Maybe crash test dummies have feelings too. Maybe they experience loss, love and pain just like we do. And maybe they're not gonna take it anymore. --> watch "Stay With Me"
The All-American Rejects have always had a theatrical streak, but their latest video takes it to a whole new level of singing and dancing. A Hollywood backlot gets filled with the standard issue dancing girls, cavorting cops and swivel-hipped construction workers, but then director Isaac Rentz really steps on the musical theater gas with synchronized Rascal scooters, a mustache-off and a barbershop quartert with Black Hole Sun eyes. All that is before we get to the parade.
One clear predecessor for Blink-182's newest video is The Breakfast Club, but set in a adolescent psych ward rather than a suburban high school's detention hall. Director Isaac Rentz has worked with Blink before (perhaps they are his Molly Ringwald?) and he definitely captures the bittersweet, reflective vibe of the band with practiced skill. It almost seems like Blink has entered that 'Aerosmith/Alicia Silverstone' stage of their career where they leave the storyline action to a younger crew (who certainly resemble Carey Mulligan and Joe-Gordon Levitt).
Maybe monsters aren't so mean. Maybe they're just clumsy. Director Isaac Rentz goes the claymation route in his latest video for Cage The Elephant, delivering a sweet sad tale about a misunderstood Godzilla and some triggerhappy humans.
