Monday, December 15, 2008

Music Video Review - Krys Daddy Mory Lord Kossity - Dancehall Soldier (Video)

This isn't a video I have anything to do with, except as a viewer.







I like the high energy and lyrical economy of this video. I think it suits the "Military" Riddim (the name of the instrumental track) on which is is built. The images reflect and re-enforce this theme as well, and the spraseness of the beat is reflected in the composition of the elements of the video.

Although an upbeat song, I think it also reflects the almost mechanical way in which a "machine of war", or a military machine, functions... and, by extension, how most corporations, industries, and so on function. By keeping the body strong but the soul dead, passionate wars are fought by empty soldiers. 

Well, at that point, I'm reading too much into it, but a Dancehall is usually a fairly densely populated place... to be alone in on physically might be impossible, but this video reminds me of the saying "alone in a crowd", but carried to the extreme where you don't know you're alone because you're busy moving... and because that sense of self-awareness has been replaced by attention focused on the music, which is like marching orders, telling the (dancehall) soldiers what to do.

So, I like the video because it reminds me of what I call the Cognizants' Condition, but apparently others call the Human Condition....