One thing I love about the 80s music in retrospect, was that a lot of these bands didn’t write the cliched songs that other generations had or even do today. I think so many of these videos are WTFs because there’s no rational way to depict these non-cliche songs.
I don’t get what it is that you guys don’t get. There’s three kinds of music videos: the “Concept” video which tells a story, the “Performance” video where they jump around on stage and pretend to play, and then there’s the “Posing” kind of video, which is basically just a bunch of interesting shots of the singer and/or band in interesting lighting and interesting clothes and stuff. These are mostly just random dramatic and/or memorable images. It’s no more or less comprehensible than a woman’s fashion magazine.
So what’s not to get?
(BTW, Helm, totally agree: Part of the reason I’ve continued to love They Might Be Giants is that they generally avoid cliched crap like love songs)
Forgive me for departing from the all wise & powerful Eric, but I think they’re simply trying to distract you from the fact that song stinks to high heaven. If it is a concept video then the concept I’m getting is “if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bulls**t.”
Love the song, a fave from my college DJing days, but 100% with ya on the video — WTF indeed!
One thing I love about the 80s music in retrospect, was that a lot of these bands didn’t write the cliched songs that other generations had or even do today. I think so many of these videos are WTFs because there’s no rational way to depict these non-cliche songs.
I don’t get what it is that you guys don’t get. There’s three kinds of music videos: the “Concept” video which tells a story, the “Performance” video where they jump around on stage and pretend to play, and then there’s the “Posing” kind of video, which is basically just a bunch of interesting shots of the singer and/or band in interesting lighting and interesting clothes and stuff. These are mostly just random dramatic and/or memorable images. It’s no more or less comprehensible than a woman’s fashion magazine.
So what’s not to get?
(BTW, Helm, totally agree: Part of the reason I’ve continued to love They Might Be Giants is that they generally avoid cliched crap like love songs)
+JMJ+
Republibot, I’m sorry it took so long, but I finally saw your answer in the “Mass Hysteria” thread and wrote a reply to it.
I freaking love Siouxsie and the Banshees. This is not my favorite song, I’d have to go with Painted Bird or Arabian Knights
Forgive me for departing from the all wise & powerful Eric, but I think they’re simply trying to distract you from the fact that song stinks to high heaven. If it is a concept video then the concept I’m getting is “if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bulls**t.”
Ah, but it’s clearly not a concept video. It’s just a posing one. So what’s wrong with the song?
Daniel, Daniel, Daniel… You’ve apparently never heard the “Silver Dollar Remix.”
Bud, you must seriously be bored over there if you’re surfing for cr*p like this