Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Just Wrong ( Audio track ) 2021

 quelle merveille .... indéfinissable ... c'est jazzy façon hip-hop moderne rencontrant les nappes et envolées nostalgiques de Brian Wilson ... ces excellents musiciens ( Pino Palladino a joué avec quasiment tous les grands ) savent tout jouer, ils s'affranchissent des chapelles, pour notre plus grand plaisir, la musique, c'est avant tout des émotions n'est-ce pas ?

 

Purity Ring - Stardew ( Dir : Tobias Stretch ) 2020

le retour du génie ... Tobias anime, sculpte, fabrique et filme ces " créatures " dans des visuels éblouissants... son style est toujours dans la poésie, l'onirique, il ne pratique pas l'esbrouffe numérique. Avec lui on ne sait jamais si ce que l'on regarde est " analogique " ou numérique, l'idée même de " réel "n'a pas lieu ici, c'est juste merveilleux. Il avait disparu professionnellement suite à de gros problèmes de santé, il revient en pleine mesure de son talent, je suis très heureux et le salue chaleureusement ( s'il lit ces lignes  nous avons échangé jadis ... ), bravo l'artiste ! ( si vous choisissez dans les mots-clé en bas de page " Tobias Stretch ", vous aurez la plupart de ses clips disponibles, je suis fan, vous l'avez compris, depuis ses débuts ).

Bob Dylan - Not dark yet ( Audiotrack ) 1997 - Last flag flying ( Movie ) 2015 - Didier Balducci - Tourisme Parralèle ( Book ) 2018

Les Chics Clips launches into the cultural prescription .... If you can, watch "Last flag flying", the three main actors do wonders and have rarely been so good, especially Steve Carell, to break your heart & Bryan Cranston , dazzling with energy. During the end credits you will hear "Not dark yet", an essential pearl signed Bob Dylan at its best .... for the literary council, if you know (or even il you don't  ! ) The city of Nice and its surroundings (especially St-Laurent -du-Var) & if you want to laugh endlessly, I recommend the wonderful book of chronicles by Didier Balducci, "Tourisme Parrallèle, Tome 1 - La Côte d'Azur ", published by Editions Mono-Tone.

Person of the Forest - Documentary about orangutans in Borneo Island ( Dir : Tim Laman & Melissa Lesh ) 2018

... one of the last chance to study those marvels of nature in their natural habitat .... fantastic shots & lots of " humanity " in their eyes & behaviour .... please yourself, it's worth watching ....

Overview - Short film - ( Dir : Guy Reid ) 2013

.... documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect .... wonderful & dreamy .... unique POV ...

alt-j - Deadcrush ( Dir : Young Replicant ) 2017

.... a perfect match of a tight & powerful choregraphy , the shots' angle & point of view & the brilliant indie music track .... a gem ...

Orval Carlos Sibelius - Les Oubliés ( Audio track ) 2017

.... marvellous " brand new " reappropriation of the great psychedelic albums from the 60's  ... Odessey & Oracle , Smile , Sergent Pepper's & others .... a gem .... magical ....

Inori (Prayer) - Video performance ( Dir : Eiji Tanigawa ) 2017

 .... astonishing Super High Speed Face Mapping (1000 fps ! ) ... beautiful & beyond technology , nearly " classical " in aesthetic terms .... true modern magicians ( concept : Nobumichi Asai ) .... this blog is made to share the pleasure of seeing things like that !
To watch the making of :  https://vimeo.com/210565827

The Clash - Death Or Glory ( 1979 ) ( Fan edit video ) 2010

... best rock band ever ?  ..... great fan edit .... energy, song, attitude ....

JIL – All Your Words ( Dir : Anton Tammi ) 2017

... wonderful little film based on lesbian fantasies .... dreamy , sensual & intense ... beautiful actresses ... a must ....

Leningrad - Kolshik ( Dir : Ilya Naishuller ) 2017

....entirely reversed .... as usual with Ilya Naishuller , there is extreme & exciting violence , fast & furious pace , a complete technical control of every shots ..... it's just amazing visually  ( my reserve concern the song .... you can turn off the sound , very poor ..... ) reverse version here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzS9UV8l2rE  
Some other works by Ilya Naishuller here : http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/05/biting-elbows-stampede-dir-ilya.html          &             http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2013/03/biting-elbows-bad-muthafucka-dir-ilya.html

Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane ( Dir : Nick Egan ) 2004

.... classic " noisy " rock track .... fashion show ... NYC VIP's ..... still a marvel ....

David Bowie - No Plan ( Dir : Tom Hingston ) 2016

.... very , very moving ..... I wonder if he really knew how much we loved him ...

The Pixies - Gigantic ( Live at Fa Onrust , Dutch TV ) 1988

... gigantic ..... song  ! ( from " Surfer Rosa " LP , 1988  ).... still marvellous 28 years afterwards ... one of the best band ever ...

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker ( Audio track ) 2016

.... a sepulchral voice who seems coming straight from the grave ..... amazing artistic & moral strength .... a mensch .... lyrics below :
If you are the dealer
I'm out of the game
If you are the healer
I'm broken and lame
If thine is the glory
Then mine must be the shame 
You want it darker
We kill the flame
Magnified and sanctified Be Thy Holy Name Vilified and crucified
In the human frame
A million candles burning For the help that never came 
You want it darker
We kill the flame
Hineni Hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
There's a lover in the story
But the story's still the same There’s an lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame
But it’s written in the scriptures And it’s not some idle claim 
You want it darker
We kill the flame
They’re lining up the prisoners now The guards are taking aim
I struggled with some demons
They were middle-class and tame Didn’t know I had permission
To murder and to maim You want it darker
We kill the flame
Hineni Hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
Magnified and sanctified Be Thy Holy Name Vilified and crucified
In the human frame
A million candles burning For the love that never came 
You want it darker
We kill the flame
If you are the dealer
I'm out of the game
If you are the healer
I'm broken and lame
If thine is the glory
Then mine must be the shame You want it darker
We kill the flame
Hineni Hineni
I'm ready, my Lord?

Solange - Cranes In The Sky ( Dir : Alan Ferguson & Solange Knowles ) 2016

Solange Knowles deserve our attention as she's just great & adventurous ( record arranged by Raphael Saadiq ) ...  between Erykah Badu & Joni Mitchell  ! Great references ... a gem  ... the music video is beautiful too .... CLASSY !

Rufus ft Chaka Khan - Tell me something good ( playback live on TV " Soul Train " ) 1974

... smashing track , amazing singer ... one of my all time fav' ( thanks Didier B. for the Fb link ! ) .... soooo funky , soooo smooth & sexy ! ( + the talkbox = lot better  predecessor of the boring Autotune !!!)

Booker T & the MG's - ( short version ) Green Onions ( Retro TV , movies excerpts) 1962

....... pure rythm & blues , pure groove ...... total masterpiece ..... Steve Cropper & Donald " Duck " Dunn .... +  hot & sexy dancing footages from 50's & 60's movies ....

David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away ( Dir : Jonathan Barnbrook ) 2016

... marvellous song .... deeply moving .... lyrics video ... 

The Red Drum Getaway - mashup Hitchcock/Kubrick ( Edited by : Adrien Dezalay, Emmanuel Delabaere, Simon Philippe ) 2015

.... brilliant , clever & funny movie mashup ..... Kubrick is the vilain on that one .... & Jimmy is soooo cool ...... DO NOT MISS IT !