New Gnarls Barkley video too crazy for MTV
03/05/2008 4:00 AM, Reuters
Jonathan Cohen
The video for Gnarls Barkley\'s new single, "Run," may feature a cameo from Justin Timberlake, but it\'s still not quite ready to air on MTV.
That\'s because of its strobe effects, which caused the clip to fail the Harding Test -- guidelines established to prevent TV images from triggering epileptic seizures.
However, the video is available on various online outlets, and Gnarls Barkley member Danger Mouse was hopeful the situation could be resolved shortly.
"I don\'t know exactly what\'s going on, but we\'re having issues. I think (the video) is cool. It works for me. But I\'m not necessarily that easily seasick," he told Billboard.com. "We can\'t predict how people are going to interpret it."
"Run" centers around the fictional public access TV show "City Vibin"\' and is set in the early \'90s. Timberlake appears as the host of the program, on which Danger Mouse and fellow Gnarls Barkley principal Cee-Lo then perform the track.
