I mean music videos that have nothing to do with the music and mostly just do their own thing and tell their own story.
An example –
Basement Jaxx’s Red Alert seems to be about a meteor-worshiping cult awaiting the arrival of their rocky messiah in some unsuspecting greasy spoon cafe in the middle of nowhere.
Once the meteor crashes into Earth, everyone gets horribly mutated and convulses to the strange rays exhibited by the meteor. The infection seems to be localized entirely within the cafe. The End.
Edit: Please link to a video, or at least summarize the plot.
Edit2: Please actually link to a video, or tell me why the video plot is cool. Come on, it’s just 30 seconds of your time.
Any one of the Lorn videos.
I love the video for Gung Ho
It’s like they spent a million euros on it but it still came out like a project by a media student.
The plot? Fuck knows. It starts with “3 days later” with zero context, then introduces half a dozen characters with even less context. Something about a detective? I dunno
The song itself absolutely fucking rocks which 100% makes up for the utter confusion though lol
Arsonists get all the girls - shoeshine for Neptune
Meteor worshipping cult you say
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven’s_Gate_(religious_group)
I like music videos as a genre. Anyone know if there’s a good community/reddit sub/yt channel for them?
!musicvideos@lemmy.world exists, but isn’t active. I also have my community !musicsync@lemmy.blahaj.zone but that’s a particular niche that I’m not sure if anyone else is interested in, haha. I wish there was somewhere better to discuss music videos but I haven’t found such a place either.
The darkness - i believe in a thing called love.
Hes on an alien planet in a hot tub playing guitar and shooting lighting out of the guitar. Still a good song though.
Dating myself a bit, but Men Without Hats " Safety Dance" is a clear indicator of how much cocaine was consumed in the 80s.
Link for the other 96% of folks that get an error
You're dating yourself? That doesn't seem healthy.
/s
Come now, DJ Snake Turn Down for What makes no sense but is amazing.
'twas directed by the guys behind Everything Everywhere All At Once
That’s a lot of fun. I’m gonna go with: guy gets infected with a restless virus that makes body parts indestructible. Transmission is spread through breaking floors and body slamming people. Once it exhausts its hosts it lives on that guys dick. 10/10
That isn’t even, imo, the weirdest Basement Jaxxs video - I’d give that crown to Where’s Your Head At
However, I think the HK Slap is also incredibly weird.
Lotta 90’s stuff comes to mind:
Primus - Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver
Not 90’s but:
DJ Shadow/Run the Jewels -Nobody Speak
First ones that come to mind.
That RTJ video is one of the few I’ve loved since it released.
Then, I discovered Kendrick Lamar had made a video for Alright. Wow.
- I didn’t see it until 2018.
Frankie Sinatra by The Avalanches
DyE
Probably one of the most memorable music videos of all time
CFCF Remix is 😍
It’s kind of a surprise
She’s not gonna pick you up, Phil, she’s just stopping for the iguana.
