k-os – “Sunday Morning”
From the Virgin Records album, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
Directed by The Love Movement f/k-os and Drew Lightfoot
Stream: [Windows] :: [Real]
Link to video on YouTube
The second video from the excellent album, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, “Sunday Morning” gets a fun little video package, with the type of production and scenery that would have made Bella Morte’s “Earth Angel” a bit more believable. A lot of it is very smooth, but the ending just kills the f*cking thing dead.
The video starts out with a vignette (very Pleasantville.. at least for first 15 seconds or so) outside of what is presumably a high school, as k-os is informed that his drummer is out of commission, and picks up a street performer to be the fill-in. What a nice guy. We cut between two groups of people dancing: the first being the attendants of prom, who cut it up like professionals (I’m sure they are), as another group of scenesters seem to be dancing in the boiler room below. You can tell that they are scenesters by their stupid haircuts and chic, vintage clothing. I could be wrong about that, but it was a bit confusing. At first I thought that they were all in the same room until I realized that the scenery is completely different. I think the people in the boiler room are actually listening to the thing on the radio. I try to make some sort of logic out of all of this, but instead I get a headache.
Also interesting to note… seems as if the two dancing groups are completely segregated by race, as the prom attendants are all black, and the scenesters are, well… yeah. This is an absolute outrage. I’m offended by this and the fact that there’s no Hispanic faction. If we had the equivalent of Jesse Jackson, this would have never happened. Outrage. Not really, I guess… this was pretty realistic, actually. Further confusion ensues when k-os goes outside and is magically transported to a happy, painted outdoor scene that smells a little too much of Bob Ross. I’ve seen some cheesy videos, but this ending part was just lame. The song is really good, but this video is just… odd. He tries to do some interesting things, and needs some credit for that, I guess, but it really doesn’t do the song much justice.
Rating: 
