Best videos of 2010 - Category: Beautiful Storytelling
These three, because of their depth, simplicity and beauty, stood alone from some of the sillier categories I created.
Harper Simon - Berkley Girl (taken from Harper Simon)
I have to say this every time I mention Harper Simon, but I didn’t discover his 2009 debut album until a year after it had been released. It wasn’t for lack of paying attention, it simply had barely been reported on in the indie music press. Which is criminal, because not only is Harper the son of Paul Simon, but the album is completely amazing. So, quit jumping the shark with this Wavves and Sleigh Bells crap and start doing your jobs again in 2011, ok guys?
Jena Malone stars as the girl Harper loved and lost (except for as a friend).
El-P - Time Won’t Tell (taken from Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3)
Children can be cruel, and so can poverty, but the human spirit still triumphs.
Black Prairie - Red Rocking Chair (taken from Feast of the Hunters’ Moon)
If you’re not a parent, you may feel some bafflement as to how parents can feel such deep love for these tiny creatures who can barely eat by themselves, usually smell like food and/or poop and have ruined their sleep, social and sex lives. But I can tell you, something, like an embedded microchip you didn’t know was there, switches on when you have a child, and the love you feel for them transcends any feelings you’ve had for anyone, ever.
So, to lose a child is probably the most heartbreaking thing that could ever happen to a person. Portland’s Black Prairie tell this story with grace, using only a few instruments, words and scenes.
Keep on ridin’…