{"id":700,"date":"2009-07-26T00:42:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T14:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/?p=700"},"modified":"2009-07-26T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T03:06:12","slug":"mgmts-kids-nightmares-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"MGMT’s “Kids”: Nightmares for All"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back, I got interested in MGMT. They programmed an episode of Rage<\/em>, and included their own video for “Electric Feel” – both tribal and beautiful. So now they’ve come out with “Kids”, featuring a one minute prologue followed by five nightmarish minutes of a child tormented by monsters.
\nIt’s interesting, if you like their sort of music (which, according to Wikipedia<\/a>, can be classed as “Indie Rock”, “Synthpop” “Dance-punk” and “Psychedelic Pop”, suggesting they’ve got no idea what it is either). The director is also apparently part of the team who made Where The Wild Things Are<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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I take Joanna Newsom’s appearance as the inattentive mother of this child to be a tacit endorsement of MGMT’s efforts. It also goes to show that a lot of the time I have to wonder what “the deal” is with music videos. The ones that grab my attention probably don’t actually “mean” anything, but they engage the eyes and, if I enjoy the music, I look into it further. My way of life isn’t exactly conducive to stumbling across videos, but they can strike in the most unexpected of places and ways.<\/p>\n

What I’m trying to say here is that when I heard Soulja Boy’s “Crank Dat” at a law firm’s reception, my life was changed. No, really. (Not really). It would perhaps be more accurate to say that I still remember the first time I consciously came upon Scissor Sisters, and that was one of many pebbles that started an avalanche that irrevocably changed the way I live today.<\/p>\n

The works of Lady Gaga could possibly justify a PhD thesis by this point, and I might get to them later. For now I should make it clear that the child in the video is <\/em>crying, but he was totally cool with the monsters. Apparently they’re tears of fatigue or something, so I guess baby labour camps are tough work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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