New Window in the Skies video!

[Edgette]

Cross-posted from PLEBA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskbxuehP3I

 

[MrBrau1]

Wow.

That's their best video ever.

It's very cheesy and very good at the same time.

Anyone notice each band member in the crowd shots at the end?

 

[LemonMelon]

Is this official?

It's definitely very cool nonetheless.

 

[silvrlvr]

This video is going to generate a lot of reactions.

On one hand, it reminds me of a very slick TV commercial, specifically the Chevrolet ad that ran during the World Series.

On the other hand, it has shots of many amazing artists -- Ella, Elvis, Horowitz, Johnny Cash, lots of Motown people, and the closing shot of Sinatra is timed perfectly.

Love to read anything anyone finds about the philosophy behind it. (At first I thought by Window in the Skies, it meant dead artists, but they aren't all departed.)

 

[vaz02]

U2 r bloody idiots , best song they made in 6 years with a video people wont relate u2 to.

Filmed in AUZ my arse.

 

[LMP]

Wow.

That's their best video ever.

It's very cheesy and very good at the same time.

Anyone notice each band member in the crowd shots at the end?

I love how they not only acknowledge their influences, but their contemporaries as well.

The crowd shot was great.

I loved this vid, but Bono had to put in the giggling little African kids right?

 

[becca_lyn]

I smiled the entire video. That was great. They managed to put just about all of my favorites in it... Thanks for sharing!

 

[phillyfan26]

OH MY GOD LARRY SMILED

 

[LemonMelon]

I love the Beck referencing...twice.

The George Harrison and Keith Moon clips were also fantastic.

 

[Westport]

 

[silvrlvr]

Could the crowd shots have been done in Australia, perhaps in front of a blue screen?

 

[Caroni]

OMG this is the worst video EVER not only U2 but ANY artist I really hope this isn´t oficial...
The idea is great but the way is done is...


After I wrote that I noticed was uploaded by U2.com

 

[gherman]

I loved the video. Love the song too

 

[vaz02]

loved the song , hated the video.

 

[Westport]

The lip syncing bits were awful.

Overall I like the idea.

 

[Lila64]

Very cool - my friend was there filming that day

 

[vaz02]

looks like the c4 promo was right.
But what was the deal with filming it on top of that AUZ bar ?

i think there be 2 versions.

 

[BonosLil'Pal94]

I thought the lip syncing wasn't too bad...but it wasn't great either. The George Harrison part was cool! i thought it was an OK video...it didn't need the African kids that had nothing to do with it though...

 

[vaz02]

Manybe the african kids mean they were the next generation of superstars ?

 

[Caroni]

it didn't need the African kids that had nothing to do with it though...

 

[Queen Bee]

That was pretty cool.

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

I'm not fond of the video at the moment....it seems too much for me....but hopefully with each showing...it may grow on me.

Still love the song

 

[silvrlvr]

If Saints got 1 million hits on YouTube (as Bono claimed somewhere) I wonder if this will come close?

 

[BAW]

I thought it was awful the first time I watched but after seeing it a few more times, I like it

 

[vaz02]

If Saints got 1 million hits on YouTube (as Bono claimed somewhere) I wonder if this will come close?

it got 2,219,306 and counting.

 

[Queen Bee]

If Saints got 1 million hits on YouTube (as Bono claimed somewhere) I wonder if this will come close?

Only if it becomes a featured video on the homepage.

 

[MrBrau1]

So, who do we see?

Zappa
Billie Holiday
Simon & Garfunkel
Roy Orbison
Bjork
?
Marley
Talking Head foot.
Louis Armstrong
?
?
Lou Reed
Frank
?
Kanye
Mick Jones
Nat King Cole
?
Keith Moon
The Rolling Stones
?
Four Tops?
Marvin Gaye
?
Temptations
Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
Elvis Costello
Ramones
Hendrix
KeithMoon
Nirvana
The Clash
Johnny Cash
Iggy Pop
Radiohead
MJ Blige
Janes Addiction
Elvis
Al Green?
The Smiths
Beck
Beyonce
Elton John
?
?
The Corrs
?
Commodores
White Stripes
Sly & The Family Stone
?
Charles Mingus?
Arcade Fire?
The Beatles
Hendrix
The Pretenders
Alicia Keys
Ray Charles
Buddy Guy?
The Clash
Led Zeppelin
?
Keith Moon
Bowie
Billie Holiday
Smokey Robinson
Elvis
Led Zeppelin
Old Guy?
?
Zeppelin
MC5
Queen
?
Jackie Wilson
Beastie Boys?
?
Talking Heads
Public Enemy
MC5
Public Enemy
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jay Z
Patti Smith
?
Stevie Wonder
Nirvana
Sinatra

 

[Edgette]

I don't think that was George Harrison. It looks more like Keith Richards. A YOUNG Keef.

 

[Axver]

That's the stupidest music video I've ever seen in my life. Anyone with half-decent video editing software and access to the Internet could have put that together.

 

[Caroni]

Very cool - my friend was there filming that day

That´s good because it was the only part I liked