Why is this man screaming?

February 22, 2007 7:10 AM

Why is this man screaming? Maybe because it's a Mad World.
posted by The Card Cheat (8 comments total)

Mad World didn't grab me, but the Scream thing was brill. FYI.
posted by DU at 7:21 AM on February 22, 2007

"Mornin', Sam."
"Mornin',Ralph."
posted by sourwookie at 7:24 AM on February 22, 2007

Yeah maybe. The scream thing sucked.
posted by rhymer at 7:24 AM on February 22, 2007

Previous Jason Lapeyre post here.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 7:33 AM on February 22, 2007

The Mad World video is a response to this other street-dancing video, which I found striking and a little frightening.
posted by grobstein at 7:36 AM on February 22, 2007

I don't often find covers of songs to be better than the original, but Gary Jules' version is infinitely superior. I've been listening to it a lot, lately. That said, I didn't find either video to be that impressive. It did bring to mind koyaanisqatsi, though.
posted by ashbury at 10:50 AM on February 22, 2007

Gary Jules' version seconded.
posted by hypersloth at 12:45 PM on February 22, 2007

Weird, The Scream is one of my favorite paintings and Mad World remains one of my all time favorite songs. Something about Gary Jules' version just makes the song so amazingly great and yet so amazingly sad that I have a hard time listening to it at times. Also featured in the classic Donnie Darko movie...

His cover is much better then the original Tears for Fears version...
posted by rfbjames at 11:33 PM on February 22, 2007