WHAT TO SAY ABOUT GRACE JONES, IT DOENST EVEN SEEM LIKE SHE IS REAL, SHE IS LIKE SUPER HUMAN, AMAZINGNESS IN FLESH. I LOVE GRACE JONES MUSIC, I LOVE HER MODELING PHOTOS. BUT MOST ALL I LOVE HOW SHE WAS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING IN THE NAME OF ART, AND SHE MADE IT LOOK CLASSY. DEFINATELY AN ICON IN MY EYES.
GUESS VINTAGE MENS LEATHER JCKETS
WHEN I WAS A TEEN AND MADONNA HAD COME OUT WITH HER FIRST ALBUM, THEY MADE A VIDEO FOR "BORDERLINE". IN THIS VIDEO DENIM WAS BIG, SO SHE WORE THE SICKEST LEVI JEAN VEST AMD A GRAFFITI JEAN JACKET, BUT THE DUDE WHO WAS HER BOYFRIEND WORE THE SICKEST GUESS JACKET. I ATTACHED THE VIDEO. HIS JACKET WAS A MIX OF DENIM AND LEATHER, SO SICK, BUT THESE JACKETS COST LIKE $250 AND WHEN I WAS YOUNG WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY. I WISH I HAD A JACKET IKE THAT NOW, BUT MAYBE CHANGE UP THE FIT. ITS CRAZY TO ME THAT NO ONE HAS TRIED TO RE MAKE JACKETS LIKE THIS, GUESS WASN'T MY FAVORITE BRAND, BUT THEIR DENIM HAD SOME CREATIVE LOOKS. ALSO NOTICE AT THE END OF THE VIDEO HE'S WEARING A WHITE JACKET, WHICH IS JUST THE JEAN JACKET INSIDE OUT, I REMEMBER SEEING PEOPLE WEAR THEM LIKE THIS. PRETTY SICK TO GET PEOPLE TO WEAR YOU JACKETS INSIDE OUT CAUSE IT SAYS GUESS REAL BIG ON THE BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHO DESIGNED THESE, BUT THEY WERE SICK. I REALLY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THEY DON'T BRING THEM BACK, THAT FASHION IS BACK.
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST IS ANOTHER FAVORITE WITH THE DE LA SOUL, THE WHOLE MOVEMENT WAS GREAT, PROBABLY EVERYONE INVOLVED. AND ONCE AGAIN THE ARTWORK THEY USED WAS SO GOOD, AND ESPECIALLY THE WAY THEY DRESSED IN THE AFRICAN FABRICS, SUPER COOL, I HOPE THAT COMES BACK.
DE LA SOUL
I LOVE DE LA SOUL, THEY RULE. THEY ARE SO INSPIRING BECAUSE THEY PRETTY MUCH CREATED A WHOLE NEW TRIP ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER GROUPS, THIS IS AWESOME, IMAGINE SAYING IM GONNA MAKE SOME MUSIC AND DRESS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHATS POPULAR, AND JUST DOING IT. THAT SOUNDS SCARY TO ME, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IF NO ONE WOULD HAVE LIKED IT? BUT THEY DID LIKE IT AND I THINK IT OPENED A LOT OF PEOPLES MINDS TO BEING DIFFERENT, OR REALLY, JUST BE YOURSELF AND YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG. FOR ME BEING AN ARTIST MAYBE MY FAVORITE PART WAS THE ARTWORK AND COLORS THEY USED, IT JUST MADE YOU HAPPY LOOKING AT IT.
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - LOSE YOURSELF VIDEO
THIS IS A COOL VIDEO, I LOVE MUSIC VIDEOS THAT ARE LITTLE MOVIES, AND THIS ONE HIT THE SPOT, NOW I GOTTA CHECK OUT THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE VIDEO. YOU SHOULD TOO
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
B.R.M.C. IS THE COOLEST BAND, THEY HAVE A COOL NAME AND A COOL LOOK AND THE SOUND IS AWESOME. I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TRIP, AND THAT'S IT. HERE'S A COUPLE COOL INTERVIEWS, I REALLY DIG ARTISTS LIKE THIS, THEY DO WHAT THEY DO CAUSE THEY LOVE IT, NOT FOR GLORY OR MONEY OR POWER, BUT, BECAUSE THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT EXPRESSING THEMSELVES AND SHARING IT WITH PEOPLE, AND I THINK PEOPLE LIKE THIS SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. CHEERS..
