The Music Video Thread

[Yxklyx]

Post your favorite music videos but for variety's sake try not to post two consecutive ones - give someone else a chance first.

Love and Rockets - Yin and Yang and the Flowerpot Man (http://youtube.com/watch?v=i5vDWDUXwlM)

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[origami_mustache]

Bruce Conner's films were certainly harbingers of the music video.

"Breakaway"
http://files.blog-city.com/files/J05/135411/p/f/tonibasil3.jpg (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rehb7cUyWE)

"Mongoloid"
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bxLcZStUCus/default.jpg (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bxLcZStUCus)

I'd post "Cosmic Ray" as well, but I can't find it.

[Yxklyx]

I think Hans Richter had Connor beat by 40 years:

Hans Richter - Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vTx7f5-_EJ0)

[origami_mustache]

I think Hans Richter had Connor beat by 40 years:

Hans Richter - Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vTx7f5-_EJ0)

Yeah as did Oskar Fischinger and several others but Conner incorporated popular music.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0

Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist

[origami_mustache]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0

Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist

one of my favorites, but I like their video for "Since I Left You" even more.

http://s3.ytimg.com/vi/VfAuFAgHpzc/default.jpg (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VfAuFAgHpzc)

[Yxklyx]

The Avalanches' was interesting.

Throwing Muses - Soul Soldier (http://youtube.com/watch?v=PkShBUUfCwQ)

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[bac0n]

Röyksopp - Eple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqKNme4sy2U)

[origami_mustache]

Aphex Twin - "Rubber Johnny" directed by Chris Cunningham

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/l48HTZUHfeQ/default.jpg (http://youtube.com/watch?v=l48HTZUHfeQ)

soooooooo gooooood

[Ezee E]

Aphex Twin - "Rubber Johnny" directed by Chris Cunningham

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/l48HTZUHfeQ/default.jpg (http://youtube.com/watch?v=l48HTZUHfeQ)

soooooooo gooooood
Incredibly creepy.

That man needs to direct a movie.

[Lucky]

Aphex Twin - "Rubber Johnny" directed by Chris Cunningham

"Come to Daddy" is pretty creepy, too.

It may be a pretty standard choice, but I've always been a fan of Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=v2Gv3X-iyR8). (NSFW, btw)

[Ezee E]

"Come to Daddy" is pretty creepy, too.

It may be a pretty standard choice, but I've always been a fan of Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=v2Gv3X-iyR8). (NSFW, btw)
Standard, perhaps, but it's there for a reason. It is probably my #1 music video.

[Yxklyx]

Eh, I couldn't view that one. Need an account.

Tanita Tikaram -Twist In My Sobriety (http://youtube.com/watch?v=wXSTe9YMCKo)

50 Foot Wave - Clara Bow (http://youtube.com/watch?v=uQFgq6WVUyo)

[Spinal]

50 Foot Wave - Clara Bow (http://youtube.com/watch?v=uQFgq6WVUyo)

Awesome. Is that Kristin's kid dancing in the video?

[Yxklyx]

Awesome. Is that Kristin's kid dancing in the video?

Probably. She's got 3 or 4 of them and they tour with her I hear. She's 41 and rockin' harder than ever!

[Spinal]

Probably. She's got 3 or 4 of them and they tour with her I hear. She's 41 and rockin' harder than ever!

Yeah, just saw one of her solo shows last year. I want to see a 50 Foot Wave show at some point.

[Spinal]

In other news, I can't believe I hadn't seen this one before today:

Cibo Matto - "Sugar Water" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNA6zzoObxg)

Truly amazing. It's a Gondry video.

[Yxklyx]

That was pretty confusing - nice work!

Have you seen Jonze's video where he has this rap band do everything backwards and then the footage is played in reverse? It's not on youtube I think - saw it on a DVD of Spike Jonze videos.

[Spinal]

That was pretty confusing - nice work!

Have you seen Jonze's video where he has this rap band do everything backwards and then the footage is played in reverse? It's not on youtube I think - saw it on a DVD of Spike Jonze videos.

