Cynthetiq

It seems to me that there isn't enough music videos that get any real airplay.

Find interesting and inventive ones and post them here. If you can add something to it like a little information about the band, song, where you heard the song the first time, anything to spur more discussion than just posting a youtube link or embed.

The moment I saw this I thought it to be very inventive and innovative. It instantly made me think that someone should do a narrative or at least video score of Star Wars with this popup book...

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debaser

Always been a fan of Muse videos in general and this one in specific.


Edit - Thank you for that video Cyn, I have a new band of the moment...

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Redlemon

I just came across this one through the MacUser RSS feed. The song is kind of dull, but the video....



I don't think I could have possibly found another technology in Leopard to use to fit into this video.

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Shauk

I happened across this at 3am after watching too many scary movies.

I think I stopped breathing for the whole thing, jesus, it's cool and freaky at the same time.

Willravel

Redlemon, that was fucking awesome.

Redlemon

I almost PM'd you to make sure you saw it.

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Willravel

Well a PM from Redmelon is always appreciated.

Punk.of.Ages

I don't really watch music videos much, but I've always thought The Strokes do some of the most well-done, interesting ones.

My favorite:

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sapiens

A little dated, but... Money for Nothing by Dire Straits...

The first music video on MTV Europe, the second computer generated music video shown on MTV...

The lyrics are more disturbing that I remembered...

On the other side: A bit of a "fuck you" to music videos in general: The Replacements - Bastards of Young (1985)

It's interesting to me because it doesn't focus at all on the band (visually anyway) unlike many of the music videos of the time.

Martian

I've long believed that some of the most innovative videos are born out of necessity; that is to say, bands who don't have huge budgets to create crazy special effects or get lots of extras or what have you have to do something original in order to make their video interesting.

In that vein I present Lovers In A Dangerous Time, by the Barenaked Ladies. This is from back in the Gordon days, long before anyone in the US (or even very many people in Canada) had heard of them. It's visually interesting, often amusing and distinctly Canadian.

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Derwood

i've posted this a million times probably, but it's still one of my favorites:

Martian

Derwood made me think of Cake. Short Skirt/Long Jacket:



And I don't want to spam these guys, but they really do a lot of creative things with their videos so it's a bit hard not to. Barenaked Ladies, Testing 1, 2, 3:

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Cynthetiq

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lotsofmagnets

i´m out of time but i´m going to reve this thread when i get back from finland. i love this shit.

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Redlemon

L-O-M: I initially thought that your 4th post (the train ride) was the stupidest video ever; just a guy sticking a camcorder out of a train window. Then I figured out what was going on. Whoa. (I didn't get it until about 1:15.)

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lotsofmagnets

that vid does glitch a fair bit but you have to look closely to see it most of the time.

i thought sébastian tellier´s eurovision entry was brilliant but the actual film clip for the song does the impossible: it´s better!



what happens when you get hold of someone´s photo albums from the 60s and 70s:

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physics of a bicycle, isn't it remarkable?

Redlemon

I just found a second version of that Do It Again video I posted above, this time done with Windows XP:


Spoiler: I don't really think XP is that bad. Please do not start a Mac/PC flamewar.

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SecretMethod70

!!! Don't dis' The Bird and the Bee! Granted, Fucking Boyfriend is more fun a song than Again & Again, but I wouldn't call the song dull, just....chill

Anyway, that was a pretty fun video, and I especially liked the iTunes Music Store touch at the end (It should be noted that the Mac video isn't the for the song, which makes it even more impressive in my mind considering that a fan put that together. Cute girl too...I'd like to see more of her. A lot more. )

Cynthetiq: The Shitdisco video was also very fun!

Shauk: sorta creepy...definitely would be more creepy on a TV instead of a small youtube box, and at 3am. Who is it?

Punk.of.Ages: yours no longer works

sapiens: Money for Nothing and Sledgehammer are two of the most revolutionary music videos that have been made. Classics. Considering the context, The Replacements' video is pretty great as well.

