How To Create An Impressive Music Video
1. Start with the carpe diem based proposal in the final couplet of Andrew Marvell’s not-quite-ruined-by-anthologization “To His Coy Mistress:”
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
2. Hire Joni Mitchell to translate that sentiment into lyrics and music. Insist that Janis Joplin1 act as consultant to prevent Joni from over-intellectualizing the premise into oblivion.
3. Convince Lucinda Williams to sing it.
4. Add photos of someone who looks both interesting and sexy, maybe Alicia Keys, taken from a pictorial perspective that evokes American Beauty.
Then, you’ve got yourself a dandy music video.
Alternatively, you could click on the start button of this video of Allison Crowe singing “Wedding Song,” with words and music by Allison Crowe, featuring photos of Allison Crowe.
Comparing Allison’s version of “Bobby McGee,” recently posted here at Allison Crowe And Bobby McGee, and “Wedding Song” leads to an unavoidable conclusion:
Once you’ve heard one Allison Crowe song,
You’ve heard one Allison Crowe song.
Turns out all the hype about about Allison’s vast tonal, thematic, and emotional range is true.
It is difficult to find better words on which to end than the last verse of “Wedding Song:”
So count down the days
and draw the curtains back
pour the wine and say
that we’ll love as much as we both can do
until our dying day
- “Get It While You Can” may be the purest legitimate expression of carpe diem in pop music.↩
Very nice listen – Thank You!