New Video!!!!

[mjuehl3]

i just went on to perez hilton and he posted jewel's new video!!!!

enjoy it here:

http://perezhilton.com/2008-03-09-new-jewel#respond

[last_dance_rodeo]

Triple love it!

[Little Bird]

Wow - how come he has it before anyone else?

Cool though Thanks so much for letting us know

[Little Bird]

Hey - the comments over there are really harsh. Why on earth was this premiered on that site? They just do not appreciate it. Anyway, it isn't working for me. Anyone else having problems.

[JThisWay620]

I really like the video and the concept came across very well, Jewel has another great video! The colors are vivid the costumes lively, and Jewel look stunning.

[JewelWiki]

Thanks for the e-mail!

I thought the video was all right... I think I built my hopes up after hearing Jewel's take on it. The elements are all there, but they just didn't seem well executed. I'll post it on YouTube shortly. :)

[JewelWiki]

I like it more each time I watch it. :)

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[dyw2play]

I like the video, for a country video. Not sure VH1 will pick this one up. But, you never know, Again & Again had a country feel and they played the hell out of that.

[JewelWiki]

YouTube says it's not available, but I don't think the video was pulled. It took a long time for the video to upload, so if you're having trouble with the YouTube video try again later and it should be working. :)

[simmadana]

I think she looks AMAZING! I wouldn't take the people who comment on those video too seriously. I mean how many people make it a point in their life to comment, "first" on every single post?

[mjuehl3]

i was wondering how perez hilton got it first too. maybe it has to do with them being friends or something. and yes those comments are very harsh, but it is to be expected on perezhilton.com

[Romanos]

the video is perfect i love it!! uooooOO but the only part i don't like is when her teeth look strange but she looks beautiful at the end!

[ShawnShamrock]

I will not lie, I am not feeling the video.. I mean i do like it don't get me wrong. The way she made it sound i was expecting a little more all the major stuff didn't happen to after the climax of the song

[never.alone]

i know im always negative but i dont like the song and video is pretty blah too. i miss old jewel.

no matter what there always has to be atleast one person to say something about her teeth. they act like shes the only person in the music business with bad teeth.

[reggiedvd]

Its ok. i need to watch it a few more times. Its kinda boring until she starts taking stuff off. Too many shots of her just standing there not really doing much.

[DreamsLast]

As always Jewel looks beautiful in the video, but it came across as I originally expressed in another thread. Well,......my fellow Jewel fans, please don't hate me for saying the following things, as a die-hard country fan I can only express my opinion......

1. It's kinda boring.

2. Provides nothing to the country format... (and in fact may upset some country fans who do not want to see Middle Eastern people in a "country" video right now....let's face it, many of these people tend to be diversity-challenged....)

3. Because of reasons 1 & 2, will go over like a lead balloon in Nashville......and I'm not so sure it will help move the song up the country charts.

SORRY, but it's just my opinion......you know that I absolutely LOVE Jewel, but I think she missed her opportunity for this video. She should've stuck to a literal video where she's leaving her man & walking out of the farmhouse and running away on a horse into the sunset......or something to that effect!!! ;-) I'm sad because this was her "introduction" to country music......I'm afraid she didn't quite make it.

[DreamsLast]

Wow - how come he has it before anyone else?

Cool though Thanks so much for letting us know


I'm figuring it's cause Jewel is friends with Perez.......but it does seem odd that he got it first when no one else has......(unless he "stole" it??)

[Sam78]

I'm not quite as negative on the video as some of you are. I think it will have really no effect on the success of the song--won't help, like a great video may have, but probably won't hurt either. It's just a little bit boring, though it is visually appealing.

Also, I don't think the diversity issues will factor much into how the video is received--it's such a minor part, and it's in this entirely unrelated, non-political context.

Basically, this video to me is like the video for Down So Long--kinda pretty and kinda what's-the-point.

:whistle:

[Sam78]

Oh, and I thought it was weird about Perez having the video first, too.

I'm guessing Jewel and her team aren't sure they can count on CMT or VH1 to jump on the video right away, so they decided to try to get it to go viral online first to drum up interest, and perhaps because she's friendly with Perez and perhaps because of how popular his site is, they let him have the exclusive--at least for a few hours.

