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Edgy, monochromatic music video for Friendly Fires, directed by Clemens Habicht. The band were transformed into Skeleton Boys as a nod to the track’s title, with the aid of double-sided sticky tape, fans and trillions of bean bag balls.

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  • great!
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  • jeff hamada plus 3 years ago
    Great work you guys! very fun, very effective video (and on a budget too)

    booooooom.com/2009/01/19/friendly-fires-skeleton-boy/
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  • Michelle McCormack 3 years ago
    pretty cool
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  • Edgard Berendsen 3 years ago
    incredible idea! very creative
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  • DJ Paine plus 3 years ago
    love it!!
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  • lepetitfakir 3 years ago
    Nice, smart and clever !
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  • medejavecu 3 years ago
    awesome video, i really like the idea and the look.


    bildundton.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/friendly-fires-skeleton-boy/
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  • Mr Truffle 3 years ago
    Awesome.
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  • Aaron Briggs 3 years ago
    Is this a remix or the album version, it sounds different!
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  • digitalorganix 3 years ago
    awesome idea! great song too!
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  • David La Tache 3 years ago
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  • Berzelius 3 years ago
    Yeah this is wonderful!
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  • Jay Shropshire plus 3 years ago
    wow
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  • mark lewman 3 years ago
    Fresh idea, but, I pity the PA who cleaned up the afterbang from this one. You bean bag bashing bastards got some bounce though.
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  • max white 3 years ago
    Why is this version of the song different from the album? It's a bit better and I can't find it anywhere else.
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  • the_jcw 3 years ago
    fun to watch and has a great feel with the music
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  • Matt Saunders 3 years ago
    great!!
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  • Aryo Sayogha 3 years ago
    Thank you for making something so awesome!
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  • Palugan 3 years ago
    rad
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  • Kijek / Adamski 3 years ago
    WOW! this is really great!
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  • Motion-Lotion 3 years ago
    awesome video! great idea and music! Give it up for double sided sticky tape....ha!
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  • James Lytle 3 years ago
    absolutely love it.
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  • monike_pop 3 years ago
    wow, wow, wow, great!
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  • love the remix, great vid... funny was thinking of friendly fires today listening to the aeroplane remix of paris and saw this link on motionographer, i work for nexus and didn't even know we had produced it, oh also aeroplane are playing at cargo in shoreditch tonight.
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  • KEVIN AKA VOLTAGE plus 3 years ago
    great concept, i also got a indigo body paint skeleton shot clip for uffie, please check it.
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  • Stina Johansson 3 years ago
    wow, that looks and sounds awesome!
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  • James Schomer 3 years ago
    Fan tas tic
    Great to see such a innovative idea implemented so well
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  • rodrigomuniz 3 years ago
    super cool!
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  • Awesome!
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  • mwg plus 3 years ago
    great work. how many did they swallow?
    looks like they would be coughing up foamies for days!
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  • I bloody love this, amazing work guys!
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  • sammy525 3 years ago
    too cool movie !!
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  • Joaquin E. Jutt 3 years ago
    love it, genius! "Dude, that's awesome"
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  • VendelasCity 3 years ago
    Ah ha! Ahahahahahaha! This is so visually appealing that I have to watch it again!
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  • Aquatic Tangerine 3 years ago
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  • The Outabodies 3 years ago
    Crazy idea. I love the way it turned out.
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  • Hajime Chan 3 years ago
    CREATIVE & COOL!!!
    I love this!!
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  • Alistair Allan 3 years ago
    Totally reminds me of whomadewho, they used to do live shows all wearing skeleton suits!
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  • Roman Sindelar plus 3 years ago
    fantastique - chapeau!
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  • Russdiggity 2 years ago
    Wicked tune!
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  • Jazmyn Alexandria 2 years ago
    I love this music video! (:
    It makes me so happy.
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  • Joel Colombo 2 years ago
    Very catchy!
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  • kuba kossak pro 2 years ago
    great song, great ideas!
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  • Filipe 2 years ago
    For anyone who wants to know, this is the Paul Epworth Remix, it's floating around the blogosphere.
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  • MAMMOTH plus 2 years ago
    thisisthebestvideoi'veseenallday.
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  • An excellent, clean execution of a simple, creative visual concept. I love it.

    Please tell me there's a "making of" video somewhere or at least in the works. Would love to see it.
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  • trevor w 2 years ago
    apparently this is actually the video edit, which is how its referred to in itunes, and is available there along with some other great remixes of the track!
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  • IAMMARTIN 2 years ago
    Absolutely amazing!!! I LOVE the whole analog/digital look it gets. Brilliant!!!
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  • Maria Singleton 2 years ago
    I love this band as it is, this video is candy!!! :-) Excellent fun!
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  • mikehrom 2 years ago
    love it
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  • FineByMe 2 years ago
    Just seen it on TV. Excellent idea and execution. Is this available for download as xvid or something? Would like to add it to my personal collection to watch on a standalone.
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  • HISE 2 years ago
    niceee
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  • arqmass 2 years ago
    LA RAJA!!!!
    no puedo parar de escucharlo y verlo!
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  • dans le pizzahut 2 years ago
    The stick figure effect did a perfect job of showcasing Macfarlane's dancing. Complete hook.
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  • Skatepro 2 years ago
    awesome song,awesome video !
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  • Josef Myers 2 years ago
    you guys should listen to Temper Trap. just saw them live and I loved them just as much as Friendly Fires myspace.com/thetempertrap
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  • Jacob Bullard 2 years ago
    Into it!
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  • Bobby van de Laak 1 year ago
    great!
    Blogged over here: allmyjunk.tumblr.com/
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  • nocolor-in-mybalcony 11 months ago
    awesome.
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  • Candiddify 5 months ago
    I love the idea! Great song!
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  • Hiroaki Hirakata plus 4 months ago
    すっげー!イカしています!!
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  • Christopher 4 months ago
    That... Was awesome :)
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  • wilsonboomlin 2 months ago
    Fuckin' Awesome!
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