So beautiful. I'm sure that this is banned from TV, but I'd prefer that my future children watch something like this than the crap that they call music videos now.
H/T to What Tami Said.
Showing posts with label Music Videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Videos. Show all posts
2.17.2011
"Good Man" by Raphael Saadiq
This video is gorgeous. I had a crush on Chad Coleman when watching The Wire, and Yaya DaCosta is absolutely stunning here.
Raphael Saadiq "GOOD MAN" from Isaiah Seret on Vimeo.
Raphael Saadiq "GOOD MAN" from Isaiah Seret on Vimeo.
10.04.2010
Kanye's "Power" on SNL
This is one of the best live performances that I've seen in a long time. You can't even tell that it's on a stage. That's why it's so hard for me to be mad at Kanye when he acts up, there are so few creative rappers out there, I'm just glad that he exists.
5.05.2010
New Music Videos from Beyonce and Sade
Beyonce's "Why Don't You Love Me?" is from a bonus track on her last album. I love the song and the video, it's one of few songs that Beyonce's come out with in the past few years that I've been able to relate to. In the past I've tried too hard to be perfect for a guy, only to wonder why he doesn't see how awesome I am. I think the video is cute too, and it made me wonder if Beyonce's problem, acting-wise, is that she's always trying to play the heroine. I suspect that, despite the fact that she seems like a very nice person in real life, she'd probably be very good at playing a tortured, bitchy diva.
"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.
"Babyfather" by Sade, actually made me tear up a little while I was watching it at work yesterday during lunch. I think it was the lyric, "Your daddy's love comes with a lifetime guarantee". I've always thought that I was okay not having a father my whole life, but every now and then something will remind of what I've missed. The video is gorgeous, though, and Sade is the most beautiful woman in music.
H/T to Soul Culture for the videos.
"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.
"Babyfather" by Sade, actually made me tear up a little while I was watching it at work yesterday during lunch. I think it was the lyric, "Your daddy's love comes with a lifetime guarantee". I've always thought that I was okay not having a father my whole life, but every now and then something will remind of what I've missed. The video is gorgeous, though, and Sade is the most beautiful woman in music.
H/T to Soul Culture for the videos.
4.02.2010
"Tightrope" by Janelle Monae - Music Video
Such a cool video! And the song really makes me want to move.
3.13.2010
Lady Gaga's "Telephone" Music Video
I had to post it, being a movie buff who's fascinated by Lady Gaga's insanity. I don't see how the video fits with a song, I mean, hell, she's not a bad actress (ahem, Beyonce), she should just start making her own bizarre acid tripped movies. I'd pay to see it. Um, since she and Bey are apparently best buddies, does that mean that I'm going to have to suffer through her dragging down future Gaga endeavors? I mean, she looks amazing (when did her boobs get that big? Pregnant?), but I kinda would have preferred her singing, not talking. Oh, and a note: this is apparently the rated R version (for naughty words, a possible cooter sighting, and multiple shots of Lady Gaga's skinny little bubble butt), so do not watch at work.
1.14.2010
11.14.2009
"Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga
I'm not convinced of her vocal ability, but I'm guessing that's not the point of Lady Gaga. I can respect that she's a woman in the entertainment industry who's in control of her image, because you can't say that about many. I mean, no suit at a record label could create something as bizarre as this:
No, that crazy is all Lady Gaga.
No, that crazy is all Lady Gaga.
"Russian Roulette" by Rihanna
I know she's not the greatest singer, but somehow she's made me a fan. I really like her darker videos, and while I hate the photo-shopped blood, the images in this video are beautiful.
8.06.2009
Music Video for "Bad Habit" by Maxwell
This is my favorite song from Maxwell's new album. And I love that the video is exactly what I was imagining in my head - pure forbidden sexiness. Oh, to be someone's bad habit, if only for a little while (but, without the adultery). *Sings* "I can't control the feeling..."