Interesting approach, and probably even a good one in some circumstances, but the missing piece in this strategy is a really interesting video that will make people forward the YouTube link to their friends. This video just ain't got it. But then, none of Jewel's videos have ever had that.

I think the closest thing to controversial or political in Jewel's videos is probably Break Me, and that video didn't even make a dent in the American social consciousness. Then of course there was Stand, which I thought was the best of all her videos, but again, that video was so hopelessly underplayed it ended up essentially being a terrible waste of a great video on an unpopular song.

Bottom line: Jewel's just not a video artist. She makes beautiful, artistic-looking videos, but not really videos with points or statements. It's just the nature of her work.

And about the comments on Perez's site--they're always really negative and hateful like that. He could post an entry titled "Jesus comes down from Heaven to pet a kitten" and you would get some crazy fool commenting "FIRST!!! Perez is a twat! And who does Jesus think he is? Those robes are so 12 B.C. Fashion Police--arrest that man!"

:yammer: Okay, I'll stop babbling now. You all now know all of my opinions on this matter.

[artistindisguise]

i think the video was a tad boring, but still enjoyable. and i actually love jewel's teeth, i think they're gorgeous.

[never.alone]

As always Jewel looks beautiful in the video, but it came across as I originally expressed in another thread. Well,......my fellow Jewel fans, please don't hate me for saying the following things, as a die-hard country fan I can only express my opinion......

1. It's kinda boring.

2. Provides nothing to the country format... (and in fact may upset some country fans who do not want to see Middle Eastern people in a "country" video right now....let's face it, many of these people tend to be diversity-challenged....)

3. Because of reasons 1 & 2, will go over like a lead balloon in Nashville......and I'm not so sure it will help move the song up the country charts.

SORRY, but it's just my opinion......you know that I absolutely LOVE Jewel, but I think she missed her opportunity for this video. She should've stuck to a literal video where she's leaving her man & walking out of the farmhouse and running away on a horse into the sunset......or something to that effect!!! ;-) I'm sad because this was her "introduction" to country music......I'm afraid she didn't quite make it.

yeah i agree with you..eventhough the "leaving the man" idea is so overdone, its what country folks are used to and like (i'm a country folk so i can say that :P) i dont get why she says its not what the song is about at all but the first verse is all about her man..? just think it could have been amazing but fell flat.

[fabiojj]

I think the video is decent and it will work just fine as promotion. It will not generate controversy and will not be a smash hit, but will be viewed as a slightly creative video with some beautiful shots, that's it. Nothing to worry about and nothing to create a big fuss around.

The Down So Long comparison seems fair, even though that's one of my favorites Jewel videos ever, I think it's incredibly beautifully shot, done by a great director.

[kjm030584]

*reads comments*

heh, it's not the first time one of her videos went over the heads of viewers.

[M€RIO]

Hey i cant understand! whats up with you guys? ITS JEWEL!!! Okay im little dissapointed that they show her teeth a lot, but tough shes so beautiful, i like her eyebrow-action in this video a lot. And the scence where she stands in the grass is awesome! Ok maybe the story takes a longer time to get it but from the bridge on the video is awesome IMO. ITS JEWEL!!

[DreamsLast]

I like the scene at the end where she walks in the "grass"....it's very pretty. I have a photo of it in my signature right now! ;-) I wish they could've actually gone on location to a real meadow though.....

[simmadana]

I really like the part near the end where she goes "no, no." She's got a bit of 'tude. Too bad she didn't do a video like Stephensville, TX for this one. It had a lot more country feel. And is she going to do another photoshoot?!

[DreamsLast]

I really like the part near the end where she goes "no, no." She's got a bit of 'tude. Too bad she didn't do a video like Stephensville, TX for this one. It had a lot more country feel. And is she going to do another photoshoot?!


I was hoping for more of a 'STX' video too.....This new video is OK, but I don't think it's great, and I don't think it's bad. Somewhere in the middle. It doesn't really jump out at me. It's hard to feel one way or the other. I think she might have intended it to be that way??? IDK.

[go_team_asia]

Well I actually like this video a lot.

At least its not like Again & Again where she just kinda roams around and dances in a field. This had a little bit more of a point to get across, which I thought was clever.

