Poetry in motion: A video weblog

Monday, September 22, 2008

More bodies break...

The BREAKER video has inspired the most sincere form of flattery.

This first one gets it best, with extra points for the nonsensical outfits.



Emo boys can barely get to the second glass of milk...



These bros went with chocolate...

There will be cake



The Minnesota band LOW has been making stomach churning anthems for years, but their spare and stark video for last year's BREAKER marks the first time the complex intensity of their music has been matched visually. That is to say the surreal, palpable intensity which is conveyed without the obvious signifyers of doom and gloom, darkness, or slow-motion.

It's hard to watch, but this may be one of the strongest pieces of experimental music videos I've seen. LOW play tonight in NEW YORK CITY, and tomorrow in BROOKLYN.

Total Eclipse of the Heart



The previous clip from BÉLA TARR may describe a total eclipse of the sun, but that doesn't begin to describe what might happen if you were an 80's power balladeer in love with a bright-eyed school boy.

A legendary music video that gloriously pulls out all stops... By popular request, here is the great BONNIE TYLER. Enjoy.