Lucas with the Lid Off (Michel Gondry, director, 1994)



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Video Description:
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...


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Marcovich imito ... ( 1 month ago by elchecko75)
Marcovich imito muchas veces este concepto....
GivER LucaS!!! ( 1 month ago by SecretsRU)
GivER LucaS!!!
This song is ... ( 1 month ago by joaquinot)
This song is fucking awesome! I still remember it from back in the days... It was a great "one hit wonder"
Visually it's so ... ( 1 month ago by img921)
Visually it's so engrossing, unfortunately the song sucks. :/
After all these ... ( 1 month ago by palebeachbum)
After all these years I still think this is a really unique and cool tune. It became a favorite for me in '94 and I went out and bought the CD. There is one other song on the CD I really like. I forget the name though, it's been so long.
the same here mf. I ... ( 1 month ago by cokeCph)
the same here mf. I loved this when it tuned out in the mid 90's. i was 21 when it came out :-)))) in 1994
One of the greatest ... ( 1 month ago by Greenandscaly)
One of the greatest music videos of all time, now almost completely forgotten.
I heard a rumor ... ( 1 month ago by fwdefoshdf)
I heard a rumor that this video was shot all in one take. Pretty amazing if true
My DT teacher ... ( 1 month ago by GladiatorGeorge)
My DT teacher showed my class this vid. Now i see what he means when he said this was pure genius.
Lucas Your Fan Are ... ( 1 month ago by alain2216)
Lucas Your Fan Are still living and well please come Back!
we got shown this ... ( 1 month ago by turbomonkey138)
we got shown this in media class at college ... this must be the best music video made in my opinion ... the way everything is one shot must have taken them so long to get perfect ... awesome :)
this song is ... ( 1 month ago by soundesign1981)
this song is amazing. could give two shits about the video
I told my kids ... ( 1 month ago by roserose1959)
I told my kids music doesn't have to be violent. I wish they played this kind of video on Mtv nowdays!
Much better than ... ( 1 month ago by Simaszkoner)
Much better than any other new songs. What i really like in it is that it's jazz any hip hop mixed. WONDERFUL!
This vid is frikin ... ( 1 month ago by curbwatch)
This vid is frikin cool as hell
awesome video from ... ( 4 weeks ago by modsquad12)
awesome video from Gondry!
i know...it's like ... ( 3 weeks ago by soundesign1981)
i know...it's like people think michel gondry is so brilliant, when really he's just so egotistical and self-important that he'll make a video out of any dumb, childish idea he has...same goes for spike jonze
This is the best ... ( 2 weeks ago by themaxxray)
This is the best music video ever! I still can't believe it was filmed in one shot. I remember the first time I saw this on Mtv back in the day. I'm still floored. I'm glad it's still around for others to see
Array ( 1 week ago by soundesign1981)
Lucas= good
Michelle Gondry= pretentious, marginally talented, overrated French douche who appeals to dullards trying to be "hip"
I forgot how fun ... ( 1 week ago by espike1)
I forgot how fun this song was! Just sent the video to my friends
I meant jazz AND ... ( 1 week ago by Simaszkoner)
I meant jazz AND hip hop not jazz any hip hop sorry.
You have better ... ( 1 week ago by foreignaustrian)
You have better things to show? If not: What do you consider to be good? Step forward.
I am not a director ... ( 1 week ago by soundesign1981)
I am not a director, but it's pretty easy to see that Gondry's reputation has been blown way out of proportion. Just look at the info to this video: this (allegedly) continuous pan shot is "something that only someone like Michel Gondry could pull off". Haha, I mean, when you think about it, what does that even mean? Something "Only someone like Michel Gondry could pull off" hahaha....you see what i mean? People love dropping his name like he's so special, it's just annoying...
oooh i remember ... ( 6 days ago by chacashark)
oooh i remember this video back in the 90´s i liked it..... but it was played to damn much



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