Not sure it will be a hit on CMT, but it certainly made me like the song more than I did before (I'm not a country fan.)

Jewel is back!

[ItBeThatWay27]

I like it. I was sort of not feeling the SOUND of the song until now. Now I feel like this is Jewel. I like the concept. Good video. I love when she gets the guitar :)

[colorfulhorses]

I thought the video was so so and there was some airbrushing going down on Jewel's face, side few they fixed her nose and I don't know why the nose is just part of Jewel.

[wmtodd]

The creative style is really good in the video and the song is growing on me, but I have to be honest and say something is missing. If I'm in Lowes hardware shopping and one of her top songs is being played, I notice it, but with this it's just different for some reason. Well, it's only one song so far, but the others on the album might get me.... William Hollifield

[Romanos]

hey you! I just want to say somenthing Jewel's teeth are allways looks good(watch stand video) and what I tried to say is that I didn't like the way the camera show her teeth because I've never seen them like that and about the video for me is so good , but like you said kinda boring but the best part is the end! she's so beautiful without make up!!!

[BTMYH2005]

I really liked the concept and how the video turned out. If I could change something I would have had the clothes coming off gradually throughout the video instead of all at once really fast. It would get more attention to see what the point is if it was done that way.. but it's only a 3 minute song and characters had to be introduced and the meaning in the end had to be clear. I Love it though. Can' wait until it's available on iTunes to buy.

[DreamsLast]

I like it. I was sort of not feeling the SOUND of the song until now. Now I feel like this is Jewel. I like the concept. Good video. I love when she gets the guitar :)

OH, I know what you mean!! It's like she's almost not "herself" without that guitar on.... :acoustic::acoustic::acoustic:

[JThisWay620]

Oh, and I thought it was weird about Perez having the video first, too.

I'm guessing Jewel and her team aren't sure they can count on CMT or VH1 to jump on the video right away, so they decided to try to get it to go viral online first to drum up interest, and perhaps because she's friendly with Perez and perhaps because of how popular his site is, they let him have the exclusive--at least for a few hours.

Interesting approach, and probably even a good one in some circumstances, but the missing piece in this strategy is a really interesting video that will make people forward the YouTube link to their friends. This video just ain't got it. But then, none of Jewel's videos have ever had that.

I think the closest thing to controversial or political in Jewel's videos is probably Break Me, and that video didn't even make a dent in the American social consciousness. Then of course there was Stand, which I thought was the best of all her videos, but again, that video was so hopelessly underplayed it ended up essentially being a terrible waste of a great video on an unpopular song.

Bottom line: Jewel's just not a video artist. She makes beautiful, artistic-looking videos, but not really videos with points or statements. It's just the nature of her work.

And about the comments on Perez's site--they're always really negative and hateful like that. He could post an entry titled "Jesus comes down from Heaven to pet a kitten" and you would get some crazy fool commenting "FIRST!!! Perez is a twat! And who does Jesus think he is? Those robes are so 12 B.C. Fashion Police--arrest that man!"

:yammer: Okay, I'll stop babbling now. You all now know all of my opinions on this matter.

I disagree with what you said about Jewel not making vidoes without pionts or statements. ...the statement part especially. Umm....her recent vid is a statement. "Break Me" was a statement, "Intuition" was a statement, "Stand" was a statement...probably the biggest statement in a Jewel video. maybe they are too subtle but I see thsoe videos and they scream political or social agenda/commentary.

It is kind of odd that Jewel hasn't fully embraced video like so many artists. Considering her stance on music as storytelling one would think she would tell a visual story along with a scirpt (ie the song). Mayeb a song like "Rosy and Mick" would lend itself to a better video.

[wmtodd]

I think we need to stop talking about her teeth, she probably reads these comments to stay in touch with her fan base (silently) and I'd hate to hurt her feelings. If she wanted braces she has the money to get emmm, It's the way God made her and she's content with who she is..... But I think when it comes to her new music, she's trying new stuff and I'm sure it takes time to adjust to all the changes... I like a few songs with all the country artists, but I'm staying open minded for Jewel..... William H.

