This is a post where Carles recaps some of the most relevant music videos of the past several blog-days. Music videos are an important component in the memefication of bands. Modern bands must create a constant stream of content for fans to consume.
Carles also attempts to ‘find the meaning’ behind the music videos.
Music Video: Dead Man’s Bones – Name in Stone
Analysis: I only posted this because it is Ryan Gosling’s band. I think he was in the popular movie ‘The Notebook’ about people who get alzheimer’s or something. I am not sure what he is ‘trying to do’/'trying to sound like.’ Might be trying to be ‘The Killers’ or maybe ‘early Grizzly Bear.’
Think it’s kinda weird when mainstream celebs ‘go indie’ and I can’t evaluate their music fairly without ‘pretending they are a character from one of their movies.’ Think I will call this The Jason Schwartzman Effect. Just think of him as his character from Rushmore whenever I hear Phantom Planet/Coconut Records.
Music Video: Omar K – Rainbow Arabia
Analysis: Have never heard of this band, but I think this is the reason that ‘people should make music videos. Just to like ‘get attention.’ In this video, you’ll see some sort of tribal-where-the-wild-things-are crew invade a super market. Then they get ‘all scary’ and ‘violent’ and ‘zany.’ Think it is supposed to be some sort of statement about hunting and gathering. There is some scary little kid. A lady grows a beard. They kill some people who are shopping. Probs the only video ‘worth watching’ in this post. Not sure if this band/person is a man/woman, but feels like what I expect Bat for Lashes/GangGang Dance to be, even though I have never really listened to them.
Music Video – Department of Eagles – No One Does It Like You
Analysis: Think that this band has ’some of the bros from Grizzly Bear’ in it. Not sure which band I ‘like more.’ I think that every band should actually be a clustered band with 2-3 sub-bands perpetually generating memes. I think this video is about war or something like that. Not really sure, but think it might be ‘visually stunning.’
Music Video: N.A.S.A. “Gifted” (feat. Kanye West, Santogold, & Lykke Li)
Analysis: From what I understand, one of the bros in the band/dj duo N.A.S.A. is brothers with Spike Jonez. Not sure if that ‘gave his band an advantage.’ I think NASA had an album come out, and they just had every1 who is ‘relevant’ contribute on their tracks. Feel like it is probably a good business model, if u have the connections. I will now post the track listing to NASA’s album just because it is kinda funnie how many ‘famous people’ are ‘contributing’ from pretty much every genre from the past 40 years.
1. “Intro”
2. “The People Tree” (feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Z-Trip)
3. “Money”(feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)
4. “NASA Music” (feat. Method Man, E-40, & DJ Swamp)
5. “Way Down” (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch, & John Frusciante)
6. “Hip Hop” (feat. KRS-One, Fatlip, & Slim Kid Tre)
7. “Four Rooms, Earth View”
8. “Strange Enough” (feat. Karen O, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, & Fatlip)
9. “Spacious Thoughts” (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)
10. “Gifted” (feat. Kanye West, Santogold, & Lykke Li)
11. “A Volta” (feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank, & Lovefoxxx)
12. “There’s a Party” (feat. George Clinton & Chali 2na)
13. “Whachadoin?” (feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner)
14. “O Pato” (feat. Kool Kojak & DJ Bãboa)
15. “Samba Soul” (feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert)
16. “The Mayor” (feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM & Scarface)
17. “N.A.S.A. Anthem”
Sort of wish they got ______ to contribute.
Music Video: Phoenix – Lisztomania (Live on Saturday Night Live)
Analysis: ‘Kind of lackluster.’ I am not sure if it is because they are more of a studio band (not a bad thing), or because they are just FRENCH. Think that French people live in a different version of reality. Think that the lead singer ‘has such a consistent voice’ that it makes him seem like he is lip synching. Maybe he is. Kind of weird how their next album is ‘all anticipated’ but think I will probably ‘not see them live’ just in case they ‘ruin their image’ for me.
Have yall seen n e good music videos lately?
Worried that the music video is a dying medium.
