Video of the Week #1

Yes, I may end up doing this Video of the Week thing, mostly because most of my time on the internet is spent just scouring Youtube for interesting stuff. It could end up being Video of the Month, or Video of the Day, or just plain Video of Whenever I Feel Like It, but this seems like an appropriate name at the moment.

But this video is more like video of all time.. my favourite performance of the best song by one of my favourite bands Evanescence. Yes, it is Lacrymosa. Yes, Amy is drunk. Yes, I really like this video. No, I don't like the random shots of a topless woman in the crowd. Keep it in your pants, cameraman..

This was way back in 2007, when they were touring for The Open Door. Come to think of it.. a lot of this crap I'm writing about dates back to '07. I guess that was just one of those years. Hell, from what I remember it was way better than '09, seeing as '09 is almost as low as it gets in recent years. This performance is at a festival called Download Festival, so if you're wondering at the numbers in the crowd, they're there to see different bands and that's why half of them aren't into the music.

In fact, at one point they were throwing bottles at the band and chanting 'Maiden' (coined after Iron Maiden, who was performing after Evanescence).. honestly, a lot of people's level of respect in this world are just dismal and I wonder what kind of hole those people live in. This part warrants a whole 'nother post, but Amy handled the situation like a powerful inspirational figure (seriously, I think a lot of people didn't know she knew how to cuss until that point) and if you look around some related videos you'll find the video I'm talking about. Who can't love her after that?! (And no I'm not going to bother linking to that video as well since this is Video of the Week in the non-collective sense)

Back to the video at hand, just watch Amy's stage presence. Proves that she's one hell of a performer and there's barely anyone I've seen that could match up to that without being over-dramatic or something else rather lame. Being drunk is a plus by the way, because random, inappropriate smiling as well as rather sporadic, spontaneous, comical yet totally in context movements are all welcome in a.. fun performance. I mean just check out that part at 0:24.

Have fun.