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Now that's a great video. They should've shot the official version from inside Larry's drum kit, looking out. I love the way he ratchets up in sections...reminds me of Fire.
the letterman performance was simply brilliant, and MUCH, MUCH superior to the somerville one. i thought bono's singing in the latter was pretty average
Agreed.
Boring as hell. The two dancers look stoned or something...
Great song, lousy video.
I don't get it with U2 sometimes. They have whatever budget they want to shoot a video and they end up doing this poetic-like crap.
poetic-like crap.
Okay so the official video isn't going to win any awards but the guy who did this deserves one.
YouTube - U2 Magnificent Advert
saw the video yesterday on MTV
Something about this sentence doesn't make sense...was it played on the Hills or something?
You people are crazy, its a really good video. Not as good as Boots (IMHO their best ever) but it completely blows away the version of Magnificent that Anton did for Linear. So boring and ugly, the band looks awful and the thing goes nowhere, its really terrible.
The official video isn't their best ever but I still really like it, very classy and zen. My only real problem is cutting out the solo section in the middle. I'd rank it around Beautiful Day, not as good as Boots or Vertigo or Electrical Storm but certainly better than Elevation or City Of Blinding Lights (I like all of these vids, btw).
So yeah, cool video.
I know! Great video. All the "so boring!" comments seem really unappreciative to me -- the white sheets look fantastic and there are some pretty expensive and advanced special effects going on here, no? The look and feel of the video completely matches the theme of the song (looking up to praise God) and the album's overarching theme of surrender, too. One of their best videos, IMO.
saw the video yesterday on MTV
I know, I know, but MTV and VH1 (PL) still play music videos over here
Robert Smith said:QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US
WHY NO 'REAL' NEW VIDEOS TO GO WITH THE 'MIX 13' SINGLES...
THE TRUTH IS
AFTER THE DISMAL RESPONSE
(IE THEY WEREN'T SHOWN ANYWHERE!)
TO THE LAST 'REAL' VIDEOS WE MADE
WE JUST COULDN'T WORK UP THE ENTHUSIASM TO MAKE ANOTHER LOT...
AS WE HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER VIDEOS WE WERE TO MAKE - HOWEVER GOOD OR BAD - WOULD STILL NOT REALLY GET SHOWN ANYWHERE...
SO WHAT'S THE POINT?!!
HOWEVER...
AS A KIND OF HALFWAYHOUSE THING
I DID A SHORT INTERVIEW WITH MTV IN EARLY MAY
AND WE FILMED A FEW SONGS WITH THEM IN THE SAME STUDIO WE HAVE BEEN RECORDING AND MIXING IN...
IT WAS QUICK AND EASY
SHOT 'IN THE STUDIO' STYLE
AND INTENDED TO HELP GET US A BIT OF PRESENCE ON THE MTV SITES...
So I'm trying to figure why U2 would even bother spending the money to hire a director, take a crew to Morocco for a shoot, and do CGI work for a video that's barely going to get any airplay. I have no idea whether this video is playing on MTV or VH1 in the US, because they only show videos at 3AM or on some obscure cable channel that I would have to pay extra for.
The video is not available on iTunes or anywhere else for purchase as far as I can tell, and I doubt anyone but devout fans would go to U2.com to watch a video.
So is their grand plan to post a high-quality flash video on U2.com, knowing it will get reposted to YouTube then linked to on blogs, message boards, and Facebook pages? Is this the paradigm for music video marketing in the 21st century?
Because honestly, they could have just posted the Somerville version and been done with it, and saved themselves a lot of time, effort, and money.
I like the video, BTW.
I've actually seen it twice in the morning whwn MTV shows videos...