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



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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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Not only a great ... ( 1 month ago by Paulmancieri67)
Not only a great video but a great song too. Very inventive, a classic.
Thanks for posting ... ( 1 month ago by h8bushoil)
Thanks for posting this! Loved it since the first time I heard it on MTV... 14 years ago. Man. And yes bphutch, this is the original video.
awesumness ( 1 month ago by inlightenduh)
awesumness
I've owned this ... ( 3 weeks ago by beninstrawberryjam)
I've owned this single since I was a tiny, tiny lad
The horn riff was ... ( 3 weeks ago by NBCRecords)
The horn riff was taken from the Benny Goodman & His Orchestra track "When Buddha Smiles" - recorded in Chicago 22 November, 1935!!
Very cool, thank ... ( 3 weeks ago by thegirl44)
Very cool, thank you, do you know if it appeared in either of those films that I mentioned?
I'm not familiar ... ( 3 weeks ago by NBCRecords)
I'm not familiar with the work of Ralph Bakshi, but there was never a soundtrack released for 'Coonskin' and the song didn't appear on the soundtrack of 'Heavy Traffic'. Looking through Wikipedia and Google, I can't find any reference that connects the song to either movie.
Sorry that I couldn't help you clear it up!
what a vivacious ... ( 3 weeks ago by g0ldbuG)
what a vivacious and creative, yet short-lived and low-numbered sub-genre of hip hop this was exuding the true spirit of the latter as all great old school hits did; o, how i wish it would return with a vengeance to rebirth the current scene of music at its all-time worst!
how does someone ... ( 3 weeks ago by KULCAT)
how does someone make something like this
holy shit this song ... ( 2 weeks ago by OCEANJERK)
holy shit this song has lived in my head ever since it came out in 1994 .before internet,cell phones and you tube. it lived in my head ever since. today i get to watch it thanks for posting it
"holy shit this ... ( 2 weeks ago by Mowgliwankenobi)
"holy shit this song has lived in my head ever since it came out in 1994 .before internet,cell phones and you tube. it lived in my head ever since. today i get to watch it thanks for posting it"- EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID TO MY COLLEAGUE!
It's so sad that ... ( 2 weeks ago by shrxfn68)
It's so sad that VH1 didn't include in the top 100 hip hop songs of all time. This is pure genius. We need this man back!
Marcovich imito ... ( 2 weeks ago by elchecko75)
Marcovich imito muchas veces este concepto....
GivER LucaS!!! ( 2 weeks ago by SecretsRU)
GivER LucaS!!!
This song is ... ( 2 weeks 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 ... ( 2 weeks ago by img921)
Visually it's so engrossing, unfortunately the song sucks. :/
After all these ... ( 2 weeks 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 week 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 week ago by Greenandscaly)
One of the greatest music videos of all time, now almost completely forgotten.
I heard a rumor ... ( 1 week ago by fwdefoshdf)
I heard a rumor that this video was shot all in one take. Pretty amazing if true
My DT teacher ... ( 1 week 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 week ago by alain2216)
Lucas Your Fan Are still living and well please come Back!
we got shown this ... ( 6 days 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 :)
I told my kids ... ( 1 day 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!



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