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We had heard some rumors that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah had gotten their name from a graffiti piece off 4th Avenue, but we were surprised by the size of this roller when we finally stumbled on to it on Baltic Street. Does anyone know the story behind it? What inspired it?
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More like Crap Your Pants Say Yechh.
Hmmm, what inspired it? Is this "inspired" work? Looks like some bull shit to me. Jerks.
Clap your hands say yeah?
Day spa lunch or easy hay!
little late on this one aren't you Jake.
I guess their record label was able to find a big enough roller...probably the same publicist who planted this item in gothamist.
Just want to point out they didn't even have a distribution deal until this week. Any press they've garnered is purely by word of mouth and by actual genuine enthusiasm for their act.
I thought it was funny that you went to Graff Hall of Fame and to see Haring yet you hate legal pieces....I also find it funny that you block people from commenting on your pics just because they say something you don't like or want to hear. I never bad mouthed you or cursed, just stated an opinion and you block me from leaving posts??? That's pretty lame man, for real. Kinda hypocritical since you like to put up street art wherever you want, ever hear of freedom of speech??.......I have nothing against you or street art, I was just making a point in my old post that a lot of street artists don't know or care about graff history. Being that this so called street art began about 4 or 5 years ago, most of them are very new to it and need to learn some of the unwritten rules. I also think that some of these artists are just jumping on the bandwagon of it all and would have never even thought of doing any kind of vandalism before it became trendy and more accepted. A lot of artists tend to try to think and be outside of the box yet they are always trying to follow all the latest trends.
This post is towards Jake The only way I could post was by coming to this part of your site. This was in response to a post I had made on his street art section. I guess he did not like my opinion or what I had to say because I was blocked the next day from commenting. I feel like I was commenting on BUSH or something the way I was blocked so fast........This is supposed to be an open forum isn't it??? Did I make any statements that were degrading??? Nasty??? No.....just an opinion on street art. Maybe I hit too close to home, I don't know.
THIS WAS MY ORGINAL POST WE WERE DEBATING IN CASE ANYONE CARED:
personally like both street art and graffiti, but part of the reason I think street art is not as accepted is that I think a lot of street artists feel that they started some kind of new movement that was already there. This is not a new movement and just because someone went to art school and then in 2001 decided to try their hand at vandalism, does not all of a sudden make it cooler or any more "expressive" than graffiti. Cost and Revs and XMEN were doing wheat pastes way way back and I don't think a lot of street artists know their history or even care about it. I see they just go right over other people's graff which is disrespectful. Graffiti started from kids who were chillin on the street. Whether you were rich or poor or in between, it was a unification of kids who were out in the street doing art. Street art is like the trendy, hipster graffiti. How can you put down graffiti, which street art takes it's whole influence from? They are both forms of expression and street artists need to learn the unwritten rule of respect for other's art. A tag might just be a tag to you, but can you do it??? Graff writers have made up their own font and perfected it. Graff writers practice for years to perfect their art of making letters. Yeah some of it sucks, but so does a lot of street art too. I do both, I never got up all over but did my share of both for the past 15 years. I do feel that both should be united, but I feel that a lot of street artists don't respect or even like graff, the art that started it all.
Posted by: step1 at August 25, 2005 10:49 AM
A good site with some good points made is this one:
http://www.streetartblows.com/
Click the middle finger and read. I like some of the points they make on it.
Posted by: Step1 at August 25, 2005 11:07 AM
One other good point they make is that it seems that street artists almost justify what they do as being ok and graffiti being bad and when it all comes down to it, the average store owner is going to think both are vandalism.
Posted by: Step1 at August 25, 2005 11:09 AM
just to be clear, i love graf- especially a well-executed tag or throw-up. i even like real burners- the kind people execute without permission, in the middle of the night. i just can't stand legal pieces- when there's no threat, you've removed half of what makes graf interesting.
and i disagree with what you said about street-artists not knowing their history- i think everyone knows and respects REVS and COST's work from 1990-4- that's celebrated by everyone.
