Video Fab: Kanye’s “Flashing Lights”
Everybody’s dropping interesting vids today. And as for Mr. West’s “Flashing Lights” vid…very interesting. Or something…
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164 Comments »
Mia
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:27 pm | Reply | QuoteWell it definitely represents Kanye.. not what I expected though
Davitta
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:28 pm | Reply | QuoteWhat the…
tampatampa
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:28 pm | Reply | Quotedamn kanye caught me off guard with that one.. wasnt expecting that.
hell to tha naw
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:30 pm | Reply | Quotewow…
BTW isn’t this a little late since flashing lights has been on the airwaves for like 3 months already.
leo555
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:32 pm | Reply | QuoteSoooooo Kanye Westish!! Very much out of the box.
toya
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:33 pm | Reply | Quotei love kanye he is the man
IT'sME
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:34 pm | Reply | QuoteWOW! That’s a different take on how I thought this video would be! But I wanna see more…………
Ebony
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:37 pm | Reply | QuoteWhat? I hope that is just part 1
mgeeze
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:39 pm | Reply | QuoteDavitta wrote:
i agree..i am sorry but i dont get it.
I am not sure if i am supposed to..
oh well..i love the song..
hard2resist
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:41 pm | Reply | Quoteummmmm…..okay then kanye
cocoa
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:41 pm | Reply | Quotenut case….i don’t like him anyway
Princess Cam
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:41 pm | Reply | Quotethis vid is sick!!!
But why all her goodies gottah be bouncing up and down and around though…
Ann
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:46 pm | Reply | Quote*Blank Stare*
Miz
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:46 pm | Reply | QuoteUm….
Lana
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:46 pm | Reply | QuoteThat was scary………
JLP
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:48 pm | Reply | QuoteI get it…but I expected more.
Miss KiKi
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:48 pm | Reply | QuoteMe Likey!!! Loves that Man!!!
shar
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:48 pm | Reply | Quotemaybe it’s an editors cut …that was not entire song was it ? the shovel scene was a bit much ……i was kinda grossed out this vid has nothing to do with the song!!!
Candice
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:49 pm | Reply | QuoteNow I love me a Kanye West video…i swear I do. He’s always out of the box with it, never what you’d expect and you can always bet that it’s going to be something different. I’d argue thats he’s the modern day MJ when it comes to videos. With that said…and knowing how kanye is. I’d say that I like it, in a weird left field way. It’s artsy. I’d like more of a background of why he’s in the trunk…but hey! lolz BET, MTV, and VH1 are going to need some kind of an edited version of that…and with all due respect of opinions, I hear continuous complaints [even today with ashanti's video] of videos always being the same. Well here’s something new for you…be careful what you ask for.
FatDoll
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:50 pm | Reply | QuoteMy eyes!!!! it burns!!
nonayabizznizz
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:54 pm | Reply | QuoteI luvs me some Kanye…but that ish was stoopid
misty
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:55 pm | Reply | QuoteFatDoll wrote:
LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hilarious!
Total PAKAge
On Feb 13, 2008 at 1:57 pm | Reply | QuoteUmm..okay?!
misty
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:00 pm | Reply | QuoteI’m diggin this only because there are a few folks I’d like to do that to. Strip down so no “fibers” or DNA evidence…nice. Hope she cleaned her shit up. LOL But not quite what I expected….
bornbrwnskn
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:03 pm | Reply | QuoteCrazy vid!!! Concept: What some people will do for material thaaaangs!
Ene
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:11 pm | Reply | QuoteThis is just a tad disturbing…But it wouldnt be Kanye if it didnt make you think a little…
LuvRayn
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:16 pm | Reply | Quote*On my knees covered in holy oil praying off that video*
Erin
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:18 pm | Reply | QuoteI’m lost… It’s not bad but damn! I’m speechless. Is Kanye even in the video? Was that him tied up? Where’s Dwele?
konichiwa bitches!!
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:20 pm | Reply | Quotethis reminds me of Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield in a Thin Line Between love and Hate…the concept. this video is niiiceee!
zblock
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:22 pm | Reply | QuoteUmmmmmm I am speechless…
konichiwa bitches!!
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:24 pm | Reply | Quotethis reminds me of Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield in a Thin Line Between love and Hate…the concept. this video is niiiceee!
this video had EVERYTHING to do with the song!
konichiwa bitches!!
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:25 pm | Reply | Quoteshar wrote:
this reminds me of Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield in a Thin Line Between love and Hate…the concept. this video is niiiceee!
this video had EVERYTHING to do with the song!