PS: Can some1 please design me a ‘logo meme’ for the ‘MEANINGFUL MUSIC VIDEOS’ gimmick? Need more ‘fan art.’
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damn, reminds me of starcraft
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//////////Reply by anon
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
@tao, i just beat brood war
last level was awesome
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My Mac doesn’t come with Paint, so I can’t make art for you, sorry Crls
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//////////Reply by AyatollahAliHosseini
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
@May, http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/paintbrush.html
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//////////Reply by May
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
@AyatollahAliHosseini, <3 u
thank you :)
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first
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first 2 post first l8. //y were there no blks in the vids?
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Is it racist to throw bananas at black bros? And then cover them with white flour?
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NASA is what happens when u rely on others to write yr songs for you.
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//////////Reply by AyatollahAliHosseini
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
@corydan, NASA is Steve Aoki for the non-p4k-reading community.
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totally thought this NASA was the bro who worked with DefJuxBro El-P [via music that is not shitty] yall. was so confused.
wish they had josh homey from the queen of the stoneage band contribute to their album. would bring a more authentic rock aesthetic to the project [via life in a post-genre/race/gender/bearstearns world].
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i want a wild-thing-kid accessory. they are the new AZN.
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lazer skull ftw!
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Here’s a kewl video by Frightened Rabbit called ‘Heads Roll Off’. It made me feel like my life and their music was ‘meaningful’ because even little kids loved it cause it was ‘pure’ and so are little kids before they become tweens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBcbDS5AGnk
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want 2 wear ryan goslings face as a mask, but in a sxxy way [via sir anthony hopkins]
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//////////Reply by von colander
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
@natalee hologram, i thought the song was good. [via conflict of interest/bias]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDZcqBgCS74
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u want a nice video….
huoratron – $$troopers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPwCmhvmHeM
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the tao lin cellphone mirror pic add is hillarious!
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rainbow arabia was in a show that i put together and they are both really tiny and shy. i said “they are going to be famous” and then i heard that song in crossroads and didn’t care anymore. the end.
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//////////Reply by spamdex
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
@amy, I fart from time to time
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5pUKNw9uKY
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http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww253/breastmilk/mmv.gif
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//////////Reply by JahJahBanxxx
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
@breastmilk, pretty gud but needs improvement, have u evr heard of blingee dot com?
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This post really made me think because I am in a post-meaningfulcore revival band, that is working really hard to make it’s memes go viral. The problem with that is that you have to handle your memes as if they were a baby bird, hard enough to push it through the twitter-verse and tumbler-sphere but not so hard that you’ll kill your helpless little meme before it had the chance to get remixed by No Age.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUweLEDgHg0
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//////////Reply by Gavin McInnes
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
@dR, Your band seriously fucking sucks
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//////////Reply by JahJahBanxxx
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
@dR, semi-rlvnt in 2k3, mayB.
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//////////Reply by James
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
@dR, also no age doesn’t remix stuff… try ‘justice’ or ‘fred falke’ or ’steve aoki’
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//////////Reply by chorles
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
@James,
Yes they have, Fucked Up.
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//////////Reply by chorles
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
@dR,
That band sucked so much that I don’t believe you’re really in it.
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<3 dzama so much.
oh yeah, the phoenix lipsynch intrigue! u can hear it’s liek, doubled or tripled… so maybes its him doing it live, but over pre-recorded doubles??? nah how would everyone else stay in time with it… mybe its just a combo of sweetass voice with fancy chorus effect.
PS. live definitely ruined the image. in my head they all look like rivs phoenix and/or adrian grenier. still <3 the new record tho.
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//////////Reply by gary
//////////Posted April 7th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
@cp, DUde i think he was lip singing that shi
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//////////Reply by cp
//////////Posted April 8th, 2009 at 3:04 am
@gary, i wanna BELIEVE so bad i’ll come up w ANYTHING
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted April 8th, 2009 at 8:31 am
@cp, i want 2 believe [via david duchovbro]
miss u x-files
Handsome boy modeling school 2.0
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