Music Video: Matt and Kim - "LESSONS LEARNED"

Damn. Just watched this music video. Watched Mattbro and KimSis get all naked in Times Square. Not sure if it was some sort of 'editing'+'green screen' trick,' but still, I think the video is 'progressive.' The song is already inherently meaningful because there are some 'la la la's being sung by a female in the background. I think this is the type of music video that a band makes when they are about to 'break through the mainstream bubble' and 'keep people's attention for the duration of the entire song.' (kinda like that Coldplay 'Yellow' video). It is a better strategy than 'showing the band playing their music' because 'mainstreamers don't even know who they are yet.'

I think that nudity represents 'freeing urself' and 'not conforming to society's expectations' for ppl to wear clothes. Think that getting naked in Times Square means that ur 'free spirited' since it is so consumery there. Sort of wish they had filmed this video some where 'blasphemous' kind of like Israel, a mosque, or some sort of Middle Eastern Holy Ground. Feel like that might have 'said more' about society/liberation/being strong enough to tell ur parents that u don't believe in their ideals/God.

Also think this video is meant to make the viewer ask 'who has a hotter bod?'
I feel sort of sad that this video doesn't showcase the 'shit eating grins' that most people associate with Matt and Kim.

Just read the wikipedia article of Matt and Kim and found out that they met when they attended Pratt. Hope that I meet some1 2 start a band with while at my liberal arts/Ivy League/design school university. Not sure if I will get a 'creative job' in this economie.

Previous Matt and Kim video analysis
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/10/i-love-music-videos-that-are-supposed-to-look-indie-for-mtvvh1-audiences.html

Matt & Kim

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Matt Johnson & Kim Schifino make up Matt & Kim, a band 4 entry level lamestreamers.

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