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09/18/2007
Kelly, "Let Me Borrow That Top"
From Liam Sullivan, the man who brought you "Shoes," comes another music video starring the delciously bitchy Kelly (Sullivan himself). Actually, first there's a four minute, non-musical intro with a quirky look at Kelly's whole family, and the hilarity that ensues when her Aunt Susan, an earthy lesbian folk singer, comes to visit.
But then Kelly's neighbor Caitlin comes home with a cute new top, and the musical highjinks get underway. Chearleaders! Ninjas! Heaven! Riots! LisaNova! Dave Navarro! Margaret Cho! This video has everything!
Seriously, betch. Let Kelly borrow that top. She's earned it. (Don't make me have to betchslap the dumb out of you.)
05/31/2007
My Chemical Romance, "Teenagers"
Take an impossibly catchy hook and paranoid-chic lyrics, add joyfully provocative images like mushroom clouds and cheerleaders in gas masks, and -- if you're lucky enough to be fronted by Gerard Way, the man who launched a thousand fanfics -- you've got yourself a hit.
But "Teenagers" is more than just a seductively jaunty anthem of adolescent alienation; it's also Way's commentary on teen gun crime. The video ends with the words "VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER" and a message urging kids to get help if they feel like acting out. Still, there's a fine line being walked here, and when your lyrics go, "if you're troubled and hurt, what you got under your shirt will make them pay for the things that they did," you're placing a lot of faith in your fans' sense of irony.
Of course, that doesn't mean I won't be singing "Teenagers scare the living shit out of me" softly to myself all day long. Yeah!
