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08-25-2007, 09:15 PM
Music Video of the Week #15
Talk - Coldplay
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"Talk" is a song recorded by English rock band Coldplay and originally released as the fifth track on their third album X&Y, released in June 2005. In December 2005, the song was released as the third single from that album, becoming a substantial hit across the world.
The music video for "Talk" was helmed by director/photographer Anton Corbijn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Corbijn). Corbijn had previously directed the video for "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers.
Filming took place on November 5 and November 6 at Ealing Studios, London, just before the band began an European leg on the Twisted Logic Tour. The black-and-white clip invokes a B-movie science fiction theme, with imagery ranging from a flying saucer to 3D glasses.
It seems the entire video can in fact be viewed in three dimensions using Anaglyphic 3D glasses like the ones worn by the band. Due to the red (left eye) and blue (right eye) edges that define a stereoscopic image. However the effect is subtle and best appreciated with a high resolution version.
The main plot line of the music video features Coldplay as astronauts landing on an alien planet, where they re-activate a dormant robot. The robot in the video bears a strong physical resemblance to the original Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy television series. (The robot also closely resembles the robot from The Beastie Boy's song Intergalactic, and also possibly the robot Torg from the 60's B-movie Santa Claus Conquers The Martians) A previous Coldplay track, "Don't Panic" also referenced the series with its title. At one point of the clip, subtitles present the lyrics of the song spelt backwards just like in the video for "No Surprises" by Radiohead. At the very end of the video, there is whistling that resembles The Clangers.
More influential, artistic, and award winning music videos to come in the following weeks, from the early years (when MTV played only music videos) until today.
Talk - Coldplay
_N9rH2x5KUw
"Talk" is a song recorded by English rock band Coldplay and originally released as the fifth track on their third album X&Y, released in June 2005. In December 2005, the song was released as the third single from that album, becoming a substantial hit across the world.
The music video for "Talk" was helmed by director/photographer Anton Corbijn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Corbijn). Corbijn had previously directed the video for "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers.
Filming took place on November 5 and November 6 at Ealing Studios, London, just before the band began an European leg on the Twisted Logic Tour. The black-and-white clip invokes a B-movie science fiction theme, with imagery ranging from a flying saucer to 3D glasses.
It seems the entire video can in fact be viewed in three dimensions using Anaglyphic 3D glasses like the ones worn by the band. Due to the red (left eye) and blue (right eye) edges that define a stereoscopic image. However the effect is subtle and best appreciated with a high resolution version.
The main plot line of the music video features Coldplay as astronauts landing on an alien planet, where they re-activate a dormant robot. The robot in the video bears a strong physical resemblance to the original Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy television series. (The robot also closely resembles the robot from The Beastie Boy's song Intergalactic, and also possibly the robot Torg from the 60's B-movie Santa Claus Conquers The Martians) A previous Coldplay track, "Don't Panic" also referenced the series with its title. At one point of the clip, subtitles present the lyrics of the song spelt backwards just like in the video for "No Surprises" by Radiohead. At the very end of the video, there is whistling that resembles The Clangers.
More influential, artistic, and award winning music videos to come in the following weeks, from the early years (when MTV played only music videos) until today.