I like to think of myself as a relatively happy person.
... but do you know what makes me really mad?
Crappy music videos.
I want to throw up in my mouth a little every time I turn the TV to faithful channel 22 - just as I did all through those high school years - only to find the screen flooded with ... crap.
....But do you know what is even more frustrating than hours on end of badly lit pop tweeners and oversized wind machines? The fact that some people can't seem to wade through all the crap to find out there is actually still fantastic stuff spilling out of the music-film genre every day. I get it, okay, music videos were better in the 80s (though a few exceptions spring to mind...) but the fact is that in this decade of oversize, oversell, and overdo... some people are still getting it right... and I thank them every day for the entertainment.
So let us, for a moment, raise our glasses - or mugs, or cups, or what have you ... I'm assuming at 9:48am not many of you are drinking chocolate milk from a crystale champagne goblet like myself, due to the fact I don't have any other glassware in my new apartment - regardless, let's raise our delicious drinking vessels to GOOD MUSIC VIDEOS. Though believed to be extinct by many a critic, I firmly believe that creators of good music - new and old alike - are out there creating good videos.
I present to you here, two (rather opposite) pop videos I've happened to come across in my travels - thanks to friends with good taste in music - that don't actually suck. No whiney adolescents who can't play their instruments. No booty poppin backup dancers who are moonlighting as underpaid strippers in the evenings. Even if neither of these songs is really your style of tune, there's no denying that both videos are well done, shot with finesse, and feature actors who can act, singers who can sing, and dancers who can dance.
... but do you know what makes me really mad?
Crappy music videos.
I want to throw up in my mouth a little every time I turn the TV to faithful channel 22 - just as I did all through those high school years - only to find the screen flooded with ... crap.
....But do you know what is even more frustrating than hours on end of badly lit pop tweeners and oversized wind machines? The fact that some people can't seem to wade through all the crap to find out there is actually still fantastic stuff spilling out of the music-film genre every day. I get it, okay, music videos were better in the 80s (though a few exceptions spring to mind...) but the fact is that in this decade of oversize, oversell, and overdo... some people are still getting it right... and I thank them every day for the entertainment.
So let us, for a moment, raise our glasses - or mugs, or cups, or what have you ... I'm assuming at 9:48am not many of you are drinking chocolate milk from a crystale champagne goblet like myself, due to the fact I don't have any other glassware in my new apartment - regardless, let's raise our delicious drinking vessels to GOOD MUSIC VIDEOS. Though believed to be extinct by many a critic, I firmly believe that creators of good music - new and old alike - are out there creating good videos.
I present to you here, two (rather opposite) pop videos I've happened to come across in my travels - thanks to friends with good taste in music - that don't actually suck. No whiney adolescents who can't play their instruments. No booty poppin backup dancers who are moonlighting as underpaid strippers in the evenings. Even if neither of these songs is really your style of tune, there's no denying that both videos are well done, shot with finesse, and feature actors who can act, singers who can sing, and dancers who can dance.
One; is a nice folky tune by the adorrrrrable dan mangan, with a video that is sure to make you laugh .. or at least smile real big.
Two; is a beautifully done piece by christina perri (the heartbroken, self-deprecating ink princess herself) with equally beautiful dancing & costumes.
Compare, Contemplate, and Enjoy!
