As hard as you might “want” to hate this song, if you’re like me, you start rocking out as soon as you hear the horns. I can’t tell you how often I can be found around the house singing about poppin’ tags. The video for Macklemore & Ryan’s Thrift Shop featuring Wanz is pretty funny too. I have to say that while I wholeheartedly approve of the awesome finds at the thrift shop, I hate when it gets so much media attention. Back when Jewel was cool (am I dating myself?), those of us who made our fashion statements using secondhand scores found ourselves out of luck with the prices jacked up because she’d made vintage cool. The wedding dress I’d been planning to re-purpose into a Molly Ringwald-esque cocktail dress suddenly went from $4 to $40 to my dismay.
On the other hand, you can’t help but love someone with the courage to say what we’ve all known for so long, “That’s $50 for a t-shirt”. There’s an art to fearlessly rocking someone’s great-grandma’s old fur. To those real heroes of thrift store shopping; To you who is well versed in the Guerilla warfare of Goodwill restock days; To you who knows how to make wide tab collar jackets look contemporary; To the boy in brocade bellbottoms; The girl in green taffetta….this video is for you. And I will say- “This is f*cking awe-some”!
Thrift Shop on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thrift-shop-feat.-wanz-single/id556955707
The Heist physical deluxe edition:
http://www.macklemoremerch.com
The Heist digital deluxe on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/album/the-heist-deluxe-edition/id560097651
The Heist on Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B00908DDZM
The Heist in-stores NOW!Credits:
VIDEO
Directed By Jon Jon Augustavo, Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty
Produced By Hollis Wong-Wear, Tricia Davis, Zach Quillen
Lead Grip: David Herberg
Grip Assistants: Josh Marten, Jay Neilson
Stylists: Annie Murphy, Alex NordstromMUSIC
Written by Ben Haggerty
Produced by Ryan Lewis
Featuring Wanz
Additional vocals by Brooklyn Grinnell
Scratches by DV OneSPECIAL THANKS TO
Goodwill Outlet
Value Village Capitol Hill
Red Light Vintage
Fremont Vintage Mall
Unicorn/Narwhal
Northwest African American MuseumSara Stapleton, JR Ewing and Inner City Empire, Faisal Jaswal, Clay Davis
http://www.macklemore.com
http://www.twitter.com/macklemore
http://www.twitter.com/ryanlewis
http://www.facebook.com/macklemore
https://www.facebook.com/ryanlewisproductions
Posted by Piper Patmore
on April 2, 2013. Filed under Headline, Music, Video.
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