Feathers - (2008)
Music Video/Single by Coheed and Cambria
I think I will start right where I left off in the discography of Coheed and Cambria. Last time I posted a part of this project we looked at the Running Free, lead single from the album No World for Tomorrow. Now we will look at the second single, Feathers. Peaking at number 6 on the billboard 200 Coheed’s popularity was reaching new heights. As a song, Feathers accomplishes two things. Firstly it provides a hook that could easily find its way onto the radio and secondly it takes what made more emo/pop singles (see A Favor House Atlantic or Blood Red Summer) and adds a more calming pretense to the song. The aforementioned tracks had what I like to call a panic mode in them. A bit of a sense of urgency. Something that drew the listener in and got there blood rushing a little bit. Feathers lacks that. Is that a bad thing though? Not really, it’s just a different take on this side of Coheed’s sound. The song itself isn’t that interesting however. Which sort of squanders a lot of potential as at this point Coheed’s popularity was hitting some peaks. The guitar tracks are not necessarily interesting or fresh, neither is the vocal melody. Par for the course is what I would call it. Generic verse/chorus/ structure just doesn’t do it for me in a Coheed song.
The video is f****** wierd as hell though. It opens up to a standard 50’s era nuclear family with the mother cooking breakfast for the father and two boys. The song fits the videos pacing so its not a detriment. The women ends up running out of meat and cannot provide enough for the family, thus they are all disappointed. So when the father and sons leave the house, the woman goes to get more meat. By grinding up the band members bodies into ribs, burger, and sausage. There is a lot of sexual imagery and undertones here. They’re funny I guess, not really my cup of tea though. Overall the video is just weird and not in a good way. It doesn’t effectively create the mood I think the band was going for. No real sense of urgency from the song when there is supposed to be one from the video.
Feathers the song gets a dislike while the video is a meh.
Listen to it yourself and give me your opinions. Like it? Dislike it? Why?