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
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h8 matt/kim
fucking whores
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damn, i think
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KimBro is in better shape than MattSis….
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should have shot this at grand central station
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Bands make outrageous videos when their new albums are boring.
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I adore public nudity, like that whole “let’s go on the subway in nothing but our underwear” thing a few weeks ago… needless to say, i got that incredible feeling in the pit of my stomach, i love it. well done MattBro and KimSis!
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after looking at shit like this, my next stop is always p0rn website
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I Kimsis a lesbo?
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great music vid, I like it.
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why the fuck is this censored carles?
post MOAR NUDES PLOZ
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def real just look at how fuckin pissed that cop is that a nude chick is walkin around
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why didn’t the cops taser them? vid would get some lols then.
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white people are the worst
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When does the HRO music video leak?
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Why r they blurrin out kimz chest…itz probly juzt as flat as mattz
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//////////Posted April 24th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
@Christer Blipster,
she’s a dog.
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kinda sad that u can’t ‘buy loads of ketamine’ in Times Square n e moar [via mayor not being Koch]. mayB if the economie gets worse NYC will go ‘back 2 the shitter’ and black ppl will start inventing relevant new genres of music agan [via killing each other].
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//////////Reply by Christer Blipster
//////////Posted April 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 pm
@Clausewitz,
……….wut
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this isn’t even white guild makin me nauseous rite now, its fuckin rage.
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looks like an Am Appy add from this angle. Where is the link to the ‘uncensored’ version, need2tug.
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1. would feel like a giant cliche just walking through times square.
2. i like how she gets hit by the bus (watching it over and over and over and over)
3. japanther is so much better at that sound
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don’t yall know… there is no real nudity as long as there is still religion… we R all still wearing the human suits of guilt’s invention [via cops trying to drag you off]
the only embarrassing thing in this clip is the unnecessary ‘punchline’ ending. not too late to cut it off. i’m talking to you, whoever directed it. may be too late to learn class or restraint tho.
5.49578 runoff comments out of 11
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//////////Reply by White Blipster
//////////Posted April 23rd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
@cp, 3.7 lolcakes out of 9
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I miss the shit eating grins too. They’re always so happy and energetic in person, even when you just see em on the street and say hi. It’s about 90% of their charm.
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KimBro would get mad dap in Brazl
Make that noggro the TrannyKing
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blur the nostrils, they’re too much (hott)
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The ending…. so fucking cliche. ehh!
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Y’all think that Kim chokes Matt during sex?
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luv matt n’ kim. lots of am appy in this vid 2.
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i agree with you, but the video, to me, represents how doing something that makes you ‘feel good’ or ‘forget yrself’ usually gets people into trouble these days (via the criminalization of weed, via racist farts)
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whats my age again, y’alls? love the blink 182s!
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Pratt is an Ivy League design school? lolz
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Matt and Kim’s single, “Daylight” for free at Green Label Sound: http://www.greenlabelsound.com/mattandkim
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Fuck hipster bullshit like Twat and Quim. Get the fuck outta New York wankerzzz!!!!!!!
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they make good music. stop fucking over analyzing with your hipster bullshit. no you are not any cooler and do not think any deeper than the rest of us. You’re a regular fucking human. deal with it.
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