Internet blackhole, I rediscovered the video for "Barbra Streisand".
Exhibit A: Pharrell Williams, looking exactly the same as he always has done. Exhibit B: A refreshingly candid snapshot of Kanye West, un-doctored and unedited, if only for a second.
Before coming right back to the Kanye we know and Brother Question In amongst the unexpected and the now non-existent are the reliables, in the form of Todd Terry and Questlove, both artists who in their own right prove their eternal relevance.
Uncle Todd Revered in and now legendary in , they have weathered the storms the music industry has faced since the beginnings, and will continue to prove that in amongst the bullshit, true talent remains steadfast and as important as ever. Posted by Tamara Roper on 09 Nov
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