So, we’re
late for the party of the X Ambassadors.
Joey’s new counsellor told her about them at her first meeting with him
yesterday. He told her about them,
because he said their video for their single, “Renegade,” featured crips! Joey brought it up to me, so of course, I
made Alexa find it, and we blasted a block on the TV a few loops.
While we
were watching, I noticed the keyboardist, Casey Harris, never looked at said
keyboard and wore shades when none of the other two, Casey’s brother, Sam on
lead vocals and Adam Levin on drums and percussion, didn’t. I brought up to Joey, so we really watched
the other videos. Same shades, same
look. When it looped back to “Renegade,”
there’s a sequence they’re walking through an alley. Sam has his hand on Casey’s shoulder, walking
with him. Not that Casey needed it, he
had his cane leading the way. It,
actually, looks like symbolism with letting the blind lead the seeing. There’s a new car commercial that has this
theme I’ll get to in another post.
Today, I
confirmed my thought, looking it up on Wikipedia, giving “Renegade’s” video
weight in the grand scheme of things. It
means something personal to the band.
I ‘d heard “Renegade”
as well as “Jungle,” which thematically and musically different, showing the
breadth of X Amabassador’s range…THEN, they flip the script again to pull a hip
hymn-like piece such as “Hang On” with its African vibe thrown in there, but my
blind ass never really saw. When Joey
introduced me, Niagara Falls watching the beauty of the one video. As I pour out words, we’re listening on
Spotify surprised they’ve only got three full-length albums that we’re going to
be getting ASAFP.
As it
stands, my faves are “Unsteady” (I’m IN LOVE with that beat!) followed by “Renegade.” There feels like a progression of themes from
uncertainty to kicking ass and taking names…you’ll see.
Anyways, if
you’ve known about them and are a fan, good for you guys. For those of you that need to catch up, come
on, check ‘em.
Be good to
each other.
-J-
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