the new extreme ways video.
yes, a lot of videos use strippers and degeneracy fairly gratuitously, but the degeneracy as depicted in the ‘extreme ways’ video is supposed to reflect the narrative of the song.
the song is about degeneracy and dissolution.
so i wanted the video to represent degeneracy in an aesthetically compelling but also slightly malignant way.
the only problem being that most video channels have standards and practices that prevent them from showing videos that truly represent the aesthetics of degeneracy.
so for ‘extreme ways’ we had to tone it down a bit.
but the presence of sex and strippers in the video are not there for gratuitous reasons. they’re there to reinforce the narrative of the song.
i guess my hope was that people would watch the video and maybe listen to the lyrics a little bit and that the two would reinforce each other.
and i also thought, well, seeing as i play the instruments on the record, why not play the instruments in the video?
oh, thuderstorm in knoxville now.
time to go and watch some lightning.
moby
