Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Closing Time
Well, I can't believe this is still here - but thank goodness it is.
Don't know whether you read Grantland, but it's got some good stuff there. And today, it had an interesting article about why the song Closing Time from 1998 still resonates with people. I thought it was really well done.
But I decided to watch the music video that was embedded in the article and I couldn't help but think about this line from the article as I watched it:
"It was just a catchy, moderately rocking track by a journeyman Midwestern indie band that peaked in popularity as the alternative rock boom was hacking out its final, phlegm-y death rattle."
Watch the video - it's all about how the singer and his girlfriend can't connect/find each other. The girl even uses a pay phone. The whole scenario is wildly anachronistic - it's simply something that couldn't possibly happen today with iphones, instant messaging, facebook, etc. So, to some extent, that video depicts the death rattle not just of the alternative rock boom but of the 90s themselves - when you weren't hyperconnected and life was more complicated in some ways (finding people when you were out) but simpler at the same time.
Food for thought.
Don't know whether you read Grantland, but it's got some good stuff there. And today, it had an interesting article about why the song Closing Time from 1998 still resonates with people. I thought it was really well done.
But I decided to watch the music video that was embedded in the article and I couldn't help but think about this line from the article as I watched it:
"It was just a catchy, moderately rocking track by a journeyman Midwestern indie band that peaked in popularity as the alternative rock boom was hacking out its final, phlegm-y death rattle."
Watch the video - it's all about how the singer and his girlfriend can't connect/find each other. The girl even uses a pay phone. The whole scenario is wildly anachronistic - it's simply something that couldn't possibly happen today with iphones, instant messaging, facebook, etc. So, to some extent, that video depicts the death rattle not just of the alternative rock boom but of the 90s themselves - when you weren't hyperconnected and life was more complicated in some ways (finding people when you were out) but simpler at the same time.
Food for thought.
