Hold Your Horses! SJB scene

Hold Your Horses! SJB scene

How a rock band restaged art-history classics for a music video that went viral

As Salome carries his head on a silver platter, John the Baptist opens his eyes and sings a merry little melody to the camera.  That scene—enacted by members of the French-American indie pop band Hold Your Horses!—helped turn the music video for their song “70 Million” into a viral hit on the Internet, viewed nearly 300,000 times within two weeks of its being posted on the Web site Vimeo. View full article »