Still scratching my head as to why official sites can't play official music, I started digging. 

It turns out Me And My Imagination IS viewable from Sophie's VEVO channel.  http://www.youtube.com/user/SEllisBextorVEVO 

What I'm confused about is the description of what Vevo is.  Good ole Wikipedia says... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevo

The big four (Universal, Sony, Warner and EMI) apparently had problems with the "competition that music videos have on YouTube."  Sony and Universal then start Vevo.  All video hosting is done through... wait for it... YOUTUBE!  Furthermore, it's only viewable in the US and Canada.  Um, What?!

To summarize again: Big four don't like YouTube.  Make thier own YouTube... hosted by YouTube.  Now they can "non-competitvely" promote their global music to two countries... Instead of YouTube's worldwide reach.

Anyway... I hope you enjoy Sophie's fantastic video and even better song as much as I do! 

p.s. I'm openly welcoming a sane explanation for all of this.  Please make sense of it for me.

In case you haven't heard of any bad decisions from the record industry lately...

I was perusing YouTube today for a look at Sophie Ellis Bextor's Me And My Imagination video.  I heard it in my car (on the iPod, no radio stations that cool remotely near me) and wanted to see the rather not ugly Sophie sing it to me herself.  So I find her very official page at http://www.youtube.com/user/sophieellisbextortv.  I scroll down to find said video and am greeted with "This video contains content from UMG.  It is no longer available."  WTF?!  I clicked on a few more and received the same message.  Um, what?

I am going to point out that Ms. Bextor is singed to Polydor Records.  ...WHICH IS OWNED BY UNIVERSAL!!!  She's been on Polydor/Universal from day one!!!

To summarize:  Sophie Ellis Bextor.  Hot.  Great singer.  Singed to world's biggest record company.  DOES NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO PLAY HER OWN VIDEOS ON HER OWN OFFICIAL YOUTUBE PAGE!!!!!!!!!

In keeping PC, this may have a simple explanation (if so, please enlighten me), but I'm smelling another unbelievably asinine move by the big record labels.

Unglaublich!!!! 

Hanging out with Action City Blackout and Gunther & The Sunshine Girls!

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I've given in.  I've come out of the barn long enough to join the great masses.  Don't forget to check my artist page as well!  It's equally bitchin', and I'd love you have you as a fan!  Talk to you all soon!