Useless Stuff

  The song of course is one of the better ones of the past century.  Written by Prince, the lyrics are powerful and raw and sound as good today as they did all those years ago.  I love big fancy videos which ooze visual artistry and creativity (michel gondry, spike jonze, hype williams) but the video here is perfect due to its very simplicity.  When you have such a powerful performance from O’ Connor, anything else would simply be distracting.    Nothing Compares 2 U video

Every now and then, you get something totally unexpected on youtube which you just have to keep a note of somewhere.  Below video is a wonderful example of such serendipity. I was looking at a “Think Different” video where someone had taken the famous images and put in a rather familiar background music which I recognized as being from the movie “Amelie”.  Looking through the comments I found out the name and a quick search revealed this video.  Not only is the music timeless here as it is anywhere else, but it seems to keep up with the visuals so well, you could swear it was meant for it. Long story short, great usage of the music in this short video!    

  Let me reiterate once again, I love good music videos.  Simply love them.  Always have, always will.  Bjork a “rare and unusual” person, to borrow a phrase from Beetlejuice, has provided the world with some of the more uncommon music videos ever seen. Michel Gondry has been responsible for a number of them (the man behind several Chemical Brothers videos). The video for “All is full of love” is simply amazing.  Even after all these years (released in 1999), the video retains the same ability to awe the viewer with stunning visuals and the simplicity with which it is shown.  No other video of Bjork’s in my opinion so perfectly encapsulates her unique vocal talents.  The video and song match each other perfectly creating a harmony that is often missing in today’s videos.  Again, it is a simple video with a simple theme.  The stark colors, the deliberate camera movements and “uncanny valley” effect of Bjork’s face on the robot combine to cre...

Yet another ground breaking, revolutionary video from Michel Gondry. Chemical brothers and Gondry usually are a potent match and this is just another example.