This video really epitomizes the joy of music videos. Although a catchy, enjoyable song with plenty to show for itself in audio format, when this tune is in sync with Christopher Walken (as happens with most things when in sync with that man), magic happens. There was a period of time when I'd wake up to catch the bus and have maybe ten or so minutes to eat breakfast in front of the TV, and I'd either watch the super condensed NBA highlights from the ESPNews channel (even more condensed than SportsCenter), or I'd watch the MTV and VH1 morning wake-up music video countdown/mix. Now I know of the outrage at these stations for playing filth and no longer music videos, but I will submit that they do still play videos either at 4 am or somewhere around there and in the early morning. Granted, nowadays, it's not that great because all of these new videos playing are from bands that are knockoffs of Nickelback, which is a knockoff of Creed, which was a knockoff of Bush, which was actually a good band that basically looked up to the even better Pearl Jam and Nirvana.
Anywho, this is the setting when I'd find myself the music videos that would stick with me, and this video in particular stands above most all of them. Christopher Walken basically just dances his ass off around an empty and gigantic hotel, and I won't spoil the end if you haven't seen it, but it somehow gets even better at the end. Apparently Walken did dancing and probably a ton of theater before the likes of Deer Hunter, and it shows here. The man's got moves, moves we all wish we had.
(They removed the embedding capability for this video and sorry for the advertisement - stupid Youtube trying to actually make a buck, I mean come on!)
There is a pretty famous video. You know it's big when I've actually seen parts of it, although I had forgotten or never seen that ending. Haha, that's hilarious about the knockoffs. I love going through that chain until you get back to the original ancestors. Almost every '90s band was in some way, shape, or form a knockoff of those early Seattle ones. At least until Radiohead came out, then probably the process started all over again.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my absolute favorite music videos!!! I'm so glad you mentioned it! Although I have to disagree with Creed being a knockoff of Bush, the rest make perfect sense. And Edward is right, the chain goes on forever! Veruca Salt - Babes in Toyland - Hole - The Muffs - Bikini Kill - L7 ...
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