New MGMT video: ‘Kids’ (the official, really wacky video)
Thu, Jun 4, 2009
Post filled in: Electronic Music, Indie, Videos
“Kids, don’t do drugs” might serve as a good motto for MGMT’s latest video for their incredible single “Kids.” The video’s story follows around a toddler (most likely on acid. lol) who seems to see monsters everywhere he walks around, even in people. Guess there’s a dormant monster within every of us, even in your postman! The mom was totally annoying though, compelling me to smack my notebook’s display multiple times out of disgust for her neglect. Woman, can’t you notice your son sees dead people monsters?
All round, quite a sharp and entertaining video. The director is Ray Tintori, who was also responsible for another MGMT acid trip production, the video for Time to Pretend.
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June 4th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
This is not a laughing matter. are there NO laws to protect innocence TODDLERS from being repeated frightened. this is abuse. period. its disgusting
July 19th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
cara, its a green screen. the kid prob was crying cause he had to shit
August 13th, 2009 at 8:42 am
The video is done so if any harm has been done to the child then it’s irreversible. If scenes were edited then maybe no harm has been done, but let’s not miss the point! The public watch that video with all the emotions and disgust that it raises up within them. A truly decent human being cannot watch that without feeling great sadness for the child no matter how much we are told about the way it was craftily filmed. If this video was meant to make us humans feel so upset and angry then it has worked. I watched it by accident. My teenage son was sitting with friends watching the music videos when they asked me, decidedly shocked, if it was allowed.
Well I was close to tears at what I saw and I hope complaints get it banned
August 13th, 2009 at 9:42 am
THIS IS SO F@##%$ WRONG .. SO WRONG … IT DOESNT MATTER IF ITS FOR THE SAKE OF ART .. TRAUMATIZING A CHILD FOR YOUR PUBLICITY IS THE MOST PATHETIC APPROACH TO GAIN MORE FAME .. MGMT IS NO BETTER THAN A TURD WITH A LOUDSPEAKER .. IF YOU ARE SHIT .. YOU WILL CREATE SHIT. GO TO HELL MGMT .. I HOPE THE KID GROWS UP AND KILLS THE WHOLE BAND AS WELL AS EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PATHETIC VID. >>>>>>>>>>>>>BAN THIS VID<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
September 30th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
The video is meant to incite an emotional response from the viewer, which it does. Additionally, there are many laws protecting children on film sets. These rules and regulations are incredibly strict. I guarantee you the child wasn’t in direct contact with these “monsters”. Green screens and savvy editing resulted in the final version. There are numerous video tricks that are employed by directors. As someone that has worked in film and video production for years, I can assure you that irrespective of how you feel about the band, there is no way they would have been able to actually traumatize the kid.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Yeah, it was definitely shot using camera tricks, green screens, and editing tricks. I’ve worked with child actors on film sets before (ranging in age from infant to pre-teen), and there are way too many rules in place to ensure the safety and well-being of these children. Additionally, there are always people on set to ensure that these rules are followed to the letter. Sony BMG, the band’s record label, would never have left room for liability lawsuits by putting the child in harm’s way.
Your outrage is simply a result of an effective video that was clearly meant to be disturbing. All these comments against the band, I don’t understand. Perhaps it’s simply ignorance as to how music videos and films are ACTUALLY MADE. Your theories about how much this child suffered are merely theories… the facts speak to the contrary.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Um… I’ve been acting since I was a toddler and all these “rules” mentioned by D. Pho and James are very much a reality. In fact, they’ve become increasingly strict in favor of protecting the kids on set. No one can get around this. If they try, they can be fined massive sums of money, arrested (yes, it’s true), and/or their production will be shut down.
I think the band’s okay (no big deal), but hating them because of this video is pretty silly. There’s no way that kid saw any of those monsters in actuality, and furthermore, one or both of his parents were likely required to be on set the whole time. NO ONE GETS AROUND RULES PROTECTING CHILDREN ON FILM AND VIDEO SETS.
I mean, when you see someone get shot in a Scorsese flick are you enraged that an actor was killed for the benefit of the film? No, of course not. FICTION. The arguments being made about the kid and how much he was traumatized are equally ridiculous.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Hey, traumatized kids aside, does anyone know what the violin intro to the video is?
November 17th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
What is the name of the violin song playing as an intro to the video?