There’s a commercial for Clarks shoes that has been on heavy rotation on whatever channels I’ve been watching lately. If features kids (it’s a commercial for Clarks kids shoes) that are supersized and running all about the town/city/park/schoolyard, towering over the buildings and play equipment. It’s a cute, charming advert and if I had the money and cared enough, it might even induce me to buy the shoes for my kids. But, I’m not rich and my kids aren’t with me at the moment (insert extreme sadface here).
Anyways, the music for the commercial is the get-stuck-in-your-head awesomeness that is They Might Be Giants. The song is Birdhouse in Your Soul and if you didn’t grow up in the 90′s, how sad for you. Because back in the day (oh how very old I am) bands and musicians came out with some wacky shit (to which Lady Gaga is taking ‘inspiration’ from, and I love La Gaga, but go back to the originals and see what she’s taking notes from).
For some reason, since discovering this commercial, TMBG have been featuring heavily in my playlists and every night it gets played (and also Istanbul, which is how I came to stumble upon yesterdays video, which is sheer genius). We just play it over and over and over, on repeat the joy doesn’t lessen diminish. It’s now become a favorite song all over again, and it’s been fun to rediscover songs from my youth. (Serious, how old am I? Should I just go ahead and get a blue rinse?)
What was I saying, oh right FMV. So here it is, the lovely sing-along happy song and the bizarre video that is Birdhouse in Your Soul. Enjoy!
