Many of you probably wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night thinking, god I love that happy tree guy, Bob Ross, I just wish I could enjoy his soft beauty without the distraction of artistic outlets like paintings and rather experience soft technic music accompanied by powerful lyrics acted out by cheap actors performing classic storylines in pantamime. Well luckily for you, you came here and you get to watch ELO’s video confusion.
Many of you have probably heard one of the songs from this legendary band and probably thought they were a bunch of brothers from the 50s or skinny shaven men dressed like barbershop quartet crooners. Most of the time you would be right, but in this case your guesses are hideously miscast and instead you can gaze on reality and see the truth forever.
If you are wondering, hey he seems lost, or WTF the synchs all over the place, consider the lyrics. The lack of synce is a metaphor for the lapse of communication we feel by having to share our love over the phone rather in the reality of face to face communication. Just as the delay in his lips affects the video, so does impersonal communication hinder our interactions and limit our relationships.
This is one of my favorite songs of theirs, as part of arguably their best album, Discovery. Similarly I discovered this band because of the powerful japanese show Densha de Otoko or Train Man. Their greatest song is played in the opening credits.
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