Paul Hardcastle: 19

The mindblowing shock of the senses of "19" impressed me, moved me, and confused the life out of me to the point of not knowing how to define it, how to deeply analyze it, and what to actually think about it. Except that I liked it as there's the kind of montage, effects, mixture of sounds, colors, rhtyhm and use of a film project (in this case, "Vietnam Requiem") that appeals to my senses and generate countless feelings and sensations at the same time, which intrigues me to the point of seeing a film, a clip or a work of art, for several times.

Some description/background: the music video uses of archive images and sounds from a TV documentary about Vietnam veteran, matching with Paul Hardcastle song, an electronic/Synth-pop,freestyledance and full of energy song and with the mix of everything, where many lines from the movie are intertwined goes into many directions: irony, but also a full combination between everything (well, sort of).

I guess the shock that made me question everything about this piece is: how can one dance to something like that? It defies everything - even taste, and I'm very open-minded about the arts, but I simply couldn't see it people jumping, or breakdancing in full ecstasy to the sounds of Hardcastle mixed with serious quotes about the Vietnam war, the veterans and the tragedy of it all. But on the other hand there are times when art and its creative collage are defined and perfected exactly in not making sense, challenging our concepts and misconcpets, to break from our shells. Highly interesting. 9/10.