So since I am too lazy to set up my new (old) iPod to play any of my music, my trips to and from the cities have been tuned into The Current. And for some reason, I feel like commenting on a few of them. I'm only going to do one, but maybe a few more tomorrow...
Apparently this is the number one song of the week on the station, according to "The Countdown Show." Or something. like that. It was really weird hearing a countdown show, actually... cause I equate it to crappy shows like TRL and what not.
Anyway. This song was number one. Apparently it's been number one for like four weeks. PLUS, another one of their songs was number two, so they're just super duper I guess. PLUS PLUS, they're big in the UK, which means that people like them. I suppose.
The song itself was OK, kind of inoffensive and pleasant music that you wouldn't turn off... or so I thought when I listened to it on the radio. OK enough for me to try looking for it on YouTube just because. Which I did. Obviously, because you see the video up there.
The video ruined the entire song for me.
I'm thinking it might be a first. Usually I just hate music videos because they try to include stupid little narratives instead of just animating the band out of Legos. I guess this was different.
It's pretty clear the song is quite earnest, but the video sort of draws the earnestness out to a fault. So while I'm listening to this somewhat pleasant song, I get to watch these ultra-serious dudes bear their hearts out for the entire world to see, which of course totally changes everything.
Not that being emotional while playing music is a *bad* thing... but it sort of looks ridiculous when you don't buy the song as essential to your everyday existence. Then the climax has them all singing along in this overblown serious manner (complete with a foot stomping banjo player, which looks completely silly) and I start to wish that the music video just consisted of a fox eating a rabbit or something.
The problems with this video are this: 1) the lyrics are terribly overwrought. I mean, it's OK if your lyrics sound like they were written in a 7th grade poetry class, but singing those lyrics in an intense manner makes you look kind of clueless. 2) The lead singer needs to do something with his moustache. I mean, he isn't the most photogenic person in the world, and again... that's OK. But you're wanting me to take you seriously... and that moustache is a small barrier preventing me from doing so.
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