Friday Night Videos

Meet my new favorite song of recent vintage, Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks". It's brilliant for all sorts of reasons. First, it's got a bouncy, infectious groove that that conveys a happy, nostalgic vibe. Except that the lyrics are diametrically opposed to that same vibe. They're seriously dark, akin to laying the lyrics to Aerosmith's "Janie's Got A Gun" over the music from the B-52's "Love Shack." Yeah, that is seriously messed up, but I love the dissonance. The video isn't much to write home about, but I have to admit the home movie approach does tend to reenforce the happy nostalgic quality of the song, especially if the listener just hums along, not paying much attention to the lyrics.



Previously on Friday Night Videos... The Greg Kihn Band.

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