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Two New Music Videos in Review (Bring Me The Horizon's "Chelsea Smile" & Mayday Parade's "Miserable at Best")
Artist: Bring Me The Horizon
www.myspace.com/bmth
Song:Chelsea Smile
Album: Suicide Season
[Visible Noise (UK) Epitaph (US) Shock (AUS)]
Director: Adam Powell
Producer: Craig Touhy
Music Video: "Chelsea Smile" - Bring Me The Horizon
Making The Video: Part One, Part Two.
Bring Me The Horizon's second video release, Chelsea Smile, off their sophomore album, Suicide Season, was by far their best music video. This video, however, was like many other band's music videos. Chelsea Smile was a big party that destroyed this inside of the house that it was in; but their version would be perfection to many. The video contained a whole lot of alcohol, strobe lights, people in their underwear, sexual advances and a lot of dangerous activity (but hey, that's why parties are fun, isn't it?) My least favourite part of this video would have to be the very beginning when the girl draws and imitaion of the Glasgow/Chelsea Smile with lipstick, not only do I find it incredibly tacky, but I believe it doesn't really fit with the mood even though one of the most known lyrics from the song would be "I may look happy but honestly dear, the only way I'll really smile is if you cut me ear to ear." Bring Me The Horizon had a few of their friends as guests in part of this video. The members of the band Cancer Bats stopped by to play poker and drink beer in the kitchen. The promising of many girls in thier underwear was a major let down when there was onlt about 10 seconds worth of clips from the "Underwear Pillow Fight in the Bedroom." The main thing I do not understand about this video when when the half-naked guy poured soda/beer all over himself in the video. That clip seemed rather pointless, but nonetheless amusing. Overall, this video was well done by both the band and the videos Director, Producer and Set Designer.
Originality: 2/5 stars
Quality: 4/5 stars
Overall: 3/5 stars
Band: Mayday Parade
www.myspace.com/maydayparade
Song: Miserable at Best
Album: A Lesson In Romantics
(Fearless Records)
Director: Mark (Starbark?)
Music Video: "Miserable at Best" - Mayday Parade
Making The Video: Link.
"Miserable at Best" is the third video release (excluding the band-only live "Black Cat" video) of Mayday Parade's hit album "A Lesson in Romantics." This heart-wrenching video is perfect for the song. The video takes place in a wooded area while it's snowing and throughout the ballad, the video displays three different types of break-ups; the "happy/understanding" break-ups, the really sad break-ups where you do not want to break-up, and then the angry break-up. The entire video pulls together by the use of snow and the place where the band performs. The belief that all three of these couples have been at this place together at one point or another and the fact that it is snowing when they break-up really connects the relationships to the band and the song itself. The only thing that I disliked about the video is how only the drummer and the vocalist were really involved and the rest of the band kind of just stood around looking nostalgic because they had no use since the song was a ballad on piano only. In conclusion, Mayday Parade's video for "Miserable at Best" seems to be one of the best music video releases that I have seen in a long time and I hope that every video they make from now on.
Originality 4/5 stars
Quality: 5/5 stars
Overall: 4/5 stars
www.myspace.com/bmth
Song:Chelsea Smile
Album: Suicide Season
[Visible Noise (UK) Epitaph (US) Shock (AUS)]
Director: Adam Powell
Producer: Craig Touhy
Music Video: "Chelsea Smile" - Bring Me The Horizon
Making The Video: Part One, Part Two.
Bring Me The Horizon's second video release, Chelsea Smile, off their sophomore album, Suicide Season, was by far their best music video. This video, however, was like many other band's music videos. Chelsea Smile was a big party that destroyed this inside of the house that it was in; but their version would be perfection to many. The video contained a whole lot of alcohol, strobe lights, people in their underwear, sexual advances and a lot of dangerous activity (but hey, that's why parties are fun, isn't it?) My least favourite part of this video would have to be the very beginning when the girl draws and imitaion of the Glasgow/Chelsea Smile with lipstick, not only do I find it incredibly tacky, but I believe it doesn't really fit with the mood even though one of the most known lyrics from the song would be "I may look happy but honestly dear, the only way I'll really smile is if you cut me ear to ear." Bring Me The Horizon had a few of their friends as guests in part of this video. The members of the band Cancer Bats stopped by to play poker and drink beer in the kitchen. The promising of many girls in thier underwear was a major let down when there was onlt about 10 seconds worth of clips from the "Underwear Pillow Fight in the Bedroom." The main thing I do not understand about this video when when the half-naked guy poured soda/beer all over himself in the video. That clip seemed rather pointless, but nonetheless amusing. Overall, this video was well done by both the band and the videos Director, Producer and Set Designer.
Originality: 2/5 stars
Quality: 4/5 stars
Overall: 3/5 stars
Band: Mayday Parade
www.myspace.com/maydayparade
Song: Miserable at Best
Album: A Lesson In Romantics
(Fearless Records)
Director: Mark (Starbark?)
Music Video: "Miserable at Best" - Mayday Parade
Making The Video: Link.
"Miserable at Best" is the third video release (excluding the band-only live "Black Cat" video) of Mayday Parade's hit album "A Lesson in Romantics." This heart-wrenching video is perfect for the song. The video takes place in a wooded area while it's snowing and throughout the ballad, the video displays three different types of break-ups; the "happy/understanding" break-ups, the really sad break-ups where you do not want to break-up, and then the angry break-up. The entire video pulls together by the use of snow and the place where the band performs. The belief that all three of these couples have been at this place together at one point or another and the fact that it is snowing when they break-up really connects the relationships to the band and the song itself. The only thing that I disliked about the video is how only the drummer and the vocalist were really involved and the rest of the band kind of just stood around looking nostalgic because they had no use since the song was a ballad on piano only. In conclusion, Mayday Parade's video for "Miserable at Best" seems to be one of the best music video releases that I have seen in a long time and I hope that every video they make from now on.
Originality 4/5 stars
Quality: 5/5 stars
Overall: 4/5 stars
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