blimey
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
go hard or go home
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/sir-mix-a-lot-baby-got-back-video-oral-history.html
― tbd (Eazy), Sunday, 5 January 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Adam Bernstein (director, “Baby Got Back” video): Rick called me to see if I wanted to direct the video. When you had a meeting with Rick, he would arrive in his Rolls Royce, and you would get in and he would play whichever song really loud. Which is the way I heard “Baby Got Back” for the first time. I thought that the song objectified women, but it made me laugh, and I thought it would be fun. I had previously been offered the chance to direct an LL Cool J song, “Big Ole Butt,” but I didn’t do it. This time, I needed to get out of New York because I broke up with my girlfriend and she got the apartment. So doing this video was a matter of good timing — though I had done “Hey Ladies” for the Beastie Boys.
This man is my personal hero.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
A comment to the article:
For those who wish to further understand Mix’s sophisticated point of view, please check out his subsequent video for “Put ‘em on the Glass”, which I declined to direct. Here the artist encourages women to bare their breasts and press them against car windows. Now that is real empowerment. Adam Bernstein
― Disco Ebionite (Sanpaku), Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
Well, Mix-A-Lot is my personal hero. Bernstein sounds like he was just in the right place at the right time.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
lol
Then I had a meeting with Mix-a-Lot to talk about the concept. He really wanted a giant ass in the video, and he wanted to be coming out of it. I suggested that maybe that wasn’t a great idea.
― sleepingsignal, Sunday, 5 January 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
actually this whole piece is hilarious.
― sleepingsignal, Sunday, 5 January 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link