TV On The Radio - Modern Romance on Lomography

TV On The Radio - Modern Romance
written by recurving on January 27th, 2009 , 11 comments (0 votes)

Tags
tv on the radio, yeah yeah yeahs, music, video, william eggleston, garry winogrand, and bill owens

This is a cover version of a Yeah Yeah Yeah’s song by TV On The Radio: Modern Romance. Both versions are equally great for different reasons, but I just recently found out that there’s a video or more a short film for the cover.

It was directed by Erik L. Barnes, based on a concept by him and TV On The Radio’s David Sitek. The reason I wanted to share this with you is the camera work by David McFarland – I like how they freeze the frames and then apply this soft zoom to them. These stills have a William Eggleston like quality, one of my favorite photographers (yeah, this is like saying one likes the Beatles). It was interesting to read on www.eriklbarnes.com that he was one of their influences – along with Garry Winogrand and Bill Owens.

So do you have some videos or short movies you like because of their photographic quality? Please share them with us in the comments.

Related Posts
Photokina - Video from First Evening Party
Photokina Update
See You Around - a Film by Chaweemek
Video for LC-A's 25th Birthday by the Beijing Lomo Shop
London Looks Back - in the Park - to the LC-A Birthday Year - 1984

Rate/Comment this article

Please login or register to use this feature.

11 comments

by oldskool_rider
9 months ago
great video, i too like the soft zoom, it was very well made!!

thanks for sharing
by -a-l-b-e-r-t-o-
9 months ago
Great! Tv on the radio is my favourite band at the moment...Dear Science (last album) is really beautiful
by superlighter
9 months ago
wow! thanx for sharing this piece of art!
by kirri-joy
9 months ago
great video!
by eyecon
9 months ago
There was a fantastic video from Wax Poetics feat Norah Jones called "Angels".
But due to some copyright claims from Warner Music Group it is not available on YouTube anymore....

The song is great and there was a Holga featured in the video....
by leatherheart
9 months ago
..my two holgamovies.
http://www.flickr.co(…)7343977610/
:)
by special_patrol
9 months ago
i love tv on the radio! that video is awesome.
by takezzo
9 months ago
when i saw the tricycle in the movie, i knew what you meant...
by hanspan
9 months ago
i love the yeah yeah yeah's so i had to click the link :D WOW!!!!
wicked video
by recurving
9 months ago
@takezzo: it was exactly this tricycle that made me see the connection... :)
by spendospend
9 months ago
its a real arty vid, and the orig song by yeah yeah yeahs is such a tune, they have done well, cheers for sharing... peace out

Opinion is free and discussion is encouraged on lomography.com, however, neither the content nor the ideas expressed in the comments are supported by or representative of the Lomographic Society International.