I always wonder how closely a finished piece of artwork comes to the actual vision/intention of the artist. For instance, when Picasso pulled his brushes away from his canvass was he filled with a feeling of discovery or a feeling of "yep, that's what I set out to do?" Certainly serendipity plays a major role for most artists. There is nothing more pleasing than stumbling upon benevolent accidents and chance. However, I have always been a fan of really bad music videos. I'm not talking about bad music because if that were the criteria then most music videos would be classified as DOA. I'm talking about those videos that are nothing more than low budget train wrecks from the very get go. The kind that make you cover your face in embarrassment for anyone involved. The kind that makes you ask "is this REALLY what the artist had in mind the first time he/she heard the music?" Below are just a few examples of distorted vision.
This one is just wrong on so many levels. "Hey, we have ten minutes to throw a video together...let's do it." Fuck the death penalty, you commit murder...you have to be a dancer in this group!
This is what happens when a self absorbed lead singer has a producer blowing smoke up his ass, "Tommy, you're a God! We'll get hot dancing chicks dressed like Indians,we'll have fire trucks and fighter jets, the cavalry will come storming over the hill...and you baby will be the star. By the way we have $52 bucks in the account."
Journey...just phoning in the effort.
This was literally a career ending video for Billy Squier. It doesn't get any worse than this folks!
Rocky M. making Billy Squier look like Fred Astaire.
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After watching these I truly felt like I had made a trip to hell or a very very bad place.
Funny though, I thought the Billy Squier one was the best.
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