MUSIC VIDEOS

Music videos for me, are a legitimate form of entertainment in their own right -- music videos are no more mere fillers to kill a few minutes here and there as one awaited the start of a TV show.
This creative art form with its rich visual treats can work wonders on the viewers when a good song is married off with a great video.
Take the band Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. They have a song called “Face Down” that has a fabulously blistering guitar work that’s absolutely delightful to me in a cathartic way.
It helps that the music video is very watchable with a good narrative, portraying youth and angst, two things very important to young people everywhere. Now, this is a perfect song to inject some life back into your life after a long day!
Of course, occasionally, you do accidentally bump into strange talents like the high-pitched wonder James Blunt. If I didn’t quite like his rendition of the suicide song “You’re Beautiful”, despite the fact that the lyrics was rich.
But his new snazzy song, “1973”, has a hip tune and a classy and highly watchable video that makes his singing bearable.
Occasionally, there are curiosities that pique my interest. The current curiosity is a songbird called Che’nelle who renders her single “I Fell In Love with the DJ” with a nice girly zest. She is borne of Chinese-Indian parentage in Malaysia (Sabah), grew up in Australia (which explains her spunky and vivacious personality) and is now based in New York. I confess
that I am partial to her song because she is a Malaysian-born girl. There’s still something to be said about patriotism with regard to seeing a fellow Malaysian’s success!
Oh, above all else at the moment has to be Fatboy Slim’s “That Old Pair of Jeans”, probably the most fabulous and life-affirming song there is at this point in time. The sense of delight you get from Fatboy Slim’s wise lyrics and the absolutely inspired video is amazing. You have to see it believe it! The video features a talented cheer-leader type girl who demonstrates an almost other-worldly ability to twirl the hula hoop. Sigh, if only all song were this good!
To brind the adrenaline rush to normal level again, there is the Plain White Ts with the saccharine sweet “Hey There Delilah”. I personally love this song although many have said it is too sappy for their liking. What can I say - I am a sucker for delusional young love! (For we all know that in real life, love is an overrated thing!)
For a bit of naughtiness, there is Rihana’s “Shut Up and Drive” for contrast. This beautiful girl from Barbados is turning out to be quite a watchable talent, taking risks with her image and saucy music video. “Shut Up And Drive” is a great follow up to
“Umbrella” -- both songs tend to stay in your mind long after you have heard them.
All of which bring us to the most talented singer songwriter on the planet today: Will.I.Am of the Blackeyed Peas.
He writes the most inventive lyrics in this day and age and has a knack for coming up with videos that are
both naughty and extremely nice to watch.
If only half of the other singer-songwriters were as talented as this gloriously gifted and unassuming man!
I am, of course, hooked on Will.I.Am’s super cheeky solo outing, “I Got It From My Mama”.
I mean, what else can you expect from the man who gave us the utterly scandalous and salacious “My Hump”
as performed by the sizzling Fergie?!
Will.I.Am deserves to go places in the pop world and indeed he has, with many successful collaborations with other artistes.
I can’t wait to get my hands on his latest album. Perhaps I would even be lucky enough to score an interview with this genius of a man one of these days!