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Intriguing that the two most talked about films so far this year – "Bling Ring" and "Spring Breakers" – suggest the vapidity of pop culture has descended from merely depressing to all-out disturbing.

Music video for "This Is Love" off of Libel's upcoming full-length, "Music For Car Commercials." Directed by Daniele Babbo; filmed in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Stream or download samples from the album at libeltheband.com

This Is Love

Kinda happened as a matter of fact Boundaries crossed, battalions lost Unprepared for the counter-attack She got me good, misunderstood Her intentions Different than mine though not unkind

So I guess that we’ll say, this is love

Kinda happened in a moment of doubt Shields were down, ceded the crown Knocked me out with that sweet little pout Thoughts were mixed, but plans were nixed “C’mon baby You know you want this, sealed with a kiss”

So I guess that we’ll say, this is love

Kinda happened as a matter of fact Boundaries crossed, battalions lost Kept up appearances just for good tact But something’s brewing, it’s not my doing

So I guess that we’ll say, this is love Ain’t this love grand, baby?

The latest mix of Thoroughly Modern Milieu – see it live on Sat. Feb. 16 at MuchMore's.

Hey, hey y'all... We thought we'd share a new mix with you. This is... "This Is Love."

The song that probably best captures the nihilism of the current age is “Fake Plastic Trees.” Thom Yorke has long been a champion documentarian of the alienation technology carries in its revolutionary wake, and beyond the synthetic plants in the title, he also comments on a “rubber man,” “rubber plans” and a man who was a plastic surgeon but “gravity always wins.” It less seems he’s talking about an inorganic world rather than one overfilled with synthetic substitutes and supplements that can’t overcome our feelings of emptiness.

In typical Yorke style, the repetition and slight alteration of common phrases becomes frightening:

She looks like the real thing

She tastes like the real thing

My fake plastic love

The refrain of the song is simply “It wears her/him/me out” – the characters in this world are hit by an overwhelming exhaustion that leads to resignation when interacting with an increasingly unreal reality. The music behind the voice builds into a mighty crescendo during its final verse only to pretty much fall off a cliff at the final refrain – however, it then picks itself up a little so it can stumble onto its final chord.

During the lowest point, Yorke asks in his weakest voice, “If I could be who you wanted all the time.” Who is the speaker talking to? His fake plastic love (the song rather deftly hints at an illicit affair to bring its subtext down to earth) or himself? This also could be voiced by any of the characters in the song (the speaker, his lover, her husband). Though it starts with an “if,” it’s not actually a question – it’s an “if-than” statement that has no “than” because none of these characters can imagine a different world.

For some reason, this supposed intellectual analysis of the hipster at NYTimes.com inspired the above.

#radiohead #fake plastic trees #thom yorke #how to live without irony #nytimes

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