Bassed

This video feels lazy. I’d much rather see her playing her bass, because she’s amazing at that.

That said, it’s hard to look cute in a black backless body suit and she does that, so it’s not a total loss. The below, though, is more my style. OMG that bass. I wish I could play anything like she plays the bass.

Check out this move around 1:49. Damn that’s slick. We didn’t know we needed a female Les Claypool, but we in fact did.

Lorde – Tennis Court

Just such a great video. I watch it every few months. What looks easy here is actually hard. The shoot itself takes only a few hundred dollars worth of equipment if you rent it but coaxing your subject into being so static yet interesting for more than three minutes is an art. And that’s not easy at all.

I was hoping the uniqueness and pure force of Lorde’s first album was presaging a cultural shift. Alas, it did not. And we haven’t had one of those in a long time, no matter what some clowns claim. But I hope we do still one day.

Since You’re Gone – The Pretty Reckless

I don’t even like the song that much but Taylor’s voice is amazing. She has such control while singing so loud. Also, blonde goth girls are the rarest species of true goths. They are becoming endangered and should be protected at all costs1.

  1. Yes, I realize this video is 13 years old.