We bet they’re pretty strict over at MSNBC with employee use of the copier and other electronics; it doesn’t look like any of the interns would let “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough sneak in after hours to shoot and edit the video for his new song, “Mystified.”
Joe Scarborough releases music video that is scathing indictment on TrumpWorld Culture @DailyMail https://t.co/N29hkq7oQ4
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 23, 2017
The Daily Mail called the video a “scathing indictment” of the president, describing it as “images of a world in decline from war, drug use, guns and racism, with video clips of President Trump scattered throughout,” while Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski “stare desensitized at a the images in front of them.” So, essentially, they swap places with the average American cable news viewer for 5 minutes and end up clutching their heads from apparent migraines.
If you’re wondering whether to hit play or not, we checked it out, and there’s no doubt Scarborough has a tentative grasp on Elvis Costello’s look from 1977 and the sound of New Wave exhaling its dying breath circa 1988, coupled with what’s essentially a ripoff of the 1990 video for Jesus Jones’ “Right Here Right Now.” Whether the detonation of a nuclear bomb at the end functions better as a warning or as a review we’ll leave up to the readers brave enough to hit play.
Is @JoeNBC the next big thing in rock and roll? Inside his EP release last night: https://t.co/3LOg8OgkYU pic.twitter.com/S4RDEhwacj
— Madeline Berg (@MadelinePBerg) June 23, 2017
Recommended
Nope.
— Gregory M. Thomas. (五大訴求 缺一不可) ? (@gregsgroove) June 23, 2017
No
— The Daily Blab (@sweetie_beedy) June 23, 2017
No
— Geri Rodriguez (@GeriRodriguez) June 23, 2017
Nope
— Chris Falco (@ChrisFalco1126) June 23, 2017
Uh…..no
— Nick Holz (@Idealisticever) June 23, 2017
No. ?
— Lenny (@LMyers7718) June 23, 2017
— BeHolder (@HolderBrad) June 23, 2017
If you missed the live debut, you can check out scarboroughmusic.com.
Thanks so much for a great #MystifiedEP launch party at @CuttingRoomNYC!
You can listen here: https://t.co/r8jw4GMWRJ pic.twitter.com/R79MsrE42A— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 24, 2017
And here we have the hardest of passes. ? https://t.co/5p76f8Ff4J
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 24, 2017
Remember when you were a kid, and your parents would rock out to the car radio? Or a teacher would bring guitar to class? This is that.
— Kiley Girl (@Kiley_Girl) June 24, 2017
— TB (@jecrb5) June 24, 2017
— John (@JohnLovell3) June 23, 2017
This clown makes Uncle Kracker look like Springsteen. He couldn't get a gig opening a new WAWA on route 60.
— JB_Nimble (@JB_Nimble) June 24, 2017
Hold up a sec’ … that sound you hear is Scarborough printing up a bunch of stickers saying, “… like Springsteen.”
But wait: Here’s a special bonus for anyone who’s read this far, and for those wondering, it’s not an ode to tentacle porn.
A break from politics. So a secret: I write/perform music. Here's a goofy video of a song I wrote/sung w/ my band. https://t.co/lEZz7GVZuw
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 17, 2016
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Joe Scarborough bemoans ‘coarse’ Trump-era politics; TWS’s Jay Cost holds up a mirror https://t.co/39nL38gUSV
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 27, 2017
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