can anyone explain what Librarian Girl's video was all about
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:57 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3V-7DEAgdc
So I'd never seen the video for Librarian Girl before. I've heard the song a bunch of times, and didn't even know there was a video for this song. I remember in 6th grade, that it was sort of strange to write a song about a librarian girl... I mean, I remembered the librarians from my school. They were women, and nagged me about my overdue books, but definitely not someone I'd idolize or have any affection towards. So perhaps Micheal had a "special" librarian.. who knows what.
But after watching this video, some 15 years after hearing the song and trying to make sense out of the lyrics... It absolutely makes no sense. I mean, the track's playing while people are having conversations.. its just camoes after another with no plot structure... And Micheal's not even in it 'till the last few seconds. I mean, people are talking OVER the song. what the hell?
So did Micheal just run out of lyrics and write a song that's just full of FPO (for placement only) lyrics and went to production with it? Because the lyrics certainly don't make much sense... Did he have a thing with libraries? And why the direction with the video, where it's just littering the screen with celebrity names and not much else. Maybe the director just said he didn't get it, and did whatever.
I get the song's supposed to be a bit exotic sounding.. about some sort of exotic unreachable "librarian" girl.... Kinda like a tahitian database admin, or a nicaraguan cryptographic engineer... And a bit of exotic samples here and there.. a bit of swahili.. Dunno, I just don't think it comes together as a cohesive product. Of course, he shows up at the end and calls it a day, and that's enough to make it alright... Uh, not really, Micheal, you didn't even moonwalk or grab your crotch, not that you should do either in a library.
So I'd never seen the video for Librarian Girl before. I've heard the song a bunch of times, and didn't even know there was a video for this song. I remember in 6th grade, that it was sort of strange to write a song about a librarian girl... I mean, I remembered the librarians from my school. They were women, and nagged me about my overdue books, but definitely not someone I'd idolize or have any affection towards. So perhaps Micheal had a "special" librarian.. who knows what.
But after watching this video, some 15 years after hearing the song and trying to make sense out of the lyrics... It absolutely makes no sense. I mean, the track's playing while people are having conversations.. its just camoes after another with no plot structure... And Micheal's not even in it 'till the last few seconds. I mean, people are talking OVER the song. what the hell?
So did Micheal just run out of lyrics and write a song that's just full of FPO (for placement only) lyrics and went to production with it? Because the lyrics certainly don't make much sense... Did he have a thing with libraries? And why the direction with the video, where it's just littering the screen with celebrity names and not much else. Maybe the director just said he didn't get it, and did whatever.
I get the song's supposed to be a bit exotic sounding.. about some sort of exotic unreachable "librarian" girl.... Kinda like a tahitian database admin, or a nicaraguan cryptographic engineer... And a bit of exotic samples here and there.. a bit of swahili.. Dunno, I just don't think it comes together as a cohesive product. Of course, he shows up at the end and calls it a day, and that's enough to make it alright... Uh, not really, Micheal, you didn't even moonwalk or grab your crotch, not that you should do either in a library.
