10.7.14: The Last VJ’s Top 5 Music Videos of the Week
Welcome to The Last VJ, music fans! I apologize in advance because some of these are going to be hella depressing. I mean like, you’re probably going to cry openly during at least one of them. Stick through it, though, and you’ll see some happy nuttiness. Let’s roll that footage.
Generationals, “Gold Silver Diamond”
Sometimes you just have to give a video more of a chance. I can’t tell you how many times in the course of looking for videos for this column I watch 30 seconds of a video and skip on past it because it’s boring. I almost did that with “Gold Silver Diamond”, but I’m glad I gave it just a little more.
We’re at a some sort of house party, full of a wide variety of people in white jumpsuits just dancing around. Nothing special about that, really, but then director Spencer Creigh pulls us back and we see that this is actually a joyride in space. The rocket orbits the planets, all emblazed with human faces singing the song. Two of the dancers start a little romance, and go off to find some privacy.
What they come back to is terrifying. I won’t spoil it by saying what it is, but it’s a great twist that is unexpected and shocking in the way it catches you off guard. Overall just a brilliant video that is as fun as it is cruel.
Afternoons, “Say Yes”
This one will tug right at your heart strings. “Say Yes” follows a man named Jose who lives in Los Angeles. His wife passed away three years prior and he says he hasn’t seen his children in seven. Jose works and lives, but always on the edge of life.
That doesn’t stop him from trying to make the world a little better however he can. After watching him wander around the city for most of the day gathering supplies, he dresses in his best clothes handing out rose to people. It’s small, it’s largely meaningless, it’s the most touching thing in the world. As the song itself says, “Watch the darkness turn into light.”
