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...much expressed in lyrics or notes, but instead lies in the exuberant rhythms and beauty of its infinitely nuanced construction. Dance music is carefully crafted sound as architecture, but constantly in motion and change. By nature, unfortunately, it seems incompatible with the instant-gratification needs of MTV and mainstream radio, which cater to those with short attention spans—that is, the record-buying public at large...
...mostly owe to Michael Jackson. Perhaps you’ve recently heard the guys reap the fruits of the King’s labor in their chunky-guitar cover of “Smooth Criminal,” or seen the smart-ass video. It’s on MTV in the late afternoon, y’know, after school...
...certain that a great many are listening to what the band have to say. Their sophomore opus, Toxicity, has spawned the band’s first true hit, “Chop Suey.” The track’s music video has gained surprising attention on MTV as frequent play on mainstream radio. But while the success of other metal acts has been tainted with inner-industry cries of “sell-out” and a subsequent loss of respect in the metal community, System have not changed their sound to sell records, but have instead...
...does little to redeem its constant mistreatment of the overweight and unattractive. Poking fun at issues like body image is a treacherous endeavor, but not an impossible one. Weezer, in this summer’s music video for “Hashpipe,” successfully managed to satirize MTV culture by parodying the short-attention-span hyper-sexuality that so pervades music, movies and television. In the case of the “Hashpipe” video, the subject was not a Britney Spears or Cameron Diaz, but instead a pair of fighting sumo wrestlers. By fetishizing fleshy backsides...
...couple of gulps, Zhang sets his camera firmly on the ground. In one kitsch-glorious shot (there are many in the film), the stewardesses stride across the tarmac as the pilots proudly await. We get close-up head shots and slow-mo: a collective cut-and-paste of every MTV-Bruckheimer gimmick served up in a few flickering seconds...