Domino Valdano

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Well... I own 3 of Eminem CD's (the most of any artist in my collection), plus the 8 Mile DVD, and have considered myself a fan of his for over 10 years (ever since the Slim Shady LP came out in 1999, which blew me away). But I have to say, Marshall Mathers still has a unique ability to surpise and inspire me:



Admittedly there's something that feels a little bit too polished or commercial about this song, almost as if it's a Nike or Pepsi commercial. And I don't think it measures up lyrically to some of his other great works. But especially towards the end, I find it is pretty hard not to react emotionally to it. Twice in a row I broke into tears watching it, even while trying not to and thinking "ok, this time it's not going to get me". I think I'll wait till tomorrow to give it another try. Seems to fit so many themes in my life. Perhaps it's the same reason I liked the Matrix so much... clearly there are some strong references to Neo in it.

Another good video released recently, of course, is Gaga's Alejandro, although I will resist the temptation to link to that as I've linked to enough of her art lately and those of you who are fans have probably already seen it, and those of you who aren't... probably don't care. Also, while massively cool, I don't think it measures up to the Telephone video.

I stumbled on to Justice from hearing a track on the July Burning Circle. They've got a lot of totally rad, really tight, bomb diggity shiznat. I really love these guys. They are from France, and won best video at the European MTV music awards in 2006, and then for a different video in 2007. Nominated for a grammy as well as lots of MTV music awards in 2008. My apologies if everyone else has already heard of them. If not, check it out...

First, start by listening to Justice's song Genesis (with video from Michael Jackson's Thriller)... I really wanted to embed this one, but it's disabled. Probably my favorite overall, but it's hard to compare because so much of their stuff is so different, but all very good:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=27QeMqElbWY

Justice @ I Love Techno 2006:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yHf-8gmJwA

Justice - Waters of Nazareth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-katbXynI9w&

Another video of Waters of Nazareth someone made, with dancing poker chips... cool video, but unfortunately the sound quality really sucks... they must have turned it up too high or something:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bsE9UYOk-k0

Justice - New Jack (to a Michael Jackson montage--not sure what the connection is between Justice and Michael Jackson videos, but they both do seem to go well together):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8eyCc6N9Hw

Justice - DVNO, humorous song/video about 4 letters in gold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4QJBODw7_0

Justice - Stress, this video is crazy intense/disturbing, but done very well and highly appropriate for the song:


Justice - D.A.N.C.E., winner of the 2007 European MTV award for best video; nominated for 2008 MTV award for best video as well as video of the year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ6jjfSL-wQ

Justice - D.A.N.C.E., live on Jimmy Kimmel (each band member dressed up like a different famous musician from history; UPDATE/correction: the actual "band members" are just the 2 guys who turn on the radio, and the rest are impersonators):


My only complaint is that, Bad Religion has a much cooler symbol for their band than Justice does (compare: Bad Religion, Justice)