Old, old school!

This is a terrible video from the late 70's, you can blame the beauty company Lush for its apperance today. I was downtown when I came across 2 girls and a bunch of guys doing a choreographed routine to this song. At first I thought it was the worst flash mob ever, but it turns out it was promotion for a new shower gel call "it's raining men". I did get a full sized sample!

Now this is a much better version, but only because it's paying homage to 80's dance flicks. I do have to point out that the dancer at the begining is certainly not Geri Halliwell herself. Both of these videos actually show unhealthy extremes in body image. The original contains to ladies that are going to die young and have a lower quality of life due to the extent of their obesity. Geri Halliwell on the other hand looks disturbingly skinny, especially compared to her former weight. Besides the constant obsession it takes to maintain that kind of body on a person who's not natureally skinny, all sorts of problems come with being underweight. She also makes her self a complete FASO in this video.

Can I Have You Stop Singing?

FASO alert! Ahhh JRDN besides being able to text your name quickly I'm not seeing a lot of point to your career or this video, though it looks like you could easily make the leap to porn; he's getting a lot of practice getting it on, on camera. Intrestingly enough "having it all" only applys to purchasable goods. Respect? Fidelity? Not being objectified and made to look like a gold digger? Sorry baby, that's not the way he rolls...

Year End List!

It's the last day of the year and so let's all jump on the band wagon! Here's my list of....


THE TOP 5 VIDEOS I WISH I HAD NEVER SEEN! 
(aka I'll never get that time back/ my eyes are bleeding)

In no particular order....

1. Katy Perry California Girls
Making yourself FASO is not okay. The song is silly and shooting whipped cream from your bra is lame and tacky.

2. Lady Gaga Alejandro
Odd and Boring, now that's talent! The song is a super lame rip off of Maddona's La Lisa Bonita.



3. Faber Drive The Payoff
Oh look another pop punk band railing against "the man". Gee I wonder what happen to all the original punks? Like the original hippies they are now the man. It's called the circle of life little boys.

4. Katy Perry Teenage Dreams
Oh, how old are you again Katy; 26? Yes selling a unrealistic and ridiculous fantasy back to teenagers. No teenager looks like that, and being 16 and behaving like that is a bad idea. Kids be kids as long as you can! You only get to do it once. Being an adult is not far behind and lasts the rest of your life.

5. Enirque Iglesias I like it
Really, as soon as I saw those kids from the Jersey Shore I stopped watching.

I was going to make this a top 10 list, but I go bored. Lucky for Katy Perry!

Two words: Cheap models.

 

I love this song but not so much the video. It has two redeeming factors, two FASO's (females as sexual object) and too many Hip Hop cliche's. Ugh. The only kudos it gets is for the random alien in the background... still love the song though....

Hey, Ho; No FASO!

I love this song, and the video is not bad. I'm really impressed by the fact it's by a Hip Hop artist and there isn't any FASO (Female As Sexual Object); when does that ever happen! I like Vampires and various fairytale type characters, and the choose good actors to play them.  The fashion and styling of this video are cool but Timbaland's clowning is distracting and takes you out of the story. It just feels like it's lacking a little something. Maybe it just needed the mini movie treatment to flesh out the story...

Wait isn't that... or is he...

Okay is it just me, or does Mr. Desman look just like that actor from Fantastic 4... gotta google it... Chris Evans. I mean exactly. I find it a bit disconcerting because I find Chris Evans attractive but his doppleganers  music, videos and personality are so BAD! So really this review is just one of so many that could be done on the horror that are Shawn Desman videos...

First off, teacher fantasy? Dude is waaay to old to be in high school, but sadly his imagination hasn't expanded since then. Here comes the obligatory female as a sexual object. I think I should start a rating system based on how long it takes for the FASO to show up.... 17 seconds!

This video just goes through is other strange high school fantasys. Most people find life much more interesting after high school but apparently Desman boy has some issues to resolve. So does the stylist on this video. Girlie shoulder bling, bad hair cuts, overdone tux styling; it makes my eyes bleed, but still does not distract from the generic dance moves. I do love the fantasy of everyone breaking into the same dance moves. It always does give me a glimpse of happiness regardless of how bad the video is. I'm just waiting for the day that happens in my life, and it will.... it will.

Oh cute, it's actually the teachers fantasy! Gag.