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Linkin Park - In The End Or RHCP - Californication
Both ahead of their time imo
Fantastically captures mankind’s eternal obsession with power and greed
Musically Pearl Jam didn’t quite scratch my itch even though I respected them as a band. Then this song and video dropped and has always been a favorite. The Spawn craze has died down a bit but this came out at the time McFarlane was huge and it was cool to see his style animated for the first time.
A powerful story telling music video.
While watching, I couldn’t help think that the animation style seems familiar. I felt it to be very close to the animation style of Batman: The Animated Series. And I was right.
There’s something about the video for Len’s “Steal My Sunshine” that’s just very comforting to me. I don’t think it’s just nostalgia, because this is how I felt when I first saw it back in the 90’s, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA
interesting trivia:
The song’s music video—which uses the shorter “album edit” of the song, as featured on the single—was jointly directed by Marc Costanzo and Bradley Walsh under the respective stage names “The Burger Pimp” and “B-Rad”.[30] When Len had signed to Work Records, one of its demands was to be able to direct its own videos.[7] The group used a $100,000 budget to make the video. They flew to Daytona Beach, Florida[5] with two dozen friends while the area was crowded with people on their spring vacations. They spent much of the budget on alcohol, buying so much that they broke their hotel’s elevator trying to lift it.[5] They shot the video in the afternoon so that they could recover from hangovers in the morning and drink in the evening. The scenes were shot without a script or storyboard. In the video, Len and friends are shown relaxing together and riding on scooters, go-karts, and jet skis.
Motorrad, whose scooters were included in the music video, later held a promotion giving away scooters of the same model.[7] At the 1999 MuchMusic Video Awards, “Steal My Sunshine” won awards for Best Video, Best Pop Video, and Favourite Canadian Video.[32]
anything by beastie boys, but specifically body movin’
Apparitions by Matthew Good Band will always be my favourite.
The band features as background for an after hours story in a skyscraper. Matt Good is the night janitor doing his rounds. A rich old white guy (I assume CEO or something) is at his desk, stressed. A prostitute arrives and gets access to the building, the security guard smirking.
Fast forward to her starting to undress and the CEO guy pulls a gun from his desk and shoots himself in the head. The prostitute runs away in a panic.
The video ends with a fade out showing the prostitute on the elevator security footage freaking the fuck out. The security guard and janitor are left gaping, unsure what to do.
Animato Fashionation by MIke Jittlov. Shot on 16mm film before music videos were a thing. Music: “I Know A Place” sung by Petula Clark. 3 minutes approx.
Terrible but watchable transfer with awful sound, especially near the beginning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1siHLicEYc
Also, a much fancier one, “Midichlorian Rhapsody”, a Star Wars parody of Bohemian Rhapsody. Home studio music production with one guy playing almost all of the instruments, sync’d to video clips from Star Wars movies. Recaps the whole stupid prequel series in 6 minutes. Brilliant, absolutely pro level performances.
Knights of Cydonia by Muse made me reconsider my assumptions on how good the production quality of a music video can be. Honestly, a better plot than Cowboys Versus Aliens.
Jackson Wang- Come Alive
Beautifully choreographed dances, has dark and sinister vibe, beautifully shot and performed, and well edited. Totally worth checking it out
Jeff Satur- Fade (Thai Ver.)
Beautifully shot. Old-timey, soft aesthetic. Has a melancholic, sad vibe. A song about heartbreak and love. Also worth listening! (This was the song that got me thru my lowest time)
Radiohead Paranoid Android
Elder pop girlie here.
Toxic by Britney Spears that crystal bodysuit was an awakening.
That’s What’s Up by Edward Sharp & the Magnetic Zeros I really thought this was an official video but I guess not? Or a reupload? Anyway it’s really cute and one of my favorite of all time.
I had never seen the 2nd video or heard the song, but it is beautiful.
Not sure why YT doesn’t have it under their account, but Apple Music shows that video under their page. So I guess it is an official burden that yt just doesn’t have as official. Weird.
The official video is here (under a Vevo account), but it’s region-locked so doesn’t even show up in search in other countries.
