Discourse & Dischord

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The Good

Erykah Badu in "Window Seat"

Erykah Badu bares all for “Window Seat” video

Nudity and social commentary are familiar bedfellows ” just ask John and Yoko. So what’s surprising about Erykah Badu’s video for Window Seat isn’t the fact that she slowly disrobes till she’s stark naked; it’s the fact that she does it while walking around the grassy knoll in downtown Dallas where JFK was assassinated. The video ends with a shot ringing out and Badu collapsing on the ground. It’s supposed to be a statement about character assassination, but you don’t care about that. We had you at naked. Check out the video here.

The Bad

Hayley Williams covers Gaga

Gaga has birthday, covers ensue

Happy 24th birthday, Lady Gaga. Here’s your present: Two covers of Bad Romance, one from Paramore singer Hayley Williams (on piano to boot!) and the other from Jared Leto. Earnest, emo, melancholy, Catalano-esque ¦ listen to both versions to figure out which is which.

The Ugly

MGMT in "Flash Delirium"

MGMT’s Flash Delirium video is weird

First there’s this mansion full of old people. Then there’s dancing ¦ and puppets. And THEN, there’s a talking neck wound, an eel, an iron lung and an earthquake. In that order. Check out the video on the band’s Web site. Oh yeah ¦ spoiler alert.