Ahh...the video. That seemingly forgotten art form that once captivated a nation and propelled a cable channel to unprecedented stratospheres of notoriety. The paradigm of music delivery has shifted over the years, rendering a once-great marketing tool and artistic medium nearly irrelevant.
Though iTunes has all but replaced record stores and MTV is nothing more than a vehicle for a plethora of shows scraping societal dung from the bottom of the proverbial barrel, it's worth noting that bands do still make videos and some even put a little thought and creativity into their product.
Below are three recent artistic representations of great songs.
Disclaimer: Watching these videos may disturb and delight, possibly causing you to wet yourself. You've been warned.
Heads Will Roll / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Karen O = most amazing female rock figure alive right now. Usually a magnetic presence on screen or in person, Miss O happily shares face time with what can best be described as the hypothetical love child of John Travolta circa Saturday Night Fever and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. I smell a new dance craze brewing here.
Kids / MGMT
A great song from a great band's first full-length (and also great) album that has legs longer than Bar Rafaeli. This is the song that won't die. If we can learn anything from this clip, it's that Joanna Newsom can act as well as sing and that we really need to listen when our children tell us they're scared of monsters.
Two Weeks / Grizzly Bear
A gorgeous song from one of the best bands on the planet right now. Lush and airy like the voices in Brian Wilson's head, Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks" is approaching the top of the Mixtape and leading the breakout year for the Brooklyn band as they support their third album, "Veckatimest." You can go here to see the guys perform "Two Weeks" sans their inner light.
Monday, June 8, 2009
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