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After more than a month ago we had an article about The Prodigy’s future single, Take Me To The Hospital. Well, the video is finally here, for the actual release of the single you’ll have to wait till August 31. The video was made available through the band’s official website on August 5, after premiering on the PlayStation 3 application, VidZone (like U2′s latest single). The video for Take Me To The Hospital was directed by Paul Dugdale, who fans might know as the author of the frequently updated mini-movies documenting The Prodigy’s tour. Surprinsingly, it was filmed at the Pinewood Studios and not some old, abandoned… something. To achieve a more grainy picture, Dugdale went for VHS and the result really does look like some old video you had stashed somewhere in the garage. After a Noel Clarke video, a live video and an animated video, it was about time for the band to make an effort and shake it a little bit for the camera. With some shots reminiscing of the Firestarter video, Take Me To The Hospital it’s pretty simple and dirty and also ant-logo-free. However, whenever the chipmunk voices kick in with the chorus, we do see an army of little vandals wearing… chipmunk masks.

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The MTV Video Music Awards nominations have been recently announced and, wow, what a shock, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Eminem and Kanye West have garnered the most chances. But, besides the usual superstars paraded at these shows, we find some interesting names mentioned in the “Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)” category. In fact, there aren’t so many interesting names, because U2 and Foo Fighters and Beastie Boys have had their share of MTV attention, but it’s cool to see a classic and wonderful video like Into The Great Wide Open by Tom Petty And The Heartbrekers getting some hindsight spotlight. The video, directed by Julian Temple, even though Jeff Stein is nominated as the director, is practically a mini-movie, following the song’s lyrics. And who is more suitable to play a rock star named Eddie Rebel than Johnny Depp. He actually did this small role while his Arizona Dream director, Emir Kusturica, was having a nervous breakdown and shooting was on hold. Probably that is why Faye Dunaway, his co-star from that movie, is also in the video. Gabrielle Anwar stars as Eddie’s girlfriend, Matt LeBlanc’s face can be seen in the end and Terence Trent D’Arby makes cameo as himself. It was the first time, Tom Petty confesses when they actually edited the song to fit the video, as they initially had 18 minutes of material.

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