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Video: Beck: "Timebomb"

Beck's iTunes-only surprise single, "Timebomb", has ignited a number of fan-made videos. This fun MS Paint-style clip stands out from the rest with its goofy animation and plentiful hamsters. When "Timebomb" came out, we wrote that it "counts down until whatever with handclaps, alarm-clock bleeps, textural electric guitars, and chunky electro-house drone, but never quite explodes." By contrast, YouTube user hamcane opines: "I love Beck. I love Timebomb." The mysterious hamcane's video gives a literal countdown, shows Beck in styles from throughout his style-shifting career, and gives Mr. Hansen three cute backing singers with 1960s hairdos plus one nerdy, bespectacled male dance partner. There's also a cat. (via Stereogum)