Good Old War- "Weak Man" video

Good Old War - Weak Man


The music video for "Weak Man" by Good Old War came out the other day. It's a folky, laid back, chill vid, which is perfect for the band. It features Anthony Green on guest vocals.

Update on Joaquin Phoenix Rappah Jammah

I guess he WAS going for a "The Dude" look.

There's some vids on youtube of Joaquin looking like a chubby sailor and rapping. Afterwards, he falls off the stage.



This is bizarre. I just think he's doing this for fun. I think he's serious about a career in music, but not serious about a career in rap. I think he's just doing rap for fun. If he's as much a perfectionist as people say, then he's doing this because since he's not that serious about it, he doesn't have to care if it sucks. It's all in good fun and a joke to laugh at. Casey Affleck is filming it because he wants to hone his skills. That's what I think is going on.

And you know what? It really doesn't sound half bad. I mean sure, I don't know wtf he's saying 80% of the time, and I'm sure he's drunk as shit, but I've heard far worse.

Joaquin Phoenix....the Rapper?

For those who don't know, a while ago Joaquin Phoenix announced that he quit acting to pursue a career in music. Most people (like me) naturally assumed he'd be going the acoustic Johnny Cash-esque route. Hey, it worked for Steven Seagal *rolls eyes*. Well according to a few articles and a video, he's working with P Diddy and it's going to be a rap album. It conflicts with previous reports that he was working with Tim Burgess from The Charlatans.


WTF

Not only that, but he wants to do a documentary on himself about his transition from movies to rapping. It's to be directed by his brother-in-law, a certain actor known as Casey Affleck. I know, I know, you're thinking "You've got to be kidding me". I barely believe it myself. Then I saw the video. I also saw pictures of him rapping and Affleck taking video of him around November of 2008...so it may all be true after all.

He looks like a younger Greg Dulli if he got heavier into drugs and quit shaving. Maybe he's going for a Serpico / The Dude look.

Anyways, the first day of shooting reportedly starts tonight at a show he's doing in Las Vegas.

History Tid-Bit: The Anti-Video Music Video

The 80s were a time where music videos were the biggest thing. MTV actually showed music videos. Can you believe that? Teens everywhere would sit around all day watching music videos. They would either have the band playing along and trying their hardest to look cool with their long curly hair locks flowing behind them, or cheesy choreographed dance routines in tight spandex, or extravagantly made videos with the production values of a short film. Well, when the Replacements did a video from their song "Bastards of Young", what did they do?

They had a shot of the speakers playing the song the whole time. They were like...fuck convention. In the video for "The Ledge", they just had a shot of the band sitting around in a room with couches and chairs doing nothing in particular. Another video had them purposely not lip synching to the music and changing up instruments a few times throughout the song. It's pretty funny if you get the joke, and it's refreshing for a band to not take itself so seriously.

An interesting tid-bit takes place on January 18th, 1986, when The Replacements were the musical guest on SNL. It's notable because they were banned from SNL because of it. Why? Well, they showed up drunk as hell, bumbling around, and Westerberg dropped the F-bomb on TV audiences across the country. Of course, some say it's the best performance SNL ever had.

I'd show you the video of it but the network has taken down most SNL videos on sites. So far I haven't found it.