As and Angie

Angie (The Rolling Stones, 1973) The Rolling Stones can rock pretty hard, but they are at their best when they dial down a bit. The song is probably about some ex-girlfriend of Mick Jagger. And even though this song is about a break-up, it's actually a pretty positive song. The former lovers seem to have no bad feelings for each other and seem to even still be friends. And if you analyze the lyrics a bit further, they may not even break up forever, but that Angie's lover is simply going away to find a way to earn some money, since they are broke. Unfortunately this song does not have a clip

As(George Michael & Mary J. Blige, 1999) A song that's incredibly full of cliches, but one that's sung very powerful by both singers.



Well, the lyrics of the song make it pretty obvious what this song is about. Two lovers will love each other forever. So the clip wisely is an interpretation of the text. The aim of this clip seems to be to sell Mary J. Blige and George Michael as singers for sophisticated adults in the style of Frank Sinatra for example. Whomever made this clip wanted to distance it as much as possible from the usual clips of popsongs. First of all it has a lot of long takes of sometimes more then 30 seconds, which is quite long for a videoclip. During this long takes not much of interest happens. We simply watch them sing and dance. The ideology of the clip is obvious: For singers the music should be the most imprtant, not the show around it, just like it used to be in the good old times.

Michael and, especially, Blige are also dressed very nicely in suits, which also differs a lot from the usual video clip. And the bar they are in is also very sophisticated. When we see them drink they drink 'adult' drinks like whiskey. I have no explanation for the fact that we see many George Michaels and Mary J. Bliges, but it matters in this aspect that we see just as much Mary J. Bliges as George Michaels. Men and women are equals. Again, opposed to many other clips. We also don't see anyone else in the clip, besides the Michaels and Bliges. This may be an allusion to the text. They love each other so much, they don't need anyone else.