Location! Location! Location!

One way to make sweet looking music videos is finding great locations.  A few weeks ago my friend Mel pointed out the Empire of the Sun music videos to me.  We both commented on the amazing locations that they had found, but we also couldn't get enough of everything else from the costumes to the eccentric performances, not to mention the great music.  I can't tell if they take themselves totally serious or if they're just having a great time.  I had heard them a few times before on Pandora, but now I am obsessed.  I can watch them over and over and over without tiring of them.  I don't quite understand the story that ties all the videos together, but the costumes and tone branch from one to the next, as if they are vignettes meant to be strung together.

Take a look at Walking on a Dream (the title track of their debut album).

Crazy...but I love it!

Here's a sample from We Are The People:

But it only gets better.  Today I found out that there is an iPhone game based on all the Empire of the Sun goodness.   The levels in the game are based on scenes from the music videos. 

I got the game, but only had a chance to get the first few levels before going to work.  

Let's just say, I was able to play it (which is incredible since I don't know how to play video games),

and it was the strangest game I have ever played. Yay!