"Who Could Win a Rabbit" is the first

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from

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band

Animal Collective Animal Collective is an American experimental pop band formed in Baltimore, Maryland. Its members consist of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Deakin (Josh Dibb). The band's work is characterized ...

's fifth album, ''

Sung Tongs ''Sung Tongs'' is the fifth studio album by American experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on May 3, 2004 by FatCat Records. The album, newly exploring freak folk, received high critical reception upon its release and was featured in b ...

''. Similar to the remainder of ''Sung Tongs'', the song features a prominent usage of

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. The song has a quick structure and, with regards to lyricism, is rather oblique and seemingly nonsensical. It also possesses an unusual

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. Based in 3/4, which has been used repeatedly by the band, it has two sporadic bars in 4/4 and a

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in 5/4. It was ranked by

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to be the 14th best single of 2000-2004.Pitchfork
/ref> The song "Baby Day" is included on the single as a b-side.

Music video

The music video for ''Who Could Win A Rabbit'' was directed by Danny Perez, who subsequently directed the Animal Collective visual album

ODDSAC ''ODDSAC'' is a visual album by Animal Collective, featuring psychedelic visuals directed and edited by Danny Perez. First announced in August 2006, the film took over four years to complete. The band members and director Danny Perez dubbed the ...

. The video features Avey Tare and Panda Bear as a rabbit and turtle respectively, racing each other in the same vein as Aesop's fable,

The Tortoise and the Hare "The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted conflicting interpretations. The fable itself is a variant of a common folktale theme in wh ...

, while Geologist and Deakin are spectators of the race. The video ends with Panda Bear killing Tare and eating his bloody remains.

Track listing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Who Could Win A Rabbit 2004 singles Animal Collective songs 2004 songs The Tortoise and the Hare Works based on Aesop's Fables