Here it is. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0)

[origami_mustache]

Sufjan Stevens - "John Wayne Gacy Jr."

Spec Music Video using educational films from the 50s and anonymous family footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otx49Ko3fxw

[Kurosawa Fan]

Sufjan Stevens - "John Wayne Gacy Jr."


I hate that song more than just about any recent song I can recall. Man I hate that song. And I enjoy some of Sufjan's work.

[D_Davis]

This is my favorite video of all time.

Take the Skinheads Bowling by Camper Van Beethoven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLOjldoWSok

[origami_mustache]

I hate that song more than just about any recent song I can recall. Man I hate that song. And I enjoy some of Sufjan's work.

lyrically? musically? or both?

[Sven]

Like the song. Like the video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kkg1IkGJ0Y) It was directed by PT anderson. You can tell. The sound quality on the clip is pretty bad, but the video is clearer.

I approve of the trend to bring big dance numbers back to videos.

[Kurosawa Fan]

lyrically? musically? or both?

Sorry, somehow I missed this first time around. Both, really. I can't stand the lyrics. They're painful to listen to (only because they're terrible). I don't really care for the slow, whispery accompaniment to the lyrics either. There's literally nothing about that song I like.

[Russ]

Matmos - Stars & Stripes Forever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEXgNM9MAMY)

[Ivan Drago]

My favorite music video of all time:

No Surprises - Radiohead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUgMbKJu9ws)

[transmogrifier]

Toe Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hi99JdeBeY) - silly little video, but I like it; nice ditty too.

Ante Up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc) - greatest video ever?

[bac0n]

Kool Moe Dee as Super Spy hot on the trail of master villain Dr. Yo. High stakes gambling, adrenaline pumped motorcycle chases and fights with Ninjas and assassin-bots that throw stuff! That's why this is the greatest thing ever put to celluloid.

Kool Moe Dee - I Go To Work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agnKPLrG2E0).

[D_Davis]

Ante Up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc) - greatest video ever?

That. Is. Awesome.

[bac0n]

That. Is. Awesome.

So is THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZNBcJTmWs)

[D_Davis]

So is THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZNBcJTmWs)

Good God.

[Spinal]

New Moby video directed by David Lynch. (http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009/04/david-lynch-directs-mobys-new-animated.html)

Might be best to lower your expectations before clicking.

[Kurosawa Fan]

New Moby video directed by David Lynch. (http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009/04/david-lynch-directs-mobys-new-animated.html)

Might be best to lower your expectations before clicking.

I always do when Moby's involved.

[D_Davis]

Moby's awesome.

Animal Rights is an incredible album, which also contains some of the best liner notes ever written.

[bac0n]

I always do when Moby's involved.

Funny, I was going to say the same thing about David Lynch. :P

[Yxklyx]

Where can I find the video for Bjork's Human Behavior?

[Ezee E]

Where can I find the video for Bjork's Human Behavior?
Strangely, Not on youtube, but here (http://music.aol.com/video/human-behavior/bjork/1100419)

Cool video.

[Thirdmango]

The greatest generic rap video ever.

Generic Rap Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhZt4i92aSA)

[D_Davis]

The American Dollar - Anything You Synthesize (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSU49AFzgtw)

Neat video. good music.

[number8]

New Weird Al!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R32aFmxL9HY)

[Spinal]

New Weird Al!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R32aFmxL9HY)

Hmmm ... like the impression, don't really like the song. Topic is kind of tired and the lyrics are not very funny.

[Ezee E]

Have never really cared for Weird Al.

[D_Davis]

I love Weird Al. He's insanely talented, and so is his band, and they put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen.

I also like his original tunes more than his parodies.

With that said, the Craigslist song is not very good.

[bac0n]

Rick Astley + Nine Inch Nails (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pLj9BoNb1U) : The best combination since, I dunno, spark and tinder?

[origami_mustache]

I liked this new Busdriver video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a0Y-CRx4nE)

[Ivan Drago]

The Reeling - Passion Pit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp1Dk7nzs7M)


Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j-CjgSMtcs)
Two new favorites of mine.