Thursday, November 30, 2006
Why Wait For New Songs?
When something new and amazing is either slow coming or slow to get acknowledged the industry likes to go back and revive the past, the ongoing posthumous success of rappers is a good testament to this. Now there are two music videos out from long absent, now resissued Aussie band The Triffids, and also another Johnny Cash promo clip.
Both Johnny and Triffids frontman Dave McComb are both real gone, as they would say in Mojo, and both videos tackle this problem differently. The Triffids are low budget and getting a full reissue promgram in the UK from Domino Records, and they've made a clip for Save What You Can, of the groups 1997 Calenture album. By this time they had abandoned their original sound and instead become produces of polished pop, which makes you wonder why this song was never released as a single originally. Without an overwhelming commitment to imaginative thinking the song has been paired to footage of New York Artist Steeve Keene doing what he does best, making many copies of the same painting at the same time without the Andy Warhol consumerism commentary.
The Triffids; Save What You Can
The Man In Black has a far better deal, he's got the following, the money behind him, and most importantly, an endless list of celebrities trying to attach themselves to his legend. It reminds me of the posthumous Joe Strummer video for Redemption Song, the one where they paint him with fliddy arms. Coldplay, Travis, Kid Rock and U2 representing Johnny Cash seems alien to me, and I'm sure that Kate Moss is in there to (She does seem to be everywhere, didn't the media despise her earlier this year?). Johnny said he didn't want the video for Hurt to become his epitath, but if he'd of seen this he may have reconsidered, because considering the songs he wrote I couldn't picture him being a fan of Travis, Coldplay, The Killers or Kid Rock, all of whom get their faces into this list of hacks. A better video would have shown the people whom deserve to get cut down, but then, I guess that thats what this unintentionally does.
Johnny Cash; Gods Gonna Cut You Down
Lets hope some mind expanding and original videos come out soon for people that are still breathing, or that if they insist on not letting Cash go to rest, they at least take something from the far better Personal Files.
Both Johnny and Triffids frontman Dave McComb are both real gone, as they would say in Mojo, and both videos tackle this problem differently. The Triffids are low budget and getting a full reissue promgram in the UK from Domino Records, and they've made a clip for Save What You Can, of the groups 1997 Calenture album. By this time they had abandoned their original sound and instead become produces of polished pop, which makes you wonder why this song was never released as a single originally. Without an overwhelming commitment to imaginative thinking the song has been paired to footage of New York Artist Steeve Keene doing what he does best, making many copies of the same painting at the same time without the Andy Warhol consumerism commentary.The Triffids; Save What You Can
The Man In Black has a far better deal, he's got the following, the money behind him, and most importantly, an endless list of celebrities trying to attach themselves to his legend. It reminds me of the posthumous Joe Strummer video for Redemption Song, the one where they paint him with fliddy arms. Coldplay, Travis, Kid Rock and U2 representing Johnny Cash seems alien to me, and I'm sure that Kate Moss is in there to (She does seem to be everywhere, didn't the media despise her earlier this year?). Johnny said he didn't want the video for Hurt to become his epitath, but if he'd of seen this he may have reconsidered, because considering the songs he wrote I couldn't picture him being a fan of Travis, Coldplay, The Killers or Kid Rock, all of whom get their faces into this list of hacks. A better video would have shown the people whom deserve to get cut down, but then, I guess that thats what this unintentionally does.
Johnny Cash; Gods Gonna Cut You Down
Lets hope some mind expanding and original videos come out soon for people that are still breathing, or that if they insist on not letting Cash go to rest, they at least take something from the far better Personal Files.
