Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wordplay and Song fail

Yay :)
Our first video for today is an interesting video for the song "Let the Drummer Kick" by Citizen Cope. Normally when the word music video comes up we think of half naked unrealistic girls shaking their butts to a rap song that no one can understand-- but man does it have a beat! But the artist that came up with this particular video took a different route. Arturitis, the poster of this video, made an intriguing video based on one of the most important elements of the song, the lyrics. Not only does the video feature the lyrics, but it portrays the words in a way that shows the meaning. We all remember bopping our ninth grade heads to this song, but how many of us actually listened to the music. This video not only highlights the talent of the artist, but also the meaning, and even the beat of the song very effectively. I give this video a 4/5 Enjoy :)



Nay :(
Let's be honest, all of us have made a fool out of ourselves singing / dancing to a song we like. But the difference between us and xxgemmyxx is that we did not post our stupidity on YouTube. Of course this poor sap did not think that his humiliation would get 1,375,564 views to date. Let's just take a moment and Analise this video shall we? Zoom in on a mint green bean bag chair, enter awkward redhead. Once you are about to click away from this video a giant "Pfffffffffffffff..." comes across the screen, that's 15 "f"s that's a lot of tween angst people. Let's move from the bean bag chair to a bed with... yes Minnie mouse sheets. As the awkward tween changes positions to the beat of the music you can also notice the stuffed animals in the background. Close up! Now you can really appreciate the amount of hair gel he uses... And now his back to the bed, well kind of. Maybe he realized how weird the sheets were and thought "Hmm, I'll pick something less weird, how about I lay on the floor right next to the bed! GENIUS! Also I could accentuate the fact that I am on the floor by having a giant word bubble pop up and say "HERE"! And they say I'm not creative..." Time for some choreography! Some classic dance moves including the "awkward teen tries to move his hips" and "strange head roll" are used in this portion. And finally end scene. Wow, that's some quality video right there. I give this video a 1/5. Enjoy?



What do you think?
This video holds true to its name... funny french bulldog. But what do you think? Is it cute? Or animal cruelty? Should the person filming help the dog out? Or is it just a cute puppy rolling around? Enjoy




As for "Charlie bit my finger...again!" I freaking love it. I don't care how many times I see it, it will brighten my day every time. :)

1 comment:

  1. I guess I'm just getting too old, but I still don't get the drummer thing. I like that he spells out the words, but I'm still not sure what the song is saying ... sorry.

    But the puppy's cute.

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