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I couldn't believe how random and funny some of the BTR's promo vids were. Admittedly it's hard for me to pick favorites lol but I'll try...
my top 4 would have to be:
I Don't Like Mondays Dave Tonight Diamond Smiles
I was going to list five but the fifth one would be a four-way tie between She's so Modern, Someone's looking at you, The elephant's graveyard, and A hold of me (what's with that emoticon anyway lol...I know it's Nirvana but it's kinda odd)
but they were all good to some extent. except House on Fire. that was tortuous to watch. it went on way too long and the BTR were barely in it!
Mine were (not because of the songs, but purely video)
1. I dont like Mondays - a bit bored of it, cos its shown all the time. But it still stands the test of time
2. Elephant Graveyard - totall comedy and summed up the band good humour and not to take everything so seriously
3. Dave - Very little dosh was spent on this, but it showed the dark side of this song wonderfully
4. Never in a Million Years. Loved it, but whats it all about?
Also like Banana Republic. The Rats first and only Gay video. Drag me down was shot during the 1984 miners strike, resulting in the Rats being denied a real coalmine to shoot the video. I think they used a disused tin mine in the end
Agree about House on Fire. Looks like it was part of some documentry about the Rats far east tour. The TV clips were fun. If nothing else it showed how times have changed. Looking after number one with the Dolly girls waving their vital statistics about.
Incidently I remember watching 6.55 special. They had Charmed Lives as the first song on the show. During the 'mime' Pete Briquettes bass guitar strap broke, and the guitar crashed to the ground.
Never In A Million Years was so random, I agree. I took it (the video, not the song necessarily) to mean that they were going to stay true to who they were no matter what the press thought. They would not be molded and fashioned by the press to be just like everyone else in the music industry (identical mimes). The poodles scene could've been a representation on what could happen to them (BTR) if they were to fall prey to what the media and society asked of them.
maybe even though the song was saying that they were still stong and alive, even without Gerry. who knows lol...
but the video is still like wtf?? even if it did mean what I thought it did. very strange.
Banana Republic was very amusing that video did not match what the song was saying at all! what was going on? guess they were solely playing on the whole 'banana' thing?
I wouldn't be as confused with some of these vids if it weren't for Bob always saying that the BTR vids were not about the money put into them, but the ideas behind/within them. I wonder what some of those ideas were, especially with Banana Republic, Never in a Million years, and Drag me down. did the BTR know the miners strike was going on? is that why they made the video? or did they already have their video idea in mind, and then were denied the mine? what did the video have to do with the song? As I said in the "in the long grass" forum category, that video seemed kinda gay too, along with Banana Republic.
My fav promo video has to be She's so modern, i just love the way Bob dances about, it's so funny! I also love that song, it's about Paula Yates isn't it?
Now, 'Never in a million years' WHAT IS that all about, i don't know what woz going through their heads at this time, but it certainly wasn't normal! I love that song but it freaks me out.
I aggree that it is about the reaction to the press, it seems that way.
I also love the 'I don't like Mondays' promo. I know it's shown all the time but thats what's good about it, it makes you realise the importance of the message in the lyrics!
I love the way Bob danced during that little guitar riff, all on his tip-toes the rest of the vid was good too, Bob looked great and all the Rats looked like they were having a lot of fun!
The song is about a bunch of girls Bob knew or came across who were coinsidered 'hip' or cool or fashionable or whatever - and Paula was one of em. However, even though the song had originally included a verse specific to Paula, Bob took it out before recording it for whatever reason.
I wish 'Mondays' was shown in the US at least once!
(what's with that emoticon anyway lol...I know it's Nirvana but it's kinda odd)
that video did not match what the song was saying at all! what was going on? guess they were solely playing on the whole 'banana' thing?
