Brainpower (song)
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"Brainpower" is a song by the synthpop
band Freezepop
. It is the sixth track on the non limited edition of the band's third album, Future Future Future Perfect
, and seventh on the limited edition of the album. The song appears as a bonus track in the music video game
Rock Band.
According to Liz Enthusiasm
, the song is a true story, and is based on a time she became drunk and decided that "Brainpower" would be a good idea for a band name, only to then change her mind. According to Sean T. Drinkwater
, there is allegedly an allegory in the song.
The music video for the song was directed by Mega64
and posted on YouTube
on March 4, 2008. In it, the band performs the song live on a low-budget cable show while a young viewer (portrayed by Frank Howley) uses a special remote to alter the reality of the performance on his TV.
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
band Freezepop
Freezepop (band)
Freezepop is an American electronic band from Boston, Massachusetts. They formed in 1999 with Liz Enthusiasm, Sean T. Drinkwater, and The Duke of Pannekoeken, an alias for composer Kasson Crooker. As of December 2009, the current lineup includes Enthusiasm, Drinkwater, Robert John "Bananas" Foster...
. It is the sixth track on the non limited edition of the band's third album, Future Future Future Perfect
Future Future Future Perfect
Future Future Future Perfect is the third full-length studio album by Freezepop. It was released on September 25, 2007 by Cordless Recordings.-History:...
, and seventh on the limited edition of the album. The song appears as a bonus track in the music video game
Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
Rock Band.
According to Liz Enthusiasm
Liz Enthusiasm
Liz Enthusiasm is the pseudonym of Justinne Gamache, the lead singer of the indie synthpop band Freezepop. She currently lives in Massachusetts....
, the song is a true story, and is based on a time she became drunk and decided that "Brainpower" would be a good idea for a band name, only to then change her mind. According to Sean T. Drinkwater
Sean T. Drinkwater
Sean T. Drinkwater is a musician living and working in Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known as one of the four members of the synthpop band Freezepop, in which he performs under the name The Other Sean T. Drinkwater, posing as a clone of the original Sean...
, there is allegedly an allegory in the song.
The music video for the song was directed by Mega64
Mega64
Mega64 is a low-budget series of comedy skits centered on video games.-Premise:In the not too distant future, a sinister scientist named Dr. Poque creates the most powerful video game console ever assembled...
and posted on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
on March 4, 2008. In it, the band performs the song live on a low-budget cable show while a young viewer (portrayed by Frank Howley) uses a special remote to alter the reality of the performance on his TV.