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Lollapalooza is here in my hometown of Chicago this weekend. As always, there are a ton of great bands on the lineup, but at the moment my favorite among them is the Dum Dum Girls. Frontwoman Kristin Gundred writes some damn fine pop songs, and on the two Dum Dum Girl albums that have been released so far, producer Richard Gottehrer, the grand old man of the girl group genre, who’s worked with everyone from the Angels (of “My Boyfriend’s Back” fame, way back in 1963!) to Blondie to the Go-Go’s, puts together a lush, textured production that’s a great match for Gundred’s aching, sensual vocals. It’s the girl group sound imaginatively updated, and it has real sophistication and bite.
A bunch of their songs totally kick ass, but I’m choosing this one because I think it’s their best video. As soon as I as saw it I recognized it for what it was, an homage to Yoko Ono’s classic, disturbing, groundbreaking 1964 feminist performance art film, “Cut Piece” (here is Ono’s film and here’s an essay about it).
Without further ado, here is the Dum Dum Girls video of one of their best songs, “Coming Down.” If you’ve got tickets to see them tomorrow, I’m officially jealous!
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c u n d gulag on August 04, 2012 2:10 PM:
Oooops!
I thought you wrote "Dumb Dumb Girls," and I was afraid it was Sarah Palin's Beauty Shoppe Quartet.
c u n d gulag on August 04, 2012 2:12 PM:
Or a Palin & Bachmann duet.
martin on August 04, 2012 3:01 PM:
Sounds like Chrissie Hynde, which is a good thing.
tr on August 04, 2012 4:30 PM:
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ChristianPinko on August 04, 2012 6:40 PM:
The song's not bad, but those gated drums have to go!
The Sandtress on August 04, 2012 6:43 PM:
Nice! Thanks, Kathleen.
Jen on August 04, 2012 7:15 PM:
She certainly has a lovely voice. But you should be aware that she's singing the melody from Mazzy Star's Fade Into You. Sadly, that makes it not one of the Dum Dum Girls' best songs, but someone else's. And apparently, the video's not original either. Kind of ruins it for me.
charlie don't surf on August 05, 2012 11:53 AM:
Mediocre. And if you want to clearly establish your mediocrity, you make a music video that is a copy of a famous performance art work by Yoko Ono called "Cut Piece."
http://youtu.be/uB--DXH02mI
trog69 on August 06, 2012 11:01 AM:
I love this song. Haunting melody.
Froggeddy on November 05, 2012 6:17 AM:
Political Animal - In honor of Lollapalooza … Dum Dum Girls!
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