Cibo Matto - Sugar Water

Our gracious host Alex posted earlier with a Cibo Matto reference. Sure, Cibo Matto taught me how to know my chicken, but they are so much more important than that. Check out this amazing video of their tune “Sugar Water” and think for a moment how difficult it must have been to film. YouTube.

Bonus: This song is often associated with a popular late 90s/early naughts American television series. Without using Google, who can name the series and the relationship it has to this song.

Update: Reader “hiland” notes: “Michel Gondry directed this thangggg.” Thank you, hiland.

Further update: I just remembered that there is a “making of” video that documented the task of filming it.

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June 27, 2008 at 6:56 pm by Adam Stanhope
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24 comments to "Cibo Matto - Sugar Water"

david l.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
it was performed on the second season premiere of buffy the vampire slayer
Nat
June 27th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Dooooopppppeeeee…
hiland
June 27th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
probably worth pointing out that Michel Gondry directed this thangggg.
Christophe
June 27th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Very creative work.
RL
June 27th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
buffy faith sexy dance
Brian
June 27th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Bonus Answer:: Featured on MTV’s Amp show in early 90’s
dj
June 27th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Huh??I must be missing something. Didn’t find this amazing. But I did like the haircut on the girl with the red dress.
Johnny Cat
June 27th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
I remember this was one of the first videos I ever saw on Mtv2, and was blown away by the concept/result.
EP
June 27th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
I loved it.
TT
June 28th, 2008 at 1:32 am
You FOOL!

Difficult to film?

Watch it again!

There is nothing difficult about this at all!!!! Just watch one side, and then flip the other and watch that side only, and then put the two together.

It’s a nice effect, but it’s not difficult at all!!!!

Pay attention!
PK
June 28th, 2008 at 2:02 am
umm… It’s easy to figure out how it works but it’s not easy to film. Try planning out how to get two sets of storyboard and the timing to match perfectly in reverse, and you’ll know how intricate it is.
Celeste
June 28th, 2008 at 3:54 am
It’s not Buffy/Faith, it’s Buffy/Xander. And yeah, the vid was pretty rad.
Adam Stanhope
June 28th, 2008 at 5:25 am
There is a “making of” video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYPGmKfhqE
cuimhne
June 28th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Ah yes…after tracking down the video (the version here is telling me it’s removed )I have seen this before it’s on the Michel Gondry DVD collection. Not bad but I prefer some of his other work.
ted
June 28th, 2008 at 6:57 am
No longer available.
Adam Stanhope
June 28th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I’ve found that the “No Longer Available” thing is often simply incorrect or at least temporary. I’ve just been able to play the video now, even after clearing my cache. If you run into a “No Longer Available” message, clicking through on the text link to YouTube often addresses it.
Mr.Spore
June 28th, 2008 at 9:21 am
The video is no longer available, you guys should post a new one.
Adam Stanhope
June 28th, 2008 at 10:17 am
The video is still there.

If it says its not available, click through to it directly on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yWDW5U5Ek
kenna
June 28th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
it was in the season 2 premier of Buffy, after she’d died and come back and was BAD (oh noes)! She and Xander danced to it while Cibo Matto played on stage at the Bronze.
ted
June 28th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Nah. If it’s not gonna show up right in the first place, I’m too lazy to follow after it.

I’m all about the apathy.
TT
June 29th, 2008 at 1:24 am
PK,

you really are a fool.

Watch the LEFT side only -

then tell me what’s confusing you?

The song works in the same way - it has a mid-point at which the first half is the same “tra la la” at the same points as the second half - which is how they timed the reverse point.

So you get the girl “walk backwards” for a couple of seconds at the end of the trick and it looks like the trick is amazing -

FOOLED YA!
erin
June 29th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Wow, my no longer available turned into ‘this is not available in your country’, which I’ve never before seen! Is it only available in the USA?
brandon
June 30th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
whew…. my asian whimsy has officially been ex-HAUSTED
Erika
July 1st, 2008 at 11:29 am
The best dance scene in the Whole BTVS series!!!! Her naughty come get me Xander dance! Woohoo!!!

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Cibo Matto - Sugar Water

Bonus: This song is often associated with a popular late 90s/early naughts American television series. Without using Google, who can name the series and the relationship it has to this song.

Update: Reader “hiland” notes: “Michel Gondry directed this thangggg.” Thank you, hiland.

Further update: I just remembered that there is a “making of” video that documented the task of filming it.