Vidéo : Eels – Are We Alright Again

E en clown triste sur la pochette d’Earth to Dora, on a l’habitude. Mais avec Are We Alright Again, il dégaine non seulement un tube imparable mais aussi l’un des clips hilarants de l’année avec en guest, Jon Hamm alias Don Draper dans Mad Men.

Everybody Be Cool This Is a Robbery. Fan de la première heure, Jon Hamm écoute au casque le nouvel et excellent album de Eels en sirotant son Jack Daniels pendant que des pieds nickelés vident sa maison. « Do you wanna get high ? » chante E toujours entouré de drôles d’oiseaux. Mais ce n’est pas la fin des temps, un plan séquence digne des premiers burlesques du cinéma, un chef d’oeuvre de simplicité comme les chansons de Eels.

Eels – Are We Alright Again

Walking down the street
Or walking on the moon
What’s it matter
Now to my cocoon ?
Stepping to the sunshine
Man, it feels good
Birds and bees jamming
A theme for the neighborhood

Are we alright again ?
Are we around the bend ?
Am I lucky or brave ?
Are you stronger today ?
Are we alright again ?
Yeah, I think we’re alright

Look up at the sky
Don’t you think you could
Birds and bees jamming
Their tune for the neighborhood, they say
« Do you wanna fly ? » Hmm
« Do you wanna get high ? » Yeah, I do
« High up here where we are » let me up there
« Wеll, don’t you know it’s not that far ? »

Are we alright again ?
Are wе all on the mend ?
Am I lucky or brave ?
Are you stronger today ?
Are we alright again?
Yeah, I think we’re alright

Looking back, I don’t know how
But I can see clear up ahead
Smiling skies with a chance of « yes »
Maybe it’s time to get out of bed

Hey Mr. New Bird, give me a hit of that
And pass it over to that mangy cat
Well, he’s been through a lot now, more than you and me
Let’s give him what we’ve got, that’s who you wanna be

Are we alright again ?
Can I finally attend ?
Am I lucky or brave ?
Are you stronger today ?
Are we alright again ?
We are all among friends
Are you lucky or brave ?
Am I stronger today ?
Are we alright again ?
Yeah, I think we’re alright