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Video Vault: Prince, “Raspberry Beret”

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ANOTHER POST FOR OUR “THROWBACK THURSDAY” SEGMENT, VIDEO VAULT! ON SELECT THURSDAYS, WE DISCUSS OUR FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEOS THROUGH THE AGES.  For this Throwback Thursday, I thought we’d celebrate the 35th anniversary of Prince’s  Around the World in a Day by revisiting the album’s hit single “Raspberry Beret.” A strangely innocent song for the otherwise scandalous and seductive musician, it came right after the implementation of parental advisory warnings, for which Prince’s song “Darling Nikki” was the cause. The lyrics feature a hat-wearing hipster and her lazy teenage love interest, with…

Video Vault: Björk, “Big Time Sensuality”

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Introducing our new “throwback Thursday” segment, Video Vault! On select Thursdays, we’re going to post our favorite music videos through the ages.  Our first video vault is Björk’s “Big Time Sensuality,” the fourth single from her 1993 album Debut.  “Big Time Sensuality” features a fresh faced Björk, dressed all in white, dancing on top of a truck driving through New York City. It’s not a swan costume, but it’s still pretty funky. Watching the video, one gets the sense that Björk spent way too much time meandering through Icelandic wilderness…

Video Vault Episode 44: Are We Out of the Woods?

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Let me take you back ten years to when Taylor Swift was 15. She had blonde bouncy curls and country swagger. She sang “truck” like “truuuck” and “up” like “uuhhpp,” and played the guitar. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqoeQpsBI4c] Last night on Jimmy Kimmel we got Taylor 4.0. A full blown pop star and New York City girl. Her swagger aint country anymore. <3 her. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVAfR3QjFKo] Recent T. Swift coverage: “Red, from 2012, was her Purple Rain” – Rob Sheffield for Rolling Stone The History of Taylor Swift and Lena Dunham’s Internet-Born…