Music Video #41 (Day 11 of 2008)

My music video thing is becoming popular enough to invite celebrities. Stay tuned. You'll never know when the next cameo will be. Today's video marks the return of CAKE and the song is Never There. Have a bite for the next three minutes.


That was a quick video. This shouldn't take too long.

We start with a disconnected public phone in front of the paneling that was in my room when I grew up. Our singer, who has a cowboy hat, talks about his need to put his arms around his girlfriend. The song starts properly as we now go to a bar where it looks like country music plays. It doesn't, but for some reason I hear the guitars and it feels like a slower version of Beat It. Singer repeats himself and then adds that when he needs his girlfriend, she's never there. So, dump her. Even I can see this. The cowboys playing in the background snitches on singer while he's on the phone. This embarrassment is for his own good.

Singer goes on as we see a big transportation truck ride. Cowboy goes on about how he calls long distance and despite the dozens of minutes that this has inconvienced him, she dismisses him because she's too busy. In reality he's a lose...I mean, she's at a pool in a bikini as muscular men look over her. One of them gives her a foot massage while the rest sorta stand around while one plays a guitar. Cowboy is sorta catching on that she doesn't care about him. I bet he's thinking "But look at my horse belt buckle! How could this happen! And look, I'm a trucker. Isn't that enough?" Cowboys join in with trumpets during the break.

Cowboy starts talking about his failed relationship again. He says that it was just a game to her. HE CAN BE TAUGHT! He hires an investigator, which is sad. This is creepy and stalkery and you don't need this, not even for "closure." Move on. We see his girlfriend straddling her new boyfriend a few times in a motel room. Lucky new guy. This video hasn't explain why the boyfriend is so hurt, so can I assume that it's this and not something more romantic and tragic? We alternate between scenes of cowboy in a motel room watching a descrambled channel that isn't naughty and the girlfriend hopping on her guy a few times.

Investigator gives the pictures of the event to cowboy. Cowboy looks at the more tasteful photos, which again makes him creepy. The video ends with the trumpet player driving up the big rig truck and magically hopping aboard.


The song is catchy. Too bad it doesn't explain why he cared about this girl so much. If the intention of this song was to make him seem likable, than it's less enjoyable. The guy is a creep and should move on asap.

The awesome thing is the bikini. But since that doesn't sound good, the second awesome thing is the All Windmill Channel. It's a favorite among people who have illegal descrambling cable boxes.