Director of the Month : Jonathan Glazer

Now you are going to see a number of videos through which I will try to introduce you to the creative genius and the brilliant mind of Jonathan Glazer, the originator of more than a few pieces of art which in all facets are dignified representations of the songs they depict.
If you have seen the latest Sony BRAVIA TV ad, that featured paint exploding all over the tower blocks in Glasgow then you know you are supposed to watch each and every masterwork on this list.

Self-explanatory videos, therefore, no comments (just a line or two from the lyrics to remind you…)

Live with me – Massive Attack
Feb 2006

Either way, win or lose,
When you're born into trouble you live the blues

A Song for the Lovers – Richard Ashcroft
Mar 2000

Can't you see
I'm moving like a train into some foreign land I ain't
Got a ticket for this ride but I will

Rabbit in your Headlights – U.N.K.L.E feat. Thom Yorke
Nov 1998

Thin rubber gloves
She laughs when she's crying
She cries when she's laughing

Karma Police –Radiohead
Aug 1997

Karma police, arrest this girl, her Hitler hairdo, is making me feel ill
And we have crashed her party

Into my arms – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Feb 1997

And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candle burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore

Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai
Jan 1997

I've must have died and gone to heaven
Cos it was a quarter past eleven
On a Saturday in 1999
Right across on where I'm standing
On a dance floor she was landing
It was clear that she was from another time
Like some Baby Barbarella with the stars as her umbrella
She asked me if I'd like to magnetize
Do I have to go star-trekking
Cos it's you I should be checking
So she laser beamed me with her cosmic eyes

Virtual Insanity-Jamiroquai
Aug 1996

Now there's no sound if we all live underground
And now it's virtual insanity

Street Spirit(Fade Out) - Radiohead
Feb 1996

Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out
Immerse your soul in love
IMMERSE YOUR SOUL IN LOVE

The Universal – Blur
Nov 1995

Every paper that you read
Says tomorrow’s your lucky day
Well, here’s your lucky day

Karmacoma - Massive Attack Feat. Tricky
May 1995

You sure you want to be with me
I've nothing to give
Wont lie and say this lovins best
Leave us in emotional peace
Take a walk, taste the rest

-The End