Blog Posts by John Kordosh

Was Led Zeppelin the greatest band ever?

Yes. Yes, they were. They walked the Earth in olden times, along with Jesus, Triceratops and progressive Democrats, and became an artistic force of some renown. And, in addition to their many hit songs, they popularized Satan and red snappers.

Few realize that most of the members of the band exist even today! John Paul Jones, their bass player, has contributed to the Foo Fighters of late. Guitarist Jimmy Page has most recently hung with equally-storied musicians Jack White and the Edge. And singer Robert Plant has extended his Zep legacy by recording a hit collaborative album with bluegrass star Allison Kraus, and by recording with his own Band Of Joy.

We're happy to report that Band Of Joy has recorded a Los Lobos song, "Angel Dance," and that it's our video this week. You're certain to be mesmerized by, if not the video, our captions to the various still frames we pulled. And--if not!--well, hell, come back again next week, and we'll do

Good Lord, is it a new week already? Time for another Framed? When will this madness stop? When will it stop??

(Splashes cold water on face.)

Ahem.

Well, hi there, readers; glad you could drop by. We're sure you'll enjoy this week's video, "The Only Exception," by Paramore. We had Paramore in Framed about a year ago, and, as we recall, everyone liked it. So why not do it again? 

This week's vid centers around the waifish Hayley Williams, Paramore's vocalist/front woman, as she stumbles out of and then back into love. In doing so, she goes through various doors, which--we believe--are meant to remind we, the viewers, of the properties of doors. 

The doors of perception. This door swings both ways. Doris Day. And so on.

Holy bleep, we're cracking up. Well, it was gonna happen sooner or later. Post your thoughts and we'll be back here again next week.

Or will we?

Important blog note! Even though we're unraveling, we want to recognize a fine alt-caption by respected reader Dude last

Well, it's almost time for the most American season--football season--to start up again, and we were pleased to discover that Kenny Chesney's new video, "The Boys Of Fall," is all about football. On all levels from high school to pro! God bless you, country music superstar Kenny Chesney!

The video is chock full of the rah-rah that surrounds the sport, as coaches give stirring and emotional speeches to prep players, collegians strive for glory, and pros grind out that extra yard. It may, in fact, be the most all-American music video ever made, with the exception of that James Brown/"Rocky" video we featured a year or two ago. And we've learned from Y! Music blogger Wendy Geller that it's all part of an ESPN documentary.

Kenny has received numerous honors--none higher, of course, than being featured in Framed once before--and we're glad to have him back. As always, we invite you to comment, post alternate captions, and, in general, make a good impression on your peers.

Important blog

Hello, readers! Welcome to this, the 900th Framed ever written! What a milestone!

To help us celebrate, we called our good friend Mike Love of the Beach Boys, the amazingly talented Southern Californian rock group who've scored dozens of hits over the years.

"Mike," we said. "Help us out here. We've become the talk of the internet and need to bring in some heavy duty talent for our important 900th blog. What can you, as the leader of America's greatest rock band, do to help us?"

"Framed, I'm glad you called!" Mike enthused. (Mike is impossibly generous and talented, as a simple web search will attest. "Like all people, I read you every week and marvel at your insight, your wit, and--can I be candid?--your humanity. Your cheerfulness in carrying all the Y! Music blogs, week in, week out...doing all the heavy lifting...well, it's an inspiration is what it is."

"You are too kind, our friend."

"Here's what I see," he continued. "I see captions to the greatest Beach Boys song of them all. I

Hello, readers, and welcome back to Framed, the blog that does just about everything right. This week, we're bringing you the very talented Mr. Tom Jones, the Welsh pop singer who's been with us since the 1960s. Tom's had a slew of hits, including "It's Not Unusual," "What's New Pussycat?," "Green, Green Grass Of Home," and "Delilah." This week's video is Tom's take on "Mama Told Me Not To Come," the kind-of humorous Randy Newman song that was a monster hit for Three Dog Night.

Tom, as everyone knows, is a veritable sex machine, and women often impale themselves on massive spikes if denied his charms. Even now, at the age of 70, he exudes pheromones that science had previously declared unexudable. 

We have great hopes that you'll enjoy this week's video and this week's captions, which are--as always!--simply given to you. Because they pay us! Be back here next week for even more in the way of video caption fun, as we feature a legendary band! Sort of!

Important blog note! We thought

Everyone knows that war sucks and is, in general, a bad thing. Feeling pretty sure that most readers will agree with us on this, we're featuring Moby's "Make Love, F*ck War" video this week.

Moby's an electronic artist who wears his heart on his sleeve.  He's an avowed vegan and a self-described libertarian who's also an enthusiastic believer in music therapy. He got his stage name by being a distant relative of Herman Melville, who wrote Moby Dick, and the less jokes we make about that, the better. He also makes lots of music videos! Lots! We had no idea what we getting into when we decided to spend five minutes looking into his canon and ended up in a daze about an hour later.

Moby's weird!

In any case, it turns out that he--like us!--thinks war is bad. So much so that he wrote a song called "Make Love, F*ck War," only he didn't use the asterisk. And he also made a video for it, which brings us to this week's Framed. Not only do we have Moby, we also have Public Enemy, who

Hi-ho, readers, and welcome to Framed, the only blog that tells you the truth and makes stuff up!  At literally the same time!

We are an embarrassment of riches, or--at the very least--an embarrassment.

Every now and again, we like to introduce ourselves to new readers, so, if you're a regular, go get a drink or something.  We'll do this in a friendly Q-and-A format to make it as painless as possible.

Q: What is Framed?

A: Framed is a weekly blog that appears in Y! Music. Every week we feature a different music video. We "freeze" a dozen pictures from the video and post them.

Q: But is there a twist?

A: Yes. Yes, there is. We write our own captions to the still pictures. 

Q: And are these captions funny?

A: Oh, they're plenty funny. Comedic gold, one might say.

Q: But, at the same time, will they make me think?

A: Indeed they will. We stuff an unprecedented amount of social commentary into our captions. And that's not just us saying it, that's The Journal of Unprecedented Amounts of

Summer is totally here, readers, so we decided it would be a good idea to bring in Sheryl Crow, the well-known "Soak Up The Sun" songstress, with her brand-new video, "Summer Day." It's the first single from her new album, 100 Miles From Memphis, due out this week.

Crow, a former music teacher and back-up singer for many, including Michael Jackson, hit it big as a solo artist in 1994, when "All I Wanna Do" topped the charts. She's gone on to have a very credible career--all of her albums have hit the Top Ten in the U.S.

"'Summer Day' is a delightfully breezy slice of glory-days AM radio pop," Wikipedia tells us, and we tend to agree. In the video, the singer and her band perform the song in a park as little kids dance and folks ride bikes, fish, and, in general, have good, old-fashioned American summer fun. We hope you enjoy it, as well as our captions, and hope to see you back here again next week.

Important blog note!  Readers continue to do the heavy lifting around here with some