So here is the last Awesome Music Video Wednesday...EVER! At least until I get my blog set up independently. Thursday's my last day-you know your going to miss me. Just type in my name in Google in a few weeks, you'll find me again.
I leave you with one of my favorite musicians. Here we have London born Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam) as she dips in her South Asian roots in her new video, "Jimmy".
If you've heard M.I.A, you know what her typical sound is: Loud, booming electronica spliced with conga drums; a little bit of grime, dance hall and a lot of Baile funk. Her debut album, Arular, received wild critical acclaim, was listed as the second best album of the year 2005 on Amazon.com and also named GQ Magazine's list of the "100 Coolest Albums Ever Released".
Arular has a revolutionary feel, inspired by her shaky past in Sri Lanka, the album deals with topics of war and poverty. The title of her album is in reference to her father Arul Pragasam, a member of the militant Tamil Tigers group in the Sri Lankan Civil War.
With her long dark hair and colorful animal print tracksuits and hoodies, she dances in hypercolor backgrounds smeared with her spray paint art . Her current style has entered the nu rave world with Cassette Playa as her personal designer: loud fluorescent colors, metallic body suits, gold chains and screaming cartoon couture.-I love it!
But don't under estimate this South Asian pretty face-M.I.A has been through more than most musicians. She lived in Sri Lanka during the civil war in 2001 surviving through fear of rape and death. Read her amazing story at RollingStone.
"Jimmy" is much different from her tribal sound. The song is a cover of "Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" from Disco Dancer, a 1982 Bollywood film. Watch the original here! Check out Jimmy's face, he looks like he's in need of some Imodium.
And just for the hell of it, here's another new single from Kala, Boyz. F-ing amazing.
I got my nails done last night at Lucky Nails on Plumb Lane. I wanted to get something different, something funky! I wanted something like this ad for Dime Piece but it turned into half neon green and half neon blue. Still funky but a little ghetto fabulous as well.
I love them anyways, and as I found myself staring at the fluorescent colors on my acrylic nails I thought, diamonds would make me complete. As a poor, starving writer it's not likely I'll get diamonds to shine on my fingers and around my neck (although I do have some in my ear-hey hey hey!).
As I was fantasizing about the glamours life I suddenly started belting out "Diamonds are Forever" like some lunatic. Of course I'm no Shirley Bassey but there's always wishful thinking!
Dame Shirley Bassey has one of the most recognizable and stricking voices of all time. She has recorded the themes for three James Bond films, Goldfinger, Moonraker and of course Diamonds are Forever.
The Welsh beauty recorded a number of hits in the 1960s and topped the British charts with songs such as "What Now My Love" and "I (Who Have Nothing)".
I've always been entranced with her Diva-esq voice and stature but it's 'Diamonds are Forever' that captivates me. She is like a wild storm; her voice echos like thunder and her stage presence is electrifying.
I couldn't post Diamonds are Forever on the blog because the embedding from Youtube is disabled, but here is a link to the 1973 performance that will send chills down your spine. The song is heartbreaking. And her silver nails are viscous.
And just for the hell of it, here is her recent remake of Pink's "Get This Party Started", fantastic even at 70.
I would just like to announce my upcoming big move to Atlanta,Georgia in two weeks. I'm packing my bags and heading south with my boyfriend to greener pasture and leaving behind my home state of Nevada. Come on, I've been here for almost 23 years and the time has DEFINITELY come.
Please, no, don't cry for me readers, you'll find me again. Although I'll be leaving my beloved blog behind I plan on converting it to an independent blog-which means the weird can only get weirder. Look for me on the web in the fall!
It's time to shed my audacious college girl persona behind and venture into the adult world (i.e. welcome to hell). That's why I chose Sublime's Bad Fish for today's AMVW.
Sublime, to me, represents the lazy and reckless days of my youth. Easy, west coast style; living in your swim suit all summer long, sneaking into movies, staying up all night and sleeping all day, getting into trouble and madness and just looking forward to the next day. You always think that these days will never end-until you get that wake up call that forces you to grow up.
Sublime was always playing-at the pool, in the car, in our bedrooms and at parties. Road trips to Santa Cruz and San Francisco were spent listening to Bradley Nowell's perfect pitch that every girl fell in love with. The cool sounds of dub style rock that went along to the beat of your heart. Another tragic talent in the world of music that died much too young, Nowell died at 28, just one year older than those in the "club" of rock star prodigies who died at 27 (Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison and Cobain).
