Red Mosquito

I couldn't even make it to the Greta part.

Just imagine the guy in the video is the dude from Office Space and it will give you an entirely different interpretation. He's looking into his crystal ball and seeing what life will be like if he goes back to Initech.

I am kind of with Juv on this. Looked cool, technically, but I'm not sure it worked. I am on the fence about the Greta appearance but I have tremendous respect for who she is and what she's done so that's fine. But it didn't quite fit. I like what they were going for with the tarot cards but it does feel out of place.

PHATJ wrote:The Greta inclusion is ... so Pearl Jam of them.

Hamfisted? Agreed.

I mean I get the symbolism of it being a young person, and I get using her, but it ended up feeling too on the nose

pretty meh video overall

wish Boom got a tarot

This video actually made the music on Retrograde feel cheesier than it is.

What an odd video.

Monkey_Driven wrote:I couldn't even make it to the Greta part.

that's when i tapped out. by then, my eyes were sore from rolling so much anyway

I dont really give a shit about Greta, and i loved it, mostly for the animation of most of the frames, the cards, the colors.
It made me listen to Retrograde three times today. Never before.

Ms Harmless wrote:Platy totally found that thing incredibly moving

¨The video is ok¨ he whispered for himself, while a sea of tears flooded his face. ¨The video is ok¨ he mumbled crying as it was the first time. ¨The video is ok¨

I want a Pearl Jam album strip mall!

PHATJ wrote:This was kinda cool.

No Code, Ten, Lightning Bolt, Vs.

can't wait for their 12th album, Psychic Reader!

I really liked the video! I think it enhanced the song for me and really brought the Climate Change theme to life. Loved the visuals during the outro. Retrograde is one of the weaker songs on this album for me (still pretty good) but that outro was always fantastic and I think I like it better now after watching the video. And yes, it made me emotional.

Kevin Davis wrote:For some reason that video reminds me of one of GNR's Use Your Illusion-era narrative videos, like the one for "Estranged" where Axl goes swimming with dolphins. Which is to say, looks pretty if you don't think too hard about it. I also feel like Mike is looking more and more like an aging member of Green Day.

The song has grown on me a lot, though.

Whoa whoa whoa. DO NOT compare this to Estranged
That is one of the greatest music videos of all time

Vitalogy79 wrote:This video actually made the music on Retrograde feel cheesier than it is.

I don't feel that about this song but I do about SBWM

stip wrote:I am kind of with Juv on this. Looked cool, technically, but I'm not sure it worked. I am on the fence about the Greta appearance but I have tremendous respect for who she is and what she's done so that's fine. But it didn't quite fit. I like what they were going for with the tarot cards but it does feel out of place.

I mean the song is called "retrograde" so that gives me astrology / esoteric / occultic spirituality vibes to begin with, so I'm not surprised about the Tarot cards or the psychic / crystal ball, and the idea of Greta as a "clairvoyant" foretelling bad times is kind of very of-the-moment imo

hmmm

EJ wrote:pretty meh video overall

wish Boom got a tarot

Boom is in Hawaii, he got wiped out first by the rising ocean level.

This is a cool read.

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/pea ... 234606458/