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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 4mo 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 4mo ago
That’s not really the same thing.
Waterluvian 4mo ago
The thing about art is that literally everything is a "valid creative direction." But that doesnt make everything immune from derision.
- NuclearPM 4mo ago
  I don’t understand what your point is.
  - RIMR 4mo 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 4mo ago
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therein 4mo ago
Coincidence that both songs reference Michelle Pfeiffer or was that free connotation at work?
- titanomachy 4mo ago
  Free association?
  - therein 4mo ago
    Yeah.
- m463 4mo 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 4mo 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 4mo 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 4mo ago
That’s neat. It especially works because the words are a little bit nonsensical, so interpreting them literally becomes unexpected.
wzdd 4mo 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 4mo ago
  Those shots all matched the banality of Uptown Funk's lyrics.
- threetonesun 4mo ago
  The retired dragon(s) were honestly my favorite part simply because of how absurd they were.
nomel 4mo 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 4mo 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 4mo ago

That’s not really the same thing.

Waterluvian 4mo ago

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

NuclearPM 4mo ago
I don’t understand what your point is.
- RIMR 4mo 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 4mo ago
[dead]

therein 4mo ago

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

titanomachy 4mo ago
Free association?
- therein 4mo ago
  Yeah.
m463 4mo 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 4mo 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 4mo 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 4mo ago

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

wzdd 4mo 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 4mo ago
Those shots all matched the banality of Uptown Funk's lyrics.
threetonesun 4mo ago
The retired dragon(s) were honestly my favorite part simply because of how absurd they were.

nomel 4mo 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_...