"Just like the ocean floor, you're relatively unexplored. Who are you?"
Vintage pop sensation Crowded House, the New Zealand troupe best known for their 1987 chart topper Don't Dream It's Over, have built the official video for their latest song entirely around old WSL footage of Kelly Slater at the Pipeline Masters.
The lyrics pack an emotional punch, wise and joyous, the almost fifty-year-old Slater's moves entwining Neil Finn's words like an old vine.
LYRICS: Let's go The world awaits Or save it for a rainy day above you
We can try All kinds of ways To send me to an early grave below you
It wouldn't hurt to hear you say Although it's just a turn of phrase "I love you"
And in the dark I hear the call It feels like love isn't hard at all The sun comes up and I see you lost in thought
Those eyes are miles away They'll take your mind on holiday Where are you?
I'll help you Remember
A man works hard To find his shape Knowing where he stands And how much of this he can take The song the siren's make Getting loud as the swell's about to break
And will I float when the life boat goes under?
Just like the ocean floor You're relatively unexplored Who are you?
And from the deep I hear the call It feels like love isn't hard at all My head comes up and I'm ready Fear no more
Engagement on the song after one-and-a-half months live has been subdued, twenty k plays or thereabouts.
The video comes as the band announced their collaboration with Slater's famously sustainable clothing brand Outerknown, offering two different tees at forty-three American dollars (eight-four Australian dollars) apiece, and a sweater for two c-notes Australian or a hundred and twenty if you're in the US.