― gareth, Tuesday, 19 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Radiohead made some great videos... I don't understand why they stopped. Then agan, upon seeing the crass JG Ballard's the Drowned World ripoff for Pyramid Song, well, I guess they should go back to ignoring the video format. Just was absolutely fantastic, as was High & Dry, the much touted Karma Police was a bit of a disappointment, but still amazing compared to the booty-shaking bonanza MTV had going at the time. Paranoid Android was one of those videos so good that it actually made me stop what I was doing and just stare at the screen.
OK, and the most OVER-RATED video of all time is probably Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve. He's walking down the street. He's being an arse. I just wanted the car to come back and run him over. Fat Les's version was much, MUCH better.
― masonic boom, Tuesday, 19 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I would take any booty-shaking video you care to name over the COMPLETE SHITE that was Karma Police (see also: Rabbit In Your Headlights, Street Spirit). Not helped by it being one of their worst songs. Just is the lying-down one yes? - good concept admittedly but cross-cuts to Thom and co. jumping about in b&w in a room rather spoil it.
― Tom, Tuesday, 19 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
God, Gareth, where did you *see* all these videos? Damn, I hated being stuck in the States for the early 90s. A friend of mine managed to catch the Run, Run, Run (which, coincidentally, also featured much of that silly fractal/Kalleidescope imagery, guess Jason and Sonic were still doing the same drugs at the time...) video on 120 Minutes and taped it. The others I had to wrangle as promo items. If it wasn't for _The Story of Creation_ I'd never have seen any early 90s brit videos at all... BTW, My Bloody Valentine? For such a great band, they sure made SHITE videos!
― Andrew L, Tuesday, 19 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
As far as videos in this vein are concerned, I much prefer the 1-2 punch of Massive Attack's "Unfinished Sympathy" and "Safe From Harm".
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 19 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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― Andy, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Laid eyes 'pon it 5 years past. Surreal of surreals. Words fail description how it uncannies me t'date.
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― S.L.Roberts, Tuesday, 21 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― shmo, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
just looks like 'yeeaah! party'
― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 8 December 2002 17:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
Kate, I have decent copies of *every* Spacemen-related video there is, including the one for "Hypnotized" and "Walking With Jesus". The WWJ one is so amateurly funny - nearest I can tell they had a video camera, a big bag of pot, and just rolled tape.
Fave video of the moment is for Ride's "Vapour Trail", very trippy.
― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Monday, 9 December 2002 08:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
My Top 20 music videos
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 22 March 2008 02:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Y CONTROL!!!!
― children + sledgehammers = poetry (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 20 February 2009 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
also just, eat yself fitter, and various others
― children + sledgehammers = poetry (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 20 February 2009 04:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Fever Ray - If I had a Heart
I'd love this to be the introductory plot to a movie set to each song of the album, something like intersellar 555. But even better!
― Moka, Friday, 20 February 2009 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Martin de Thurah, who did "If I had a Heart", also directed the 2nd Fever Ray video "When I Grow Up", which may be even better. He also did that stunning video for Röyksopp's “What else is there” a few years back. A name to watch.
― derelict, Friday, 20 February 2009 04:47 (fifteen years ago) link
We have the technology. Martin de Thurah vids:
Even his more conventional work is a cut above:
― derelict, Friday, 20 February 2009 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, I wasnt aware she had released a second single already that video is stunning indeed. I don't know what's the source of the magic behind Martin's lens but he manages to create a very strong and powerful imagery out of the most simple situations. I literally couldn't look away in any of those videos even when I knew there was nothing really happening at first glance.
There seems to be some sort of connection between both fever ray's videos, the cult symbolism repeats on both (the handpaint on the girl in the 2nd video and the shot of the house on the first one with the pool full of corpses), so perhaps both Karin and Martin will answer my prayer and flesh out a full story and direct a video for each song on the album. I better not mindwank on this one because I'll end up very sad if i get overexcited and nothing ever happens.
― Moka, Friday, 20 February 2009 07:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm up for a poll of all time best videos but I don't have the time to pull it myself, anyone interested?
― Moka, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
wtf.. I just found out Jonas Akerlund was a founding member of Bathory.
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 September 2012 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
Seems unlikely this will ever be surpassed on several levels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOad0FU9zF8
― Noel Emits, Monday, 25 October 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
“Sugar Water” is on… this has to be one of the most creative videos ever, it’s just amazing
― Wooly Bully (2005 Remaster) (morrisp), Saturday, 13 January 2024 20:39 (three months ago) link
Igorrr - Very Noise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osqf4oIK0E8
Possibly the silliest music video ever made
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 14 January 2024 00:10 (three months ago) link