do you think that adding videos to good song actualy makes the song worst?

jet · 11-26-2006, 04:50 PM

well it has done so for me

Mr Sensitive · 11-26-2006, 05:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byza2ylKlKs

Here is an example of an excellent and recent music video.

I don't even like Kasabian that much, but this quite impressed me.

jet · 11-26-2006, 09:27 PM

its ok i guess

Blain · 11-26-2006, 10:40 PM

In my experience it makes them better, for example. The Offspring's Pretty Fly For a White Guy, if they hadn't made that video I would've hated that song. But the video is hilarious!

jet · 11-27-2006, 07:39 PM

yeah

effervescence · 11-28-2006, 04:37 AM

I don't see what's so great about the Kasabian video - it just rips off the old iPod ads.

There are some good videos out there for current tracks - the Justice v. Simian and OK Go ones for example, and the Tim Burton video for the Killers song "Bones" bearable. And there are some excellent directors out there (Michel Gondry & Chris Cunningham, for example). But generally most videos are pretty formulaic.

But I've never known a bad video to ruin a song... I'd go along with whoever here said a good video can improve a song, but a bad video doesn't detract from it.

DontRunMeOver · 11-28-2006, 03:36 PM

I don't think that music videos detract from individual songs. I think they can detract from the overall state of the music industry in general though. Crap music which is propelled by a great video has the overall effect of pushing crap music up the charts.

Having said that, its easier to fit a good video for a song which has a good beat or tells a good story in the lyrics, so if it encourages bands to write music with these qualities then maybe it's a benefit too.

11-26-2006, 05:06 PM	#22 (permalink)
Mr Sensitive Hyperkinetic Rabbitything Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the Noodle Mines Posts: 811	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byza2ylKlKs Here is an example of an excellent and recent music video. I don't even like Kasabian that much, but this quite impressed me. __________________

11-26-2006, 04:50 PM	#21 (permalink)
jet Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lousiana Posts: 14	well it has done so for me

11-26-2006, 09:27 PM	#23 (permalink)
jet Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lousiana Posts: 14	its ok i guess

11-26-2006, 10:40 PM	#24 (permalink)
Blain w0rd Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Suva, Fiji Posts: 1,034	In my experience it makes them better, for example. The Offspring's Pretty Fly For a White Guy, if they hadn't made that video I would've hated that song. But the video is hilarious!

11-27-2006, 07:39 PM	#25 (permalink)
jet Groupie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lousiana Posts: 14	yeah

11-28-2006, 04:37 AM	#26 (permalink)
effervescence Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 83	I don't see what's so great about the Kasabian video - it just rips off the old iPod ads. There are some good videos out there for current tracks - the Justice v. Simian and OK Go ones for example, and the Tim Burton video for the Killers song "Bones" bearable. And there are some excellent directors out there (Michel Gondry & Chris Cunningham, for example). But generally most videos are pretty formulaic. But I've never known a bad video to ruin a song... I'd go along with whoever here said a good video can improve a song, but a bad video doesn't detract from it.