FRANK TURNER, ISABEL
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Here’s Frank Turner’s new video for his next single “Isabel.” Granted, I’m an unabashed and completely biased fan of Frank’s work, and my first reaction was there’s not a lot to this video. Frank’s on the beach singing his song. Seen it. But that’s also the point. If there were much else going on in the video, you’d be watching some overzealous director’s vision, not listening to the song and its lyrics.
Only Frank Turner could write a love song about the isolation of the human spirit stemming from the uncertainty of a rapidly evolving technologically driven worldwide economy that has removed all tangible satisfaction from life. “So the world has changed, and I must change as well. The machines we’ve made will damn us all to hell. The time will come when all must save themselves. I will save my soul in the arms of Isabel.” Your panties, they just dropped.
Frank’s got a few more shows in the Midwest with Flogging Molly, and if you’re anywhere near there, you should go see him before he heads back to the UK. You can still make it up front to see Frank like this here in the States:
But it’s only a matter of time before it turns into this over here also:
That video’s from Frank’s DVD “Take to the Road,” which is out March 22nd.