Martian: the video doesn't really stick out to me, but it's interesting to see Barenaked Ladies in a bit of a different light. Your videos in post #12 no longer work.

Derwood: yours doesn't work anymore either :/

Cynthetiq: the video in post #13 doesn't work, but it sounds really interesting! (and scary...the CCTV is a major roadblock to any interest I have in moving to the UK)

lotsofmagnets: none of your videos work anymore I think I recognized the image shown for the first video, but I can't tell since it wouldn't play.

Redlemon: the XP video doesn't work either.

As for posting some innovative videos myself, I'm gonna have to think about this a bit. The ones that immediately come to my mind are a bit cliche at this point, and those are Tool's videos, particularly for Schism. I'll see what others I can think of.

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Redlemon

SM: I think you have issues on your installation; all the YouTube links that you say are down, are still up for me. Or YouTube had a momentary glitch when you tried to play them.

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Sticky

I have posted this one a couple of times.
Keane - Crystal Ball

That is Giovanni Ribisi

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SecretMethod70

Looks like momentary glitch, thanks!

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snowy

Crazy video! I love Keane.

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roachboy

i've put these up before, i'm pretty sure...

cibo matto: sugar water.


i am a big michel gondry fan.
this is my favorite of his videos.

cornelius is so great, and his videos are consistently cool.
here are a couple examples:

omstart


like a rolling stone


both videos by koichiro tsujikawa

one more...
another view point


that last song reminded me of stereolab.
noise of the carpet:



o yeah-- i still think this started the whole video thing--serge gainsbourg and brigitte bardot, bonnie et clyde (1968)

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Bear Cub

Radiohead's "Knives Out"

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snowy

"Coffee and TV" by Blur. One of my all-time favorite music videos.

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Bear Cub

onesnowyowl: TOTALLY forgot about that Blur video. Definitely one of my all time favorites!

Coldplay: The Scientist


Circa Survive: The Difference Between Medicine and Poison is the Dose


NIN: Closer


Kenna: Hell Bent <--- Several years old, and the video never got the credit it deserved. If you haven't seen it yet, its a must-watch.

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lotsofmagnets

not sure if anyone else is having probs but the vids in this thread are screwing up for me - the won´t play and if i skip they´ll play a few secs then stop again and there is no sound at all...

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she shed her mountain turning training wheels, for the convenience of the moving sidewalk, that delivers the magnetic monkey children through the mouth of impossible calendar clock, into the devil's manhole cauldron.
physics of a bicycle, isn't it remarkable?

little_tippler

yeah this is screwed up for me also...help?

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shakran

Well. . .

Now you guys get to see how old and uncool I am, because mine are from the 80's.


A Ha. Take On Me. Rotoscoping is really cool:



Paul Simon: Bodyguard.
2 friends screwin' around and having fun with music. Like it should be.




Michael Jackson: Thriller. Alltime greatest classic video hands down. None of the originals were embeddable, so here's the Lego version




And just for laughs, how can we forget that early 90's "Clueless idiots think they know how to talk to teenagers" classic: Don't Copy That Floppy!

http://www.youtube.com/v/-Xfqkdh5Js4&hl=en

(Linked due to teens in the video)

Cynthetiq

Svelte: 'Grind Your Bones'

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neflyte

lotsofmagnets and Bear Cub took a couple of my favs for sure, but I have many, many more in my arsenal:

Massive Attack - Protection (or anything directed by Michel Gondry)

Aphex Twin - On (a classic, for sure)

Esthero - Heaven Sent (canada, represent!)

Coldcut & Hexstatic - Natural Rhythm (the video that got me into collecting videos)

Kid Koala - Fender Bender (this one makes me laugh!)

Karl Bartos - I'm The Message (former Kraftwerk member. there you go, can't be bad...)

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Cob

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but for inventive, gotta show The Residents love.


Also, I've always been a fan of Mr. Bungle - Quote Unquote, especially the last scene.

Too often music videos aren't used as the artform that they are.