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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Gotye stays firmly anchored to the top spot, Lady A slims down to one video on the list, and Jason Derulo finally makes one of the good lists!
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of March 18, 2012
1. Somebody That I Used to Know—Gotye with Kimbra
2. Cough Syrup—Young the Giant
3. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
4. I Won’t Give Up—Jason Mraz
5. We Are Young—Fun with Janelle Monae
6. Beekeeper’s Daughter—The All-American Rejects
7. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
8. Free—Graffiti6
9. Ours—Taylor Swift
10. Breathing—Jason Derulo
1) “Somebody That I Used to Know”—I don’t know what other insights I expect to find in this one, but it continues to grab my attention!
2) “Cough Syrup”—Not psychedelic, but there’s a lot of color in this video!
3) “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”—Lady A can really weave a spell!
4) “I Won’t Give Up”—I’m not giving up either, but this one may be on the way down………..
5) “We Are Young”—The same goes for this song, too. There’s not a lot here for repeated viewings. I think the song is better than the video…………
6) “Beekeeper’s Daughter”—I guess the camera angle in the video is supposed to simulate the perspective of a bee…………
7) “Banjo”—I like the concept of putting a banjo on trial. It has certainly been an under-appreciated instrument for a number of years!
8) “Free”—Some good old fashioned blue-eyed soul where both the male and female leads are on a comparable good looks level!
9) “Ours”—The revival on this one for me is over…………………….
10) “Breathing”—I like the way that this video looks…and sounds! I knew Jason Derulo had it in him to make something better than he had been making!
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