Ockhams Razor on 10/9/2006 at 17:03

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I've loved this track ever since the West Wing used it in the season 2 finale. Thanks for the link.

demagogue on 10/9/2006 at 18:40

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I don't have speakers on this computer, sadly, although the Take on Me video stands as one of my favorite of all time, the song being my standard kareoke selection (since we were forced to sing something in Japan, may as well sing something I like).

So just recently I saw the video for Pink Floyd's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMTNuhhLAFk) High Hopes (from Division Bell) on YouTube and it really struck me. I always sort of liked the song, but nothing that special at the time, and before seeing this it was seriously faded in the past and not any more special than some of their more famous tunes.

But then seeing the video just recently, it was sort of surreal and playful so it really struck a chord, watching it. And then they starting hauling out this huge stone head on a big cart, very ceremoniously and I suddenly realized it was Syd Barrett's and, since it was right after his death, it suddenly took on even more significance.



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On some of the others, FWIW:

Brother in Arms was also a nice surprise when my friend recommended I buy the Dire Straits Best CD album, since before then I just knew them for, of course, Money for Nothing and Walk of Life, and had no idea how really brilliant they were, and the mood of some of their songs, beyond the cheery pop songs ... and this song in particular really blew me away as so outstanding. My esteem for the band went up like 90% within the first minute of the song.

The Bob Dylan song posted here isn't particularly my favorite, but looking through his selection on You Tube, I gathered why he has such a devout following (not represented by the posts here!), because some of his songs really captured the the heart of the spiritual crisis of the 60s better than anything at the time. On the heart of the USA: "The calvaries charged, and the Indians died. The nation was young with God on its side." And my favorite Bob Dylan moment is when he *shocked* the conservative C&W crowd with his rock song "I ain't gonna work at Maggie's Farm no more", sending the message that I won't stand for your boring, irrelevant heartland worldview anymore, then "Rolling Stone": we're really alone in the world and can't trust community or authority, and then admist the boos and hisses, went back to a country song to explain that history had just changed before them, leaving the previous generation behind: "It's all over Baby, Blue" ... the future of our nation is "soulless" rock, no strong community ties, no blind trust in leaders or ideologies, just us wanting to find individual happiness and rock. The era of "community" is dead. It was the antithesis of everything his fans and the previous generation had stood for, and now their prophet was abandoning them for exactly its opposite! It was like a historic moment in music history.

sp4f on 10/9/2006 at 22:36

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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GABUDv_64Ho) You're worthless and weak!

Hells yeah!

Previous video is a well... a bit "meh", doesn't evoke much within me.

Paz on 11/9/2006 at 00:22

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I'll comment on this one, 'cos I just watched it (and as some kind of attempt to keep the "critique the one before you" part on track).

Well, what do we have; an amusing pseudo-plot, a running gag involving being thrown out of windows (got to love that part at the end where he's hopping from pane to pane (to pain?)) and extremely silly costumes. PLUS! Hair metal. I think they should have fleshed out the "story" a bit more and axed the terminal live footage, but otherwise pretty peachy.

I was pondering whether to go for something DEEPLY ARTY, or a horribly obscure track or just something to generally show off how amazingly hip I am (oh yes). Then I realised I should just post the Black Box Recorder video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJLUHRJOZY) with Sarah Nixey as a dangerously sexy teacher. "Facts of Life" indeed.

SPECIAL BONUS! Halfway through there's a mini-homage to the Dylan video that kicked us off. Which was nice. I'm glad someone eventually stood up for that one too, because whatever you think of the song THAT VIDEO IS FUCKING ICONIC, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

Jonesy on 11/9/2006 at 00:50

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I was halfway though finishing this post on Paz's song then I discovered Strontium Dog had posted. Paz's was quite good actually, one of the better songs in this thread.

It was a tough decision but (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2773902947091271005) Like A Rolling Stone narrowly beat out (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6408630351291785061) "Getting my Heart Back Together Again" both ripped from the same exact movie.