7.31.2009
Shakira: "She Wolf" Music Video
This video is insane, so I had to share it. It may just look like a hot chick shaking her goodies around, but a lot of her moves are derived from pilates and yoga, and as someone who has done both, that shit is hard. And boy, she is flexible. The song is...meh, but I can imagine it getting played in a lot of clubs.
6.03.2009
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Videos
Found this...somewhere. Oooops. I'd been hearing about it for a while, so was excited that it could be previewed for free. That said, it really lays out everything that I've begun to feel about music videos and hip hop culture.
+ I never realized how pervasive these images are in videos. I guess, because I came of age watching them, that I just thought it was normal. I realize now that there aren't many music videos that I can think of that don't have unrealistic sexual images of women.
+ I think its ridiculous how so many female artists have become the video "hos" in their own videos. It's like they don't realize who buys their records. The straight male viewers who they're shaking their asses for ARE NOT BUYING THEIR ALBUMS, for the most part. So who cares if men think that they're hot? Now, I don't think that every one who the narrator mentions are just trying to appeal to the male gaze. Janet Jackson did start off innocent and become...freaky, but I think that the freakiness is all her, not just an act for the cameras. I kind of feel the same way about Christina Aguilera, but she may just be fucked up in the head.
+ I've always been someone to deny how much the media affects our behavior, but good Lord, I wonder now. I always thought that nothing can make a man behave in the ways that this movie shows (groping women, tearing their clothes off, etc.), that men who do this are just sexist assholes. But I see now how being inundated with images of a "dreamworld" where all women are ready and willing can make a teenager (or loser) who has little experience with real women outside of their families think that all women want this, especially if they're dressed similarly to the women in the videos.
+ Is this why men get pissed when I don't respond to their rude comments on the street? Because they think that, as a young black woman, I must want to fuck them because we're all nymphos? But these men tend to be older, old enough to be my father, in fact, so why would they be so influence by music and videos made by men half their age?
+ I'm debating deleting the few Snoop Dogg songs that I have, after all of that "another bitch broke" stuff. I should, the only one that I would miss is "Drop It Like It's Hot".
+ Those comments at the end by "real" men are really frightening. And of course, the fact that 1 in 6 (although I've always heard 1 in 3) women are sexually assaulted. Either way, it means that it's just luck that I've never been a victim, that no one ever wanted to "take me down a peg".
+ I never realized how pervasive these images are in videos. I guess, because I came of age watching them, that I just thought it was normal. I realize now that there aren't many music videos that I can think of that don't have unrealistic sexual images of women.
+ I think its ridiculous how so many female artists have become the video "hos" in their own videos. It's like they don't realize who buys their records. The straight male viewers who they're shaking their asses for ARE NOT BUYING THEIR ALBUMS, for the most part. So who cares if men think that they're hot? Now, I don't think that every one who the narrator mentions are just trying to appeal to the male gaze. Janet Jackson did start off innocent and become...freaky, but I think that the freakiness is all her, not just an act for the cameras. I kind of feel the same way about Christina Aguilera, but she may just be fucked up in the head.
+ I've always been someone to deny how much the media affects our behavior, but good Lord, I wonder now. I always thought that nothing can make a man behave in the ways that this movie shows (groping women, tearing their clothes off, etc.), that men who do this are just sexist assholes. But I see now how being inundated with images of a "dreamworld" where all women are ready and willing can make a teenager (or loser) who has little experience with real women outside of their families think that all women want this, especially if they're dressed similarly to the women in the videos.
+ Is this why men get pissed when I don't respond to their rude comments on the street? Because they think that, as a young black woman, I must want to fuck them because we're all nymphos? But these men tend to be older, old enough to be my father, in fact, so why would they be so influence by music and videos made by men half their age?
+ I'm debating deleting the few Snoop Dogg songs that I have, after all of that "another bitch broke" stuff. I should, the only one that I would miss is "Drop It Like It's Hot".
+ Those comments at the end by "real" men are really frightening. And of course, the fact that 1 in 6 (although I've always heard 1 in 3) women are sexually assaulted. Either way, it means that it's just luck that I've never been a victim, that no one ever wanted to "take me down a peg".
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