Chris Higgins
The Late Movies: “Video Songs” by Pomplamoose
by Chris Higgins - September 30, 2009 - 10:00 PM

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Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to have a crush on one or both of the fine young kids in the band Pomplamoose. A duo based in California, they practice a new art form called the “VideoSong” described by the band as follows:

This cover is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules:

1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).

2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).

And as far as I can tell, they’re right — they really do film every single bit of the recording process, making for an entertaining YouTube video as well as some pretty killer songs.

“Single Ladies” – Beyonce Cover

Their best work, in my humble opinion (although the Mrs. Robinson cover later in this post is pretty awesome too). My favorite part is when the singer objects to the lyrics of the bridge and skips ahead to the chorus.

“September” – Earth, Wind & Fire Cover

Am I a bad person because I know this song only from its prominent sampling in Girl Talk’s latest album?

“Nature Boy” – Nat King Cole Cover

“Mrs. Robinson” – Simon and Garfunkel Cover

“Gatekeeper” – Feist Cover

“Be Still” – Pomplamoose Original

There are tons more on the Pomplamoose YouTube channel. See also: Pomplamoose’s MySpace page including free MP3s. They also have an album of originals for sale on iTunes.

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Comments (9)

  1. Reminds me of Lasse Gjertsen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo&feature=channel_page

    posted by akamarkman on 9-30-2009 at 10:51 pm

  2. Does anyone know what video editing program they are using? This looks like so much fun.

    posted by Jeff on 9-30-2009 at 11:27 pm

  3. OMG! brilliant find! the grandma dancing in sept is hilarious. the covers are good, but i think i’m more impressed with the video editing, and the style of the vids.

    posted by David K. Israel on 10-1-2009 at 12:18 am

  4. Amazing – she makes it look so effortless. I can’t believe they do this in a room with exterior doors and windows and no sound deadening.

    posted by PartiallyDeflected on 10-1-2009 at 12:56 am

  5. “Am I a bad person because I know this song only from its prominent sampling in Girl Talk’s latest album?”

    Yes, but you are forgiven for your sins by posting this. :)

    posted by Mary on 10-1-2009 at 3:18 am

  6. I have been a fan of them for almost a year now on you tube..they do everything I aspire to do…great stuff!!!

    posted by michael on 10-1-2009 at 9:09 am

  7. Jack and Natalie are great!! Jack’s Radiohead cover is what drew me in a year ago. You should also check out their work with Julia Nunes. She’s pretty freakin good too.

    posted by Kent on 10-1-2009 at 10:21 am

  8. akamarkman – weirdly enough, I didn’t click on your link until today, and Gjertsen’s work reminded me of Pomplamoose. So begins another blog entry…

    posted by Chris Higgins on 2-5-2010 at 3:27 pm

  9. Jeff, they use Final Cut Pro for video and Pro Tools for audio :)

    posted by Nhola on 1-9-2011 at 12:13 pm

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