Don't call my mom, dont read my blog, Alejandro

Updated on Jun 30, 2010 by Marley

So it's been a week since I posted my thoughts on the Alejandro video and all of Soldout has been watching the interwebs for other people's thoughts.  Besides OMG-ace-of-bass-madonna-blah-blah. 

This is the definitive Alejandro-Madonna post. 

This is one of the MANY Ace of Bass comparison videos from youtube. 

MOVING THE FUCK ON!

I personally think the song itself is about a loner teenage girl getting hit on by latino dudes... but the video is a totally different story.

Here's Soldout's roundup of the more interesting commentary on the video.

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Not Another Holocaust Video

Ok monster-kittens.

You’ve seen it all over the internet by now; the video premiered Tuesday and it’s Friday so it’s pretty much old news.  All the Madonna comparisons have been made (whether it’s being called homage or a rip-off depends on how much you like the Lady and how much you miss the old Madonna).  Other references to other videos abound—whatever music videos have been around for how long now?  (1981, 1^st video aired on MTV but the idea has been around since…well, Wikipedia says the 1960’s). And movies were around for how long before that? (Let’s say 1890, it’s a tricky question)

My first version of this SAY-SOMETHING-ABOUT-ALEJANDRO started with a chat about Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1926)…which I haven’t seen.  Which I feel I should see but like…it’s long. And German.  And …it looks scary and it looks like something I wouldn’t understand.  And I have enough WTF moments in my day-to-day life, thank you.

Having seen Alejandro I’m kind of wishing I had seen it so I could intelligently dissect what’s going on in this video and make good references to other art, besides freakin’ Madonna videos.  But, this is not going to be an undergrad paper about Gaga compared to …everything else ever. It’s me, rambling.  This isn’t Harpers. It’s Soldout.  Snark n music n stuff.

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