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TyronneMidnight Rage: Plus 44, Moby, Madonna and DJ Shadow
October 22nd 2006 00:44
Midnight Rage, so good for so many reasons. New music videos, crazy music videos and of course the only videoplay that skip-hop (Australian hip hop) artists will get. The other night's Midnight Rage hosted a range of artists from Plus 44's first single to a new effort from Tenacious D
. Here's a selection of the best, brought to you by YouTube and the letter H:
Plus 44 - When Your Hearts Stop Beating
This is what you do when your former band's frontman leaves you in the cold and goes off to chase his ego - make the same songs as you did in your former band. While they are admittedly a little darker and slightly more mature than Blink 182's offering, Plus 44's new single is essentially Blink at heart, a mixture of "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket," and their self-titled farewell. Not to say that its no good - quite the opposite, it trumps Angels and Airwaves on most counts. Still, I'm not too sure whether they can keep this up well into the 21st century, and what happened to the supposed electronica they were going to attempt when they first formed.
Moby
- New York New York
The song itself isn't too bad - Moby is known to change styles often, from the deep soothing vocals of his earlier stuff, to his own vocal stylings in later work, and now to a rather mainstream female vocal approach. Nevertheless, its the video that needs the most credit - an over-the-top four-piece dance troupe that make it to New York, and dance amongst its famous structures. There may not be much to it, but its quite entertaining.
Madonna
- Jump
Why? Well for two reasons - firstly because she's recently hooked onto the jumping and aerobatic art of Parkour, a french army-inspired way of jumping over things and a way for founder David Belle to slowly make money. It first made an appearance in Hung Up, the first single from her album "Confessions on a Dance Floor," and is no stranger in this one either. The second reason is even more interesting - it seems Madonna has finally realised that during the 80s, there was actually music other than her own uber-mainstream pop. Almost as an apology to this oversight, she has now gone back and rectified this by copying that music which she ignored. Hung Up had the ABBA piano riff and Jump simply screams 80s. Of course, music is all about 80s these days, but can she jump on the bandwagon in a more obvious way? Probably not.
DJ Shadow featuring Q-Tip and Lateef the Truth-Speaker
- Enuff
I've heard this song quite a few times over the past few weeks and its actually grown on me. It has a suprising skip-hop quality about it - raw with that sort of accent, and actually bearable. Not to mention the cool harmonic chorus. And the video - awesome choreography, cool stop-motion footage, and never forget the dancing box man. Quite a potent combination.
. Here's a selection of the best, brought to you by YouTube and the letter H:Plus 44 - When Your Hearts Stop Beating
This is what you do when your former band's frontman leaves you in the cold and goes off to chase his ego - make the same songs as you did in your former band. While they are admittedly a little darker and slightly more mature than Blink 182's offering, Plus 44's new single is essentially Blink at heart, a mixture of "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket," and their self-titled farewell. Not to say that its no good - quite the opposite, it trumps Angels and Airwaves on most counts. Still, I'm not too sure whether they can keep this up well into the 21st century, and what happened to the supposed electronica they were going to attempt when they first formed.
Moby
- New York New YorkThe song itself isn't too bad - Moby is known to change styles often, from the deep soothing vocals of his earlier stuff, to his own vocal stylings in later work, and now to a rather mainstream female vocal approach. Nevertheless, its the video that needs the most credit - an over-the-top four-piece dance troupe that make it to New York, and dance amongst its famous structures. There may not be much to it, but its quite entertaining.
Madonna
- JumpWhy? Well for two reasons - firstly because she's recently hooked onto the jumping and aerobatic art of Parkour, a french army-inspired way of jumping over things and a way for founder David Belle to slowly make money. It first made an appearance in Hung Up, the first single from her album "Confessions on a Dance Floor," and is no stranger in this one either. The second reason is even more interesting - it seems Madonna has finally realised that during the 80s, there was actually music other than her own uber-mainstream pop. Almost as an apology to this oversight, she has now gone back and rectified this by copying that music which she ignored. Hung Up had the ABBA piano riff and Jump simply screams 80s. Of course, music is all about 80s these days, but can she jump on the bandwagon in a more obvious way? Probably not.
DJ Shadow featuring Q-Tip and Lateef the Truth-Speaker
- EnuffI've heard this song quite a few times over the past few weeks and its actually grown on me. It has a suprising skip-hop quality about it - raw with that sort of accent, and actually bearable. Not to mention the cool harmonic chorus. And the video - awesome choreography, cool stop-motion footage, and never forget the dancing box man. Quite a potent combination.
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