Mattafix: "Lugging The Paraphernalia Of The Music Biz Through A War Zone"
Ladies and gentlemen, you join me at a strange moment in ChartBlog's journey thus far, and one I'm not entirely sure what to make of. I seem to have interviewed a musician, a musician with a sense of humour and a friendly demeanour, I might add, without once asking them a single jokey question. There's been no pun on their name, no deliberate misunderstanding of the the title of their latest single, and no high-concept run of questions based on some aspect of their upbringing.
What there is, is a serious, sober exploration of how a band can go from releasing their pop songs in the usual way, to shooting a video in the middle of a refugee camp in war-torn Darfur, having flown there as the guests of Mick Jagger, ready to work with Matt Damon, and Will.I.Am, as part of a global campaign to raise awareness of .
I know! I feel quite faint. Pass the smelling salts, mother!
Or ...
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This is the 'Living Darfur' video. The oddest thing about it is the contrast between the bits which are shot like a normal pop video - sunny location, artist singing by a window while looking lost in thought - and the bits which are shot like an awareness-raising film made for something like Comic Relief. The two do bleed into each other though, especially in the bits where you can see people going about their daily business - the man doing the ironing, for example.
And here's the video for 'Things Have Changed', which is out now...
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