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Post by NikLovesLeb on Sept 11, 2010 15:55:30 GMT
I think the vid would've been better with just the addition of more adults, as if KOL are part of some giant picnic or something, and having people/kids of mixed races. Otherwise it gives off the "white master of the plantation" and/or "African Child" feel. Which I think to me, is the biggest problem with the video. The cheesetastic child-hugging and kite flying from Jared would've even be okay, if other things didnt look so odd. Again, when we talked about the "Manhattan" video---they didnt even have to include actual family members in "Radioactive" (that might have been too personal), but they could've taken the concept of Radioactive and tweaked it a bit, where they dont look like creepy babysitters, or celebs doing charity in a Namibian village a la Brangelina. The vid would've been pretty ok, if it was just re-worked a little bit.
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Post by Nee on Sept 11, 2010 16:01:14 GMT
meh, don't be sorry. the whole video is pretty ridunk, anyway.
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Post by NikLovesLeb on Sept 11, 2010 16:06:13 GMT
Well, like i said before, to me, the actual album is way more important than this. It's not like i sit and go, oh my, i just really feel like watching "Molly's Chambers".
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Post by julesf on Sept 11, 2010 19:14:35 GMT
thanks to ya! I gave ya one a bit back, but your well deserving of another one over here its 6 am so Im gonna go try and nod off... Night (or Mornin') whichever it is for ya! you did ?? well thanks for the mystery karma well i think you must be 8 hours or so behind england, but now it's hours later so....ooh go figure lol !! but we digress .... i just also wanted to concur with the comment about the boys looking happy and healthy, they do and it suits them
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Post by Bornagirl76 on Sept 11, 2010 21:25:54 GMT
I haven't been able to bring myself to watch the video again since it was first released because I cringed & laughed so hard first time round. When I saw the 'making of' I was like, "Oh jesus, please don't let them do a Boyzone video, or a Michael Jackson 'Earth Song' pastiche".... I didn't think they would actually do it though!! I think it's fair to say that Kings Of Leon's subtlety levels are pretty damn low! Surely doubts should have kicked in at the "..and then you hug the little black kids!" part of the video pitch?? As for it supposedly harking back to the Kings' Southern roots..how many black kids were at the Followill family's barbeques growing up??! Mariah Carey-style Cheestastic! LOVE the song though, and I've long since stopped hoping for interesting or innovative videos from the Kings.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 13:03:22 GMT
I like the song, a lot. Not really too keen on the video but meh, the song makes up for it :]
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Post by kultbert on Sept 13, 2010 8:48:43 GMT
to be honest i'm not very interested in music videos. the music is most important anyways, and the song 'radioactive' is cool. I forgot your name Karma for not being interested in music videos. I usually watch them a couple of times and then forget that songs have videos nevermind, i don't know your name either i'm Bea btw yeah i watch music videos for like 1-2 weeks when they come out but since i don't watch MTV or other music channels that much i totally forget about the music clips have some karma back!
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Post by kaotic2 on Sept 15, 2010 1:00:39 GMT
Maybe it's because I'm old and lived in time before MTV and MuchMusic - heck before the internet (yes, there was such a time and I am that old), but I love watching music videos! It used to be the only way to ever see/hear new music. To see what my fave bands even looked like and it was the only way I was ever going to see any of them perform. My mom was always cool and video taped the only music video show around for my sisters and me. First thing Saturday morning we were in front of the TV skipping cartoons to watch whatever videos were on the tape.
MuchMoreMusic just showed Radioactive again. It still makes me smile.
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Post by McFearlessMad on Sept 15, 2010 2:17:44 GMT
I love watching KoL videos to see how hot they are! And I love their music, too.
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Post by Knocked Up on Sept 15, 2010 13:57:12 GMT
amazing through n through, love the song, the choir, the vid. Its all as good as i expected.
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Post by NikLovesLeb on Sept 15, 2010 14:14:29 GMT
Went to re-watch the video after a week. It actually isnt as bad as it seemed at first. They've said that when they were travelling and preaching, they often went to churches which were entirely black. So it began to make more sense and didnt seem as far-fetched or as cringe-worthy.
I still draw the line @ Jared's "drop to my knees in the field and hug the running kids" bit. He should've just slapped Matt or chased a chicken. That comes more naturally.
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Post by Nee on Sept 15, 2010 14:26:47 GMT
The idea of Jared running around chasing a chicken is hilarious.
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Post by kingsofohio on Sept 15, 2010 16:54:37 GMT
it seems more people have a problem with this video than the blasphemy of how "cheesy" sex on fire and use somebody were.
this is just the guys hanging out and chilling with some young kids. and of course all the scenes were rehearsed but who the hell cares
quit watching it or stfu.
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Post by Erin on Sept 15, 2010 18:24:41 GMT
^ dude, it's a still a forum here, where things are discussed. If everyone had the same opinion, life would be boring.
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Post by kultbert on Sept 15, 2010 18:46:00 GMT
i really think a lot of people totally misunderstand the video. it's actually not a secret how the followills grew up so a 'normal' educated fan might know that the video and the song is about the south and how they grew up in church and stuff like that. but i really think accidently people think this video is supposed to show the kings as people who support poor children...i don't know how to explain it in english... people might think the kings wanna be the new bono or angelina jolie, y'know. and i'm sure that's why so many people say the video's cheesy. whatever, i like the song, thats all that counts.
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Post by Nee on Sept 15, 2010 18:54:17 GMT
Yeah, 'cause everyone knows that poor children are black.
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Post by velvet1kiss on Sept 15, 2010 19:06:23 GMT
i absolutely love the song it really hit a nerve with me and not only i heard it a lot of times on different radio stations and the people there had only great words about it well the better knows what's best also is already nr 2 on top 91.X fm today is going to 1.the video is symbolic of their life@.you always come out where you went in i like that they appreciate where they are coming from.. also is just a video why people are taking it that seriously i would never understand..i love it is fun,cute and engaging !
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Post by leon76 on Sept 15, 2010 19:43:54 GMT
i think that this forum is taking things way to far lately, its a video probably (as other sensible people have said) harking back to the things they did when they were growing up themselves, just cause the extras are black, people are going overboard ( brangelina, poor africans !), they are a gospel choir!! there is no hidden agenda its just a video, why cant people just take it for what it is , there are hundreds of really ridiculous music videos out there, if the band read all these comments theyd probably be pissing themselves at the ridiculousness and people looking to far into the " blackness" of the children, it doesnt mean anything its just a bit of fun, a video!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2010 21:30:05 GMT
it seems more people have a problem with this video than the blasphemy of how "cheesy" sex on fire and use somebody were. this is just the guys hanging out and chilling with some young kids. and of course all the scenes were rehearsed but who the hell cares quit watching it or stfu. Technically I don't dislike the video so your point doesn't apply to me. However, I felt the need to say the following; Re: Sex on Fire and Use Somebody - quit watching or stfu. That is all.
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Post by Nee on Sept 15, 2010 23:01:00 GMT
haha, karma.
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