From the Stereo to Your Screen #17, Metric & Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

he official music video for “Black Sheep” essentially takes the scene from the film and plays it out to the full length of the song, complete with Brie Larson vocals throughout — meaning this is an actual Clash at Demonhead video, not just a lip-synched performance to a Metric song. I mean, that’s the way it goes, right? There are all kinds of fake bands in movies, but rarely do you get a future Oscar-winning actress to record a cover of a song by a Canadian dance-rock band. Plus, the video looks cool as hell: we get more of the cool back-and-forth cuts on the rhythm of the guitar riff — with the intense stares between Envy, Scott, Ramona, and Todd — from the scene in the movie, and it’s also intercut with clips from the film which do a lovely job of consolidating the storyline of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World into a three-and-a-half minute clip. The “Black Sheep” video does an excellent job of selling the cool of the movie, as well as making those of us who love it want to go watch it again (seriously, I went to watch the Clash at Demonhead scenes for this piece, and ended up sitting in front of the TV for a solid half hour). Strangely, the video’s not available on either the DVD or the Blu-ray, but you can get it if you download the deluxe version of the soundtrack on iTunes.