Music Video #104 (Day 13 of 2010)

What a terrible day! Let's fix that by listening to another Presidents of the United States video. This one is about Kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitties.




This video is all about a person singing about their cat. Simple as that. The video has a POV shot roaming around a neighborhood until you realize we're looking at things from a cat's perspective (minus the colors they can't see.)

We start at the back of a dirty car. Some man gets in it and drives away while the camera jumps down and starts running. After a couple seconds it'll click what you're watching. The cat is scampering around an old neighborhood. You can tell by the fact that the grass isn't so green and the one house we see has a lot of weeds. The song starts with the band members making "meow" noises. I'll resist the lazy urge to make a Meow Mix reference.

The singer refers to the cat as a little bag of bones. Funny, I refer to my cats as lumps. The cat slowly sneaks up to the Presidents of the United States in their backyard. Yes, this is where they live and record their music. It's a fact. In the song the cat is at the door scratching and in need of a pet. No wait, he's already inside around the owner's ankle. Time for kitty to mark it's territory. Yes, that's what they do. They have scent glands. Look it up.

Suddenly in the video a dog appears. This chases the camera inside the house. This starts the chorus which is the singer repeating over and over that he wants to touch the cat at his foot. Well, then do it. What's wrong, got a bad back? Then the camera sees a mouse and briefly chases it behind a door. The cat immediately loses interest and goes outside. Some hunter. By the way, your pretend house is really crappy, PotUSs.

The cat walks up to the band from a different angle from last time and lays down on the grass. It looks up at the band. Oh, I've been there. One of the things cats love to do is just stare at certain people they find fascinating. The singer tells us that the cat looks happy and is purring. Awwwwwwwww. The POV cat is distracted by butterflies before walking up to the couch on the other side of the band. Suddenly the singer informs us that the cat decided to claw him through the jeans. That happens, especially when they decide to climb you for no reason.

This version of the song cuts out some choice words to the cat. Eh, they have ten second memories so you can't be too rough on them. A squirt bottle is enough. This cat is going to stay outside, though. The camera is knocked down from some place because it was looking down at the lead singer. We get the chorus again as the cat retreats to the litter box. Or sand box. It's either sick or busy. One of the band members (why are they wearing robes?) puts down food and the POV cat watches an orange tabby take a bite before running back to the front gate to duck under a truck.






Cats, the other mixed-up SOB. I like the song and the idea to show the video from the cat's view. Great stuff.

The awesome part of the video is the decision to show it all from behind the cat's eyes. I wonder what the camera looked like, or if the camera man had to bend over while filming.