Mercedes Bunz

Seems like the visuality of music enters a new heydey. And hey! I like, even though not always for the music. First of all there is the amazing production of L’Ogre who filmed art history topics with the french-american band “Hold your horses”. Brilliant video. Go on, test your bourgousie factor: Can you name all the artists and titles? Oh, you even know where they hang? Impressed.

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

Equally fascinating is the last video of the German band Tocotronic. I have to admit that musically I am much more into their singer’s other project, Phantom Ghost. Very much so (and the tracks I love most are of Phantom Ghost/Efdemin). However, this video is amazingly beautiful. The lyrics diss the fluffy tinkering project culture that came up with the internet, and asks instead for professionalism. Fair enough. While Holm Friebe’s book “Marke Eigenbau” (->”by do it yourself”) mentioned in the beginning of the song might propose something right (uprising of the masses against the mass market), it really didn’t chose the right title. The fluffy crafting of digital project culture sucks. People should not say yes to be parked somewhere on their own by capitalism.

However that wasn’t what I wanted to draw your attention to. I am stunned by visual concept of the video. Already in “Wir sind hier nicht in Seattle, Dirk” did Dirk von Lotzow and the band play a role, now uncovered totally by his switch of performance. Yes, Brian Ferry, and perfectly so. And super cool dance movements, Dirk. :)

And last but not least my weak side, “Eyes of Mars” of Marion Cotillard and Franz Ferdinand. This video attracts my attention not so much because of the visual style (which is ok). It’s the mingeling of fashion advertisment, acting and music that fascinate me here, and the fact that the sell out is sung about. As always with Franz Ferdinand, I love the lyrics, their cold, sharp, obtruding presence, the tweaking of words, their precision. Thank you, pop!

So what is your favorite?