BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film Video) - Boing Boing: "Boing Boing Video proudly presents this newly rediscovered gem: The Texas Strip, a 1944 'Soundie' which inspired the Devo song and video 'Whip It.' Watch as a singing cowboy flirts with cowgirls sitting on a a fence, then strips one of them with his whip (oh my)."
3 comments:
Blogger has oddly uncentered this as presented...but it's pretty damned oddly uncentered anyway..."He hit her in the head, that Is hilarious!"
i dont mean to disenchant you croakers but whip it was not inspired by this. but that looks like a whole lot better movie than one two three.
Those girls were not hired for their rhythm. The image at 2:30 in is interesting.
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