Great Music #24

Hi there! I’m back to talk about some music I like. So here we go.

So the song I’ve picked today is a metal one. It’s “Confusion” by Metallica, a band I’ve praised about six billion times on this blog and on social media and in real life. But I can’t help it, they jsut make so much awesome stuff. And I have two reasons why I’ve chosen “Confusion” for today. Number 1: It’s a really good song by one of my favorite bands. Two: I want to talk about the music video. Let’s start with the story of this thing. “Confusion” is a song about a soldier who comes home from war and gets an average job and then these two worlds start blurring together because this person has PTSD. Metallica have never eschewed from having deep and serious themes in their song, so this is nothing new. What is really interesting here is the video. Sure, it’s basically just a video version of the song, that’s been done millions of times before. What’s so special about this one? Look at the video. The way it’s shot, the way it’s paced… it’s fucking fantastic. The video for “Confusion” was directed by Claire Marie Vogel, a woman who has done a lot of photography and also directed a fair amount of music videos. And just looking at the video for “Confusion” gives me the impression that she’ has a lot of talent. The video is just under seven minutes, and if she can make something that short as dramatic and intense as it is, imagine what she could do with an entire movie! People are always talking about how the movie industry (Hollywood especially) needs more women making the things. I am all for that. Let’s start with getting Claire Marie Vogel some movie gigs… please.
Have a good one and enjoy!