# Greedy Baby

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***Greedy Baby*** is a [CD](/source/CD)/[DVD](/source/DVD) with music by [Plaid](/source/Plaid_(band)) and visuals by Bob Jaroc, released on 26 June 2006 on [Warp Records](/source/Warp_Records). The release was the culmination of years of work, and was shown in full in a series of very successful [IMAX](/source/IMAX) shows. Initial copies ordered directly from Warp included a piece of [Super 8](/source/Super_8_mm_film) film taken by Jaroc for an upcoming project.

## CD track listing

1. "War Dialer" – 3:50
1. "I Citizen The Loathsome" – 5:19
1. "The Launching of Big Face" – 4:14
1. "ZN Zero" – 7:18
1. "The Return of Super Barrio" - Instrumental – 6:51
1. "The Return of Super Barrio" - End Credits – 1:28
1. "E.M.R." – 10:22
1. "Super Positions" – 7:02
1. "To" – 5:10

## DVD segments

In addition to videos for each of the songs from *Greedy Baby*, the DVD has four bonus videos from Jaroc, set to tracks from other Plaid albums and used on tour. Included below are brief descriptions of Jaroc's visuals for each track.

1. "[War Dialer](/source/War_dialing)" - Visual representation of the titular device, using a modem generating random number combinations to find real phone numbers for [hacking](/source/Hacker_(computer_security)) purposes.
1. "I Citizen The Loathsome" - Seamlessly sequenced footage of various streets at night. As the music [crescendos](/source/Crescendo), the footage moves increasingly faster and blurs together.
1. "The Launching of Big Face" - An animated drawing of a face-like creature.
1. "ZN Zero" - Various footage taken in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan), including elevators, a homeless man, a surgery, and a busy street.
1. "The Return of Super Barrio" - A cartoon based on real-life political personality [Super Barrio](http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9707/19/mexico.superhero/). In the cartoon, Super Barrio faces off against the six enemies of the [Mexican](/source/Mexico) people in a wrestling ring: Bud Patriot (representing America), El Official Corrupto (official corruption, represented by a corrupt [police officer](/source/Police_officer)), Mediatron (a robot representing the spin and hypnotic hold of the [media](/source/Mass_media)), Las Grandes Corporaciones Unidas (united [corporations](/source/Corporations)), Pacheco (a [junkie](/source/Substance_dependence)), and, finally, El General (a Mexican [general](/source/General)). Additional work on this film was done by [Andy Ward](https://web.archive.org/web/20060818182132/http://andyward.co.uk/animation/superbarrio-navigator.html)
1. "E.M.R." - Various footage concerning light.
1. "Super Positions" - A morphing, flashing circular object.
1. "To" - Scenes of birds in [migration](/source/Bird_migration) patterns.

### Bonus segments

1. "Crumax Rins" - [Time-lapsed](/source/Time-lapse) footage of the [Iraq War](/source/Iraq_War) from [CNN](/source/CNN). The track is from *Spokes*.
1. "Assault on Precinct Zero" - Footage from Plaid and Jaroc's tour together. The track is from *Double Figure*.
1. "Zala" - A [surreal](/source/Surrealism) setup including a building with a rotating sky, various objects falling in the sky, and an odd-looking man slowly approaching the front of the screen. The track is from *Double Figure*.
1. "New Family" - Footage suggesting American [patriotism](/source/Patriotism) and [militarism](/source/Militarism) is intercut with questions from the [Oxford Capacity Analysis](/source/Oxford_Capacity_Analysis), a [personality test](/source/Personality_test) used by the [Church of Scientology](/source/Church_of_Scientology) to recruit members. The track is from *Double Figure*.

## External links

- [Bob Jaroc's website, including links to free audio/visual samples](http://www.softloader.com/greedyb/greedyb.htm)
- [Plaid's website](https://web.archive.org/web/20120117120258/http://www.plaid.co.uk/)
- [Warp's site for *Greedy Baby*](http://warp.net/records/releases/plaid/greedy-baby)
- [Warp promo page for *Greedy Baby*](https://web.archive.org/web/20061109055659/http://www.warprecords.com/greedybaby/)
- ["Super Positions" video](http://warp.net/records/plaid/player/video/super-positions-feat-bob-jaroc)

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