The Coney Island Boardwalk is a magnet for music video shoots and whenever a new one debuts, we feel compelled to check it out. Brooklyn-based indie rockers Jukebox the Ghost’s exuberant yet wistful “Somebody” is a nice match for the location. People have been meeting their true loves in Coney Island since it was first called the People’s Playground. “I want it, I need it, I want somebody…” Ben Thornewill sings as he and his band make their way down the Boardwalk. A cadre of energetic dancers bobbing and circling around them. The video was shot in one long take with the landmark Parachute Jump and the gleaming new B&B Carousell pavilion and curious onlookers in the background. Yes, we “liked” it!
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January 13, 2012: Music Video: Alan Jackson’s So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore
January 8, 2011: Music Video: Strange Powers by the Magnetic Fields
December 16, 2010: Blast from the Past: LFO’s Summer Girls Music Video
December 7, 2010: New Music Video: Little Silver’s Where We Met
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My, my … what a sudden burst of aerobic activity on the boardwalk.
If you watch enough videos in a row, you’re sure to stumble upon Venice Beach or Coney Island every few dozen or so :)