Eels – Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol. 1 1996-2006 DVD (Geffen Records)
Of the dozen music videos offered on the Essential Eels DVD, perhaps three are worth scrutiny, study. The others are merely, as the Radiohead collection from 1997 reminded us, television commercials for the band. Watching videos like “Rags to Rags” and “Last Stop: This Town”, one has to wonder what the hell the images one is seeing have to do with the music itself. I envision each video’s director explaining in vapid detail what one thing symbolizes or means and how it is connected to the song; and I envision myself disbelieving each director.
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Pleeseeasaur, while not the worst thing Comedy Central has ever produced, is surely not worth all the expensive packaging Comedy Central bestowed upon it. With two discs – one CD and one DVD – and a fancy fold-out package, perhaps CC’s money would have been better sent giving us some Strangers With Candy outtakes or some old Whose Line Is It Anyway? than Pleaseeasaur.