WoW Moviewatch: Green Tambourine
by Michael Gray 
May 21st 2009 at 12:00PM
Dude. Wait, what? I think I got a contact high from watching this trippy video. This is Green Tambourine by Demachic. It seems like we've missed covering it before now, which is a shame. As the story goes, a bored Blood Elf finds a trippy hookah hanging around, and decides to try it out. He's looking to break that boredom and day-to-day life he leads in Silvermoon.
While it might be my inner hippy speaking out, I found this video absolutely gorgeous. The colors are vibrant and beautiful, and Demachic's flair for scenery sets up a great context for the music. All the characters really fit in that 60s and 70s psychadelic genre, and the whole thing just comes together wonderfully.
The song was originally by the Lemon Pipers, and it actually reached #1 on the charts in 1968. Demachic's video is a great homage to the song.
Thanks to Stephen for the tip!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rich May 21st 2009 12:11PM
Whooooah.....
JLocke May 21st 2009 12:14PM
like far out man! ... anyone got a Scooby Snack?
Keyra May 21st 2009 12:14PM
Nicely done! Shades of Sgt. Pepper there...heh...yeah, I'm an old fart. :-)
I love the random floating cow and tabby cat.
NinthBatter May 21st 2009 12:19PM
Dude, my hands are so big... they can touch anything... but themselves... oh wait...
Matazuma May 21st 2009 12:23PM
Hey Bro, Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
shawn May 21st 2009 12:24PM
That giant gnome around halfway through made me want to curl up into the fetal position and cry - and I'm not even high.
Ryan May 21st 2009 12:35PM
Why do they call them fingers... when they don't fing...
Boszorkany May 21st 2009 12:51PM
That was totally trippy! I loved it! :-)
ladygamertn May 21st 2009 12:56PM
Far out! As a child of the 60's, I can dig it!
Flower Power!
Yeng May 21st 2009 1:26PM
Had some pretty nice visual effects, however, my one complaint was the overly used drop shadows...I'm guessing it was an attempt to blend the character to the background more but in fact had the exact opposite and made it seem like the characters were flat and floating above a flat 2D background as the shadows did not fall realistically. Other than that, it was a good video.
Fausts May 21st 2009 1:33PM
I always suspected they were smoking more then Bloodthistle in their hookah pipes under the bridges of Silvermoon.
Skreeran May 21st 2009 1:53PM
I love it!
snowleopard233 May 21st 2009 2:00PM
This is pure unaldulterated groovy goodness.
hurricane567 May 21st 2009 3:16PM
I thought it was only shammys and droods who did that sort of thing?
Linainverse May 21st 2009 3:31PM
Dude. That was trippy, but cool. I loved the colors. lol
Carrie May 21st 2009 3:38PM
Woot, I love this song :D Awesome video to go with it.
Dragundam May 21st 2009 6:02PM
I didn't listen to the warning and now I've got a headache. XP Enjoyed the video, though. Better than the usual dorky/pop boringness.