I like this video because the story it tells can be viewed either negatively or positively.
Now, if you take a literal interpretation, it would appear that the video details not only a possible demonic possession but also an intergalactic invasion of some sort. I mean, when graffiti comes to life, it’s probably reasonable to be a little bit concerned. I guess it depends on how good the artists are in your area.
However, I tend to view the video much more positively, as a celebration of the vibrancy of music, art, and freedom! Myself, whenever I watch this video, I want to go out and dance in the middle of the night. Actually, I do that most nights anyway but still, this video always puts me in a good mood.
(Or an even better mood, as the case may be.)
How you view it will probably depend on how pessimistic or optimistic you are right now.
This is another one of those videos where you spend the majority of the video waiting for a bunch of zombies to pop out of nowhere and start chasing the living down the street. That doesn’t happen here but I still like the atmospheric desolation of this video.
In a way, it actually reminds me a bit of Lost River. I gave that movie a negative review when it was first released but it’s actually grown on me a little bit.
Today, as they tend to say, is the first day of the rest of your life. What better way to celebrate than with a little Blanck Mass?
Dead Format is off of Blanck Mass’s second album, Dumb Flesh. If a rogue planet ever threatens to crash into Earth and exterminate all human life, Dumb Flesh is something that I will definitely make sure to listen to one final time before the end comes. The video for Dead Format is both exuberant and ominous. You’re not really sure if you want to repent your sins or maybe commit some news ones. This is perfect end of the world music. Listen to this track with the knowledge that you could very well be dead and that all of your hopes and dreams could be rendered meaningless within the next two hours.
When this video started, I was a bit worried that the kid was going to end up getting dragged into the sewers by Pennywise but, instead, things worked out pretty well. That’s good. This is a fun video.
For today’s music video of the day, we have one final video for the greatest song of the ’10s, Dangerous by Big Data. In this video, Big Data performs the song on the ALT98.7 FM Penthouse rooftop at the Historic Hollywood Tower.
With each passing day, I became more and more convinced that Big Data’s Dangerous is the most important song of the 2010s. No other song quite captures our paranoid times like this one:
How could you know, how could you know That those were my eyes? Peepin’ through the floor, it’s like they know It’s like they know I’m looking from the outside And creepin’ to the door, it’s like they know And now they’re coming, yeah, now they’re coming Out from the shadows To take me to the court because they know Gotta shut this down ‘Cause they been watching all my windows They gathered up the warrant ’cause they
You understand, I got a plan for us I bet you didn’t know that I was dangerous It must be fate, I found a place for us I bet you didn’t know someone could love you this much
How could they know, how could they know What I’ve been thinking? Like they’re right inside my head because they know Because they know, what I’ve been hiding They’re right under my bed, they’re on patrol Here they come, yeah, here they come Out of the shadows To take me to the court because they know Gotta shut this down ‘Cause they’ve been watching all my windows They gathered up the warrant ’cause they
You understand, I got a plan for us I bet you didn’t know that I was dangerous It must be fate, I found a place for us I bet you didn’t know someone could love you this much
Nobody’s listening when we’re alone Nobody’s listening, there’s nobody listening No one can hear us when we’re alone No one can hear us, no, no one can hear us
I’ve gotta get out of here Sink down, into the dark Keep on runnin’ And I’ve gotta get out of here Keep on runnin’ Sink down, into the dark
You understand, I got a plan for us I bet you didn’t know that I was dangerous It must be fate, I found a place for us I bet you didn’t know someone could love you this much
Valerie already shared two other videosfor Dangerous. Here’s another one of Big Data performing at Los Angeles’s KROQ Red Bull Sound Space. While the studio version features Joywave’s Daniel Armbruster performing the vocals, this live version is performed by Alan Wilkis and Liz Ryan.
I have to admit that this is yet another video that I initially assumed was about vampires. Apparently, it’s not.
My second guess was that it was about the Russian mafia but then they started breaking those plates and I decided that it was more likely that the club was owned by the Greek mafia.
Actually, I think the video’s just about Kristen Stewart doing what she wants and generally kicking ass. That’s why I like this video. The meaning is less important than the style.
Through the Shattered Lens 