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Post by Garbage Addict on Apr 5, 2012 7:45:58 GMT -5
I like how the song is somewhat upbeat and the video is pretty grim and dark. It makes such good contrast, I love the video. Thank you! Im sorry Im so pleased some people are a bit open minded about it - other people I'm sorry to say for the first time are really spoiling the mood being all negative and closed minded
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Post by Modern Method. on Apr 5, 2012 8:01:41 GMT -5
I like how the song is somewhat upbeat and the video is pretty grim and dark. It makes such good contrast, I love the video. Thank you! Im sorry Im so pleased some people are a bit open minded about it - other people I'm sorry to say for the first time are really spoiling the mood being all negative and closed minded I know what you mean, Marco. I know personal tastes come in to play but it is spoiling the mood a little when opinions I've seen on FB have been overtly negative and deconstructive. It annoys me a little when I think back five years ago, when a new Garbage album seemed like a distant hope.
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Post by ssjmarcus1990 on Apr 5, 2012 8:44:28 GMT -5
The video has been included in Popjustice.com's news of the day!
''Garbage have released a fairly classy black and white video for their comeback single 'Blood For Poppies'. (YouTube) However if you’re a bit squeamish, it’s probably a good idea to look away around the 2.50 mark.''
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Post by Garbage Addict on Apr 5, 2012 9:32:32 GMT -5
thats cool!
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Post by sallykitty on Apr 6, 2012 2:24:40 GMT -5
To be honest, my initial reaction was this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vSe-mmwBut now it's kinda grown on me, though I wish it'd been shot in colour! It looks like it was done on a tight budget but I realise that Garbage are releasing NYKOP independently, and don't have the financial backing from a major label that they once had. Ergo, I don't think we can expect anymore videos along the likes of Push It or Special. Still, I'm always happy to see a music video with some originality, rather than one full of product placement for vodka, mobile phones or luxury cars, etc!
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Post by FallenAngel on Apr 6, 2012 3:14:30 GMT -5
Thank you! Im sorry Im so pleased some people are a bit open minded about it - other people I'm sorry to say for the first time are really spoiling the mood being all negative and closed minded Well to me seams we back always at the same point, critc fans vs fans that like anything maded by a band/singer .Personaly i'm more the first not because i want made a critic but because i think is better say clear if something dosen't works, on the past years i saw the thing happen to other singers/band, fans that says is all good,great job....etc and after complain that was a "album difficult to understand...etc" on reality the albums was For Fan Only on neither (i could be say a waste of money)or music videos that repeat the same theme and i could be continue the list is very long Personaly i diden't aspect 3.00 version i judge what we have now,of course when a top band back expetations are high so is natural that can be good and and bad reaction but as said before if you buy a cd of Garbage you aspect their sound this have nothign to do with be open/closed mind,now the problem is someone here said we should happy/grateful for anything they do. 1)I'm happy they back 2)Gratefull... well the doctor haven't order they to back with another album, as fan i'm really happy after so long to see their back i thinked was over the G story, but be a fan to me means have also a critc spirit so i said clear i like BIM i don't like BFP. 3)The first singol of BLM was a hit so the mass aspect a new hit also for this work ...as we know the choice of a singol not strong can kill a album even if inside there are great songs so i don't think is bad be worried if the choice is fallen over somenthing we don't see as a hit. About the video Well well i really liked but honestly i don't see it right for BFP, maybe the video with is fake old movie style is too much artistic for the mass audience so thats why someone critic it but the score is good so i think that many will like it, the critic about HD have no sense since the video must looks like a old silent movie the quality must look like those time films. Yes there is no law write about the video fallow the lyrics but i think the critic is more about the contrast song /video then lyrics/video. FallenAngel
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Post by Garbage Addict on Apr 6, 2012 8:12:51 GMT -5
I don't like everything Garbage has ever done and I don't think n saying that that makes me or anyone else any less of a fan I just think some of the comments have been a bit narrow minded and or a bit nonsensical is all
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Post by Xalazi on Apr 6, 2012 9:47:44 GMT -5
There is a line between critiquing something because it isn't good, and critiquing something because it's not what you wanted. The criticism for BFP strikes me more like the latter than the former.
I could be wrong, but these are the criticism that I'm hearing: -The video is too low budget-Garbage is on their own indie record label. They're options are limited when it comes to the type of music video that they can produce. They don't have a big budget to work with. They aren't going to make a video at the scale of a Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, or LMAFO because they probably can't afford it. -The video should have been more modern-I can see that, except I don't think the black and white silent film look is that big of a deterrent for people. Tonight, Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins is similar enough and that's generally considered one of the greatest music videos of all time. And hell, the Oscar winner was a silent film that looked like a 1920's movie. -The video is too weird-I would rather have a weird video than a boring generic video. Let's face it, the BLM era videos sucked, maybe with the exception of WDYLM. The rest were boring and generic videos shot in similar fashion with nothing that would grab your attention or make an impact. Specially the Sex is not the enemy video. That's probably the worse video for a Garbage song ever. -The video is too dark-Hmm...People do realize that Garbage isn't known for their pep right? I know that happy gutless music and music videos are in today, but that's not really what the band is about. Plus, it's not that dark. There are no heart breaking images, and the only slightly horrific clip is less than 5 seconds and can easily be edited out if it ever get's TV play. This isn't exactly a Marylin Manson video. Weird I get. Dark, not so much.
If people outright think that the video is of bad quality that's fair, but complaining because they video is unexpected really isn't fair. By that standard people would have been disappointed by almost anything the band could have done.
I'll be the first in line to criticize the band if they give us a subpar effort on anything, I just don't think BFP was like that.
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Post by Garbage Addict on Apr 6, 2012 10:53:01 GMT -5
I think you've hit the nail on the head there I agree entirely with you - my bf thought it works brilliantly - think f the second verse and the third verse to me it speaks of confusion and alliention - then I picture Shirley on that beach looking confused - to me it works - love all the imagery - the moon, the Hollywood hills etc
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Post by Mysteron on Apr 9, 2012 8:35:15 GMT -5
Is this airing on TV yet?
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Post by acereject on Apr 9, 2012 8:37:54 GMT -5
I think it goes to TV from tomorrow.
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Post by section109 on Apr 9, 2012 12:08:32 GMT -5
I agree with FallenAngel. It's exactly the type of video I expect from Garbage, but it just doesn't seem to fit with the song. I don't see it as low budget at all. I still like it, and man Shirley looks so hot about the 1:40 mark....like straight out of 1999 again.
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Post by Vow2cutUup on Apr 11, 2012 13:11:46 GMT -5
Personally, I hate the video. It's the ONLY Garbage video I've ever hated. Blood for Poppies is such a visual song, with it's diametrically opposed lyrics and lustrous texture - the video falls flat.
I understand the song alludes to the opiate trade, soldiers and bugging out - could the video have been filmed in the Palm Desert, with allusions to visualizing wolves and trippiness, while still looking vintage and black/white? Anything would have been better. This is like an abridged mock up to Lana Del Rey (meh)...
I get the "homage" feeling they were trying to represent, it just doesn't fit. Think: Square peg into round hole. Not only does the video fall flat with any plot/narrative to the song, it felt like I was watching Shirley pose for a camera....more along the lines of a video version of a photo shoot, than say, a music video.
Sophie Muller was bad last era, but this is worse.
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