Tag: Friday Videos (Page 11 of 20)

Friday Video – Death Cab for Cutie, “You Are a Tourist”

June 10, 2011 / David Medsker

We’ll just go out and say it: Death Cab for Cutie’s Codes and Keys has been in power rotation since we got our grubby little mitts on it, and this is saying something considering we were mysteriously prepared to be disappointed. Not sure why — we just were. And then they gave us this. Thanks, Death Cab.

For a moment, it looks as though the clip is going to be one giant tracking shot, but thankfully they didn’t go that route. Still, it is kind of amusing to see this unassuming group of sensitive Northwesterners make such a big, splashy video. Go back and watch their clip for “A Movie Script Ending” again; do you think that band had dreams of large video budgets? We’re guessing not.

Here’s hoping the title track is selected as the next single. That song kills, though it does bear an uncanny similarity to Cat Power’s “The Greatest.” Ah, but let the lawyers worry about that.

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Friday Video – Coldplay, “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”

June 3, 2011 / David Medsker

Hitting the interwebs earlier today, boom shacka lacka lacka lacka lacka, here’s Coldplay’s new single. And surprise! It sounds like Coldplay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

The album title and release date are still TBD, but the lead single’s a good one, another rafter-shaking, sky-high melody in the vein of “Talk” and “Viva La Vida.” A much better first step than Viva La Vida‘s lead single “Violet Hill,” that’s for sure. More, please, and soon.

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Friday Video – Blur, “Bank Holiday”

May 27, 2011 / David Medsker

Wouldn’t it be great if all bank holidays actually came with a six-pack of beer?

Have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend, everyone. And if you have kids, take them to see “Kung Fu Panda 2.” It’s awesome.

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Friday Video – The Fratellis, “Chelsea Dagger”

May 20, 2011 / David Medsker

The only thing worthwhile about Ron Howard’s latest “comedy” “The Dilemma” is that this song appears towards the end. This is what they play whenever the ‘Hawks score a goal, and it’s as pitch-perfect a choice as there is. Listen to that vocal hook. There’s a drunken barroom, rugby-players-tying-one-on-after-a-match feel to it that is contagious. And the video, boiiiiiing! Scores and scores of women in negligee. You had us at ‘scores of women.’ The negligee is a bonus.

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Friday Video – Panic! At the Disco, “Ready to Go”

May 13, 2011 / David Medsker

Again with that goddamn exclamation point. And to think we thought it was lost forever. D’oh.

When we last saw the then-puncuation-free Panic at the Disco, they were getting their Beatles on in a big way with 2008’s Pretty. Odd. We, of course, thought it was awesome, but the younger members of their fan base hated it, which shows that their parents didn’t play the Beatles for them when they were growing up and have therefore failed society as a whole, but that’s another story. The band, now a duo after the departure of their bassist and guitarist (the latter of whom was also their primary songwriter), the band’s new album Vices and Virtues is a unapologetic swipe at the brass ring, and few songs on the album demonstrate that better than new single “Ready to Go.” With the sky-high “Oh oh ohhhhh” in the chorus, Panic (sorry, but we cannot bring ourselves to use that exclamation point again) seems to be going after Katy Perry’s babysitting money demographic, and to be fair, that’s not a bad play. The tune is damn catchy, and better yet, Brendon Urie can sing.

Will it work? Who knows. It’s damn near impossible to get a hit these days, even for established artists. But after Urie won us over in an interview earlier this year, it’s hard not to root for the guy.