Ready To Go by Panic! at the Disco
A super cute, completely inoffensive new(ish) music video from the Panic! boys after having split from half the band. When I say inoffensive, I don’t mean that there’s no violence or nudity or disturbing images. I mean it’s inoffensive in that there is nothing about this clip that could be in any way threatening… or different or creative. In fact, I simply feel like I don’t have anything to to say about this clip. Well, not much anyway.
The skipping through different era’s and movie scenes is a cute little gimmick and in a way, I like that each scene has a modern twist on it - though on the other hand, it may have been more interesting to watch the band play out the exact scene of the movie. Though if that requires any kind of digital CGÂ -and if the looks of that flame that’s used to light the human cannon are anything to go by - there definitely wasn’t budget for it.
I feel as though the multiple scene changes needed to happen though as the song itself has no build up. It’s all on right from the beginning. And with a song like that, if they’d gone the route of a video with one or two scenes cutting back and forth, the video would have turned out (if possible) more plain than it already is. Those scene changes - and wonderful costuming - is what has really saved this clip from the barrels or boredom and just got me through to the end.
My only other real thought is that maybe it’s time to introduce the other members of the band (there are replacements, right? Because it seems weird to just have a lead singer and a drummer). They already did the two man, post split video so maybe it’s time to introduce some new faces which would hopefully pick up the audience’s interest levels a little more.