They all died young, stuck in time forever holding onto their troublesome youth. Although it's extremely difficult to make the transition to adult life it should be seen not as a punishment but as part two of your life on this planet.
Sublime is my true first love for sure, so please enjoy the nice and easy sounds of "Bad Fish". And remember, growing up isn't so bad, you should be proud you made it this far!
TWO, TWO, TWO Awesome Music Video Wednesdays in one
The Vino Italian Restarunt and Lounge is a wild and ravenous hot spot at 2 am. Dozens of sweaty and inebriated bodies rub together under a manic strobe light to New Wave and other 80s songs. Often when I'm there I do wonder how much more general 80s songs I can take. I love the 80s, but who can really groove to "I Love Rock and Roll" and "Pour some sugar on me" five times during the night?? I can't ever-but very seldom do they play a song that is perfect at 12:30 am on a Friday night with your best friends and dancing like a bumped-out Mick Jagger.
Two of the best songs they play is The Cure's 'Close to me' and Tom Tom Club's 'Genies of Love'. Now they don't play them very often, if at all. And even when you rush up to the DJ booth and wail out your favorite song for them to play, chances are you'll hear it after you leave. But you gotta give it to the DJs, they have hundreds of drunks who want to hear their favorite song right away-a DJ's job is never done 'Close to me' is my absolute, hands down, favorite Cure song, The song is upbeat and playful with an addictive and bouncy baseline. It's one of the happier tunes given by The Cure, most of them a little darker, the goth side of 80s pop.
The song sounds to be about waiting for a loved one to return after being gone for a while. While waiting their return, Smith is sick with anticipation, wanting to sleep days away to get closer to the day that person comes back. But that's just my opinion. The lyrics are exhilarating and an uncomfortable reminder of what anxiously waiting is like. As Tom Petty puts it, "The waiting is the hardest part."
The video is a little strange; the group members rolling around in a tiny, tumbling house crowded by tight interior and water continuously filling up. You won't hear it too often at Vino's so make sure to request it-go ahead, do it!
This song is a fantastic one-hit piece of danceable perfection. Tom Tom Club's 'Genius of Love' was their only hit but totally one of the best dance songs to come out of the 1980s. Talking Heads members Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz branched off to make the Tom Tom Club, a funk inspired pop turn from their predeceasing band.
Like a Rasta song with a little faster tempo and entrancing female voices, the tropical feel is more than refreshing. You can't listen to it in a bad mood- or else it will change the mood for you. And the baseline? Ah, you'll notice I have an obsession with funky baselines, maybe it's the black in me but I think it's the perfect ingredient to a song.
The video is unforgettable-it's colorful, off the wall cartoons sparkle up the screen and bounce to the beat. It reminds me of teenager girly doodling: a million hearts, rainbows, spiral designs, kissing fish and dancing dogs. It brings you back to a less industrious time, when the worst worry in your life was if you and your best friend were crushing on the same guy.
Did you enjoy your burnt crumbled burgers and warm Pabst Blue Ribbon in bottle form this Fourth of July? I did, but damn was it hard coming back to work today.
For today's late AMVW, I wanted to pick in all American musician in celebration for Independence day so I went with Tom Petty.
I was lucky enough to WITNESS Tom Petty at Vegoose 2006 last year, and even in the freezing desert night he was fantastic!!
We managed to watch a few minutes of his act before sprinting to my truck and watching him from the parking lot. It was an icebox that night, but we still managed to enjoy the 56-year-old's energetic performance.
If you don't think that a massive crowd of people screaming the words to "Free Falling" back at Petty's toothy grin isn't all American than you can shut the hell up.
In his third decade as a musician, Petty isn't planning on backing down anytime soon, playing music festivals like Vegoose and Bonnaroo with his Heartbreakers last year.
Petty was also asked to do the music for ABC's NBA playoffs in 2006.
The same year he and the Heatbreakers were given the key to the city of Gainesville, Florida, where Petty was born and raised.
For the song of the day, I chose 1994's "You don't know how it feels", one of my favorite Petty songs, I blast it while doing yoga on my living room floor.
