new kanye video - Now With More WTF! (starring will oldham, zach galifianakis, cloggers, and a tractor)

haha - beaten to the punch by an offhand comment in this post... Jeffrey Lewis - Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror

Best thing Oldham's done in years!

Is that dude Amish?
posted by drewhudd on Jul 24 2007, 11:24 AM

I don't really understand... is this supposed to be funny or something?

x-post -- later, the response to that comment:

hes using a chainsaw and a tractor any many other mechanical objects, so i doubt it
posted by stelf on Jul 25 2007, 1:11 PM

Best part: "You can't tell me NOTHIN'" - to a cow.

also "how to stay faithful in a room full of hoes" while gesturing to a bunch of cows!

awesome.

O I missed that one, yeah you win. So good.

I find his lip-syncing strangely compelling. I can't even identify the aspect that makes it "good acting" but it definitely is.

I think Kanye might be taking his love for Fiona Apple a little too far if he's not only stealing her producer but her videos as well (the last time Zach Galifianakis did this was for a Fiona Apple video. It was funny but not as funny as this).

I'm lukewarm on the new Kanye stuff but I unashamedly love the hell out of this. Especially the Oldham "HAHA!"

I like the slightly backlit in a dark room profile shots where Oldham turns away from the camera presumably to tear up.

this is really wonderful. humansuit, i found it very funny. beautifully filmed too.

" don't ever fix ya lips like collagen,
say something, then end up apologin' "

...followed by failed spit of tabbaco juice....

damn thats a dope video.

You know that is really insightful, that thing about Fiona Apple. Perhaps this is Kanye's love letter to her - I wouldn't be surprised.

Ah Jed, thanks. Someone is actually not calling for my banishment for once!

is this on youtube yet? this player's acting wonky for me.

Ban humansuit.

Actually, I'm confused. Which one is Oldham and which one is Galifinakis?

this is great

Galifinakis is the one with the big beard.

you know, the one that is obviously not will oldham

I dunno. I wasn't familiar with either beforehand, and GIS reveals them to be remarkably similar-looking.

Is that Travis and Jonathan dancing with the cloggers? They are the guys who do Red State Up-date.

I like the idea that Will Oldham is somehow universally known. It's almost quaint.

oldham is bald and skinny, zach is not bald and is fat

This is so fucking great.

Honestly I just think it needs more cowbell.

omg this is awesome

Gold! I'd spit my cup of tea all over the keyboard except I don't want to get it dirty.

Well, you need to spit it out and let it dribble into a cornfield. For the purists.

My faith in Kanye is totally renewed.

I've liked Galifianakis since that weird show he had on VH1, but I've kinda gone off him since that seriously awful live DVD he put out a few months ago. This is cute, but it really doesn't redeem "Can't Tell Me Nothin'," which might be one of the worst things Kanye's ever done.

This is cute, but it really doesn't redeem "Can't Tell Me Nothin'," which might be one of the worst things Kanye's ever done.

lol fanboy

Hey, I only say "might" because I am a fanboy who's heard a lot of his crappy early mixtape freestyles. If I only knew his album tracks I'd say for certain that "Can't Tell Me Nothin'" is the worst Kanye song ever.

i enjoyed this until i turned the music on

you enjoyed watching a guy silently mouthing words?

i sort of wish they'd played this a little straighter. it is funny but it gets a bit too close to "amish paradise" territory for me to love it.

the clogging are pretty wierd

clogging is, cloggers are, take your pick

really good that they didn't bust out the hiphop hand gestures, that would have ruined it....

i sort of wish they'd played this a little straighter. it is funny but it gets a bit too close to "amish paradise" territory for me to love it.

But it does play it straight - hip hop videos are parodies of themselves, know what I mean?