Tim: Tom’s left the country right now, so it’s just me today. Well, me and this, from American band Capital Cities. It first came out about three years back, but didn’t really get big attention until a major label picked them up twelve months back, since when it’s gone top 10 in a decent number of countries worldwide, and top 20 in plenty more, because it’s really very good. So let’s have a 20th century dance retrospective, shall we?
Tim: Believe it or not, I don’t have a list of favourite music videos (though off the top of my head, Nova, Little Talk and Rock n Roll are particular highlights), but this’d probably make the cut. Last month it won a VMA and got nominated for a Grammy, so turns out there is justice after all. There are apparently over forty different styles of dance being exhibited there; you could try to count them all if you’d like, but to be honest I’d rather spend the extra time focusing on the music.
Because that music, well, speaking of Little Talk, what excellent use of brass we have here. Triumphant is the word that springs to mind, and that works well with the lyrics – no negativity at all, it’s all about the positivity of two people being together. So let’s give this universal appreciation, and finish with a quote from the video’s director: “the true heart here is that there’s still some hidden magic out there in the world, and it comes from people connecting and doing what they love.”