I just came across this music video, while it is not something I would normally watch more than once, I did this time. I came to this video through a HIT (a Human Intelligence Task) I saw on Amazon Mechanical Turk (more on that another time), I wanted to see what it was about before I accepted the HIT. While the song was playing I was reading the comments, mainly because the HIT was to "make a harsh, honest comment on the video, then reply to at least 5 other people's comments".
I didn't mind the song, since it was a remake, and the musician's appear to have talent. The comments were very harsh, all I kept thinking was how people will say or do anything for $1.02 (the amount of the HIT). After I read the comments, I decided to watch the video with an open mind. At first, I could see where some of the comments were coming from, the purple cape was silly, I couldn't understand the 2 microphones, he did look like a Billy Idol look-a-like, and it sort of appeared to be a last minute video shoot. About 1.5 minutes into it I realized I was being entertained by it all, even if it did seem less rehearsed, or put together, than the vids you see on MTV or CMT. These guys each have their own style, so what if it is not something I myself would do, it is what entertainment is all about. They all looked like they were doing what they felt comfortable with. I believe Sir Ivan probably would not judge his commenters quiet as harshly if they made a music video, especially for $1.02. He has made some pretty decent efforts with other videos, I think my hat is off to you, Sir Ivan.
I didn't mind the song, since it was a remake, and the musician's appear to have talent. The comments were very harsh, all I kept thinking was how people will say or do anything for $1.02 (the amount of the HIT). After I read the comments, I decided to watch the video with an open mind. At first, I could see where some of the comments were coming from, the purple cape was silly, I couldn't understand the 2 microphones, he did look like a Billy Idol look-a-like, and it sort of appeared to be a last minute video shoot. About 1.5 minutes into it I realized I was being entertained by it all, even if it did seem less rehearsed, or put together, than the vids you see on MTV or CMT. These guys each have their own style, so what if it is not something I myself would do, it is what entertainment is all about. They all looked like they were doing what they felt comfortable with. I believe Sir Ivan probably would not judge his commenters quiet as harshly if they made a music video, especially for $1.02. He has made some pretty decent efforts with other videos, I think my hat is off to you, Sir Ivan.
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