Posted by: jake at August 25, 2005 11:22 AM
I disagree. I definitely have more interest in illegal graff but come on,what's wrong with them painting a wall and enjoying it for the art and fun of it. Not everyone can do always do illegals forever, people have jobs and families. And honestly I don't think enough people DO know Cost and Revs. I respect a lot of street artists but I just think some try to give graff the bad name and take all the "artistic" credit. I just think a lot of people jumped on the street art bandwagon because they felt it was more understood (and trendy,artsy, etc) than graffiti. I try to stay away from SCENES in general because it just gets way too snotty and clickish for me and I feel street art(a little more) and graff both have it in them. I mean everything does if you really look at it.
Posted by: Step1 at August 25, 2005 11:53 AM
i'm too old for this shit, but some of what step1 says is right. there is no denying that graf is now the "trendy" thing to do and is being exploited by everyone--hipster blogs, corporations, and art schools (some may argue about the last one). for f's sake, they have walking tours to look at graf now?! let the people who are in the culture have it. all others are, for the lack of a better word, perpetrators. and frankly, it's ironic that people are talking about COST KRT and how people know or don't know about him and you all are completely ignoring his and SET KRT's white single hits. forget about this "clap your hands [and] say yeah" fool, gotta love them CO and SET tags. brings back memories.
Whatever... this is pure vandalism, and it looks like crap. Somebody eventually has to pay to clean this stuff up, but I guess as long as the "artist" doesn't then it will continue. I would guess that these "artists" wouldn't like me slapping a tag on their car, house, or anything else in the name of "art". What's wrong with a little respect for someone else's property? Is that really a crazy concept?
I love Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. It's great music so everyone JUST SHUT UP! Oh and it's about time someone called it like it is ... street "art" is straight bullsh%*t!
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO JUST A LITTLE RESEARCH (GOOGLE)YOU'LL KNOW THAT THE BAND NAMED THEMSELVES AFTER THIS PIECE OF GRAFFITI OR STREET ART OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. THE BAND AND ANY MARKETING OF THEM CAME AFTER.
AS FOR ALL YOUR STRANGELY NEGATIVE COMMENTS - LEAVE JAKE BE AND GET LIVES.
Step1 has some interesting points, but what it all comes down to is the ease at which someone comes into doing something.
In my opinion, the vast majority of street art in the year 2005 is filled with twee/precious hipster doodles. 10th generation rollers or "[insert name here] has a posse" contrived wheat-pastes or something else that references old times but does nothing new with them. People posing to pose and not really doing anything interesting. Illegal or not, too much of what is out there is just boring as heck.
When COST/REVS came around they were interesting because very few peple did roller work. And in the era of Subways being scrubbed clean, they were signs of street life. Ditto with 'Andre the Giant Has a Posse'. The Wooster Collective showcases some interesting stuff, but it's ultimately art-school rooted rather than street rooted.
What's compelling about the true pioneers of the era was that all this amazing outwork came out of a city on the brink, on fire and falling apart. When buildings are on fire, Subways are dangerous who cares about tagging something up? And in the middle of all the black ink came some really great work.
And even beyond that look at Basquiat and Keith Harring. They both came out of art scenes, yet they had more of a DIY aesthetic than anyone nowadays. Basquiat writing SAMO on the side of East Village buildings that were falling to crap was really rebellious. Ditto with Keith Harring who often filled empty ad spaces on Subway platforms--who wants to advertise in a crime riddled system--was equally rebellious. And very inspired all around.
Now, someone tags "I love you..." on a wall in cursive and what's that about? Ditto with G. Ellis' chalk drawings in Brooklyn. It was interesting the first time he did it. Now, it's just tired and more of a first step towards a franchise than anything else.
There's still lots of good stuff out there. But much in the same way the true seminal era of hip hop and punk has passed, so has the true era of street art being truly vibrant. Lots of Pratt, SVA and Parsons kids are out there doing their thing. But what are they doing? And why should anyone care? People need to innovate and figure out new things. But mimicing the past is a futile and fruitless effort.
any of you blowhards have the answer to the original question? i'm curious... it's been up at least a year, i think.
Blowhard here!
Answer = No idea where it came from or why it exists.
dudes and dudets, CLAP YOUR HANDS AND SAY YEAH! is a band........but they suck ass...you cant understand what they r saying.
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