Videodrama: The Voluptuous Horror of Karen O
Since a lot of folks in the States are coasting through the day before the holiday starts tomorrow, I thought I'd post a few fun horror-related music videos from one of my favorite bands, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.In an oddly prescient move, the band opted for some Michael Jackson imagery for the video for their latest single, "Heads Will Roll", which also features some wonderfully grand guignol moments near the end.
It's not the first time the band has mined horror tropes for its videos. Back on their first album, the Yeahs brought video wonderkind Spike Jonze on-board to direct the wonderfully creepy evil kid party for "Y Control":
Y-Control
Bondage imagery and entomological horror made the video for "Pin" one of the creepiest stop-motion pieces I've ever seen:
And their concert DVD, Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow, has old-timey horror monsters as its central visual theme.
So it shouldn't be surprising that True Blood is on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs party bus, having used their song "Phenomena" (off of Show Your Bones) in one of the promos for Season Two:
Labels: Karen O, music, True Blood, Videodrama, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
posted by campbloodbuzz at
11:06 AM
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Looking at that promo clip of True Blood: Eric said to Bill that if he wanted Sookie he could just take her.
If Bill's blood isn't potent enough, then could he engage in "Diablerie" to increase his Vampire Blood's potency? "Diablerie" is a concept from White Wolf's "Vampire the Requiem" RPG where a younger/less potent vampire can drain another vampire completely dry of their vampire blood and thus increase the power of their own blood. I think it would be an interesting place for "True Blood" to go but there may be an intellectual property issue stopping it.
What I meant to say is: if Bill isn't powerful enough to take on Eric then Diablerie may be a way to get on the same level as Eric; should Eric decide to take Sookie off of Bill's hands.
Cool videos! Some other good horror-ish videos are "Alala" by CSS, "Magic" by Klaxons, and "Kids" by MGMT.
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