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Meaningful Music Videos

Carles — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:02:27 +0000

I think music videos for modern electro are kinda funnie cuz they only rlly exist on the internet. I wonder what sort of ‘returns’ most artists get on their music video if u were able to quantify how many sales u made due 2 a kewl video posted on a blog. Realistically, modern bands shouldn’t spend more than $_00 on a music video.

Music Video: Frankmusik – Better off as Two

This is a music video about ‘being in love’ with some1 and convincing them that u r better off as 2. In the video, u get 2 see Frankmusik with his zany hair getting his dance on. His music has some pretty serious feelings/emotions in it, so I think it appeals to Europeans more since they ‘take emotions more seriously’ and ‘explore them.’ Americans are afraid 2 get vulnerable.

Music Video: MSTRKRFT – Bounce feat. N.O.R.E & Isis

I watched this video on mute and didn’t really hear the song, but I think a casual observer would think that this is a 2nd rate rap video. MSTRKRFT are trying 2 brand themselves or something, and I think that this is inspired by some sort of generic mob crime druglord internet ponzi scheme, kinda like ‘Goodfellas’ meets ‘Smoking Aces.’

I read that the MSTRKRFT album leaked. Is it ‘any good’? I have only really listened to remixes by them. miss u ‘bangers’. Would u chill with MSTRKRFT bros?

Music Video: Company of Thieves – “Oscar Wilde”
////////RUSHMORE ALERT////WES ANDERSON ALERT/////

This is probably the first and last time I will listen to this band. But they have a music video that ‘rips off’ Rushmore, and makes it meme-able. I can’t tell if the music is ‘good’ or ‘relevant’ or not, but I just know that I am ‘alternative’, therefore, this music video ‘appeals 2 me’ and should ‘make me smile.’ I guess now that I think about it, maybe it has always been a fantasy of mine to ‘cum with’ Max Fisher in Rushmore, so I think now that I see a female alt dressed as him, it kinda meets my altSexual needs. Do yall ever fantasize about indie movie characters? Kinda wish I got that girl in Juno preggers [via Michael Cera 'cumming'].

Music Video: The Fall Out Boys – Sugar, We’re Going Down

I think this band called the Fall Out Boys will change the way that we listen to music for the next 20 years. They have completely redefined the post-Blink182 era, and this music video reaches out to tweens who feel like ‘an ugly bro with antlers and bad teeth.’ It’s a music video about hope. Think they’re probably like ‘the next Nickelback meets Beck meets Deathcab’ or something like that. Hope MTV doesn’t find out about them.

Music Video: Sebastien Tellier – Roche

This is a music video by the zany French guy who released his album through American Apparel stores. I wonder if everything in this video is from Am Appy. I think that the video is supposed to feel ’sexie’ and help people who want so badly 2 believe that there is truth that love is real. Do yall wanna study abroad and make love to a hairy French man on the beach? In the video he rides a horse on a girl’s curves, and it kind of makes me yearn 2 ‘be with/inside’ of a beautiful woman. Kinda like that scene at the beginning of ‘I am Lost in Translating to AZNs’ with ScarJo.

Have yall seen n e bloggable music videos lately?
Are yall getting tired of music videos? Can yall remember the last time u watched a music video in it’s entirety? Just want 2 stay relevant. Just want to blog about bloggable bands.

Which band has the most authentic Music Video Aesthetic?

Carles — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:26:06 +0000

In a world where we don’t watch music videos on TV any more, we are presented with the question, “what makes a music video worth watching on a lil screen?” Overall, I’m just looking for authenticity kinda like every other aspect of my life. I don’t like it when videos are ‘too viral’ because that means they will go mainstream.
Videos must be a little bit of everything:

conceptual
earnest
meaningful
arty
artsy
artistic
have a direct relation to my alternative lifestyle
retro
modern
postmodern
campy
serious
not designed to ‘go viral.

Which artist has the most authentic music video aesthetic?

Is it M83 with their 80s video camera music videos?

M83 – “Graveyard Girl”

Or maybe it’s Thieves Like Us with their earnest music videos that remind us what it of what it meant to be young & authentically care about things/relationships.

Thieves Like Us – Desire

It’s DEFINITELY NOT Ratatat with their College Video Art Project Aesthetic. (If I wuz their professor, I would give them a pity “B-.”)

Ratatat – “Schempi”

Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” utilizes a Photoshop Smoke Effect. Do yall know how to use photoshop to make ur youtube videos look like children’s boox?

Coldtug – “Viva La Vida, Yall”

I feel like at this point, it might be Frankmusik. In this video he utilizes the post-pop Tom Hanks in the movie BIG dancing on neon piano keys aesthetic.

Frankmusik – “Three Little Words”

Should I Blog more about Thomas Hanks / dancing on supersized piano keys?

Which post-bloghaus/indierock/meaningfulcore band has the most authentic video aesthetic?
What do yall look for in quality videos?
Should pitchfork.tv merge with youtube or vimeo?
Should vimeo merge with youtube or xtube or porn0t00b?
What makes a music video meaningful 2 u?

High End Pop for Refined Electro Ears

Carles — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:55:00 +0000

I think an advantage of having ELECTRO EARS is that you are more likely to appreciate high-end conceptual pop. Frankmusik is a great example of an artist in this genre. Basically, high end pop the kind of music that makes you wonder why popular mainstream pop acts don’t have these usually-European producers make their songs for them. Or usually it’s only a matter of time until a High End Pop act produces a forgotten track on a Brit Spears or Ashlee Simpson album.

I also feel like it’s the European/foreign females who utilize producers like KLEERUP (Lykke Li and Robyn) before Americans do it, so they have more ‘cred’ in alternative circles in an ‘authentic’ kind of way. For some reason I assume this is why Kyle Minogue is respected by ‘every one.’

You could make an argument that most bloghouse/electro music is ‘high end pop.’ U know…like mainstreamers drink Keystone Light and alts drink GreyGoose/Sparks/box wine…or a metaphor like that…

I read in a blog that Girl Talk is the only ALT who still listens to the FM radio.

Also, I am basically mesmerized by the kutie in Frankmusik’s “In Step” video. s0 curvie…

Love the tug job ending! I feel like this video was designed to ‘go viral’ in Europe.

I am s0 glad that I can appreciate high-end pop, and people who don’t ‘get’ it probably just need to read m0re bl0gs that post progressive media that challenges us to be better connoisseurs of ‘the arts.’

Let’s all try to be better people in the 2nd half of 2k8 (yall).

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Frankmusik In Step

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Frankmusik is kinda kute?

High End Pop might also be the upper limit of the ‘faggy electro’ genre.