I’ll be the first to admit it: I turned my nose up to The Bird and the Bee. I had my reasons, among them their being one of the only playable albums for in-store play during my retail days (you can only play Celtic Woman and Roxette so many times.) I mean, I would recommend it to those upset that we ran out of the Regina Spektor album, but it wasn’t my thing.

Technically, it still isn’t my thing, but I have no choice but to give them props for having Eric Wareheim (of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) direct their video for “Polite Dance Song.”

It has everything almost everything that we never would have thought to ask for, but still inexplicably thoroughly enjoy: old people (including one that looks very familiar), gold sweaters, eye patches, lip gloss and awe-inspiring, slow motion gyrations of the hip variety, not to mention a pretty solid track. Indeed, our preconceived notions just got served.

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