Yeah Yeah Yeah Song video premier REVIEW

Premier of "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" review

I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Blvd (were you there?) Monday night where they played the world premier of the Lips new video by Traktor. (thank you res.com)

First of all, the interviews you read where Wayne was excited to be working with Lions etc. did not transpire. The only large animal in the shoot I recall seeing was actually some human in a ware wolf costume. I was able to ask the representative from Traktor why the last minute change of plans? He explained to the some 300 attending that their budget of $150,000 was quickly spent other ways not leaving enough to include the live animals.

Still the video turned out to be a gas! Wayne had taken ideas from watching some Japanese television. You begin seeing nearly nude obese boys turned loose in a Romanesque arena (shot in a remote location not far from Magic Mountain Theme Park, per Traktor) to devour some actor who *may* represent Dick, the Vice President. He'd been prepped by three or four prancing under-dressed Asian young ladies who are shown taping cheese burgers all over his body.

Wayne starts out the powerful ruler overseer and Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, and Kliph Scurlock are all dressed as his guards. I was very happy to see Kliph's inclusion as he's really become the legitimate 4th member in many a mind.

Then another person who *may be Paris Hilton? Britney Spears? is strapped with an abundunce of doughnuts suficient enough to bribe and distract the law - funny stuff! I noticed the audience chuckling and smiling throughout, and rocking when ever that flanger effect guitar chorus kicked in.

It winds up at the end of this video, which was more like a miniature "Hey Hey We're The Monkees" episode, that Wayne is overtaken in some coup and adorned with steak meat and the ware wolf chases him around a bit while the populous chased the rest of the band.

Last scene I recall he was Wayne comfortably sitting next to and feeding the ware wolf by peeling steak off his forehead. Absolutely a must see!!! In addition to being a thoroughly entertaining video the song itself ROCKS!

Cat Blair