Sunday, July 1, 2007

Time for another...

"10, 9, 8, and I'm breaking away..."
~Shiny Toy Guns

People keep asking me who my favorite bands are. The more I do music, the more I have no idea. So here is, instead, a list of my top 10 music videos, complete with links to go view them at your leisure. Don't watch them, you won't enjoy them if you are over 40. Except for #2. Watch that one. And then go out and buy the album.
[Compiler's note: I don't actually watch a lot of music videos, and when I do, my standards are pretty high. So this isn't an all-time list... it's just recently.]

10. "We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands"-- The Academy Is... TWO William Becketts? I think I could handle that, and the Pete Wentz cameo is pretty amazing.
9. "Are You In?"-- Incubus. This one really only makes the list because I want to be one of the girls in the video. And because the singer has a four-and-a-half octave vocal range.
8. "Move Along"-- The All-American Rejects. That black shirt the lead singer wears when singing in the pool? Yeah, I have the same one.
7. "Silver and Cold"-- AFI. Filmed in Prague. I've been there, it really does look like this.
6. "All That I've Got"-- The Used. I won't lie, after 30 Seconds to Mars perfected the old-scary-house video, this one kind of faded in awesomeness, but it's still a classic.
5. "My Darkest Hour"-- Scary Kids Scaring Kids. They're on my label, but the video is hilarious only because it may as well be me and my friends in that car.
3. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"-- Panic! At the Disco. Eyes painted on eyelids? I'm always a sucker for a circus in a church.
2. "Stateside"-- Hot Rod Circuit. I have been watching this video for weeks at work now, since way before it was released, and I STILL can't watch it without getting the giggles. Current favorite part: the looks on the band's faces at the doctor's office.
1. "From Yesterday"-- 30 Seconds To Mars. This "epic" is nearly fifteen minutes of fist-in-the-air, hair-in-the-face, black-clothed, fireworks-and-subtitles emo goodness.

As I said, you should probably not watch them, mainly because if you do, you too are likely to start piercing random parts of your face, growing your hair into a swoop, and wearing nothing but Chuck Taylor's and concert tees. But do watch number two. You won't regret it.

Cinematic!
~B

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