DURAN DURAN - WILD BOYS
I SINGLED OUT THIS VIDEO BECAUSE IT WAS THE CRAZIEST ONE. A MIX BETWEEN MAD MAX AND BARBARELLA (2 OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER), THEY BASICALLY MADE A SHORT FILM ABOUT REBELLION, AND THERE WERENT A LOT OF SHORT FILMS AROUND. AND I EVEN REMEMBER HEARING THAT SIMON ALMOST DIES FILMING IT WHEN THE WINDMILL HE WAS TIED TO STOPPED AND HE WAS STUCK UNDERWATER, THATS BAD ASS.
DURAN DURAN - SOME OF THEIR BEST VIDEOS
ANOTHER BAND THAT WAS CRUSHING IT IN THE 80S WAS DURAN DURAN, WETHER YOU LIKED THEM OR HATED THEM, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THEY MADE SOME CRAZY VIDEOS. SOME OF THEIR VIDEOS WERE LIKE MINI MOVIES, NEW TECHNIQUES BEING USED IN EVERY ONE. ESPECIALLY "PLANET EARTH" THIS WAS ONE OF THEIR FIRST ONES AND I CAN REMEMBER JUST TRIPPING OUT, CAUSE IT WAS LIKE A SCI FI MOVIE. THE VIDEO FOR "GIRLS ON FILM" I THINK WAS EVEN BANNED FROM MTV, AND SO WAS THE CHAUFFEUR. IT WAS ALL ABOUT NEWNESS, CAN YOU IMAGINE MAKING SOMETHING TODAY THAT WAS TOTALLY NEW, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WOULD EVEN LIKE IT, BUT I HOPE THEY WOULD, I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT CREATIVITY IS COMING BACK INTO STYLE. BUT FOR NOW HERES A FEW VIDEOS TO GET LOST IN.
SIMPLE MINDS - UP ON THE CATWALK
THE 80S WAS THE PEAK OF MTV, THERE WERE A LOT F MUSIC VIDEOS THAT WERE ARTISTICALLY AMAZING, THIS IS ONE OF THEM. BACK IN THIS TIME IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CREATE THINGS THAT WERE NEW, CREATE A LOOK OR A SOUND THAT YOU HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT COME BACK INTO STYLE, THE ALTERNATIVE TO MASS PRODUCTION.
TOMMY GUERRERO'S NEW CD TOMMY GUERRERO - "PERPETUAL"- I ALWAYS WANT TO CALL IT AN ALBUM, BUT I THINK THATS OUTDATED?
TOMMY GUERRERO HAS A NEW CD CALLED PERPETUAL, IF YOU DONT OWN IT GO GET IT, EVERYONE SHOULD OWN ALL HIS MUSIC, HE RULES AND HAS MORE STYLE THAN MOST. I PROMISE YOU WILL NOT REGRET GOING OUT AND BUYING ALL HIS MUSIC, ITS GOOD AND WHEN HE MAKES THEM, THE VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS COOL TOO.
MICHAEL FRANTI - THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT MICHEAL FRANTI, SO EXPECT MORE POSTS IN THE FUTURE
WHEN I THINK OF MICHAEL FRANTI I THINK OF COMPASSION, HE IS A SINGER SONGWRITER AND IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE ON IT, EVERYWHERE. GO FIND SOME MUSIC BY MICHEAL FRANTI OR SPEARHEAD OR THE DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HYPOCRISY, YOU WILL LOVE IT. NOT JUST CAUSE HES RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED, BUT BECAUSE I THINK HE REACHES PEOPLE, AND THATS IMPORTANT THESE DAYS, TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND SPREAD POSITIVITY AND LOVE.
HIS MUSIC IS SUPER MOTIVATIONAL TO GET OUT THERE AND GIVE LOVE TO EVERYONE.
AND MAYBE INSPIRE YOU TO GO BAREFOOT, IT WORKED ON ME.
