Bob Dylan Look-Alikes, Hippies Turn Out for Mark Ronson Video Shoot

Yesterday, the video for Mark Ronson's remix of Bob Dylan's "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" was filmed at Williamsburg, Brooklyn's Art and Historical Center. Casting agents had placed an ad on Craigslist last week asking for willing extras, and those who showed up weren't disappointed: The elaborate shoot involved a few Bob Dylan look-alikes, a crashed motorcycle, a hoard of camped out hippies, the Dap-Kings, a Seventies-disco club (and according to some reports, breakdancers and a gospel choir). The clip is being directed by Rupert Jones, who's helmed videos for the Streets and Gomez in the past, written storylines for an Indian soap opera and made a few short films, including last year's The Sickie. Ronson wasn't able to attend the Brooklyn part of the shoot (his segments are being filmed later this week in London), but Wyclef Jean was expected last night on the Brooklyn set to shoot his cameo.

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“Baby Got Back”

Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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