Music Video Relapse
Music Video Relapse: "A Change Would Do You Good" (1997) by Sheryl Crow
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 16, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
One of the great things about music videos is that a music video director can turn out a pretty big pile of videos in the time that it would take one feature film to be made. That means we sometimes see directors playing with a lot of different styles in… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "The One That Got Away" (2011) by Katy Perry
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 14, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Remember that Saturday Night Live bit where everyone starts crying when "Someone Like You" by Adele comes on? Emotionally reacting to that song briefly became something that we all decided was a thing. The issue I have with that is I don't find "Someone Like You" to be a particularly… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Back to December" (2010) by Taylor Swift
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 11, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Say what you will about Miss Taylor Swift, she has produced some pretty amazing ballads in her short career so far. It's all part of a balance: for every quasi-novelty single like "I Knew You Were Trouble", there's a ballad like "Begin Again". She keeps them short, and she knows… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Do You Realize??" (2002) by The Flaming Lips
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 9, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
The relationship between Warner Bros. Records and The Flaming Lips is a fascinating one. Since being signed to one of the biggest record labels in the world, The Flaming Lips have had a seemingly large amount of free reign over what direction they want to go in and how out… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Yonkers" (2011) by Tyler, The Creator
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 8, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Tyler, the Creator has always seemed to bristle a little bit at Odd Future being called a "hip hop collective", as they are introduced as on many talks shows. I think Tyler sees OFWGKTA and himself as artists that happen to make hip hop, among other things. That attitude is… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Hollow" (2013) by Alice in Chains
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 7, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Hey, do you like space? People are talking a lot about space right now because of the new Alfonso Cuarón film Gravity, which is apparently very good and also about space. Let it be known that we here at IMVDb fully support space and awesome movies about space. Speaking of… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "In Da Club" (2003) by 50 Cent
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 4, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
In the last 15 years I have probably heard around 6,000 songs specifically about being in a club. The issue is, I have never been in a club, and I honestly don't know how to find one or what to do once I am inside one. I am also relatively… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Chicago x 12" (2008) by Rogue Wave
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 3, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
With the massive publicity surrounding the end of Breaking Bad and the announcement of the spin off Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk is becoming a household name really fast. He of course played Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad, (a character without which I don't think the show could have reached the heights it did), but Bob… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Paddling Out" (2012) by Miike Snow
Posted by Adam Fairholm on October 2, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
There a fine line between trying to be "weird" and just being genuinely strange, and it's a line that makes and breaks a lot of music videos that decide to go down the "weird" path. It's like trying to be cool - if you have to try too hard, maybe… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Rebellion (Lies)" (2005) by Arcade Fire
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 30, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Arcade Fire like to mix it up in the promotional department. They put out more interactive music videos than any other band we can think of, announce albums in replies to random fans, and use graffiti as viral marketing. This past Saturday they were on the season premiere of Saturday… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "HYFR" (2012) by Drake ft. Lil Wayne
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 27, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
When I was in high school in South Florida, one of my jobs was working for a company that did live event entertainment. There was the odd wedding, but mostly it was bar/bat mitzvahs every weekend. I know, I know - I was cool. The point is, I saw a… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Sharks" (2012) by LA Font
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 26, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Sure, music videos can be lofty artistic statements, but sometimes music videos are the perfect vehicle for some awesomely dumb stuff. Today we're watching one of my favorite dumb-but-hilarious music videos, "Sharks" (2012) by LA Font, directed by Hank Friedmann. The first thing you'll notice is this video takes place… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "A Million Ways" (2005) by OK Go
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 24, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
When the music video history of the 2000s is written, I think that it will prove to be the most transformative decade for music videos yet. And, I think that OK Go will fit into that history in a big way. From 2005 to the early part of the 2010s, OK Go… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Crazy" (2006) by Gnarls Barkley
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 23, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Artists will try all sorts of ridiculous things to make live TV performances stand out, like using a comically oversized cow bell, for example. But I think the coolest live TV performances I've ever seen is when Gnarls Barkley was promoting St. Elsewhere. For each TV performance of "Crazy", Cee… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Lollipop" (2008) by Lil Wayne
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 20, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Hip hop's long, proud tradition of using candy as a metaphor for genitals got another entry this week with "Lolly" by Maejor Ali, which was directed by Matt Alonzo features a rap verse by Justin Bieber. For some reason rappers love telling women to lick phallic candy with a sly… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Congratulations" (2010) by MGMT
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 19, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
MGMT released their third studio album, MGMT, on Tuesday, and even though we've spent a music video relapse watching an older MGMT video, they've got more than enough material to sustain us for a few posts. So today we're watching my favorite video from MGMT's second album, 2010's Congratulations. The… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Call On Me" (2004) by Eric Prydz
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 18, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
What I am about to say may shock you, but generally people enjoy sexy ladies in workout gear. Remember "Asphyxiation" by Autoerotique with the dodgeball and the underboob? What about Sleepwalker by Moon Duo? Of course, there is also the granddaddy of them all - "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John. But… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Glazin'" by Jacuzzi Boys (NSFW)
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 17, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Last December, Doug and I met up with Lucas Leyva and Jillian Mayer in a cafe in Miami to record an interview for an episode of the Music Video Land podcast. We were interested in talking with them about a video that we were a little confused about at the… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Photograph" (2005) by Nickelback
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 16, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Nickelback is band that is a victim of the internet's habit of taking easy jokes and magnifying them to a ridiculous degree. In my mind, Dave Matthews Band should have been the big punchline band of the 00s, but for some reason Nickelback became the group that morning zoo hosts… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Ladies of the World" (2008) by Flight of the Conchords
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 13, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
The lines of what is a music video and what isn't get blurred a lot. (You might say there are ... blurred lines. tee hee.) For instance, Flight of the Conchords have made songs that have been released on albums and have made visuals to go along with those songs,… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" (1998) by Master P
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 12, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
There is something to be said for following through on something. For instance, if you make a song that is a non-stop cacophonous onslaught from beginnng to end, I consider it good follow-through to make a music video that goes just as hard. Such is the arrangement with "Make 'Em… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Good Day" (2008) by Tally Hall
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 11, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
The story of Tally Hall is an interesting one. A band out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, they gained a pretty sizable following in the midwest in the mid-late 2000s with their music as well as their comedy and the fact that they all wore colored ties. After releasing an album… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Liberian Girl" (1989) by Michael Jackson
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 10, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
Perhaps your've heard that Micheal Jackson has made some really famous music videos, and perhaps you've seen some of them. "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Black Or White", etc. You know them all, but did you also know that Michael Jackson made basically the king of all celebrity cameo music videos?… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "First Day of My Life" (2005) by Bright Eyes
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 9, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
If there's one thing we don't really ever need to see more of in music videos, it's people listening to a song on headphones and reacting. Probably the most famous example of this is 2001's "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake, and there are many, many less well-known examples. It's a… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Macarena" (1996) by Los del Río
Posted by Adam Fairholm on September 6, 2013 in Music Video Relapse
When I think of lucky musicians, nobody sticks out in my mind more than the two dudes from Los del Río, a Spanish musical duo formed in 1962. You probably know them as the two guys who sing the song "Macarena", which held the world hostage for most of 1996.… Read More
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