Video Directors

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 11/27/2002, 7:25 pm

I was thinking about Raine's comments regarding how directors are always telling him to hold back a bit and all that. Why is it that a director can't just say "Go with it. Be yourselves. etc...". That's what I'm hoping for the next video. I want a video with some form of a concept, and the band just playing like they love to play. I mean, SOT was supposed to give a look at what OLP are like with just four guys on stage. But we all know that Raine doesn't stand still the whole time. It would make a good video if Raine and the guys could just do their thing, maybe even a bit of a Raine-hanging-off-Steve thing during a guitar solo. Why not make a real video, with the real OLP?

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Mechanical Thought · Post by **Mechanical Thought** » 11/27/2002, 7:41 pm

^ i agree! somewhere out there wasn't that great. i mean, since when is Raine NOT insane on stage?!

cor3y · Post by **cor3y** » 11/27/2002, 8:50 pm

OMA still comes the closest to capturing it I think.

Xavier870 · Post by **Xavier870** » 11/27/2002, 9:43 pm

Superman's Dead!

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 11/27/2002, 9:45 pm

^i was just thinking that.

ajk · Post by **ajk** » 11/27/2002, 9:47 pm

The Naveed videos showed the "real" OLP jamming.

Same with Superman's Dead and Automatic Flowers.

OMA did the job too! Raine's robot dancing was cool.

After that..... it's been sketchy.

I miss the insane Raine in the videos.

Insane Raine... haha, that rhymes.

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 11/27/2002, 11:17 pm

Well, I will always have the memories of the SM tour where he was crazy on stage. Nothing beats spastic movements during "If You Believe" and "Life" Those two songs were probably the best live songs from OLP I've ever heard...ahhhhh

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 11/28/2002, 1:15 am

Mmmm Life

I love watching/hearing them perform that live and the video is awesome too .. OMA is one of their best videos too I think ..

Mechanical Thought · Post by **Mechanical Thought** » 11/28/2002, 2:02 pm

i honestly wich i could have made it to the SM tour

it would have been awesome!

Rigger · Post by **Rigger** » 11/29/2002, 5:33 pm

OLPFan420 wrote:Well, I will always have the memories of the SM tour where he was crazy on stage. Nothing beats spastic movements during "If You Believe" and "Life" Those two songs were probably the best live songs from OLP I've ever heard...ahhhhh

During the SM tour, I think the song that Raine went most wild on was Everyone's A Junkie... remember him spazing out on the floor while singing "Big green monkey everyone's a junkie.. ah... ahh... ahhh.. ahh"... he looked posessed man! that was the greatest!

smoking_monkey · Post by **smoking_monkey** » 11/29/2002, 11:28 pm

i have a feeling the next video is gonna follow the other two too...but we wont know for a few months. hopefully im wrong but i dont see why they would change a style all of a sudden.

Mechanical Thought · Post by **Mechanical Thought** » 11/30/2002, 9:53 am

its sad, but you probably are right. they will most likely make another video with no real meaning behind it.

its so sad...

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 11/30/2002, 1:55 pm

All their videos have had meaning .. you just have to look a little deeper .. people expect way too much from a music video

emily · Post by **emily** » 11/30/2002, 2:08 pm

i know, i think that "somewhere out there" was soooo deep. i mean it tells this story of some pretty girl who probably doesnt even know who OLP is and shes at their concert and she climbs up some thingy and falls down into the crowd and crowdsurfs. well i dont really want to go in-depth, but i find it very philosophical.

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 11/30/2002, 2:09 pm

Somewhere Out There had meaning??? Bwahahahahaha! oh oh, AHHH HAHAHAHAHAHA

blahhhh!!

emily · Post by **emily** » 11/30/2002, 2:11 pm

I don't understand this response to my theory.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 11/30/2002, 2:11 pm

SOT wasn't supposed to have hidden meanings or be 'deep' or tell a story .. they said they wanted to make a simple rock video .. they did .. simple as that.

superboots · Post by **superboots** » 11/30/2002, 2:22 pm

I wrote in to olp.net how I think the fans should help create the next video. Make it a contest.

It will never happen, though.

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 11/30/2002, 2:25 pm

I don't know how you garner deep meaning from SOT. Raine's meaning behind the song has a lot more emotional resonance than that damn video. It is just a straight up rock video that's got people flying around basically for a gimmick. Can you explain your philosophy to me??

ArlieKoz13 · Post by **ArlieKoz13** » 11/30/2002, 2:49 pm

clumsyfish wrote:SOT wasn't supposed to have hidden meanings or be 'deep' or tell a story .. they said they wanted to make a simple rock video .. they did .. simple as that.

I don't remember where I read this, but I remember Raine saying how SOT was supposed to have a storyline, but of course the director wasn't portraying it the way the band would have liked. So they said screw it and just made a live video.