OK, I’m back from vacation, so I’ll be posting religiously again. My apologies to any regular readers who have felt shunned these past weeks.
For this video round-up, we’ve got some good, some bad and some ugly. We start with the ugly from a band that I really genuinely like. Sigh.
The Walkmen — “In the New Year” — Video
You know how sometimes a video looks great, but the song is just awful, and the whole thing works better with the sound off? Well, the Walkmen’s lead video from “You &Me” is sort of the opposite of that. It works better if you can’t see it. It’s so very bad. So very, very bad. But hey, good song guys!
Kanye West — “Good Morning” — Video
OK — let’s see how long this video stays posted. My guess: A couple of hours. It’s getting pulled down elsewhere, so if this link ends up dead, I apologize. Whatever the case, the video finds Japenese artist Takashi Murakami collaborating again with West (Murakami also did the album cover for “Graduation.”) The clip finds West’s alter ego, that cute little bear, hustling through a psychedelic city on his way to graduation. It’s not a great clip, but its good.
Kings of Leon — “Sex on Fire” — Video
Kings of Leon write some good songs, but wordsmiths they are not. Here we get a chorus that actually includes the line, “This sex is on fire.” Seriously, guys? That’s the best you can do? What does that even mean? It’s just bad. Anyway, here’s the video for the song, which, in and of itself, really isn’t that bad.
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