From the Wildflowers album, Petty wrote this song in his solo days, a tune possibly about the aftermath of an unwanted break-up presumably the end of his 22-year marriage with his high school sweetheart Jane Benyo. The lonely depression of the end of a relationship and getting high to ease the pain. Anyone can relate to this song, and most people know what it feels like to get their heartbroken, but every individual's reaction and steps to coping are all different. That's why you don't know how it feels to be Tom.
What's going on in the background of the video you say? I'm not too sure-but the blurry figures kind of look like acrobats or circus performers, and that tall woman(or man) makes Tom look a little sawed-off.
The wrecking ball flying through the room, the collapsing of a wall, gun shots fired at a shooting range and an affair going on in the bank window could possibly mean that it was his wife's wrong doing that ended the marriage?
Also, I couldn't seem to find an embedded version of the video without the word "joint" being impaired. Doesn't it sound goofy? But we can always keep young naked a$$es shaking on MTV.
Petty makes his point clear about the death of radio and the meaning of "rock" vs. "rock and roll". Read this thought provoking interview here at VH1.com.
Remember David Spade playing Tom Petty on SNL? Here is the only picture I could find of that skit featuring Dana Carvey as Bob Dylan.
Here's an incredible video of a guy with no arms playing "Mary Jane's Last Dance" with his FEET!! Youtube, you are the greatest relief for boredom.
After being in Las Vegas for the weekend for my "tios" 50th wedding anniversary, I came back to work forgetting it was Wednesday. I frantically flipped through music blogs and fumbled through my memory trying to track down the latest tunes I've been listening to.
No luck...until Stereogum posted a video from indie rocker's Yeah Yeah Yeah's Myspace show in Brooklyn, New York.
Thank you for that Stereogum. Not only are you making my job easier but you've made my Wednesday MUCH brighter.
Maybe this Wednesday music video thing is quicklybecoming "Lex's favorite bands" blog, but I promise I'll change it up next week.
This amazing video appears at first to be a simple fan made grainy recording but is soon revealed to be a dazzling and beautifully filmed genuine music video for their new single "Down Boy". The single is from theirNEW EP, Is Is, out July 24th. I know, I spit up my Crystal Light upon hearing the sudden news as well.
Decked out in a sparkling body suit and rolling around in tinsel, lead singer Karen O is a gem on stage. She is a born performer and her haunting yet exhilarating screams will get you instantly hooked. With her signature scarlet red lipstick and cropped black mini bob, she electrifies the stage strutting her long arms and legs. It's no question why she's one of the hottest women in rock.
Their raunchy garage punk rock sound is a hypnotic and infectious breath of fresh air: raw guitar riffs by the brilliant and itty bitty Nick Zinner, in-your-face pounding drum beats by Brian Chase and the ultra sexed-up screeching by Miss O.
Their debut album, Fever to Kill, is a furious frenzy of wild punk rock howls followed by a more mature and intimate second album, Show Your Bones, to officially make the New York trio a household name.
Formed in 2000, the band started early on opening for The White Stripes and The Strokes but soon found themselves performing world wide sold out shows.
The video was shot at the Glasslands show in Brooklyn in May featuring lucky YYY fans who were asked to come dressed in black for the night-vision effect. Some fans weren't so lucky, read the post at Stereogum.
Buy The Yeah Yeah Yeah albums at Amazon.com IS IS out July 24th
Today I decided to dedicate my Wednesday video to the British beauty Lily Allen.
Allen is fairly new in the music industry but has already made a huge name for herself as a adorable sensation who is changing the sound of pop.
I first heard Miss Allen last summer with her debut Alright, Still, a bouncy pop-ska album dedicated to getting revenge on an ex-lover, drunken fights on Friday nights, complaining about her pothead little brother, and pushing away club-hopping slime balls.
Allen is famous for more than just her pixie-like voice, bright gold jewelry and technicolor dresses.
She has turned up in the tabloids for saying that everyone who bought Paris Hilton's album should be "killed off", spitting on fellow Brit Lady Sovereign at the NME awards and has admitted to selling ecstasy as a teenager. She's also been known to be a public and violent drunk, inciting fights with other musicians and cancelling her U.S. tour. from exhaustion.
Allen has also expressed her animosity towards the tabloids in her blogs on her myspace. "I don't want to be a celebrity, I am a singer." she said.
She has recently admitted to having body image issues and suffering depression.
"I don't sleep and take drugs with famous people (i have a boyfriend Ive been with for nearly 3 years), I don't go to film premieres," she writes. "I don't go shopping in the paparazzi hotspots, so please leave me alone." (People)
Perhaps it's that the 22-year-old singer is not cut out for fame. We've seen what's happened to other famous young ladies.
