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Prior to the "Flat Beat", Dupieux created Flat Eric, a fictional puppet character, for Levi's commercials for Sta-Prest One Crease Denim Clothing, built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. [17] The popularity of the commercials lead to a music video for the song being created, also featuring Flat Eric.
Flat Eric was based on a dog-like puppet called Stéphane that was similar, but with ears and the hands were fixed. [3] Stéphane appeared in some short films by Mr. Oizo (including a video for the track M-Seq), and had a small cult following in the United Kingdom and France. [3]
The track was featured in a series of Levi's jeans TV commercials, which featured a yellow puppet named Flat Eric nodding his head to the rhythm while riding in an old, beat-up Chevelle. Flat Eric was also featured in the song's music video. The Flat Beat EP has sold over three million copies. [citation needed] The song reached number 1 in the UK.
The cover art was created by a French graphic designer So Me. [3] It depicts a cartoon rendition of Mr. Oizo's character Flat Eric.Monochrome hands are holding its face, one hand is opening one of Flat Eric's eyes while the other hand is preparing to slice the eye with a razor. [4]
Heligoland is the fifth studio album by English electronic music duo Massive Attack, released on 8 February 2010 by Virgin Records.Named after a German archipelago, it was their first studio album in seven years, following 100th Window (2003). [1]
North Carolina native Eric Church has wowed fans with his latest song release. On Friday, October 4, in the wake of Hurricane Helene, the “Springsteen” singer took to Instagram to reveal ...
The song was originally recorded by its co-writer, Marcus Hummon, and had also been recorded by Melodie Crittenden (whose version charted in 1998), the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Sons of the Desert. In early 2005, Rascal Flatts' version became the band's third number one hit on the U.S. country charts and spent five weeks at that position.
It is a list song (Maschwitz calls it a "catalogue song" in his biography), in this case delineating the various things that remind the singer of a lost love. The lyrics – the verse and three choruses – were written by Maschwitz during the course of one Sunday morning at his flat in London between sips of coffee and vodka. [4]