Dear Rock and Roll Scene:
Hi. Nick here. While I was at first amused by the notion of rockers stripping down to their birthday suits and making a video, I have begun to lose interest. It's not that this is played out -- I am just tired of seeing your genitals. I am comfortable neither with seeing Hunx's penis used as a microphone, nor seeing one of the dudes from Rammstein blow a load.
Thanks to the video for the Flaming Lips' "Watching the Planets," I've now seen Wayne Coyne's penis, and I'm not entirely comfortable with that. Although, after watching the video, which seems like a GWAR-meets-hippies collaboration, I suppose I should be thankful it's not Kliph Scurlock. I'd never be able to look him in the eye again.
You can watch the video over at NME.
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While I appreciate that the Girls' and Flaming Lips' videos were done without the nudity being presented in a sexually prurient manner, and the Electric Six video used elderly and obese women, nudity quickly went from something new and clever to the latest fad.
"Hey, look! You can see our wangs!"
Dear Nick,
You Puritan!
Are you uninterested because of your comfort level w/ the human body?
Or, do you think the freedom of expression in the music video medium allowed by the internet's lack of restrictions has given artists a go-to for shock value that you find mundane?
Personally, I found the Rammstein video hilarious dumb fun and the new Lips video beautiful and brilliant.
Now when do we get that Beautiful Bodies video? Come on Solombrino, ya' big tease!
Man, that was creepy.
Next Roman Numerals' video is a recreation of Pasolini's Salo.
Avert eyes quick.
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