ever wonder where shepard came up with OBEY? or THIS IS YOUR GOD ? well a lot of you are too young to remember but he ummm...co-opted the concept from a movie called They Live that came out in the mid-80's. see for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Px3nBTL ... re=related
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Re: The movie that launched a (giant) career
D.E. Bunker wrote:ever wonder where shepard came up with OBEY? or THIS IS YOUR GOD ? well a lot of you are too young to remember but he ummm...co-opted the concept from a movie called They Live that came out in the mid-80's. see for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Px3nBTL ... re=related
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Re: The movie that launched a (giant) career
D.E. Bunker wrote:ever wonder where shepard came up with OBEY? or THIS IS YOUR GOD ? well a lot of you are too young to remember but he ummm...co-opted the concept from a movie called They Live that came out in the mid-80's. see for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Px3nBTL ... re=related
Wow never knew that.
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Re: The movie that launched a (giant) career
destroyeric wrote:D.E. Bunker wrote:ever wonder where shepard came up with OBEY? or THIS IS YOUR GOD ? well a lot of you are too young to remember but he ummm...co-opted the concept from a movie called They Live that came out in the mid-80's. see for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Px3nBTL ... re=related
Wow never knew that.
Thanks for keeping us informed on new information!
really? huh, i figured fans knew about the history behind obey.... there used to be a video podcast on itunes called ICONS that had a couple episodes about Obey/Shepard Fairey but i can't find them anymore. here they are on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNv-9IOBZZo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zi3oXNlNZ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsuQOObVbM
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Re: The movie that launched a (giant) career
fribhey wrote:destroyeric wrote:D.E. Bunker wrote:ever wonder where shepard came up with OBEY? or THIS IS YOUR GOD ? well a lot of you are too young to remember but he ummm...co-opted the concept from a movie called They Live that came out in the mid-80's. see for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Px3nBTL ... re=related
Wow never knew that.
Thanks for keeping us informed on new information!
really? huh, i figured fans knew about the history behind obey.... there used to be a video podcast on itunes called ICONS that had a couple episodes about Obey/Shepard Fairey but i can't find them anymore. here they are on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNv-9IOBZZo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zi3oXNlNZ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsuQOObVbM
I was being facetious.
trkr2007 wrote:so will someone let us know if this print is going to drop i need to get a haircut.....