Not Quite Fair Enough
Lily’s new video for “Not Fair” is out. Personally, I was let down. The song is so racy and fun. I thought they’d go for something equally out there but unfortunately she went for the kitsch vibe of Nirvana’s In Bloom or Weezer’s Buddy Holly aping the look of a country Western variety music program from the ’70s. It works but when I heard this song I imagined a mechanical bull (obvious but so right!) and a shot of her in bed framed so that we could only see her upper half (knees up around her head), and she’s just getting pumped and pumped but she’s yawning, she’s reading the Wall Street Journal, she’s checking her watch, shes learning Chinese, anything. That would have got people talking and would have stuck with the narrative of her song as most of her previous videos have. What she gave us is cute and is not lacking in charms, but opportunity squandered, Miss Allen.
What did you guys think?
She’s too young for you.
Comment by Victoria — March 24, 2009 @ 7:05 am
But old enough for a 50 year old guy according to Page Six. Seriously though the girl is quite the dirty bird.
Comment by admin — March 24, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
I love the expressions on the faces of the guys in the band. They look disgusted, bored, afraid, etc. However, I do think the pv could have been more inventive.
Comment by Kat — March 25, 2009 @ 5:29 am
I feel like just following along with the words would have been a bit obvious and unoriginal. I mean, everyone who has heard the song has already seen that video in their mind while listening to it, haven’t they? The song pains a pretty vivid picture.
This at least gives her something fun to work with. That, and it’s positively dripping with style. I quite like it. While you’re right that other people have done similar ‘period piece’ videos, I’ve not seen any in this particular style, and it’s not overdone enough yet to really feel played out to me.
Comment by Jojo — March 25, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
Irrelevant, but Olivia’s new song and video are out:
Comment by Victoria — March 25, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
a) I love the Olivia song and the video is cuul (said as Cartman from South Park) -thanks for the heads up!
b) I’m only holding Miss Allen to her own standards. SMILE, LDN, and ALFIE all had strong stories which she made literal videos for to great effect. The Fear was a bit more abstract but it still fit with the narrative.
Comment by admin — March 26, 2009 @ 6:48 am