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EBN - Get Down ver 2.2

submitted by Kevlar

1 decade 6 years 9 months 1 week ago

(Warning - this can be harsh on the eyes and ears with rapid video cuts and loud sounds.)

After only finding two Emergency Broadcast Network videos on the Sift, I thought it proper to introduce a favorite piece from one of the earlier video mashup pioneers (consider that they did these mashups with little digital editing, if any!). EBN was a performance group originating in the Providence, RI area in the early 1990s. I'm told from fans that they used to drive a Ghostbusters-like station wagon around the city and play their music (reinforced by the Wikipedia entry) until they were eventually asked to stop and/or moved on to bigger projects.

Much of EBN's work is of course a commentary, be it TV, politics or anything in-between. "Get Down ver 2.2" is about as wild a remix of the Kool song as you can get, and is from their 1995 album.

And who ever would think to turn Mariah Carey into a perpetually boiling and screeching kettle? Seriously.

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Cool sift!
Some extra info:

Telecommunication Breakdown
Contributing artists: Bill Laswell, Brian Eno, Grandmaster Melle Mel
Producer: Jack Dangers
Distributor: TVT Records

quotes of
-Get down! (Harrison Ford in "Patriot Games")
-"Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang

Does anyone know who are the politicians in the video?

Hi Eklek,
Thanks for the extra info! I'm happy to note some of the other interwoven clips:

- Video of the Reagan assassination attempt from 1981
- "Keep your mouth shut" - Dan Rather (night-time news personality)
- "Stay away, this thing will hurt someone"... This is the Budd Dwyer (Pennsylvania state treasurer) on-camera suicide in 1987.

Moving this video to Kevlar's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 3 days.

Call me *Begsington Jones, Esquire.

Sending this video to Beggar's Corner to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter Kevlar.

Keep your mouth shut indeed - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7273129.stm

Evolution Control Committee - Rocked by Rape: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-_bHToNnP8s

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