My Definition of Cool

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Ten Music Videos featuring Mirrors

1. Frank Ocean - "Novacane" 2011

2. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" 1987

3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps" 2003

4. Mr. Big - "To Be With You" 1991

5. AlunaGeorge - "Your Drums, Your Love" 2012 *I decided this was interesting enough to post even though I'm not sure how much I like it. I love the mirror sculptures.

6. Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean - "She" 2011

7. Janet Jackson - "That's The Way Love Goes" 1993

8. Bjork - "Army Of Me" 1995

9. Gang Starr - "You Know My Steez" 1998

10. Florence + The Machine - "Cosmic Love" 2010 *She is kind of a drama queen.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Ten Music Videos featuring Mercedes

Here's a link to all the videos on a YouTube playlist for you to YouTube n' Chill to.

Another link to a YouTube playlist with over 40 music videos starring beautiful cars.

1. Pebbles - "Mercedes Boy (Extended Version)" 1988 The ultimate Mercedes jam.

2. The Weeknd - "Wicked Games" 2012 Another Weeknd song...he's just meh to me these days.

3. Shabazz Palaces - "Are You... Can You... Were You?" 2012

4. Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" 1990 I did the Roger Rabbit in my front yard to this song on multiple occasions. I know I can't be the only one.

5. Zero 7 - "Distractions" 2001

6. Bobby Brown - "My Prerogative" 1988 "They say I'm crazy, I really don't care. That's my prerogative." -Bobby Brown's self love was on point.

7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Y Control" 2003

8. Pete Rock, Smif N Wessun and Freeway - "Roses" 2011 Beat nasty face (this is a good thing).

9. Keith Sweat - "I'll Give All My Love To You" 1990 It's a straight up cheesy New Edition-related 90's R and B video for your viewing pleasure.

10. Aesop Rock - "ZZZ Top" 2012 They did a great job on this video.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Ten Music Videos featuring Palm Trees

1. One Self - "Bluebird" 2005

2. Pusha T feat. Tyler, The Creator - "Trouble On My Mind" 2011 *Tyler makes the song.

3. Shabba Ranks - "Mr. Loverman" 1992

4. Belinda Carlisle - "Mad About You" 1986

5. L'Trimm - "Cars That Go Boom" 1988

6. Mad Cobra - "Flex" 1992 *He always takes his chain off before he meets his lady at the beach.

7. Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat The Notorious B.I.G. - "Get Money" 1995 *They have a palm tree IN their house.

8. Dr. Dre - "Been There Done That" 1996

9. Eric B. and Rakim - "Don't Sweat The Technique" 1992

10. Solange - "Losing You" 2012 *The beat is fabulous, her singing is mostly good.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Four New Favorite Songs

1. Dark Time Sunshine feat. Aesop Rock and Swamburger - "Take My Hand" 2013 *My love for this song and video became so urgent I had to share. There is so much talent on this couch. This is one of my favorite Aesop Rock verses. It is from the ANX album which was released in 2012.

2. alt-J (∆) - "Tessellate" 2012

* This video was made to resemble Raphael's "The School Of Athens" circa 1509-1510. Cool.

3. Bobby Womack (Produced by Damon Albarn) - "The Bravest Man In The Universe" 2012 *There is no official video for this song but the live version will show up in a few weeks in a compilation of great live performances.