Brown Eyes
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:27 pm | Reply | QuoteThere has to be more story to this video. I felt like I was watching a scene out of a movie. a good movie
RUKiddingME
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:29 pm | Reply | QuoteWait. WHAT?!…..I’m confused
honeychild
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm | Reply | QuoteAnn wrote:
I AGREE!! i Love Kanye but what the?! part to plz or atleast a storyline to introduce the video?! Love You Kanye!!!
djd
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm | Reply | QuoteCouldn’t see the video yet, but he ripped it up at the House of Blues in Hollywood last night with Common. Whew… Common was so sexy… just off the charts sexy…
TT
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm | Reply | QuoteThey do not need to glorify killing your boy/girl friend b/c u know these kids now-a-days take everything so literally……
honeychild
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:35 pm | Reply | Quotehaha i meant to sat ”part two please”
y f dubble
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:46 pm | Reply | Quotewow. girl has a mean walk but where’s the rest of the vid??? knowing kanye he’ll probably put out two other versions.
Naturallyme
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:50 pm | Reply | QuoteIdunno, it’s kinda cryptic. I think I like it.
slim7
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:52 pm | Reply | QuoteAnn wrote:
I concur.
slim7
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:57 pm | Reply | QuoteAlso, I suppose I’ll be the first to say it but homegirl’s chi chi’s were OUT OF THIS WORLD! I mean…they’re borderline offensive. She was fierce.
B
On Feb 13, 2008 at 2:58 pm | Reply | QuoteKanye stay on that “out the box” ish! I really like it!! Ofcourse that was just a snippet of the video(for the slow people!). It really gels w/the song. Listen to the words. And o girl was doing her thing!!!
choclitcandee
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:08 pm | Reply | Quoteum…yeah….
T-Raven
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:10 pm | Reply | Quoteok..ummmm.uhh….it might be going somewhere…where exactly..don’t know but i’ll stay tuned
what?
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:12 pm | Reply | QuoteJLP wrote:
Since YOU get it, pls explain to the rest of us…
Aziza
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:16 pm | Reply | QuoteKW is so subliminal! You gotta love him for it. He makes us all think.
The video coincides completely with the lyrics 100%. No offense to the few but this is a video for mature audiences. Not just because her goods are hanging out but because he really making you think, “Why is she doing whats she’s doing?”
It has to do with how people allow material things (money, cars and fame) blind us from reaching real goals. And how we take the simple things in life for granted.
“She don’t believe in shooting stars, but she believe in shoes and cars.”
“In my past, you on the other side of the glass Of my memory’s museum,
I’m just saying, Hey Mona Lisa, come home you know you can’t Rome without Caesar.”
Miss. Flawless
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:16 pm | Reply | Quotei get it….love my Kanye…I want to Marry that man…I can’t hate anything he does
Another Nobody
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:22 pm | Reply | QuoteWhat in the world?
I mean… I dont wanna hate…
Maybe Im just not cool enough to get it.
Mel
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:24 pm | Reply | Quotei am so confused.
poca
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:31 pm | Reply | Quoteok that was not the video. This was something but it wasn’t the actual video. Besides Kanye is no dummy and he knows there is no way they will play this on television!!! But I read an article that described the video, it did say he was tied up but it described way more than what we just saw!!
khinglahma
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:32 pm | Reply | QuoteIt doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out this video. For those of you who are in the dark as to what the song is actually about, here goes. Flashing lights is about a girl who gets so blinded by fame aka the “limelight she goes off the deep end and does some bugged out sit-h (i.e Britney Spears). In the video, the flashing lights that she got caught up in caused her to obviously kill the Kanye. What he did to merit such a thing i’m sure will be in some sort of short film/video (i.e Thriller) “As i recall i know you love to show off, but I never thought that you would take it this far what do I know.
sideshowRaheem
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:32 pm | Reply | QuoteFor those that say they don’t get it here’s the explanation. He’s give everything to his girl like he says in the song “She don’t believe in shootin’ stars,but she believe in shoes & cars” but he’s out fucking other chicks. So his girl burns the fur jacket because she doesn’t care about material possessions she just want him. And if she can’t have him no one can so she kills him and bury’s him in the desert out side of what looks to be Vegas a city with “Flashing Lights”……..Get It.
He should have just did a regular ass shaking club video for all the dumb mother fuckers out there that don’t wanna think.
Tish
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:34 pm | Reply | QuoteThis is how you make a video when your video budget is $250.00.
shabon84
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:39 pm | Reply | QuoteAnn wrote:
Dido. I stoppped it after her boobs kept bouncing as she walked toward the camera. Not cute
shabon84
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:40 pm | Reply | Quotekhinglahma wrote:
this helped….
