{"id":1775,"date":"2012-11-13T11:55:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T16:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2012-11-12T21:11:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T02:11:19","slug":"video-the-all-american-rejects-heartbeat-slowing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/11\/13\/video-the-all-american-rejects-heartbeat-slowing-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The All-American Rejects, Heartbeat Slowing Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And for Tuesday, the lyric video for <i>Heartbeat Slowing Down<\/i>, the most recent single from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allamericanrejects.com\/default.aspx#!featured\">The All-American Rejects<\/a>&#8216; fourth record <i>Kids In the Street<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>I like this video because I have a weakness for lyric videos, but also because of the way the lyrics are presented: hand-written by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tysonritter\">Tyson Ritter<\/a> himself. I&#8217;m particularly fond of the shot of him writing out one verse on torn hotel note-paper, and the way the camera lingers on the tense curve of his fingers.<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics also appear written on torn scraps of paper, large posters, pillowcases, arms of other members of All-American Rejects, and other surfaces, which is a simple but clear visual metaphor supporting the &#8220;messy breakups&#8221; theme of the song. <\/p>\n<p>Heartbreak isn&#8217;t tidy. Sometimes it gets on other people. Sometimes there are rageful things you wish you could font size +7 at people, because maybe if you write it large enough, they&#8217;ll finally hear you. Sometimes you there are things you font size +7 at yourself, in hopes perhaps this time you&#8217;ll learn.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k_w6j3sDn5U?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k_w6j3sDn5U?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And for Tuesday, the lyric video for Heartbeat Slowing Down, the most recent single from The All-American Rejects&#8216; fourth record Kids In the Street. 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