But then again there are some music videos that just don’t
make sense. You watch them, and you try
to see it from the singer’s perspective, but no matter how hard you try you
can’t quite figure out why they would make a video like that. The video might leave you feeling confused
and disturbed - kind of like the way Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Justin Timberlake’s “Tunnel Vision” make me feel every single time I watch
them.
If you have not watched these two videos I can describe them
to you easily. Boobs. Boobs.
And more boobs. I mean
seriously, boys what’s with all the
boobs?
Let’s start with Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”. For one thing this video is just straight up
weird. You have Robin Thicke singing
this really great song while these women bounce around doing them most random
things like riding a stationary bike and holding a goat. Yeah that’s right a goat, like a real live
goat. I mean it just doesn’t make
sense. At what point during the
production of the video did someone say, “I have this really great idea to have
one the topless girls hold a goat. It
would really capture the essence of the video.”
Despite all of the obvious absurdness, the thing I really can’t get
over are the girls’ shoes. I know what
you are thinking “With everything going on in that video and all of the boobs
flopping around you are really looking at the shoes?” The answer is yes. The shoes are terrible! These models are walking around in thongs and
all I can see are the terrible, white, platform tennis shoes they are
wearing. I mean what’s the point in having
them even wear shoes? You are pretty
much completely naked. Are the shoes
really serving any purpose?
Now, you all know I absolutely love Justin Timberlake. He really can do no wrong in my book (except when
he chose to date Cameron Diaz – needless to say JT and I were on the outs
then). While his video is very similar
to Robin Thicke’s video, I walked away with a different feeling. With the “Blurred Lines” video I felt offended
(both by the naked ladies and by the terrible white shoes) as well as completely
and utterly confused. But with “Tunnel
Vision” my sentiments were just a bit different. When I first started watching the video, I
was really annoyed that Justin would fall to the level of Robin Thicke. I kept thinking “I can’t believe he would do
this. I’m so offended.” I quickly moved onto “Man, Justin really does
look good. Is it possible that he gets
hotter with each video?” And then before
I knew it, “The girls really do add an artistic touch. That is a great video.” As per usual by the end of the video my
admiration for Justin completely offset my annoyance with all the nakedness. Again I fell victim to all that is Justin Timberlake. Shame on me.
Justin and Robin, we all want to congratulate you on making
music video history. You have a place in
history right beside some of the world’s most influential artist. But can we please make a small suggestion? Next time boys let’s try a little more you in
the video and a little less boob. Just
saying.
One of the models from the "Blurred Lines" video (obviously not the unrated version)
They put some clothes on her, but nobody thought to change her shoes? Come on now.
Needless to say it was not easy finding a picture from the "Tunnel Vision" video
just way, way too much boob and not enough JT for me
Who would have thought back in the 90's that this would one day be considered modest?
