Thursday, August 20, 2009

Good MVs - Nickelback's "Someday"


Excellent Video... Ehmm yes, its my 'favourite' sad type of story again. ^_^" But hey, it does have a 'nice' ending - depending on how you look at it.

Initially you would've thought they were in some kind of disagreement or quarrel but actually the girl's frustration is over her beau's death. Very artistic and movie/drama like way to bring across the content/story.

The way the director tries to hint to you something is 'wrong' with the guy is pretty good. Things like there's only 1 pair of footstep after both parties stepped across the puddle of milk, the absence of any reflection in the rear view mirror as the girl was adjusting it - when in fact the guy was chasing from behind etc (there's some sort of mini-spoiler at the beginning where the newspaper on the table is half-folded where you can't make out the complete news headline). To be honest I was pretty slow to, got enlightened thanks to the various comments from Youtubers. :P

It achieved what music videos ought to, imo, i.e. to bring out/stress/emphasize the feel/mood of the lyrics in the song.

I was trying to relate the mv to the one of the main lines in the chorus of the song "Someday, somehow gonna make it alright", and I think these 2 netizen's pov are pretty true:

"ok and as for the meaning i watched the video again was confused until the very end. this song is about a relationship that ends in horror..but someday when they meet back together things are alright.. and in the video that is when they are both dead"

"In a sense, I think the song does go along with the video.
In the video he is blind as to what has happened (him being dead) and thinks she is just completely ignoring him. And that someday came true when she died and they got to make it right.
In the song they are blind and let things get worse.
Like I said kind of by the idea but not completely. "

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