For the past month and a half I have been working in the BP iCenter, a drilling optimization and monitoring office in the BP building. I emphasize office, because everyone else in the BP building exists in a farm of cubicles while two Schlumberger engineers get an office filled with computer screens. The work is interesting as it exposes me to the client side and allows me to lead a relatively normal life; I sleep and eat at regular hours while having the opportunity to socialize with people in town. I'm losing my mind from all the normalcy, so to keep my brain limber I have been indulging in more music videos produced in the 80's than usual.
80's music videos are truly a lost art. No more are music videos produced featuring claymation merging into random images from a Peter Gabriel acid trip, or geriatrics attempting to play the drums for Talking Heads. No, now we have booty shaking and some ridiculous dance scene with a latex-laden heroine who is heroin-skinny. While videos such as "Take On Me" by Aha and "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell epitomize the time, I've found that they are the median on weird. New Order pushed the bizarre envelope of 80's music videos. My ability to write cannot begin to capture the essence of New Order videos "True Faith" and "Blue Monday", you need to view these yourselves.
80's music videos are truly a lost art. No more are music videos produced featuring claymation merging into random images from a Peter Gabriel acid trip, or geriatrics attempting to play the drums for Talking Heads. No, now we have booty shaking and some ridiculous dance scene with a latex-laden heroine who is heroin-skinny. While videos such as "Take On Me" by Aha and "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell epitomize the time, I've found that they are the median on weird. New Order pushed the bizarre envelope of 80's music videos. My ability to write cannot begin to capture the essence of New Order videos "True Faith" and "Blue Monday", you need to view these yourselves.
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