Friday Night Videos

You know, there's a lot of new music coming out that I actually like, believe it or not. And by "new" music, I mean anything from the past 5 years or so. It seems that for every slickly-packaged, insubstantial pop tart like Katie Perry, there's another, more soulful singer emerging that is willing to experiment and take music into less-traveled territories. More often than not, they're Brits. What's up with that? Amy Winehouse is the obvious example, simply because she got there first, but sadly, personal problems limited her musical output before her untimely death. Adele is so wildly successful right now that she's become a popular target of Saturday Night Live. Another sound I'm currently taken with is Florence and the Machine, and their 2009 hit, "Dog Days are Over," is simply breathtaking. The video, considered separately, is also a show stopper--if the parlance of the writer-oriented "Turkey City Lexicon" were applied to this clip, it would best be described as a non-stop series of "Eyeball kicks." The visuals are striking, iconic and infectious, teasing and seducing the viewer with their vibrant surreality. Enjoy.



Previously on Friday Night Videos... Al Jarreau and Sheena Easton.

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