Sing Beast Sing
- Studio
- International Rocketship Productions
Synopsis
A "squeak, squeak, squeak" sound off-camera eventually turns out to be a guy wheeling a cactus into a bar. The camera spends a really long time panning slowly left and right across the bar with minimal action. Eventually, a bizarre piano man breaks into an aggressive rendition of "I'm Mad," from an early 1950s recording by Willie Mabon. The song finishes, and the camera pans back across the same scene with one of the patrons having now fallen off his bar stool. The guy with the cactus then wheels it off the scene, "squeak, squeak, squeak," while the credits roll.
Characters
Piano Player, Man With Cactus, Bar Patron
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Marv Newland
Production notes
Featuring the song "I'm Mad," by Willie Mabon.
Reviews
Awesome job of doing animation to music.
It's been a long time since I've seen this, but I remember it is being the best job I have ever seen of capturing the energy of a musical performance with animation. I am a musician and this animation really gets it right.
I was impressed enough remember it many years later and peridically try to figure out where I can buy a (legal) DVD copy of it.