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Just when you thought Auto Tune was done to death, it’s prominent in Falling, a music
video from Switzerland’s Michael Resin featuring Benjamin Karmer. I don’t know what
they’re saying in the brief rap spoken in French, but it may be the analog to the Child Is The
Father To The Man aspect of the video. I let my imagination wander along with these starcrossed lovers who have somehow fallen and are seeking help to get back up…together?
This is rough stuff: Can
U Feel by Waheed
Ahmad, featuring
Cassani & Sadiyah,
totally obscures hope
and comprehension by
using every special effect
available in the video
toolbox, over a track that
is drenched and dripping
with every special effect
available from the audio
toolbox. I really do
appreciate the energy
they’ve put into the creative process, but just because you’re invited to the smorgasbord
doesn’t mean you expect that it’s all you can eat.
Here comes some straightforward
positive upliftment from the group
Inches From Sin and their music video
I’ve Seen Better Days. First of all, I
really appreciate the accents from the
brass section, and the tasty – Celeste?
Glockenspiel? Xylophone? – keyboard
is very cheerful, despite the theme of
the video, which is looking back to
your past and remembering all the joy
of your youth. Bonus music video
linkage: The cat playing the Gibson Explorer just about blows the roof off the auditorium
with his last-solo-before-final-bell fieriness. Easily the best music video in this episode –
hats-off to the artists!
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