Sorry, the article you’re looking for is no longer available! Try these recommended videos. It's easily one of the best videos of the year. The video ends with Ocean stumbling through the desert towards a distant pyramid. frank ocean - pink matter (ver 2) (chords) (0/5) : 83: frank ocean - pink matter intro (guitar tab) (0/5) : 169: frank ocean - pink matter ukulele (chords) (0/5) : 52: frank ocean - pray (lyrics) (0/5) : 4: frank ocean - private show (lyrics) (0/5) : 11: frank ocean - pyramids (lyrics) (0/5. A young Frank Ocean uses Pyramids to claim each of our senses. The song's music video was directed by Nabil Elderkin, who has worked with Ocean on his ' Novacane ' and ' Swim Good ' clips. A lyrical marvel, a producer’s wet dream, Pyramids is a feat simply because it exists so boldly. The singer-songwriter also appears in the song's music video as Ocean's companion during his vision quest. The song breaks a close up of Ocean's eyes reveals the reflection of a neon pyramid in the desert as a guitar solo builds and, as fog or smoke drifts from behind the neon pyramid, who emerges but pre-haircut John Mayer, who plays a slow blusey riff on a light-rigged guitar that's about a thousand times better than whatever it is he usually does. The jazzy guitar solo is performed by John Mayer. While there all sorts of things happen: Ocean's face melts, a stripper's face melts, some old men get a lap dance, a stripper's back becomes covered with hallucinated red lines and then Ocean can't stop laughing – who could while on so much of whatever it is that he's on? Ocean produced the album primarily by himself with help from his close friend, writer/producer Malay. Helmed by "Mercy" director Nabil, the clip follows Ocean as he downs four shots of absinthe, shoots up the bar and rides a motorcycle through an increasingly warped desert to a strip club. Large parts of Channel Orange were laid down at Eastwest Studio in Hollywood, in rooms where the Beach Boys and Frank Sinatra recorded many years previously, and some of the equipment remains unchanged.
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Ocean performed "Pyramids" during his Channel Orange tour through North America.Fresh off his wonderful performance on Saturday Night Live, Frank Ocean just released the psychedelic and excellent (and very NSFW) video for "Pyramids." The video for Channel Orange's longest song runs nearly eight minutes, but trust me: it's completely worth it. Watch the full video on Vimeo. The track has been featured during television promos for Channel Orange. the 'guitar solo' is the best non vocal part of any frank ocean song. The song has since debuted on the UK R&B Chart at number 31. Frank's second best song is Pyramids from 4:26 and on. There is a difference between Frank Ocean and the rest of his R&B contemporaries. The music video was directed by Nabil Elderkin and featured an orange car with an atmospheric background. Frank Ocean, ‘Channel Orange’: Track-By-Track Review. The song was featured in a teaser for Ocean's then-upcoming album and was released with a cover that featured The Simpsons style characters. And it features John Mayer on the closing guitar solo. And if all that innuendo wasn’t enough, it is also definitely about sex, infidelity, power, and features heavy references to Cleopatra and other mythology. The song received highly positive reviews and was called epic in nature by several publications, who praised the ambition and scope of the track's length, along with the lyrical merit. New Frank Ocean is smooth, sexy, and long. The track lyrically contains several extended metaphors referencing Cleopatra, pyramids, and strip clubs. The song explores a narrative of a pimp falling in love with one of his clients. On June 7, 2012, Ocean posted a small teaser video featuring a snippet of the song onto his Tumblr account, and released the full, nearly 10-minute song later that day onto his official SoundCloud account. working one's way up to the divine, the top of the pyramid. It also sounds sometimes like the chorus is saying 'working up the pyramid tonight', possibly referencing Kabbalah again, i.e. The track features an uncredited guitar solo from singer John Mayer. Ocean also looks to be alternately horrified at the scene and laughing with glee at the strippers shakin it. The song was written by Ocean and produced by Malay and Om'Mas Keith. "Pyramids" is a song by American singer Frank Ocean, released as the second single from his debut studio album Channel Orange (2012).
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