There's music videos with a simple premise and then there is Wax's "California" which takes the very concept of "simple" and spins it right on its head. It does not get any more basic than this, folks. Perhaps I am more easily amused than I'd like to admit, but this video makes me laugh harder each time I watch it. It's filmed in one long unbroken take, starting with a close-up of a man's feet which are engulfed in flames. We eventually see that the man's entire body is on fire and he's running down the street. Why does he run down the street? Is it because he's on fire? Is he looking for someone to put him out? Is he running to the hospital? No, he's trying to catch a bus before it drives away. Again, another deceptively simple music video. What's brilliant about it is that it actually coincides with the song perfectly. It's not until the very end of the video when you realize that this all from the point of view of a little girl sitting in the backseat of a car. The narrator in the song is exactly in sync with her perspective. This is the kind of town where a man, who's been lit on fire, is more concerned with catching a bus. Why did I move here?! You could also see the man on fire as being a metaphor. Perhaps we put too much emphasis on the mundane while ignoring our most basic needs in life? Maybe that's looking too deep into it. Nevertheless, this video perfectly represents what Spike Jonze is all about. It explores the beauty of simplicity.