MUSIC VIDEO: “Dark Horse Matter” by Man’s Body
MUSIC VIDEO
World Premiere:
Dark Horse Matter
Runtime: 3 minutes, 37 seconds
Best Viewed: Any Screen, Cinema Presentation
Liner Notes
”A few years ago I watched a documentary on Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt, and wrote the lyric for ‘Dark Horse Matter’ right afterward. The song is basically about how some things are so badly planned that they are over before they start. I use a lot of different images to communicate this: “bodies shaking,” “all codes broken,” “pissing up a rope in the rain,” “dying on an unknown road.” There have been such amazingly star-crossed lovers, Shakespearean and biblical, bad affairs to say the least, but in modern times when they make the tabloids and they aren’t even celebrities, it becomes the most epic fail ever. Usually people will pick sides – they will say “he” acted selfishly, he was abusive, and no doubt that is most likely the case – his wife is certainly a victim. But what I’m suggesting is different.
“‘Dark Horse Matter’ is about a situation where both parties can claim victimhood, in which case it’s sometimes not so clear. Maybe these people were acting out their own immature needs and previous abuse, where victimization comes to a dramatic conclusion. People of course want to judge from the outside, when in reality it is far too cloudy for us to see what is really there. The people involved never saw the iceberg ahead, never realized that perhaps societal forces acted upon them to an extent. We have all brought the worst of ourselves to the relationship table at times. Not to this extreme level, maybe, but I am trying to take a more nuanced perspective – not to judge or to try and make sense out of any of it, and not to make light of it, but to try to find some balance. I’m looking forensically into the car accident. The notion that both individuals, as well as the people around them, ignored the check engine light, so it was just inevitable that the car would eventually crash.”
-Man’s Body vocalist Greg Franco, 2023
About Man’s Body
Man’s Body is a trans-American “soft punk” group whose third and latest studio album is called New Chroma (NocturnalSol). The band centers around singer/LA resident Greg Franco and guitarist/Chicagoan J. Niimi, both of whom have played in numerous bands since the ‘80s in their respective cities. Joined by a rhythm section, the band normally performs as a five piece. Man’s Body has toured all around the continental U.S., and last year released a live album, Taking the Edge Off: Live at Kingsize Chicago (NocturnalSol). For more info, visit the Man’s Body Linktree here.
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