Since I'm posting a lot of Radiohead and U2 stuff recently, I might as well cover their recent video releases in one fell swoop!
It's not nearly in the lower tier of U2 videos, and I like the subtle pro-immigration message. But overall, I dunno, I'm just not too fired up by generic "walking around the city" type of music videos. Given the New York setting, it's like the Saturday Night Live opening credits or something. I feel like this is an opportunity for U2 to get some viral interest going with a really unique video, something can be appreciated by fans of cool imagery or filmmaking techniques. There are only so many ways for a musician to get a breakthrough hit in 2017, especially when said musicians are a rock band in their mid-to-late 50's. On the bright side, I think Larry Mullen smiled once!
For instance, this new Radiohead video (for an old song) is actually funny, which I don't think I've ever said about a Radiohead video before. Repurposing Thom Yorke as a Buster Keaton-esque straight man observing nonsense is such an obvious idea that I can't believe it hasn't been done before.
It's not nearly in the lower tier of U2 videos, and I like the subtle pro-immigration message. But overall, I dunno, I'm just not too fired up by generic "walking around the city" type of music videos. Given the New York setting, it's like the Saturday Night Live opening credits or something. I feel like this is an opportunity for U2 to get some viral interest going with a really unique video, something can be appreciated by fans of cool imagery or filmmaking techniques. There are only so many ways for a musician to get a breakthrough hit in 2017, especially when said musicians are a rock band in their mid-to-late 50's. On the bright side, I think Larry Mullen smiled once!
For instance, this new Radiohead video (for an old song) is actually funny, which I don't think I've ever said about a Radiohead video before. Repurposing Thom Yorke as a Buster Keaton-esque straight man observing nonsense is such an obvious idea that I can't believe it hasn't been done before.
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