I was reading Drake Stachler's final post on his blogspot. He was talking about music videos, specifically mentioning the band Muse's music video for their hit song "Knights of Cydonia".
This video tells a story. The band Muse is known for their master musicianship, but their lyrics also speak on political levels. It is an interesting music video, and it reminded me of one of my favorite videos: "Californication" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. To this day I have no idea what the song is about, I think alot of lead singer Anthony Kiedis' lyrics are just poetry thrown together. This music video is by far thee coolest video ever. After I first saw this video (sometime when I was in gade school) I wrote a fan letter to the band imploring them to create a pointless video game starring the band members. They must not have received the letter, because it would've been a good idea. Even if the game had no intention, and no plot whatsoever I'd still play it on a nearly constant basis. In my letter I told them the soundtrack should include all of their previous music. Is this not a great idea? Everytime I view this video (which, sadly, is quite frequently) I wonder what the characters are doing in their setting. The point, i believe, is for them to reach the "Red Hot Chili Pepper" symbol. Upon doing so they are warped back to reality, where they are performing the song in the middle of the sky. I ponder the possibilities of such a pointless and aimless video game...my word it would be glorious.
I have yet to view a video as cool as this one. It's not the most prolific or inspiring video out there, but there is no question that it is absolutely attention grabbing. If I grow up, and for some reason become a big video game designer, I will waste all of my money on designer a game starring the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I figure it would sell relatively well, based on the large fan base that the band has acquired over it's twenty-plus years of existence. Even if the game flopped, though, I would play it everyday. Yes, it would be a huge waste of time and I would be accomplishing absolutely nothing, but I have the sneaking suspicion that it would be worth my while.
