Music and Pictures
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 12:38AM Music videos and I have go back quite a ways. I would say until the 7th grade. I started watching a little TV channel called FUSE, which was essentially an MTV before they discovered reality television. Or NOT-SO REALITY TELEVISION. Haha... see what I did there? FUSE was good while it lasted, and all good things must end. I can’t remember if I moved on, or if they changed too much that I just couldn't take it anymore. From what I remember, the breakup was rather smooth. However, the good ship FUSE did instill a certain thing for music videos in me. I still associate many a song with the music vid. As life moved on, my musical taste altered, and with that, comes a change in the music video style. Today I have several music videos here for your viewing pleasure that either:
B) Really like the visuals
C) All of the above
Florence and the Machine - Dog Days are Over
This made the list namely for how stuck in my head it is. DAMN YOU USA! The visuals are pretty interesting as well. The whole white creepy clown girl may be a little over done, but sure, it’s fine.
The Pipettes - Stop the Music
Everything about this music video is just win. From the super talented, bubble gum lyrics of the to the faux-salon dance sequences, this video had me hooked me so hooked I pre-ordred the single from overseas way-back-when.
Lady Gaga- Bad Romance
Let’s face it, one of these videos had to make it here. Lady Gaga has been a music video phenom. However, I feel that some of her videos contain almost too much story, if that’s possible. They would make make better 15 minute short-films, opposed to 7-8 minute stretched out music videos. I feel that Bad Romance sort of reins in some of those creative adventures. If you read comics, this video reminds a great deal of the Soleil book Skydoll. See where I'm coming from?
Motion City Soundtrack - The Future Freaks Me Out
Besides for being one of my favorite songs of all time, this bears the proud title of actually being a FUSE video. Middle School Memories. ‘Nuff said.It’s also very representative of what Music Videos used to be, and in some cases, still are. There would be a band, they would be playing (or pretending to play) their instruments, and there would be some sort of disjointed story going on in the background that made little to no sense. This story often had nothing to do with the song itself.
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We’re Going Down
Did I mention Middle School?
Hollywood Undead - No.5
I don’t think that any music video can ever to compare to No.5 in how well it represents the people who made it.
Hellogoodbye - Here (In Your Arms)
I couldn't do this do this post without including my favorite video of all time. This one video makes my life so much better. It has even influenced it in certain aspects. Watching is the only thing that has ever made me want to play the keytar.