Candy
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:40 pm | Reply | QuoteLMBAO @ Tish… I can’t even watch the video until I get home… the man got the ill firewall on a sista!
sweetasjuice
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:42 pm | Reply | Quoteawe mann!!! that’s real deep, now I gotta go home and watch videos.
misswallst
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:43 pm | Reply | Quotekhinglahma wrote:
i thought it was about how the paparazzi is killing him or other famous people.
ivent (bria)
On Feb 13, 2008 at 3:45 pm | Reply | Quotewhat…. in…. the…..world?? that’s uhhh…ok…i’m not goin to even try to guesstimate what in the world is goin on that kid’s head…wow.
Ann
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:02 pm | Reply | QuoteLuvRayn wrote:
Move over, and give me some of that oil… Please!!!
koi
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:02 pm | Reply | Quotemisswallst wrote:
Thank you KHINGLAHMA AND BORNBRWNSKN
notworking
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:05 pm | Reply | Quotegosh people listen to the darn song..
also who is this chick in the vid?? she is the business
can’t wait to see the rest, this is one day i will watch 106
peach
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:06 pm | Reply | Quoteum…isn’t La La puerto rican? i would assume that’s why she doesn’t want to be called black. because she isn’t black. lol
Chelsea
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:10 pm | Reply | Quotewow that’s 3 minutes of my life i’ll never get back. but i did like her shoes though. lol
Diesel 15
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:12 pm | Reply | QuoteHmmm..okay.. that was not the video I had in my head.. LOL—
sweetasjuice
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:13 pm | Reply | QuoteI loved how he put em in check at the grammys, they dont know by now not to mess with dude.
Pashin
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:20 pm | Reply | QuoteWTF was that????
missy
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:22 pm | Reply | QuoteYeah, definitly on the edge of the cliff… Nice though! This is why Kanye’s #1… his imagination. Have never seen a video like this!
Good job, ‘ye!
Pashin
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:25 pm | Reply | QuoteAight…I got it, still….*whew*
chakkan
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:31 pm | Reply | Quotehmmm…collecting my thoughts…well it was different (putting it nicely). I understand that Kanye’s videos are suppose to be different and thought provoking but this was odd and that cheap graphic threw me off at the end. Hopefully there will be a pt 2 (but not R.Kelly style pt.1-12 cause that ish was too much). Anyway, there are so crucial elements missing…
JeremyScottShades
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:34 pm | Reply | Quote…I’m tellin you that video is gonn get banned.
shegotthatgoodhair
On Feb 13, 2008 at 4:53 pm | Reply | QuoteReagardless to the person who gave us THEIR explanation as to what the video was about I still am recovering from shock on this one. I do hope there is more to the video,love the song(it’s one of my ringtones),and he picked a great video girl for this one
Tish
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:00 pm | Reply | QuoteWTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trixxc
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:03 pm | Reply | QuoteMy thoughts exactly
Elyse
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:11 pm | Reply | Quotethis is crazy, i opeit aitthe final cut
Elyse
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:12 pm | Reply | Quotei hope it aint the final cut
SHAY
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:23 pm | Reply | QuoteGOOD TO SEE SOME REAL BREAST FOR ONCE….. IM JUST SAYING
Btchplze
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:29 pm | Reply | QuoteThough this is a clip the fact remains that Ye is so fly. The chick is bad and her jiggle factor is right on point.
Dani
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:31 pm | Reply | QuoteI like it and the concept…
SoSweet85
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm | Reply | QuoteAs a female, even though mama was under dressed it was nice to see a REAL BODY, mama had a “pouch” (her belly was NOT super flat), cellulite, and real breasts, she got alllll that…. now in regards to the video, I get it still. It moves kind of slow but I see where Kanye is going with this… it’s twisted, just like the song. I’m looking forward to the rest….
franso
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:46 pm | Reply | Quote*yawn*
why kanye?.. why?
but ya’ll are right, this can’t be the whole thing- cuz it wasn’t the whole song.
no need for the shovel either… reminds me of “Secret Window” with Johnny Depp… SUPER disturbing.
havenr1
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:54 pm | Reply | Quoteall i have to say is that i was weirded out and i didnt see how that match the song but in a scary sort of way……it was……pretty damn good! lol
havenr1
On Feb 13, 2008 at 5:56 pm | Reply | Quotei agree with franso also and i thought he was playin and its not the real video but if it is wat the hell??!! dammit!!
notworking
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:02 pm | Reply | Quoteand also everytime i listen to this song, i always think it was written from his experiences w/ his ex chick brooke..
ThrowsSunshineInAir
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:03 pm | Reply | QuoteOk that was weird
…and disturbing
ThrowsSunshineInAir
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:07 pm | Reply | QuoteAs a female, even though mama was under dressed it was nice to see a REAL BODY, mama had a “pouch” (her belly was NOT super flat), cellulite, and real breasts, she got alllll that…. now in regards to the video, I get it still. It moves kind of slow but I see where Kanye is going with this… it’s twisted, just like the song. I’m looking forward to the rest….
