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Literal music videos are still fun and a valid creative direction, e.g., Vance Joy's "Riptide": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k https://www.youtube.

by anonova 2mo ago

Literal music videos are still fun and a valid creative direction, e.g., Vance Joy's "Riptide": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k

Forgeties79 2mo ago
That’s not really the same thing.
Waterluvian 2mo ago
The thing about art is that literally everything is a "valid creative direction." But that doesnt make everything immune from derision.
- NuclearPM 2mo ago
  I don’t understand what your point is.
  - RIMR 2mo ago
    The point is that, at least presently, an algorithm lacks the creativity to meaningfully stimulate an intellectual person, and whatever excuse you give for the decisions that algorithm makes, you should never expect a human being to be more impressed with the algorithm than they are with their human peers.
- little-victory 2mo ago
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therein 2mo ago
Coincidence that both songs reference Michelle Pfeiffer or was that free connotation at work?
- titanomachy 2mo ago
  Free association?
  - therein 2mo ago
    Yeah.
- m463 2mo ago
  ... This hit, that ice cold Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold This one for them hood girls ... - https://genius.com/Mark-ronson-uptown-funk-lyrics https://genius.com/Mark-ronson-uptown-funk-lyrics
  - therein 2mo ago
    ... I just wanna, I just wanna know If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay I just gotta, I just gotta know I can't have it, I can't have it any other way I swear she's destined for the screen Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh ... - https://genius.com/Vance-joy-riptide-lyrics https://genius.com/Vance-joy-riptide-lyrics
  - therein 2mo ago
    Probably nobody will see this as I replied much later but apparently Michelle Pfeiffer and other middle aged singers are a codename for cocaine. So "white gold" makes a lot of sense now.
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bee_rider 2mo ago
That’s neat. It especially works because the words are a little bit nonsensical, so interpreting them literally becomes unexpected.
wzdd 2mo ago
Come on, that video is on another level. "All my friends are turning green" (shot of $1 bills), "she's been living on the highest shelf" (woman standing on Juliet balcony), "they come unstuck" (someone pulling twin pole popsicle apart) For contrast these have "ice cold" (shot of ice cubes), "got chucks on" (shot of shoes), "livin' it up in the city" (shot of city).
- dolebirchwood 2mo ago
  Those shots all matched the banality of Uptown Funk's lyrics.
- threetonesun 2mo ago
  The retired dragon(s) were honestly my favorite part simply because of how absurd they were.
nomel 2mo ago
Or, in the opposite direction, with literal lyrics to match the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmXCyrV_WQ&list=RDXMmXCyrV_WQ&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmXCyrV_WQ&list=RDXMmXCyrV_...

by anonova 2mo ago

Literal music videos are still fun and a valid creative direction, e.g., Vance Joy's "Riptide": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k

Forgeties79 2mo ago

That’s not really the same thing.

Waterluvian 2mo ago

The thing about art is that literally everything is a "valid creative direction." But that doesnt make everything immune from derision.

NuclearPM 2mo ago
I don’t understand what your point is.
- RIMR 2mo ago
  The point is that, at least presently, an algorithm lacks the creativity to meaningfully stimulate an intellectual person, and whatever excuse you give for the decisions that algorithm makes, you should never expect a human being to be more impressed with the algorithm than they are with their human peers.
little-victory 2mo ago
[dead]

therein 2mo ago

Coincidence that both songs reference Michelle Pfeiffer or was that free connotation at work?

titanomachy 2mo ago
Free association?
- therein 2mo ago
  Yeah.
m463 2mo ago
... This hit, that ice cold Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold This one for them hood girls ... - https://genius.com/Mark-ronson-uptown-funk-lyrics https://genius.com/Mark-ronson-uptown-funk-lyrics
- therein 2mo ago
  ... I just wanna, I just wanna know If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay I just gotta, I just gotta know I can't have it, I can't have it any other way I swear she's destined for the screen Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh ... - https://genius.com/Vance-joy-riptide-lyrics https://genius.com/Vance-joy-riptide-lyrics
- therein 2mo ago
  Probably nobody will see this as I replied much later but apparently Michelle Pfeiffer and other middle aged singers are a codename for cocaine. So "white gold" makes a lot of sense now.

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bee_rider 2mo ago

That’s neat. It especially works because the words are a little bit nonsensical, so interpreting them literally becomes unexpected.

wzdd 2mo ago

Come on, that video is on another level. "All my friends are turning green" (shot of $1 bills), "she's been living on the highest shelf" (woman standing on Juliet balcony), "they come unstuck" (someone pulling twin pole popsicle apart) For contrast these have "ice cold" (shot of ice cubes), "got chucks on" (shot of shoes), "livin' it up in the city" (shot of city).

dolebirchwood 2mo ago
Those shots all matched the banality of Uptown Funk's lyrics.
threetonesun 2mo ago
The retired dragon(s) were honestly my favorite part simply because of how absurd they were.

nomel 2mo ago

Or, in the opposite direction, with literal lyrics to match the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmXCyrV_WQ&list=RDXMmXCyrV_WQ&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmXCyrV_WQ&list=RDXMmXCyrV_...