Lucas with the Lid Off (Michel Gondry, director, 1994)
An excellent music video that aired briefly on MTV in 1994 and soon became largely forgotten. This one was filmed in B&W to produce an old-timey ambience that works very well with the ragtime sound. Pay close attention to the continuity. The whole video was filmed with a steadycam, in one continuous shot...an unbelievably difficult task that only someone like Michel Gondry could pull off. This catchy vid is no longer in production and a rare treat to find, wherever it happens to bubble up ;-) Lucas With The Lid Off Lyrics: Spoken: "I'll be practicing in my mind" wha-da-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baaa Whoa-oh-oh catch the vibes... the reggae and the ragtime Whoa-oh-oh catch the vibes, catch the vibes Whoa-oh-oh Cause it's lucas with the lid off catch the vibes, catch the vibes Whoa-oh-oh Cause it's lucas with the lid off Zem, Zem, daZem, Zem daZow, Zem Watch me now you hear me now Watch me go-oh Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) I feeeeeel... so good Zow, zow, zow Watch me go-oh Strike the right chord, and I rap, rap my skull cap Electric, until I blow my top off I wrap my lyrics right around the globe I lay lobes and all Bit by bit I make it fit Cause I'm here to knit myself together and whatever split for my format and after that I never stay the same and treat the freak like a doormat Jump around on it I'm here to spray poetic confetti already Open open open up your skull cap and let it rain, let it rain, let it rain Let it drain All the I'm-too-cool-to-have-a-good-time- but-really-I'm-a-muted-trumpet type of talkaway Hey-ey-ey move to the front, take it off, take it off, Catch the vibes Cause it's lucas with the lid off catch the vibes, catch the vibes Whoa-oh-oh Cause it's lucas with the lid off catch the vibes, catch the vibes Whoa-oh-oh Cause it's lucas with the lid off Zem, Zem, daZow, Zow Skedadle-lah-ooh watch me now you hear me now Uh now, now, now Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) I feeeeeel... so good I feeeeeel... so good Welcome to my brain, I got the lid off my chest I got my nut off the type of spirit that can break your framework the same by the end will stay the same hear the voice of summer Zow za zow zow but once I gotta hum a melody that represents the type of flow I kick when my tongue is swingin' like a drumstick of a jazzy type of lick everybody's got the lid on tightly afraid of what might be lurking right behind and out of safety so undo yourself and watch my rhyme go out of my lyrical chimney but don't repeat my voice to the beat when you hear the track again make up your own words Cause the rhythm is a conduit to break a split from the homegrown The well known is on to the unknown See everyone's a firecracker like a phone about to get hooked up and let look up and let look up and let whatever bubbles up out your head spread the vibes and illuminate the sky Cause it's lucas with the lid off it's lucas with the lid off it's lucas with the lid off Come on and take your lid off Watch this Watch me now you hear me now take a solo , take a solo and spread the vibes kid I hear that funky tune now now now now now now Whooooooooooo spread spread spread the vibes spread it spread it now-now now-now now-now now-now watch this mm-mm ah bap bap bap bow Watch me now you hear me now Uh now, now, now Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) Whatever bubbles, bubbles up... (I feeeeeel) Come follow me around come follow me now (yeah, yeah-eah) I feeeeeel... so good...
