Dave Matthews Band - Satellite

Artist: Dave Matthews Band (DMB)

Song: Satellite

Album: Under the Table and Dreaming

Date of Release: 1995 (Live version released in '93 on Remember Two Things)

Label: RCA in the US, V2 everywhere else

Genre: Well DMB are kind of their own genre, but I guess it's umbrella'd into Rock

This is another really cool music video. Goodwin suggested that hard rock/metal video's will feature live performance. Although DMB is neither of these, the video's main narrative is watching them perform the song. The demands of the label are also shown through the prevalence of Dave Matthews. Any DMB fans know that in this particular band the usual hierarchy is ignored. Each member is valued the same by the band and fans alike. Obviously the label want Dave to be at the forefront and as the singer/guitarist he need to take up most of the shots. There are interestingly two other parts to the video. One of a lady blowing bubbles outside, and the other, played by Johnny Galecki (Leonard from TBBT, although much younger), of a man watching multiple screens flicking through channels.

The first person seen in the video is a bubble blowing female. She circles around blowing bubbles for all of her shots. One particular shot displayed a relationship between the lyrics and visuals, when she blew a string of bubbles into the air while the lyrics were 'Rest high about the clouds, no restriction'. The bubbles have no restriction and float up to the couds. 

The footage of the video is generally 'feel good'. The band look happy and the girl is enjoying herself. Galecki's character is perhaps slightly frustrated that there's nothing on TV. This is a clear relationship between the music and visuals, as the music is also blissful. 

Galecki's narrative is based on the idea of screens within a screen, as he's staring at multiple screens looking like a bit of a nerd. This is another relationship between the lyrics and visuals as the song is about the 'Television we bounce round the world'.

This also links to pop culture and obviously television. The lyrics are reflecting on the amount of TV that's accessible and the idea that the tabloids are like vultures and we all love to follow them following certain high profile names, for example 'Peeping Tom for the mother station'.