I've been noticing lately that there are several music videos where people are saving lives. I never noticed before and I just wonder if it is something brought on by events like 911 and Katrina and there is a need to emphasize the idea of being a good Samaritan. There are also a lot of songs about saving a life or wanting to be saved and I can't help but wonder if there is more to it than the multiple cries for help that seem to come from these songs. Perhaps I think too much. Ha.
Here are a few examples:
#1: Rascal Flatts - Everyday, a video about several different situations where someone comes along to save someone's life or help them in some way. There is an EMT, a couple adopting a child, a woman saving another woman from an abusive relationship, etc.
#2: 3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time, In this video you see a car accident involving a mother and child Vs. a delivery truck and then a rewind of the event where a random guy runs across buildings all over the city, superhero style with flips and death defying stunts, and jumps in front of the car to prevent the accident.
#3: Unwritten Law - Save Me
Too much fun leads to accidental suicide in this animated music video. If the girlfriend would have just gone into the apartment maybe things would have turned out differently.
#4: Xandria- Save My Life
This one is simply a song about saving a life, not necessarily a video about it.
#5: The All American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
Here is another song that seems to be a cry for help but the video doesn't quite reflect that. It seems like it will but then there are fireworks and everyone is happy.
#6: Shinedown - .45
In this video things are a bit ambiguous as to what is going to happen but after a big fight with a girlfriend the lyrics lead you to believe that something bad is going to take place. Sad.
#7: Tokio Hotel - Don't Jump
The title of the song conveys the meaning of both the song and the video. This band also has a song called Rescue Me and I'm not sure what he is asking to be rescued from...maybe his poor hair style choices? I don't know. Anyway, here is the video.
Eh, I thought about doing a list of ten videos but I realize that it is slightly depressing to think of all these but it is something that I have, for some reason, taken notice of lately. Anyone else noticing any videos like these they want to add to the list?
1 comment:
This is great post. I haven't even noticed the phenomenon until reading this. I think too much as well, but we were trained to do it! I believe there's something deeper going on. With the world in such a chaotic, uncertain state, humans crave heroes and heroic deeds no matter how small or huge. Also, I think that's why shows like Heroes, and all the superhero movies are so popular right now. I'm sure Joseph Campbell and Jung would have more to say about it, but it seems stuff like this is becoming our postmodern mythology, filling in the gaps left by religion, which just isn't cutting it anymore. It's no surprise that our musicians are expressing that need. Hell, look at Gerard Way. He's not only singing, but also creating his own superhero comic!
Here are a couple more to add to the list: "How to Save a Life" by The Fray (http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=1946832&vid=123429) and "Stop and Stare" by OneRepublic (http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1587061&vid=205878).
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