Mental Health Notes

“I Remember When, I Remember, I Remember When I Lost My Mind…”

by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes on March 5th, 2008

And no, I’m talking the final straw before the bipolar diagnosis. I’m actually quoting “Crazy,” Gnarls Barkley’s 2006 hit.

Why?

Seems Mr. Barkley’s (rather, Misters Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo) latest music video for their newest song “Run” contains strobe effects that fail the Harding Test, therefore resulting in a big fat “nuh-uh, nope, not gonna play it” from MTV. (For those of you who don’t know, the Harding Test is a set of guidelines established by Harding FPA to prevent epileptic seizures triggered by TV images.)

Danger Mouse’s response according to Billboard.com?

“I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but we’re having issues. I think [the video] is cool. It works for me. But I’m not necessarily that easily seasick,” he says with a laugh. “We can’t predict how people are going to interpret it.”

Eh, last time I checked, Mr. Mouse, whether or not a person is easily seasick is not an accurate predictor of whether or not your strobe effects are going to trigger epileptic seizures. Too, it’s not exactly, um, very intelligent sounding to refer to an epileptic seizure as they way a person “interprets” your video.

Just as your “Crazy” lyrics claim, you are definitely out of touch.

No matter, though. MTV was there to point out the problems with the video for “Run.” Here’s to hoping Danger Mouse, Cee-Lo, and even Justin Timberlake (who makes a cameo in the video) can painlessly resolve the seizurely issues and get their creative endeavors safely on the air.

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