Simple Plan - "Perfect"
reviewed by: Megan Schroeder
Like "Adam's Song" by Blink 182, Liz Friedlander took the main idea of the song and made an excellent
video out of it. Some videos nowadays don't even get along with the song (example: "Addicted" by Simple
Plan and others). I really liked this video because the song I can relate to and same with the video. The
video takes place on the top of a roof in a neighborhood you probably grew up in. The guys are playing
their instruments and every now and then cutting to a room with a kid, like any of us, sitting there upset.
Members if Simple Plan appear in the room with the teens, showing they went through the same thing.
the song picks up more they get drenched in rain. Oh Simple Plan wet, sounds hot, it is. The kids trash
their room and he band plays harder. They flash through a whole bunch of kids singing the song, along
with the guys in there as well, look quick you can see Patrick (yes the guy tha gets hurt in all their videos).
Liz did a great job putting the song into a video. One of my favorites.
The Used - "Blue & Yellow"
reviewed by: Maureen Benedict
"Blue & Yellow" starts out with the band recording. Bert is playing piano in this part and when the vocals
start it shows the band playing live for fans. The Used love to horse around and skateboard and you see
plenty of that in this video. It's a real fun video to watch and has plenty of crowd surfing as well. John
Feldman, frontman of Goldfinger and The Used's producer, makes an appearance in the video. The
video is mostly the band playing live but it shows how much fun and energy they put into their live shows.
Any hardcore fan of The Used will love this video. The video ends with them recording again followed by
some live footage. If you missed this on MTV, the band released a dvd titled Maybe Memories and it has
the video on it as well as their three other videos.
Diffuser - "Get It On"
reviewed by: Maureen Benedict
The video starts out with the band playing on the beach and then shows a guy named Ice Trey playing the
new Playstation game, Outlaw Vollyball. All of a sudden he gets sucked into the tv and ends up in
the game. He ends up playing vollyball with the girl from the game and tries to impress her without much
luck. They show parts of the actual game and the real people playing the game as well as going back and
forth with the band playing on the beach. The band's performance is very energetic like their live shows are.
Towards the end of the video, frontman Tomas Costanza does the moonwalk on the beach them attempts to
smash his guitar. At the end Ice Trey and the girl come back out of the tv and she acts more into him than she
did earlier in the video. In the background of the room you can see a Diffuser poster hanging up on the wall.
This is a really awesome video! If you have not heard of DIffuser yet, they are really worth checking out. You
can find this video on the bands official website, diffuseronline.com.
Mest - "Jaded (These Years)"
reviewed by: Maureen Benedict
"Jaded (These Years)" by Mest is a really awesome video. It starts out with Tony playing guitar on the couch
the morning after a big house party. Then it goes to the night before showing the party in progress and Mest
is performing at the party. It shows the band goofing off and just in general having a good time. Benji Madden
of Good Charlotte has a cameo in the video. The video shows Benji and Tony playing dice and gambling their
money in the corner of the kitchen. Nick Gigler (who's throwing the party) is passed out on his sofa and people
at the party cut his clothes off and move the sofa with him naked on it out into the middle of the street. The video
then goes to a scene in the bedroom where Tony and Benji are playing guitar and singing the chorus to the song.
And it then goes back to the party with the band playing live. At the end it shows the morning after and the band
packing up their gear, getting in the van and driving off. As the van pulls away the cameras focus on Nick who is
still passed out naked on the sofa in the middle of the street. This is the only Mest video to make it onto MTV. If
you love this video and want to see more go vote for it on MTV's TRL.