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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobin Thicke's video: further evidence that we're romancing the stalker-esque
A woman drowning, a bloodied face, a man turning his fingers into a gun and pointing it at his own head: not exactly the stuff of romance! Yet this along with a bunch of private text messages is the imagery that makes up the music video for Get Her Back, the lead single from creepy crooner Robin Thicke on his followup to his number-one selling album Blurred Lines. And this is just one song on an entire record dedicated to winning back the affection of his estranged wife, the actress Paula Patton. Whatever happened to good old-fashioned chocolate and flowers?
Thicke's new album, titled - what else? - Paula, features tracks called You're My Fantasy, Still Madly Crazy, Something Bad, Whatever I Want and Lock the Door, among others. The disturbing video, released on Monday, features real SMS messages sent between Thicke and Patton, interspersed with images of violence, and ends ominously with a shadowy figure walking off into the distance with these words: This is just the beginning. So far, the video has been called "vulnerable" and "emotional"; album write-ups call Thicke "repentant" with this "romantic gesture".
I think a more accurate term would be stalker-ish.
The US Department of Justice defines stalking as "a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harassment, contact ... that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear." That definition explicitly includes the repeated sending of unwanted presents and flowers, waiting for a woman at home or school, or making indirect threats. Does selling a music video with a look-a-like of your wife drowning count?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/24/robin-thicke-video-get-her-back-creepy
Thicke's new album, titled - what else? - Paula, features tracks called You're My Fantasy, Still Madly Crazy, Something Bad, Whatever I Want and Lock the Door, among others. The disturbing video, released on Monday, features real SMS messages sent between Thicke and Patton, interspersed with images of violence, and ends ominously with a shadowy figure walking off into the distance with these words: This is just the beginning. So far, the video has been called "vulnerable" and "emotional"; album write-ups call Thicke "repentant" with this "romantic gesture".
I think a more accurate term would be stalker-ish.
The US Department of Justice defines stalking as "a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harassment, contact ... that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear." That definition explicitly includes the repeated sending of unwanted presents and flowers, waiting for a woman at home or school, or making indirect threats. Does selling a music video with a look-a-like of your wife drowning count?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/24/robin-thicke-video-get-her-back-creepy
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Robin Thicke's video: further evidence that we're romancing the stalker-esque (Original Post)
Nye Bevan
Jun 2014
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Dorian Gray
(13,463 posts)1. It is stalker-esque
But most people I've heard mention this have been critical of his making this so public. I don't know anybody who wishes that a man would try to get them back in such a public manner. It's creepy.
Orrex
(63,057 posts)2. Blurred Lines
Thicke is a creep, but this version is awesome:
villager
(26,001 posts)4. The Beef Seeds do a good bluegrass-y cover as well
Orrex
(63,057 posts)5. I'll check that out when I get home.
Mosby
(16,117 posts)6. who makes these videos?
I love this one:
Dude can sing.
Orrex
(63,057 posts)7. That's a good one.
Unfortunately, the other ones with Puddles aren't as good, but Royals is terrific.
Search YouTube for Postmodern Jukebox. They have quite a catalog of reimagined covers.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)8. He is completely Lost Without Her.
His first hit, "Lost Without U" which I had fun learning how to play, is so Needy.