Crystal Bowersox “Dead Weight” Music Video Premiere

By On 03/11/2013 · 16 Comments · In American Idol, Crystal Bowersox

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The new music video from American Idol season 9 alum, Crystal Bowersox, debuts today on The Boot. The video, filmed in earthy tones, has a decidedly 70′s feel to it, as a band of friends help a young girl deal with her troubles.

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“This song means more to me than even I can completely comprehend,” Crystal tells The Boot. “I feel like it’s one of those tunes where the meaning will get deeper and deeper over time as you start to really live and actualize the words into your existence. It’s about knowing in your heart, that not knowing the outcome is perfectly acceptable. Breathe. I’m still figuring it out, myself.”

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  • abbysee

    Lovely, love the song, love the video.

    Mj, this is tagged Carrie…..

  • http://twitter.com/BamadansPad Danny Latham

    Simply beautiful!!! This song represents 1000% Mama Sox!! Such power and beauty in friends helping one to let go the past. 

  • http://twitter.com/PFlowerstone Peg

    Love the song and the video.  Can’t wait for the new album.

  • istersay

    Love it, and here is the Behind the Scenes Vid that explains what it’s about
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S43I56OSDw

  • standtotheright

    Simple and lovely. I really appreciate when artists add narrative to videos, and Bowersox and her team have been very good at that.

  • CB40

    Just awesome.

  • annie12120

    Very nice. Is she releasing to Country?

  • http://twitter.com/HighTensions Jake W.

    I like it!

  • Caro3278sweet

    I’m thinking I’ve been transported back to the 60′s. 

    Kinda like it. :-)

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    So beautiful…still think Crystal is a winner. Or should have been THE winner.

  • DunnoTrump

    Can’t wait to ‘actualize the words into my existence.’

  • Anny_nanny

    http://youtu.be/FPyA0aPCdIo
    Crystal Bowersox – Dead Weight

  • iani

    Is she releasing to Country?

    I’ve been thinking for a while, how would be, how much chance she would have if she would be promoted to country format? AAA has only some hundreds of spins, HAC format is mostly half pop-half of alt music… She is such an earthy performer with earthy, lovely music, the video is perfect for her style… where it would be her “place” at radio formats? Hope she gets some radio-plays somewhere, Alt plays folk music but maybe her sound is more on the verge of country than rock to be part of their alt song-selection, I don’t know what to expect from what is played/heard at radio today…

  • windmills

    Late but, I really like this! One of my favorites out of Crystal’s new songs (I haven’t had the chance to watch all the Joe’s Bar videos yet). Nice vibe to the video, simple but effective.

    As far as airplay, I still see AAA as the best fit but tbh, not every kind of music has a home at any mainstream radio format. I would like country radio better if they had more folky songs like this but the main driving force at country radio right now is rock, with some beats starting to make their way in. Although, Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers are starting to chart so, things could change.

  • iani

    Thanks, windmills. I was thinking that she might have the same format support though where Alison Krauss is promoted, not a country singer but that special bluegrass music has a format and I think in country(?). I really like CB, even though I was more vocal for Lee and his way he was treated by TPTB after his drop, I didn’t care who is winning back then and I have/enjoy her music. I think if Javes would have promoted her to another format than AAA, which is very a small format I think, she might have been in another position by now as an artist, maybe closer to Casey James, touring constantly, opening for other artists than doing small gigs…just a thought.

  • Happyhexer

    This is kind of what I wanted to chat about, Windmills. Gotta work now, but I’ll find one of your posts and reply later, maybe tonight. I’m on the West Coast, so you might not see my post until tomorrow, lol.