Today’s music video of the day comes to use from Ringo Starr and …. hey, this is the first 2025 video that has been shared on the Shattered Lens! I’m happy to give that honor to the most likable member of the Beatles.
This song is from Ringo’s new country-and-western album. Despite being from the Southwest, I tend to prefer EDM to C&W but still, it’s a nice little song. I like the positivity of it. I honestly feel like my prediction that the 2020s would be a lot like the 1970s is finally starting to come true. People are tired of being depressed and stressed all the time.
On another note, my little ADD-wracked brain has been having a hard time remembering that the name of Adam McKay’s latest film is Don’t Look Up and not Don’t Look Now. (Don’t Look Now, of course, is the classic Nicolas Roeg film about Julie Christine and Donald Sutherland taking an eventful trip to Venice and getting to know a mysterious person who wanders around while wearing a red jacket. Seriously, if you’re missing traveling and you’re into the romance of Italy, check out Don’t Look Now!) Fortunately, a friend sent me this video as a way to help me remember the difference between the two. Personally, I prefer the music video to Adam McKay’s film. It’s a lovely video and there’s no one yelling at me.
Toni Colette & The Forward released one album in 2006, Beautiful Awkward Pictures. Two singles were released off the album, this one and the title track. The video for the title track was directed by Nash Edgerton and I’m tempted to think that he may have done this one as well. But I’m not sure so until I get some sort of official confirmation, we’ve got question marks.
This song was written by Toni Collette herself.
Enjoy!
Look up look up The sky is falling Colors changing People laughing In the face of danger
Look out look out The bruise is swelling Streets are bleeding Angels calling In a time of rescue The rivers flooding Boats are sinking Lights are fading An attempt to get through To the ocean of you All naked & blue How do you do
Watch out watch out The fools are fighting There’s love that’s dying An earth that’s crying For the life it once knew Trace the day Across all space To find a smile Upon your face
I could never replace The hue of these days It’s just a phase That we can’t sleep We can only weep For all we can’t keep We live in dream
Hear this hear this The record’s playing There’s lovers swaying A town that’s praying For a laugh to see them through The rocket’s lifting The air is thinning Shapes are shifting Oh god but what a view
One for your time Two for your words Three for a picture of a Four dimensional world Five to live with each other Six to sing the same song Seven not to eat them Eight to feel that you belong Nine to let go of fear Ten to hold your vision dear
Look up look up The sky is falling Colors changing People laughing In the face of danger The bruise is swelling Streets are bleeding Angels calling In a time of rescue The rivers flooding Boats are sinking Lights are fading An attempt to get through The fools are fighting There’s love that’s dying An earth that’s crying For the life it once knew For the life it once knew For the life it once knew For the life it once knew
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