Archive for the ‘Music Videos’ Category
Motion and Emotion
There is something about being human that needs, and indeed, demands passion in order to be fully alive. That passion can be found in music, the great visual arts, writing, or performance. It is a vital, magical component of existence that takes us out of ourselves, and returns us to our ordinary lives enriched and ...
Safety David
I don’t really know how it’s possible to take the adoration, the frenzy, the sheer manic passion that accompanies a David Archuleta concert and turn it into a tepid and lifeless snooze of a video, but gosh dang-it if Jive didn’t figure out a way to do just that. Look, I can process the idea that ...
David is in a Relationship
…with the camera. Holy rockin,’ strummin,’ and smokin,’ talk about your mega-watt Archugazin.’ If the girls weren’t swooning before, they will be now. Very nice art direction. And, may I ask why Mr. Archuleta doesn’t wear baby blue more often? Terrific color on him. To the ladies (and a few gentlemen) of notingDavid: Please arrange for ...
Keeping the Lid On
These AOL Sessions are a strange hybrid. They contain all the trappings of a live performance but without an audience, and the control of a studio set-up but without the finesse. I’m not convinced that this is a worthy trade-off. The interests of those performers for whom only a massive amount of audio manufacturing will ...
The Gay Question
Ever since the Crush video leaked, there have been numerous threads throughput the web veering in all kinds of directions based on a suggestion in various blogs and forums that there was perhaps some ambiguity in the video, in a couple of shots, about who the main character (please note the use of the phrase ...