5.0 out of 5 stars
Hail to the music video, July 24 2004
This review is from: Radiohead: 7 Television Commercials (DVD)
Many people have allready said much about the videos, they ARE art, they ARE beautifull, except, and here's where my two bits come in, the video for Paranoid Android is vulgar, greatly dissapointing, and quite the opposite of the conflicting beauty and tension of the song. I try hard not to think of this gross and undermining video when I listen to the song. Thankfully I have the Vancouver planetarium's glorious star and laser show of Radiohead to remember when I play the song, and I will allways picture an intense shower of falling stars and flying through space when the tension eases in the song and Thom sings "Rain down, rain down on me". They could have done something really profound and inspiring with this song like they did with the other songs. What a shame. My favorite is Street Spirit, so gossamer and haunting. It reminds me a bit of Depeche Mode's video for Halo, and U2's All I want is You with the caravans, darkness and inner torment.
I was really blown away by the other 6 videos on the disc and several of my fave Radiohead songs are here. I lament my years of loosing track of the realm of music video. Long may it thrive and prosper as a respected art form!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
RADIOHEAD LIVE AND IN COLOR RIGHT ON YOUR TELEVISION!, Feb 29 2004
This review is from: Radiohead: 7 Television Commercials (DVD)
let me first off by saying that I am a "radiohead" junky. i love the band to death and listen to one of thier albums at least once a day. be it hail to the thief, kid a, ok computer, amnesiac.......i cant get enough. so anyway, i decided that i liked thier music so much it would be nice to own some of thier music videos. this dvd features 7 songs which is very nice. there is nothing extra besides the videos so if you are expecting a little something extra-it doesnt exist. that doesnt really matter though because the videos are why you are buying this dvd in the first place. each one is fairly interesting. i really enjoy paranoid android, karma police and no surprises the most because they are from ok computer. high and dry is also pretty interesting. all of the videos are well shot and the picture quality from the dvd is top notch. if you like radio head and you want something to watch while the music is playing i would recommend this. i just wished radiohead made some more music videos to accompany hail to the theif.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic, Feb 20 2004
This review is from: Radiohead: 7 Television Commercials (DVD)
This DVD is an excellent value... i picked it up for only 14 bucks!
Worth it alone for the very intriguing/moving street spirit video.
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