Thursday, November 12, 2009

Nothing New Under The Sun

Ok, let's see if you can follow me here.

This is The Postal Service from 2003:



Ok, now this is Owl City from 2009 (keep in mind none of the parties involved in The Postal Service are involved now):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI4JLa0hbUw
(embedding is disabled on every version of this video for some reason, so you'll have to go to the yootoobs yourself to view it)

I mean, there's ripping off, and then there's...I mean, goddamn.

2 comments:

  1. It's different. Owl city has dancing toys, not people.

    Seriously though, you should listen to Owl City's "Hello Seattle." Apparently they too share Postal Service's penchant for Puget sound. It may seem like a stretch, but how many songs honestly utilize "Puget sound" in the lyrics?!?

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  2. oh wow. i actually thought that the postal service made it onto 104 KRBE the other day (not that i listen...). guess they'll have to stick to their UPS ads.

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