Post 13: This is the Song that Never Ends

I’m not sure if this is exactly a music video, but it is the first video with music that I could remember seeing from my childhood. It is from the television show, Lamb Chops. Back then; I remember thinking that Lamb Chops was probably one of the coolest things ever. I loved watching it and I always sang along with the puppets to, “This is the song that never ends”, which was always played at the end of the show, and is shown in the video clip.

Seeing it again, I realize just how ridiculous the puppets actually look. When I was little I probably thought they looked more realistic and cooler. However, watching it now I thought the puppets looked a little creepy and I’m surprised it didn’t scare me when I was little. The song and basically everything else in the video is kind of cheesy and poorly made, as well. Before watching the video, I thought that the song was faster paced and more up beat, but I found the video to be kind of boring and annoying after awhile.

I just find it crazy how much your perspectives and feelings about things can change so drastically over time. It makes me laugh to think that something from my childhood that I probably used to think was the best thing ever could change into something that I find rather ridiculous and silly. You never really realize just how much you’ve grown up mentally and intellectually until you look back on things that you used to like when you were little. I also think it shows a lot about the changes that have been made in children television in our culture. Now most shows that kids watch are made on computers with digital effects. It shows that just over a span of about 15 years, the world has completely turned to technology and will undoubtedly continue this trend.

Post 12: Not Ready to Make Nice

I don’t really like this music video of the song, “Not Ready to Make Nice”, by the Dixie Chicks. First of all, I think it is kind of creepy and demented; like at the beginning how they flash in and out with the girls smearing black ink on each other’s white dresses. Then later they are dressed in all black with black ink floating on a screen behind them. During the whole video, the girls act angry and almost psychotic. Especially when the on girl is trying to tear free from the grasp of the other two girls.

Another reason I don’t really like the video is because of the meaning of the song. It deals with the controversy that was started after the main singer’s critical comment about President George Bush while performing a concert in London. I just think that was a very unnecessary act and that even if you don’t agree with the president’s decisions, you shouldn’t criticize him in front of other countries, because then that gives them a bad view of our country as a whole and makes them question our leadership. The video shows the group’s outrage after being “attacked” by angry Americans for the comments they made. I understand their hurt but those comments never should have been made in the first place and I think they made the issue even more controversial by the video than if they would have just dropped it.

I understand that they have freedom of expression but they also should show respect for their country and to their president, even if they don’t agree with him. He still deserves respect. I just see this video as a pity party for them, giving the message that we should feel sorry for them because they’re being “attacked”, yet they were the ones who were at fault in the first place.