Right now someone might be reading this review for Van Halen's hit single "Right Now". Right now at this very moment
someone might not get the idea of me writing exactly like that. And right now someone might become curious in seeing this music
video or rewatch in case haven't seen in years. But whatever that is happening right now as you read this, remember that something
deeper and extreme, beautiful or ugly, or even of small significance is happening to you, someone you know, and ones you never met
or never heard of.
This amazing and thoughtful Van Halen clip makes us really stop whatever we're doing to have a full attention to all of
its images, countless captions telling many facts of life and situations that could have happened at the moment we watch the clip,
listen to the powerful lyrics with its message about the confusion of life and its importance, and the decisions we make at the
given present moment. Present moment, ever so fleeting that skips through our fingers like sand escaping from a seive, the anxious
thought of imagining, daydreaming the future in the present and then boom it's already a past, same goes with actions. Right Now
never stays yet it's important; here in the band's discourse is spoken with power and presence, in the voice of Sammy Hagar, as a
wakeup call to turn things around and make a positive change, to make a decision and act upon it. Hard decisions to be made and many paths, options and opportunities to follow, or sometimes it's just one thing that really matters to be done now.
The presentation of everything is amazing with the use of typical scenarios to more challenging, thoughtful and sad truths
as well ("Right now oilmen are getting richer"). There's even small jokes on the band itself about what they're doing and they
don't perform on the video, but instead appear at certain moments with some amusing interactions.
Gotta love those early 1990's
music videos that had powerful and deep messages popping on the screen and you were completely focused in what was shown; valuable
and educational but to some it could be seen as preachy or destined to lecture audience. I always enjoyed it, specially when there's
some controversy or some info that we can look and analyze the changes around the world (like Talking Heads did with "Nothing but
Flowers" or R. E. M. Did in "Talk About the Passion"). This one by Van Halen is a whole different level, less political and with a
wide variety of topics covered that audiences from all around the world can relate and think hard about it. Go see it, right now! 10/10.