I read once in Blender that she has done everything she's wanted to do musically with Alright, Still. That might have been a rumor but maybe it's for the best. Allen is refreshing with her delightful sound, real-life problems, and curvy figure. Maybe she's popped up in a couple tabloids but she hasn't worn out her face like Paris, Lindsay and Britney. It's kind of nice to see another girl pop up who's not one those Hollywood party girls.
I could talk about her all day-but enough chat, let's get to the song!!
Here is her single LDN, an acronym for London, a bouncy ska influenced pop hit about how she enjoys the dirty and rough streets of the "city life".
"When you look with your eyes everything seems nice, But if you look twice you can see its all lies." Ah, how I think of this song as I ride my bike home going through downtown on fourth street. Cheers!
There's something incredibly refreshing about a song that instantly catches your attention.
A song that automatically makes you smile. The drums, the baseline, the soft yet esoteric whispers released by male and female voices, a wild bongo section and the shake of maracas creates a recipe for how a good song should come together.
Swedish imports Peter Bjorn and John's single, 'Young Folks' from their 2006 album Writers Block have created that perfect sound which could easily be this year's indie summer anthem.
The band's singer Peter Morén's semi-nasally croon leads the songs and is back up by the smoky purr of Victoria Bergsman of Swedish band, The Concretes. The intertwining of the voices make the song deliciously satisfying. And who could forget that infectious whistling-the song's pivotal point?
The song is about a boy expressing his past that he really doesn't want to talk about to a girl and if it matters for them to be able to be together. The girl responds by letting him know she's been through turbulent times as well and that it's in the past so it doesn't matter because the importance of being together is now.
Peter Bjorn and John also played their summer hit at this year's Coahella along with Bergsman for one of the most talked about performances of event. They are beginning their U.S. mini tour this year.
Enough rambling-let's just enjoy the video for once, shall we? I know you will.
Here is Peter Bjorn and John's 'Young Folks'.
And as for the chap who says, "I like the drums...I like the baseline.." well, I like his hat.
If hip-hop isn't your style than maybe a little Danzig will tickle your switch.
The original member of The Fiend Club and a twisted sinister ghoul, Danzig is one of the pioneers of metal and the founder of one the most popular punk rock bands in history.
Danzig, known as the father of Horrorpunk, has a reputation for being smug; inciting fights and mayhem with fellow musicians or whoever is in his way. Call it a Napoleon complex, but this devilish 5"4 misfit's three decade music career has paved the way for such notable bands like AFI, My Chemical Romance and Metallica.
In 1977, a young Glenn Danzig founded The Misfits, a horror punk band inspired by 1950s horror films with influences of punk rock and rockabilly. Their gory songs include "Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?", "Night of the Living Dead"and "Die, Die My Darling". Since their debut, The Misfits' ghoulish lyrics and corpse painted faces have become an important part of pop culture and the music industry with a cult following of every age.
After he disbanded the original Misfits in 1983, Danzig began to work on new projects and in 1988 finally released the debut album with his new band, Danzig.
A mixture of doom metal with a heavy blues influence, Danzig's new sound was slower and even darker than his punk rock roots. His hair now long, his skulls traded in for Gothic crosses and his slender frame now a massive swollen chest covered in hair and blood.
His amazing vocal range has been compared to Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley, but Danzig's fierce howling is what makes him legendary. Below is Danzig's most famous song, "Mother", a favorite sing-a-long song in local bars-i.e.'The Breakaway'.
When I was 19, my friends and I worshiped The Misfits and Danzig-ah youth. Please enjoy the music video, at times a bit corny but it still manages to give you a warm fuzzy feeling inside, especially the chicken sacrificing scene.
Check out The Misfits albums with Danzig and post Danzig at Amazon.com or buy Danzig at Amazon.com as well. Go to Youtube.com and watch a variety of Danzig videos, but be careful if you're at work, your co-workers might stop talking to you.
Due to the fact that a certain friendly apartment complex decided to slap me with a boot on my truck during yesterday's lunch hour, I was unable to post my weekly music video. So to those of you dedicated readers, I will be posting not one awesome music video but TWO awesome music videos!!!!
