Dum Dum Girls have just released a new video online for their single 'Coming Down'! We first featured 'Coming Down' last July when it was released as a limited free download as a taster from their second album 'Only In Dreams' which came out in September http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2011/07/summersradio-new-music-free-download_22.html.
I fell in love with the song instantly and it landed in the top five of my Top 25 Rock & Indie songs of 2011 here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2011/12/summersradio-best-of-2011-countdowns_9901.html
'Coming Down' received a limited released on 7" vinyl in September but an official video has only been released this week - and it's directed by band member Malia James. It uses the 7" edited version of the song and it appears to be a tribute of sorts to a live performance art piece by Yoko Ono.
Yoko first performed 'Cut Piece' in 1964 in Japan where she sat kneeling on the stage wearing her best suit of clothing, with a pair of scissors placed on the floor in front of her. Audience members were invited to approach the stage one at a time, and cut a bit of her clothes off. They chose which part to cut - and they were allowed to keep their piece. Here's a photo from a 'Cut Piece' performance in 1965 in New York:
While I love this song - and Yoko Ono (you can check out my celebration of her birthday last month here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2012/02/summersradio-new-music-remixes-yoko-ono.html) I'm currently undecided as to how well this video fits with the song itself. I might just prefer the original non-official slide show video which can be seen in the first link above - particularly because the song is unedited there (over two minutes longer) but regardless this new video is still a fine opportunity to give this beautiful song another listen... Enjoy!
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