Thursday, March 06, 2008

New Gnarls Barkley video too crazy for MTV*

Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:17:04 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

I found the following story a bit of an eye-opener.. I'm sure I had heard of a similar regulation/guideline before, but I had never actually heard of it preventing a video! Read below..

"The video for Gnarls Barkley's new single, "Run," may feature a cameo from Justin Timberlake, but it's still not quite ready to air on MTV.

That's because of its strobe effects, which caused the clip to fail the Harding Test -- guidelines established to prevent TV images from triggering epileptic seizures.

However, the video is available on various online outlets, and Gnarls Barkley member Danger Mouse was hopeful the situation could be resolved shortly.

"I don't know exactly what's going on, but we're having issues. I think (the video) is cool. It works for me. But I'm not necessarily that easily seasick," he told Billboard.com. "We can't predict how people are going to interpret it."" (Ref)

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Monday, March 10, 2008 12:26:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Finally saw the vid this weekend. Looks like it was MADE to give people seizures.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:09:48 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Dude, I TOTALLY agree! gez.. What were they thinking? This video is horrid!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:12:01 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Those of you who want to check out the video can browse to the link below..

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Gnarls+Barkley+run
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