Quick - name the most unlikely place you'd find two Goth Lolis and a male Gothic Aristocrat. How about a gargatuan CGI shopping mall, flanked by members of aging New Wave band The B-52s?
Screen captures don't lie. In late March, the band debuted the music video for the single Funplex. Reader Gloomy did a double-take at the three mallrats who get into a scruffle with security but end up dancing frenetically with them. Their quasi-Gothic Lolita clothing isn't entirely non sequitur; the song features Japanese ding-ding-doonging and the lyrics do reference "fashion frenzy."
Squint for the Harajuku youths yourself in the The B-52s' new video. I love the classic vocal exchanges between Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider, but to me, the song lacks the bite of "Rock Lobster" and "Private Idaho." What are your thoughts?
