Music videos typically feature a rock band (a) in concert, (b) playing their instruments in some kind of industrial warehouse or (c) smoking cigarettes and wearing tight jeans as they stroll through the streets of London or whatever.
Such music videos are not creative. THEY BORE ME.
Pop music videos aren’t much better. Oh, look, it’s the bubblegum blonde singer dancing while lip-syncing, and she’s got a bunch of backup dancers trying not to dance way, way better than the singer!
Bruce the Springsteen showed us how it’s done, way back when, with this little music video.
Simple song. Simple lyrics. The camera isn’t flying all over the place. And it tells a story that’s deeper and more interesting than “Baby, baby, I want to be your baby.”
Bruce, I salute you.
Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
Oh-oh-oh, I’m on fire
Tell me now baby is he good to you
Can he do to you the things I don’t do
I can take you higher
Oh-oh-oh, I’m On Fire I’m on fire
Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley
Through the middle of my soul
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the
Middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
Oh-oh-oh, I’m on fire
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Whoa! Holy shit he was cute! I loved this song. Dang, be still my heart!
I have a huge soft spot for sexy lyrics with beautiful videos…thanks for reminding me of why I love Springsteen.
LOL. Great video. I hadn’t seen this one before. My sister and i were discussing this a few days ago. She wanted to know why some music videos don’t seem to have much to do with the song meaning. I explained that if every break up song did a MV about breaking up, they would all be exactly the same! Unfortunately, many of them are. The great ones are the ones that are more creative and engaging. Totally agree with you on this point!
I wish romance writers would watch videos like this before they start their days. THIS is sexy.
Well done, isn’t it? Simple does not mean bad. Simple is often great.
I suspect more people don’t do simple is because simple is so hard to do.