Music Videos: Who?

As some of you Canadians out there know, on MuchMusic there is a show entitled Video On Trial. This program showcases various comedians and their efforts to ridicule music videos. This is not what I will be doing tonight. Tonight I present you with two categories, with two music videos in each. The main purpose is not so much to poke fun at them as it is to remark at their similiarities to one another, enjoy the music, and- well, okay, maybe to mock them just a little.

The first category takes a hint from Clark Kent a.k.a. Superman and believes that the best disguise is a pair of glasses. However, unlike the Caped Crusader the women in these videos are instead trying to hide their good-lookingness behind their frames, and (within the context of their respective videos) succeed.

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me


Marianas Trench - All to Myself


The next two videos are a refreshing foray into a world where being compatible in the sense of physical attractiveness is really not an issue. In other words, the guys who are present in this video are not your usual immaculate adonises, straining to break out of their too-tight shirts or grinning with their pearly-white, perfectly straight teeth.

Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas

EMI and those other (insert expletive here) record companies have decided to not let me embed this video on my blog, so you're just going to have to click here to see it.

Regina Spektor - Fidelity


Hope you guys enjoyed this, and maybe there will be more at some point.

Lyrics 002

Hm, this time the format is sort of however I want it. They can be summarized in saying that in spite of whether or not the lyrics are ridiculous or commendable, they are always held in eager anticipation once the songs first notes are heard.

Stronger - Kanye West

"Let's get lost tonight,
You can be my black Kate Moss tonight."

I almost don't want to say anything about that- it pretty much explains itself. But at least with these words we become aware of what kind of woman Kanye really wants: a short, waifish African American.

Dead and Gone - T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake

"No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday, the heart of me is strong today
No regrets, I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away."

Okay, so apparently TI can't write a song without featuring someone else- but still. I don't listen to a great deal of rap, but I enjoy pretty much this entire song always.

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Theme - Rockapella

"Steal their Seoul in South Korea, make Antarctica cry Uncle,
From the Red Sea to Greenland they'll be singing the blues,
Well they never Arkansas her steal the Mekong from the jungle,"

And,

"Well she'll ransack Pakistan and run a scam in Scandinavia,
Then she'll stick 'em up Down Under and go pick-pocket Perth,
She put the Miss in misdemeanor when she stole the beans from Lima,"

These lyrics strike me with awe with each and every listen.