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...

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 29, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Author: CapnFlix

Length: 00:04:01
Rating: 4.91
Views: 139632

Tags: michel gondry lucas with lid off ragtime hip-hop indie oldies music

Video Comments:
roserose1959 (November 29, 2008 at 10:10 pm)
I told my kids music doesn't have to be violent. I wish they played this kind of video on Mtv nowdays!
soundesign1981 (November 28, 2008 at 9:02 pm)
this song is amazing. could give two shits about the video
turbomonkey138 (November 25, 2008 at 7:17 pm)
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 :)
alain2216 (November 22, 2008 at 6:25 pm)
Lucas Your Fan Are still living and well please come Back!
GladiatorGeorge (November 22, 2008 at 4:31 am)
My DT teacher showed my class this vid. Now i see what he means when he said this was pure genius.
fwdefoshdf (November 21, 2008 at 3:48 pm)
I heard a rumor that this video was shot all in one take. Pretty amazing if true
Greenandscaly (November 19, 2008 at 11:00 pm)
One of the greatest music videos of all time, now almost completely forgotten.
cokeCph (November 18, 2008 at 1:08 pm)
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
palebeachbum (November 13, 2008 at 11:48 pm)
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.
img921 (November 12, 2008 at 6:43 pm)
Visually it's so engrossing, unfortunately the song sucks.  :/