[fabiojj]

You know, Jewel has said many times that she doesn't like to do obvious videos, like the Stronger Woman video many were expecting to see. I disagree with the person who said Jewel is not a video artist. Of course she's no Bjork, but she's had some amazing videos. You Were Meant For Me is an artistic masterpiece, Down So Long is a gorgeous band video - it was the first video that featured her band at the time - filmed beautifully and very artsy by the same director of YWMFM (I wonder where he is now...). Break Me is another awesome video with a very interesting take on a love song - it could be Jewel's most relevant video to date. Intuition is another great piece of work and incredibly up-to-date and intelligent, though people totally got it wrong... Stand is, actually IMO, overrated... I think it's a good video but not that great. The thing that I don't really like about is that is exactly what Jewel doesn't like - it's obvious. Sure, it's a very good script and they certainly made it interesting, but I was expecting something not as obvious. Good Day is also a good video, though it seems a bit amateurish.

Anyway, Jewel best of of videos is gonna be a great one IMO. I really like most of her videos.

[wackyoverkhaki]

She looked very lovely...the minimal makeup really let her natural beauty shine through. As some of you already mentioned, I loved the grass/guitar scene- classic Jewel and that's what we all want. I thought the overall theme was a bit trite and ignorant though. Does wearing a corset, sari or lipstick really make a woman oppressed? Oppression isn't about clothes, it's about abuse. I don't doubt the director meant well but he/she could have thought of more original representation IMO. As for the haters on Perez or any similar website...they have no life.

[DreamsLast]

I believe it was Jewel that came up with the concept for this video....she mentioned this in her blog on Myspace. I think she is the one who decided to have all of the different women from different cultures represented in this video. The shedding of their restrictive clothing was to represent them freeing themselves from whatever it is in their lives that "represses" them. I do completely agree with you that the entire idea is about emotional abuse (not necessarily the culture-specific clothing items), and maybe she didn't want it to be that serious or sad of a video?? IDK, but I definitely agree with you on that point.

[wackyoverkhaki]

I believe it was Jewel that came up with the concept for this video....she mentioned this in her blog on Myspace. I think she is the one who decided to have all of the different women from different cultures represented in this video. The shedding of their restrictive clothing was to represent them freeing themselves from whatever it is in their lives that "represses" them. I do completely agree with you that the entire idea is about emotional abuse (not necessarily the culture-specific clothing items), and maybe she didn't want it to be that serious or sad of a video?? IDK, but I definitely agree with you on that point.

Yeah I suppose depicting serious oppression & abuse would be a bit of a downer for a country music video, especially her first.

[Cyril]

I love the video, especially the end. Jewel's so beautiful and so simple. She's definitely one of the "great ones".

[Jewelluvr]

It's a beautiful vid. And I think it'll be a hit with country audiences, which I am proud to be a part of. I don't think it'll be an issue having a Middle Eastern woman in the vid, at least it wasn't with me.

BTW, the vid's also up on CMT and VH1's websites.

[Crawfy-Glasgow]

I think its a decent video,and the song is going to grow on us all,once we hear it more and more,like on the radio,hopefully.
I really like the little look she gives near the end,almost on the last strum of the guitar,she looks with her eyebrows up as if to say,'well,what do you all think of my first country effort',check it out. Also,when she has all of the jewels off and less makeup,she looks hot,good on you Jewel.
I also love her raspy vocals towards the end of the song,superb.
I hope it gets radio play in the usa and also the UK,but i'm not holding my breath.
Cheers Crawfy !!!

[ShawnShamrock]

We should proabaly get an early start on voting for it for the top 20 countdown on vh1 and cmt although i dont know if u can vote on cmt's
Just an idea.

[Jewelluvr]

We should proabaly get an early start on voting for it for the top 20 countdown on vh1 and cmt although i dont know if u can vote on cmt's
Just an idea.

Here's the link to vote on CMT's Top 20 Countdown: http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/top_twenty_countdown/series_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=/dynamic_templates/shows/center_templates/wildcard/top_twenty_countdown/2008/top20_viewers_poll_main.jhtml

She's not available for voting yet, but there is a message board. Maybe we could stir up some interest.

http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/top_twenty_countdown/message_board.jhtml

[louloublu]

My first time hearing it. I really like the video, though I hate all those haters on Perez's site that want her to fix her tooth. I have to remember that they're just shallow. Not too sure about the song, I'll have to listen to it a few more times.