Actress, Leighton Meester
(Gossip Girl), has come out with a song reminiscent of a Chris Isaak
tune. Heartstrings (album of the same name-October 28, 2014) is
basically shots of Leighton singing for the camera with different
backgrounds, lighting and effects, about having to “tie her
heartstrings” after “saving my own self from all your evil games”.
A haunting tune but, a bizarre
video. Maybe I’m just not artsy fartsy enough to get this video. These
girls, filmed in black and white are wondering around the inside of a
building, walking, crawling, sitting, being dragged, looking in the
bathroom mirror, spinning around in a fringed dress, going up and down
stairs, looking under bathroom stalls, walking backwards, falling down,
getting up and generally look like they are aimlessly wondering and
bored to death with a bit of paranoia.
This Don Henley
cover is a slowed down, bare bones sweet rendition with just guitar and
vocals. Kim starts the first verse and chorus then Scott’s scratchy
voice comes in on the next verse and chorus. Third verse has them both
harmonizing on throughout. This is set over home video footage from long
ago and now.
Set in black and white, we follow the band into the studio for
rehearsal. Alexz’ vocals are strong and confident in this tune where the
guitar follows her phrasing in “We’ll let them eat…Cake”. Simple
guitar, vocals, sparse drums and limited bass this tune has a lot of
breathing room with a laid back beat. The video ends with an old time
movie credit of the players.
Why is this on here? Isn’t this an old video? That’s what I said. This
is actually a remake Boston Tribute with Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and
Southern California Children’s Chorus performing with just piano, guitar
and the Chorus.
Steven starts off by saying, “This
one’s for you Boston”. Set in a nice, high ceilinged, pillared hall and
white guitar and piano, images of “Boston Strong” and of the people that
passed away in the Boston Marathon bombing are shown. The video
traverses between these images and Steven and Joe’s performance.
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