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Dean Heslop - Real or Spoof?
Posted by fist_of_onan on 12 December 2009 - 12:08pm.
I can't work out if this is a very accurate spoof. Or just unintentionally hilarious. Any thoughts?
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Is this part of a viral
Is this part of a viral marketing campaign? He's quite obviously deadly serious.
No, not a marketing campaign
Not by me anyway. I nicked it off the Phantom Band fb page - they are as perplexed/amused as me.
I was sure it was for real until the first perfectly comically timed towel drop. You can't be that funny by accident, surely?
nope
I really hope we have not inadvertently associated ourselves with a viral campaign! we posted a poll asking for help deciding if it was jape or genuine because we genuinely couldn't decide. It was our friend Jack from Get Involved in Newcastle who alerted us to the YouTube video. Saw the website too and thought it was too 'good' to be true. If it's a joke, is it on us? oh I hate this game.
The Phantom Band
3.17
The dancing sequence from 3.17 minutes is absolutely hilarious. I did a quick google and found his official site. Worringly it seems he does mean to be taken seriously...
Who is this man ?
Shifty looking bugger. Lock up your lawnmowers.
Christ almighty
what an absolute steaming turd. He's doing it for a bet, surely?
Let's see.....
So far.......
Dean was a member of The Maddison Fallout.
Went solo 2008 after leaving the above.
Signed to Weedspell Records on a 3 album deal 2008.
Released EP June 15th 2009 - Top 30 Student Radio Network in the US.
(Still available for download on iTunes, Amazon etc).
Produced "Remembrance Day" - Charity single for H4H & Combat Stress, recorded by "GuvNor".
1st full album released 14th December 2009 (Download & all good retailers).
UK & Europe tour April/May 2010
In this months Buzz magazine
In this months Maxim magazine
In this months Fortuna magazine
(In a load more etc)
and yes....he's doing it for a bet.
more info at..
www.weedspell.com
www.wallclothing.co.uk
www.myspace.com/deanheslopmusic
www.acalcorp.com
www.deanheslop.com
I seem to have upset everbody
If I say I'm sorry, can we work things out?
Just to add to the above....
We obviously didn't put enough tongue in the cheek when doing the vid. We thought the cheese was over flowing. We even put in the classic towel drop scene, and then repeated it later on! However, we seem to have inadvertently started a whole "is it real?" debate, and everybodies talking about it, including yourselves, so thank you for that, so we're not complaining. Next vid will just be a black and white performance vid with his band.
So is it a whole album of
So is it a whole album of comedy songs then?
Whole album....
Tell you what, contact me directly/privately, i'll send you a link where you can listen to the whole album. Judge for yourself. You're perfectly entitled to your opinion, so why not review the album and post a blog.
or.....you could buy the album, its available at itunes, amazon etc and then review. ;-)
Simon Robinson
I think people are being harsh
It's a pretty good pop-rock song, if you ask me. The video is daft, but it's obviously a bit tongue in cheek, as shown by the lass laughing at the end.