Message from discussion Bram Stoker's Perfect Drug (was: Re: First thoughts: TPD video...)

From: rae...@itw.com (Raeven)
Subject: Bram Stoker's Perfect Drug (was: Re: First thoughts: TPD video...)
Date: 1997/01/19
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jst...@micro-net.com (-stark- [so fucking cyber, my pubes are fiber
optic]) wrote:

> Tim Eringer <a...@primenet.com> wrote:
>>Trent probably reminds 
>>you of Gary Oldman 'cause the setting looks like that Dracula movie. I'm 
>>really starting to gag in reaction to that video. How can someone who 
>>did that great "Closer" video come up with such a pretentious concept? 

>i know.
>
>exactly.  the staged stuff used to at least give the illusion that he meant and 
>felt it.  this is just overblown NOLA pretention, in my opinion.
>
>as for the dracula set...did you all notice another anne rice/vampiric 
>connection...the piano?  his pose is pretty fucking close to Lestat's in 
>'Interview' when the little girl comes into the room, and he's sitting, pecking 
>at the piano...leaning on it...head to one side...
>
>i actually *laughed* at that part.  it was so bad.  but hey, my opinions aren't 
>valid.  since i know nothing of goth, right?
>
>"i may be a simple man, but i know what lame is, jenny."  </forrestgump>

hm.
I don't agree actually.
I tend to like the video *more* than the song.
And to the other posts that call the video gothic... I think there's a
small army of goths who would quite possibly try to injury you in some
way for associating that style with such a very obviously poppy song
(except for some of the moodiness there at the end).

The only thing that perturbed me:  I know they removed some of the
drum part.  Very irritating.  But then again, I get irritated at the
short version of Closer on the radio.  One needs that buildup.

I actually saw the video for the first time entirely by accident.  My
bf and I were in a hotel room (and the first thing i do in any hotel
room is turn on MTV - very sad - because we have NEVER had cable here
in my parents house) and BOOM there was the video.

My boyfriend was very understanding and sat quietly, smirking at me,
while I watched the video, enraptured.

Nice to see the ninboyz dressed up, incidentally.  I knew they'd clean
up quite well.  <g>

In any case.
Mr. Reznor seemed to remind me of some of the slovakian Counts more
than a vampire.  

Ambience more remniscent of the black and white version of Hamlet than
it is of the sisters of mercy.

Raeven
My bf's reaction to mr. reznor's facial hair: "Wow.  Nice stache.  Is
that a porn stache...?  Wonder if he's got a second career lined up-
hey! stop hitting me! hey!!"