It took me a bit to figure out what music genre would be suitable for this week. In a recent comment by 2008 presidential hopeful Barack Obama about the 'quiet riot' brewing among blacks in the gulf coast against the Bush administration, Obama warned about the chances of a similar eruption to the one in Los Angeles in 1992.
Los Angles was a boiling pot ready to blow over in the year before the riots. Racial tension was thick, gang violence was worse than ever and the poverty level was growing more in the numbers. The call for action was powerfully expressed in the music of the time. Bands like Sublime, Rage Against the Machine, Rancid and Bad Religion produced songs about the riots but no genre expressed it more than hip-hop.
Years before the riots, West coast rappers N.W.A recorded their controversial second album Straight Outta Compton as a message to the problems blacks were facing in Compton, California and established the beginning of the Gansta rap era.
Labeled the World's most dangerous group, N.W.A's 1988 album featured songs about rebellion, rage and gang violence. Their unapologetic attitudes celebrated anarchy, provoked the authorities and brought on the the new "Golden Age" of hip-hop. They were seldom played on the radio or MTV due to their violent lyrics, but N.W.A represented the harsh conditions of Los Angeles.
Straight Outta Compton was one of the first albums to have the parental advisory label; their three opening songs "Straight Outta Compton", "F_ _k tha Police" and "Gangsta Gangsta" all reflected police brutality and the revolution in the city.
Below is the 1988 video for "Express Yourself", the call for free expression in which Dr. Dre criticizes other rappers of being too scared to use profanity, forgetting their orgin in the ghetto and writing songs for the sake of making the pop charts, much like the radio rap songs played today.
The video features many powerful images of Dr. Dre as the president with a black Jackie O in the 'black' house speaking to Gorbachev, black children behind bars, a sign that reads "no rapping", and a white police officer on a horse harassing a multicultural crowd and a similar image of the same officer as a slave owner harassing slaves. The song also samples Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band's song with the same name.
NWA is Dr. Dre, Ice Cube,the late Eazy-E, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. And yes I believe that is Tone-Loc at the end of the video.
Check out another great song and video by Ice Cube "It Was A Good Day", pre-"Are We There Yet" stardom.
Buy the album and other N.W.A albums at Amazon.com And if you don't know what N.W.A stands for....eh..google it!
This week I decided to do something a little different and choose a music video and a band that's a little lesser known. Masked behind colorful tribal like make-up, Venetian masks and dark, infectious electronic music, The Knife is an oddity of the music world.
Karin Dreijer Andersson and her brother, Olof Dreijer make up the Swedish electronic duo and have been playing music together since the late 90s.
They almost never show their faces, hiding behind bizarre camoflauge.
"People should listen to our music instead of concentrating on what we look like!" Dreijer Andersson mentioned in an interview with contactmusic.com, "We like to get across the emotion and the feeling. The face paint is just a way of expressing our music, we never intended to make characters of ourselves - it's just a lot of fun!"
Their 2003 breakthrough album Deep Cuts is a savage mix of electro-pop and new wave featuring vibrant synthesizers and steel drums, all composed by Olof. Each song is different from the next, each telling a whimsical sometimes dark story all written by Karin.
The duo make a mysterious yet brilliant team and have made international success in Europe and are now making their way to America.
Their 2006 album, Silent Shout won six Grammis in 2007, the Swedish version of a Grammy and were awarded "Best New Music" and top album of 2006 by the online magazine Pitchfork Media the same year.
Today's song is "Pass This On", a single from 2003's Deep Cuts about a woman's lustful confession of being in love with one's brother. Almost every song is incredible in this album but there is something deep and captivating about this single. Karin provides the vocals, "I'm in love with your brother, what's his name?" over a mix of hot electro synthesizers and cool Caribbean steel drums. As many times as I"ve played this album out, this song remains my favorite.
The video features Rickard Engfors, a famous female impersonator from Sweden as Karin. At the very end of the video, Karin is the only one still sitting at the table. Olof is the young man dancing with Engfors.
Watch more The Knife videos on Youtube.com and prepared to become entranced! Check out a listener favorite Heartbeats Buy The Knife albums on Amazon.com
I know I'm a day late, but forgive me and enjoy one of the hottest performances you will see PERIOD.
Not only did Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson, and Terry Ellis all have strong, earth-shaking voices andmodel-esc good looks, they had the star quality and provocative talent that created one of the biggest girl groups of all time, En Vogue.