++++++++++
So true
toto
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:11 pm | Reply | Quotewhat da hell was diz i agree wit havenr1 if diz waz da real video wat da fuck cuz dey didnt even show him dat much only WHEN HE WAZ BEIN KILLED!! i waz lyke diz iz ma song i was lyke i cant wait till da video comes out and den i waz lyk will dat waz a PIECE OF TRASH if they put dat on bet i would change the channel as quick as i hear FLASHING LIGHTS!!!! DAMN IM DISAPPOINTED!!!!
toto
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:12 pm | Reply | QuoteNO IT WAZ A PIECE OF TRASH HOW DOES DIS EVEN CONNECT WIT DA SONG ALL U SAW WAZ A HALF NAKED WOMEN DANCIN AND A GUY BEIN MUDERED!!!
cutieonduty
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:15 pm | Reply | Quotedamn gurl u is crazy butr u right though dis is some trash and hot damn its a bad video
cutieonduty
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:16 pm | Reply | Quotemy eyes burn from watchin da fuckin piece of shit!!!!!!
notworking
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:17 pm | Reply | Quotei just read that the chick is a “model” by the name of rita g..
toto
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:20 pm | Reply | QuoteOK OK LET ME TELL U SUMTHIN THNXZ 4 AGREEING WIT ME BUT IM NOT CRAZY IM JUST TELLIN DA DAMN TRUTH!!! Y DA FUCK WOULD U PUT DIS SHIT ON DIZ IM SO DIGUSTED!!!IM NOT CRAZY DIZ SHIT IZ VERY CRAZY AND TWISTED DID I ALSO SAY WEIRD!!! ok but bein real 4 now it waz an ok video but she didnt have to go and KILL DA BROVA!!!
cutieonduty
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:21 pm | Reply | Quotei dont get dis piece of trash video!!!!!!!! IT DONT MATCH DA SONG BUT I STILL LOVE DA SONG
PRINT MY COMMENTS
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:22 pm | Reply | QuoteWHERE ARE MY COMMENTS I POSTED THIS MORNING? DAMN NATASHA GET THIS SHIT WORKIN……
rissa
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:30 pm | Reply | Quotechicks body is killer
and i love it.
so kanye.
so fresh.
so unique.
moonluv
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:38 pm | Reply | QuoteThe song is about papparazzi. They take ish too far sometimes and it can push celebrities off the damn deep end (Britney Spears, Lindsy Lohan, etc.) and make them do crazy ish in the midst of their fame and being famous. That’s what I got that from this clip anywayz.
moonluv
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:40 pm | Reply | QuoteFLASHING LIGHTS = PAPPARAZZI CAMERAS
dmarie
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:44 pm | Reply | QuoteYou have to admit, it kept your attention to the end. Now everyone is wondering “what next?” Smart move, keep people talking and wanting to see more. Kanye is not stupid, he knows what he is doing. The video makes sense if you listen to the song don’t say “I heard” the song; there is a difference in listing and hearing. Listening is comprehension, hearing is involuntary if you are not deaf.
dmarie
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:46 pm | Reply | Quote*listening and hearing*
yes me
On Feb 13, 2008 at 6:53 pm | Reply | QuoteThat girl’s body makes me wanna upgrade my workout plan!
Christina_keys
On Feb 13, 2008 at 7:06 pm | Reply | QuoteI got that body, yezzur! I got that pooch, that booty, those chi chi’s! Reppin the thick not fat gurls, get em!
PRINT MY COMMENTS
On Feb 13, 2008 at 7:07 pm | Reply | Quotedmarie wrote:
You tell ‘em, dmarie!
Another Nobody
On Feb 13, 2008 at 7:15 pm | Reply | QuoteI’m just lovin the fact that he used a real chick.
Skinny.. but not HOllywood dead skinny.
I concur her jiggle factor was off the charts.
I jiggle like that… just not in the same places.
ryanhutch
On Feb 13, 2008 at 7:38 pm | Reply | QuoteThe concept really is (to me anyway) ..that the girl represents the flashing lights. Like she is the whole rap “life” and eventually she kills kanYe. If you think about that and listen to the song, the way he decirbed her actions and shit, then you know what I am talking about. The video only acts out what he is saying as an overall point.
Tiffany
On Feb 13, 2008 at 7:43 pm | Reply | QuoteWow! Just wow. That’s different. Loves me some Kanye. He keeps it on a whole nutha’ level.
MichelleR
On Feb 13, 2008 at 7:50 pm | Reply | QuoteThat video is irresponsible, once again exploiting women and violence. There’s no real concept to it, and it has nothing to do with the song. If it did, I’d understand. Take Eminem’s “Stan” for example. That video was crazy, but it had everything to do with the song. Try again, Kanyeezee.