Captain Ahab
During these days of Table of Malcontents‘ last stand, every post is to be latched onto and ferverantly shaken like a favorite chew toy. From the incendiary, delightful Ms. Eliza Gauger comes a Noise Du Jour post sure to knock your socks off.
Meet Captian Ahab (no not that one):
Imagine, gentle readers, if Tenacious D played synth instead of guitar, partied hard with Mindless Self Indulgence every weekend, and only performed songs written by Lindsey Lohan. This is Captain Ahab.
- From Noise Du Jour: Captain Ahab
The video on tap at ToM is for the song “U Want Me”. I don’t know what to say about the music itself that Eliza didn’t already capture in her very-on-point description. As far as the video goes, it’s safe to say this duo has no qualms about taking some of the most revered and oft-used symbolic gestures for “seriousness” and “artistry” and making it some of the most ridiculous shit imaginable. Running on the beach, wind effects shown in reverse so as to appear “ethereal”, suicide (in a bubble bath, no less) and the rescue from it. (Note: I am not saying suicide is trivial, I am saying that it has already been trivialized and this only goes to illustrate that to the Nth degree.)
The following video is for Captain Ahab’s musical contribution to 2006’s Snakes on a Plane. Entitled Snakes on the Brain, this tune and accompanying video have a look and feel ripped off from the headier, more music-oriented days of MTV. Expect a lot of booty shaking, lyrics that don’t necessarily make sense, and of course, snakes.
