Lucas with the Lid Off (Michel Gondry, director, 1994)

	Duration: 04:01 minutes Upload Time: 2006-11-29 18:38:12 User: CapnFlix :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: An excellent music video that aired briefly on MTV in 1994 and soon became largely forgotten. This one was filmed in B&W to produce an old-timey ambience that works very well with the ragtime sound. Pay close attention to the continuity. The whole video was filmed with a steadycam, in one continuous shot...an unbelievably difficult task that only someone like Michel Gondry could pull off. This catchy vid is no longer in production and a rare treat to find, wherever it happens to bubble up ;-) Lucas With The Lid Off Lyrics Spoken: "I'll be practicing in my mind" wha-da-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baaa Whoa-oh-oh catch the vibes... the reggae and the ragtime Whoa-oh-oh catch the vibes, catch the vibes Whoa-oh-oh Cause it's lucas with the lid off catch the vibes, catch the vibes Whoa-oh-oh Cause it's lucas with the lid off Zem, Zem, daZem, Zem daZow, Zem Watch me now you hear me now Watch me go-oh Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) I feeeeeel... so good Zow, zow, zow Watch me go-oh Strike the right chord, and I rap, rap my skull cap Electric, until I blow my top off I wrap my lyrics right around the globe I lay lobes and all Bit by bit I make it fit Cause I'm here to knit myself together and whatever split for my format and after that I never stay the same and treat the freak like a doormat Jump around on it I'm here to spray poetic confetti already Open open open up your skull cap and let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it drain All the I'm-too-cool-to-have-a-good-time- but-really-I'm-a-muted-trumpet type of talkaway Hey-ey-ey move to the front, take it off, take it off, Catch the vibes Cause it's lucas with the lid off catch the vibes, catch the vibes Whoa-oh-oh Cause it's lucas with the lid off catch the vibes, catch the vibes Whoa-oh-oh Cause it's lucas with the lid off Zem, Zem, daZow, Zow Skedadle-lah-ooh watch me now you hear me now Uh now, now, now Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) I feeeeeel... so good I feeeeeel... so good Welcome to my brain, I got the lid off my chest I got my nut off the type of spirit that can break your framework the same by the end will stay the same hear the voice of summer Zow za zow zow but once I gotta hum a melody that represents the type of flow I kick when my tongue is swingin' like a drumstick of a jazzy type of lick everybody's got the lid on tightly afraid of what might be lurking right behind and out of safety so undo yourself and watch my rhyme go out of my lyrical chimney but don't repeat my voice to the beat when you hear the track again make up your own words Cause the rhythm is a conduit to break a split from the homegrown The well known is on to the unknown See everyone's a firecracker like a phone about to get hooked up and let look up and let look up and let whatever bubbles up out your head spread the vibes and illuminate the sky Cause it's lucas with the lid off it's lucas with the lid off it's lucas with the lid off Come on and take your lid off Watch this Watch me now you hear me now take a solo , take a solo and spread the vibes kid I hear that funky tune now now now now now now Whooooooooooo spread spread spread the vibes spread it spread it now-now now-now now-now now-now watch this mm-mm ah bap bap bap bow Watch me now you hear me now Uh now, now, now Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) I feeeeeel... so good...
Comments
blackie0nassis ::: Favorites I always used to laugh my head off at the guy on the little screen doing the reggae/scat part he was just so gay. thanks for bringing back this funny memory 07-10-22 22:58:42 __________________________________________________
CapnFlix ::: Favorites Cool...I'm glad ya found it here bro! :-) 07-10-21 19:44:34 __________________________________________________
javyys ::: Favorites man.. i waited 13 years to see it again. i'm 28 too, and in 1994 i was just a little boy learning 'bout good music and i started to be rastaman and to apreciate jazz, soul and blues, also good rap, of course... man, you rock.. that song... damn! i got tears on my eyes.. jah bless! 07-10-21 17:22:01 __________________________________________________
CapnFlix ::: Favorites Liquid TV...wasn't that the name of the crazy-ass cartoon show MTV used to put on after midnight? 07-10-12 17:04:55 __________________________________________________
Face2nutts ::: Favorites Its all bout this song!!! MTV oddities, and Liquid tv...thats all I got to say. 07-10-09 13:51:28 __________________________________________________
curumina1 ::: Favorites great comment...what rap can aspire to being... wish they'd done much more along this line...awesome Gondry, too...thanks capn flx for postin' 07-10-06 16:40:00 __________________________________________________
skyntay ::: Favorites yea i was a freshman in 94 im 28 now,, got this Cd for xmas that year,, now it collects dust im in jersey 07-09-25 18:39:04 __________________________________________________
Mls1968 ::: Favorites Takes me right back to 1994 Shining example of what rap can aspire to being. 07-09-23 20:13:16 __________________________________________________
lrj1119 ::: Favorites Also, is anyone aware that his father is the founder of Pottery Barn? There is a little tidbit of useless trivia. 07-09-19 01:31:03 __________________________________________________
fishingrhod ::: Favorites thanks Guy for showing me this. will always be a fave. too damn good. even me Mam likes it - but then she was a jazz cat in the 60s 07-09-18 13:33:32 __________________________________________________