King Loser “76 Comeback”

1995-king-loser-76-comebackThe “76 Comeback” video is another one showing the influence of Quentin Tarantino. It’s styled like a 1970s exploitation film, including bold opening titles. It’s goofy but it works because King Loser are so cool. They don’t even have to try to be cool; they just are.

We follow a deadly assassin played by bassist Celia Mancini, clad in a black cat suit, complete with claws. But it’s no disguise. Because it’s the middle of the day, she sticks out, a black silhouette against the grimy grey alleys of pre-fancy Britomart.

While the wailing instrumental of “76 Comback” makes everything sound even cooler, Celia runs around, climbs, drives, shoots, kungfu kicks, explodes and wipes out her bandmates. And, just to prove she’s still on top, she finishes her busy day by changing into an evening gown and taking off on a motorcycle with a mysterious stranger.

This video could have come from no other era than the mid ’90s, but it still works as a fun, low-budget, action extravaganza.

Best bit: Celia’s stylish leap off of a street-level window ledge for no apparent reason.

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Next… Banksie is watching you.

5 thoughts on “King Loser “76 Comeback””

  1. “This video contains content from WMG who have blocked it from display….” Hey Roger Shepherd, can you please tell Warners to go suck an egg?

    1. Whoa, that’s weird. Some videos can’t be embedded, but YouTube doesn’t generate the embed code. This one seems normal from YouTube, but for whatever reason, it can’t be embedded on this site.

      Yeah, Warners had better stop people from rediscovering the back catalogues of its artists.

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