{"id":13061,"date":"2015-07-09T20:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T01:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2015-07-05T21:05:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T02:05:26","slug":"we-are-the-west-hold-on-live-at-the-middle-east-713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/we-are-the-west-hold-on-live-at-the-middle-east-713\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are The West – “Hold On” – live at The Middle East 7\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the video for “Hold On” from Los Angeles-based We Are The West<\/a><\/strong>, it feels as though you’re peeking through a keyhole into someone else’s daydream. It was filmed in Malibu in collaboration with Clifford Cruz, and is inspired by Stanley Donen’s 1974 film, “The Little Prince.” In that story, a young prince from a distant asteroid falls to earth and lands in the desert, where a stranded pilot finds him. It’s a philosophical tale illustrated in watercolors that speaks of the strangeness of the adult world. The video has a similarly eerie and otherworldly feel, as the song seems to convey its own strangeness in a life examined, softly and honestly told, with a distinct sense of sadness and disillusionment. It ends with the plea to “hold on,” which hangs unanswered in the air.<\/p>\n