1-800-BAND’s Would You Believe It? Music Video World Premiere!
Endless Picnic is, like, totally stoked to announce their FIRST! MUSIC! VIDEO! The clip, for Brooklyn’s beloved toll-free rockers 1-800-BAND, was directed and shot by The Picnic’s Dave Cavallo (aka “me”) and cut and graded by our fabulous in house edit-bot Alex Ricciardi. A mix of modern and retro influences that were discussed over lengthy sessions (at the band’s favorite bar, where else?) I think the vid does the band justice. (To tell you the truth, it brings a tear to me eye, as it reminds me a bit of the days when MTV actually played…music videos.) Enjoy!
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Ron Egozi 7:28 pm on March 15, 2012 Permalink
The video’s an excellent reflection of teen dreams and pop culture that inspires those dreams.
uhhhhhhh 12:18 pm on January 15, 2013 Permalink
Fact is this is a tastefully done video, and a scathing social critique if it was the director’s intention. The tween girl is merely reflecting the hypersexual female role that society has already placed her in, while the tween male behind the camera fills the voyeur role perfectly which he is also expected to fill.
What makes people so uncomfortable is the perspective gained in the bedroom while these supposedly innocent youths explore adult ideas most likely shoved onto them by a ruthless world. These kids are showing an adult internet audience that, yes, youth is paying attention to them, their media, and the hypersexualized, heteronormal roles they fill.
The video in my opinion shows that these kids do understand that we objectify each other, and misguidedly believe this is a standard to live to rather than a cultural fault. But most likely the childish cat video loving, idiotic masses on Youtube can’t fathom those deeper concepts, and instead only accuse the filmmakers of making a piece of child pornography—which this clearly is not.
Maybe the video would’ve been easier to digest if there were a laugh track placed in? After all audiences were able to stomach the cringe inducing climax of Little Miss Sunshine cause it was funny, right?