Phil’s Faves: Videos, April 1, 2012

This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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“Banjo” polevaults to the top of the list this week! And this must be backwards week because Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Jason Derulo, AND Gavin DeGraw all make my good list and they are NOT favorite artists of mine! But hey! That’s not backwards. That’s what happens when you get it right! Let’s keep ‘em comin’…………………..
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of April 1, 2012

1. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
2. Somebody That I Used to Know—Gotye with Kimbra
3. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
4. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
5. Breathing—Jason Derulo
6. You Gonna Fly—Keith Urban
7. Detroit Rock City—Kiss on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
8. Cough Syrup—Young the Giant
9. Endless Love—Lionel Richie and Shania Twain
10. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw

1) “Banjo”—The back lighting of the see-through banjo in that open door played by that beautiful woman is “sheer” poetry!
2) “Somebody That I Used to Know”—Still a strong video, but it might not be long before it’s time to say goodbye to “somebody that I used to know.”
3) “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”—This Lady A video isn’t a great one, but the song puts it ahead of most of the others.
4) “Good Girl”—This is a MONSTER song and video! It might be the best thing Carrie Underwood’s ever done!
5) “Breathing”—I think this video is peaking, but I think this is the best video Jason Derulo’s ever done! Nice special effects!
6) “You Gonna Fly”—I know this Keith Urban video has been around for a long time, but it’s a quality video and song and deserves some recognition! Good job, Keith!
7) “Detroit Rock City”—I can’t help this selection. I have always liked this song and I thought Kiss still made it sound fresh on Jimmy Kimmel’s show—even though they’ve been on their final tour for something like ten years!
8) “Cough Syrup”—Well, the cold and flu season is over for most areas of the country, so there isn’t much use for cough syrup anymore—but I will miss it when it’s gone……
9) “Endless Love”—I’ve always felt that “Endless Love” by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross is probably the best duet ever made if not one of the best songs ever made. The version of this song will not change my mind, but Lionel must be doing some kind of Dorian Gray thing because he doesn’t look like he’s changed much at all—and it’s thirty years later! (?) And I am absolutely for anything that keeps Shania Twain coming back. The acting is kind of hammy, but Shania gets to reprise some of her classic video shots (including that hat), and she looks like she hasn’t aged a bit either—but the timeframe for her isn’t nowhere near as long. All in all, I like this video and song a lot!
10) “Sweeter”—I know it’s hard to believe but Gavin DeGraw appears on the second of my good lists this week! This video is pretty easy on the eyes and it supports the song perfectly!
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