Is Friday music video day around here, or what?

Anyway, stumbled across this music video.  Ezra Furman and the Harpoons.  Take Off Your Sunglasses.  Awesome song.  You think these guys have heard of the Violent Femmes?  That’s what they remind me of, anyway.

Anyway, weekend almost here.

This is the greatest argument against record labels I’ve ever seen.

Now, don’t get me wrong.  I’m not a Ben Lee hater.  I actually quite liked his last album (though his albums always seem to be very hit or miss).  But having heard this song, I am amazed.

He was able to walk into a record label, pop this song on, and not have the record exec reach across the table and punch him after 20 seconds?  This is quite possibly the worst song ever written.  I’m sorry, I don’t want to hear about your politics, even if they happen to coincide somewhat with my own.  I’d like to hear you play a song.

So why would the execs grin and feel stiff at this?  Buttons and t-shirts.  Marketing.  Whoop.  Well, done, Ben.  A “serious” song about pop music that you can then use to whore yourself out.  If you’re dizzy, it’s excusable.

Anyway, in much the same way that whoever approved that Wolverine inflatable should be promoted, whoever ok’d this as a single should be fired.  This is awful.

So awful.  I will share.

Continuing my trend of liking music videos for their visuals rather than their music I present this to you:

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

The song is “Clementine” by Megan Washington. As I said, its not why I am interested in the video. Tiltshift photography is (to my limited photography knowledge) a rather recent trend. The focus is screwed about to give you the impression that you are looking at something quite small, when in fact the entire thing is ‘normal’ sized. By throwing in the clipping on the video, this looks authentically stop action, when it is really people, ocean, and helicopters. Kind of messes with your head in a fun way. Enjoy.

I am regularly amazed at things you can find on the interwebs. How does one go about becoming a one (wo)man band? Wouldn’t it be remarkably easier to make some friends that also enjoy making music? Still, she is impressive.

Theresa Andersson

I can’t vouch for the music, or the musician, but this video had me LOL’ing. So many Easter Eggs and funny little bits.