Death Cab's new album is excellent. Everyone should get it.
I saw this video today and noticed that they essentially remade Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" video, but it's the artsy indie version. (Don't knock that Mariah song. It's one of the best torch songs ever written and I am embarrassed to say that it is always on my Ipod top-played list. There just aren't anymore torch songs being written these days. Sad. Props for namechecking Bobby Womack, Mariah! And don't forget that this video singlehandedly relaunched Eric Roberts' 'career.')
As you can see, many parallels can be drawn to the Mariah video:
First off, we have the dashing suitor crashing the wedding. For obvious reasons, the doe-eyed boy from that Amish (no I'm not obsessed) movie Witness was cast as the indie Wentworth Miller.
Instead of rolling around diva-style on a bed or in the shower, DCFC sing the song while sitting on astroturf. Gibbard earns bonus points for his greasy hair and ironic pedophile glasses.
The priest in the Mariah video is better b/c it's the speedo-wearing football player from Blue Crush.
Anyway, same story lines. Ex-lover watches while his dream girl is saying her vows, she sees him and wonders if she's doing the right thing. Except that in the DCFC version, time stops (I was waiting for Zach Morris to pop out and start talking to me) and Cath makes out with the Amish boy, but then because shoegazers don't like happy endings, she rejects her angsty ex-flame, restarts time, and finishes her wedding.
And just because, here is a live version of the best song ever written about hickeys:
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment