Saturday, September 09, 2006
Videos are Still Art
Two videos are keeping the genre fresh this month.
OK-Go! used their lead singer's sister to write choreography for their videos, which they created on the cheap and posted at YouTube where they became a viral sensation. With a slightly bigger budget, the label allowed them to refilm "Here It Goes Again", choreographed on six alternately facing treadmills. Sounds inane, but it works amazingly well.
And for the second video...Muse has created the best farcical homage video since the Darkness' "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". "Knights of Cydonia" references perhaps every Spaghetti western and science fiction film of the 1970's, a throws a little kung-fu and Conan in for good measure. It's fantastic, and this link provides a crisp clear version to savor.
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