OK, OK, OK… So, this is a little out there, but bear with me on this one…
Every time I listen to this song I think I should have really been a music video director. Throughout the years (probably starting around age 8 or 9), I can’t help but just visually go somewhere in my mind when I hear certain music. I have been creating music videos in my head for quite some time now, and I just had to blog the idea for this one. Perhaps it has something to do wiht the fact that I most certainly have synesthesia, (just recently realized this), but it’s not exactly the same thing. If anything it just points to the fact that I am yeah, crazy. Just kidding, better word, creative.
OK picture the scene. It’s a stormy night, and the camera is from the perspective of our main character: lanky hipster A. In sepia toned black and white film we see him come across a somewhat haunted looking house. He walks inside to find a party going on. Everyone at the party is wearing vintage Peanuts Halloween masks on their faces, and wearing the same outfits. The men are wearing white collared shirts with black slacks and thin black ties, while the women are wearing 60′s A-line knee length dresses. As the lead moves from room to room unmasked he notices that everyone is just standing around with party punch in their hands. No one is really moving or drinking. As he walks into each room, he finds that the motion of his steps starts to create a sort of electricity. Perhaps it’s like a thin white light flowing through the ground, and sometimes it’s like a spark coming through his eyes. (would relate to some kind of motif that he is not pretending to be anyone but himself. The whole masked/unmasked theme.)
At first the electricity from the lead creates a little buzz. The guys start to tap their feet, then the women start to bend their knees. As he grabs a cup from one of the party goers, he takes a sip and then hands it back to them. The party goer takes a sip from the cup and he begins to dance. Maybe something a little old school and silly like the Watusi. Once the party goer starts dancing the crowd stops doing their lame half dance movements to stare at him. (Enter close up shots of masked part goers here). They then violenty break out into dance. As the song builds they all start to go a little more nuts, and by the end of the video everyone is in full swing. People start jumping on the couch, throwing cups, pillows, picture frames, random other party elements like streamers, silly string, food bowls, it get kinda kooky. As the party gets more animated, the sepia toned film starts to warm into a brighter red until the color looks like it is about to burst, and the film actually seems to tremble. For a split second it seems like the camera is broke, and you see VHS type fuzz. We then quickly return back to the party scene, and before you can even blink the whole screen is in full color.
Whew. I don’t know. It felt good to just put that out there. Hey, it’s just a thought, and it’s been awhile since the film/ TV production days… You feel me? Maybe it’s time to start going on a more creative path with my career.
In addition to that I got some music videos running around in my head to songs like “Hotel Yorba”, “Lust For Life”, “Watching The Detectives”…
