When I watch this video, I immediately think of despair.
The sleazy motels. The empty swimming pools. The landscape of endless emptiness. It’s all very American and yet it’s also a world that’s inspired some of the greatest American films ever made. Just look at some of the shots and tell me that you don’t see the spirits of Harry Dean Stanton and Dennis Hopper hanging around in the background. There’s a beauty in the ugliness of it all.
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I imagine I’ll be up and listening to this song at 5 in the morning. As for the video, I always love these sort of post-apocalyptic warehouse-style music videos.
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Earlier today, on a whim, I decided to do a YouTube search for any songs titled “Lisa.”
This was the first one that came up. Other than what I saw in that Runaways movies, I have to admit that I don’t really know anything about Lita Ford (and, to honest, I can’t even remember if her character had more than 6 lines in that film). According to Songfacts, Ford wrote this song in honor of her mother, who was dying of cancer. This is one of those songs where you can literally feel the heart beating underneath the lyrics.
As for the video, it’s pretty simple but there’s nothing wrong with that.
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It’s summer so let’s celebrate with a summer video!
This video is not only seasonally appropriate but it was also filmed in Italy!
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After writing 24 hours worth of material for World UFO Day, I’m a little bit exhausted so I’m offering this energetic video up without comment.
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Happy World UFO Day!
For reasons that I’m not really sure about, World UFO Day is celebrated on two separate days. It’s celebrated on both June 24th and July 2nd! There used to be an official World UFO Day website that undoubtedly explained the whole thing but that site is now apparently offline. Well. here at the Shattered Lens, we celebrate World UFO Day in June because, come July 2nd, we’re usually too busy stocking up on illegal fireworks to deal with any intergalactic visitors.
(For the record, I will be celebrating World UFO Day by cleaning out my DVR.)
So, today is Happy UFO Day and I picked this video because … well, actually, the song isn’t really about UFOs. It’s about someone who feels like an alien because they don’t fit in with the rest of the world. I think we all know what that feels like. As for the video, there’s really no proof that the main character is from outer space. Would visitors from outer space really want to come to Detroit?
But you know what? I like the song. And I like the video.
Maybe you will too.
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There’s a lot of atmosphere in this video.
It makes me want to search for ghosts.
That’s always a good thing.
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This video always makes me think of the end of the world. Maybe that’s the point. Maybe I’m just fixated on the idea of apocalypse.
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How can you not enjoy a video that’s as full of joy as this one?
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On the one hand, I know that the critics have never exactly embraced the songs of Phil Collins. I mean, there’s a reason why it’s such a brilliant joke that, in American Psycho, the vacuous wannabe serial killer Patrick Bateman is a rabid Phil Collins fan. On the one hand, Collins’s music is representative of an era. On the other hand, it’s often used to illustrate everything that was supposedly wrong with that era.
But you know what?
Screw it. I like this song. It’s effective. It works. It’s fun to listen to and I’ll probably find myself singing it sometime tonight. Earlier, I watched a 1984 film called Against All Odds and, when this song played over the final freeze frame, it was a perfect moment.
The video for Take A Look At Me Now was directed by the same guy who directed Against All Odds, Taylor Hackford. Of course, the video itself is mostly made up of clips from the film. In between Phil doing his thing, we get scenes of Jeff Bridges looking young and sexy, Rachel Ward looking sultry, and James Woods looking dangerous.
The song itself was nominated for an Oscar, though it lost to I Just Called To Say I Love You from The Woman In Red.
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