Formed in 1990, producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy conceived the group in hopes to resurrect the classic R&B image of "the girl group" with the elements of hip-hop for the new jack swing era. With a mix of red-hot sex appeal, sophistication, beauty and pop star success, En Vogue became a multi-platinum, Grammy nominated powerhouse that won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group ever.
The group went on to record many popular singles featured on their second album,"Funky Divas" including "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" and "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (an Aretha Franklincover). Both songs were originally written by Curtis Mayfield. The songs went number one on the R&B charts. They even sang the chorus for "Whatta Man", by another hot girl group of the 90s, Salt-n-Pepa, for the hip-hop trio's 1993 album "Very Necessary".
In 1997, Dawn Robinson left the group for a solo career. The remaining members of En Vogue went on to record three more albums and gained a new member, Amanda Cole. Maxine Jones then left the group to spend time with her daughter and the quartet was a trio once more.
In 2005, the four original members of En Vogue and the ladies of Salt-N-Pepa were celebrated on VH1's "Hip-Hop Honors" and performed their conjoined hit "Whatta Man".
I decided to post a video of En Vogue's performance on Saturday Night Live in 1992 rather than post the music video of their 1992 single, "Free Your Mind". All you have to do is watch it to understand why. These women will rip you apart with their fierce and sexual attitudes. You can hear the audience react with hoots and hollers as the girls swing their hips and kick their long, luscious legs while they hit every note perfectly. The performance has gone down as one of the best on SNL ever.
It's that time again. The reason to get up on this hump day- it's the middle of the week and you're half way done!! Unless you work weekends and in that case, sorry to piss you off.
Anyway, what a turnout for reader comments last week! Thanks guys, you had lots of great ideas that I'll make sure to post in the upcoming weeks.
This week, I'm going to have to go with anonymous reader number two's request for a video by the imaginative film director Michel Gondry.
I first heard The White Stripes years ago while watching Gondry's music video for 'Fell in love with a girl', in which the candy cane colored duo rock out in lego-mation. I've been in love with their music and their videos ever since.
It's hard to say which White Stripe song/video is my favorite. Their signature goth twin appeal and twisted brother/sister ex-lover story line is provoking, yet it would be a terrible insult to call their guitar and drum combination simple.
The White Stripes bring the gritty sweat and spit that reek of classic American blues and rock-wild for two pale white kids from Detroit.
I finally decided on 'The Hardest Button to Button" from their 2003 album Elephant. In the video, Jack and Meg White play their instruments all around New York City, literally. Gondry filmed the video in pixilation animation, in which the object and scenes are filmed in stop motion frame by frame. It's apparent that the video probably took a lot of time and patience to make (since later in the video the sun goes down), but that's the type of effort and dedication real artists like Gondry endure.
This was also around the time when Jack White was starting his transformation from a sexy Tim Burton caricature to a whimsical mad-genius like reincarnation of Salvador Dali. (Just watch the video and you'll notice the little freakish mustache).
Watch for Beck at the very end!!!
Also for your viewing pleasure, The Simpson's hysterical take on the video, have fun!
Enjoy More of Michel Gondry's videos at Ifilms.com And check out with visually stimulating and heart felt flicks: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, and The Science of Sleep.
Now that I’ve discovered ifilm.com’s music videos after my Bjork blog, I’ve decided to create a new segment for your viewing and listening pleasure. Prepare yourselves for Awesome music video Wednesday!
Every Wednesday I’ll post a music video that deserves lots of attention and appreciation. Only the best of the best-but knowing me I’ll throw in a few freaks just for laughs.
But these videos won’t be just my personal favorites, if you have a favorite video you’d love to see and wish to express your undying love for-let me know!! Write a little something about it and I’ll post it on the blog. Come on fools, do it, you know you’re dying to express your lust for Journey, The White Stripes, or even pre-wacko Jacko. Leave a comment after Wednesday’s posts or shoot me email at agray@rgj.com
This week, I couldn’t help myself. Although I was only two when this video came out, the images have been imprinted in my head since I first started watching TV as a toddler. There is nothing like Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer; an array of avant-garde claymation and stop-motion animation featuring flying fruit, walking appliances, smiling bumper cars and of course, raw dancing chickens to create this musical masterpiece.
Almost 21 years since its release, nothing can compare to this video. Not even, Shock the Monkey-although it’s pretty close!
Stay tuned next Wednesday and don’t forget to request a video, fools!
