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    I've had that album on CD since it came out, yet I've never seen this video. That was mesmerizing.

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    I saw the premiere on MTV, it was late after Liquid Television if I remember right. I remember seeing a disclaimer, never saw one before or since on MTV. There it was. It's a ride for sure.

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    [–] 23 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I don't even care for the band that much, but the video is still really cool.

    Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

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    Peter Gabriel- Sledgehammer

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    [–] 13 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Michel Gondry made some amazing videos, and one of my absolute favorites was Cibo Matto's Sugar Water. Blew my mind the first time I saw it. https://youtu.be/EN9auBn6Jys

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    The music video i came to post in here is Lucas With The Lid Off, and it's also a Michel Gondry video. Absolutely brilliant video.

    Sugar Water is such a great song though. Cibo Matto was so good.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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    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]

    Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_My_Sunshine

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution

    Fantastically captures mankind's eternal obsession with power and greed

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    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Star Guitar by the Chemical Brothers.

    Since then I need to have perfect synchronization between sound and sight, I’d love to have the real world in sync with the music I’m listening to. It would be my own personal musical.

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    [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    There are a number of them:

    "Do you Remember the Time" from Michael Jackson.

    "Take on Me" from AHA.

    "I would do Anything for Love" from Meatloaf

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Hard tie between three different ones.

    One More Time - Daft Punk

    Particle Man - They Might Be Giants

    Experimental Film - They Might Be Giants

    Those are tied for top three for me.

    It's not a music video as much as it is an animation animated to match the song ( or vise versa, IDK ), but runner up would be Jason Honingford's Squirrel Funk.

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    Replaced the Squirrel Funk link with an older video because the one I originally linked was done poorly with AI enhancement.

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    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.

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    [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    No Surprises by Radiohead, gets me every time.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Just one? Fuck, I guess NIN’s Wish. It made quite the impression on me as a kid and was a gateway into heavier music.

    https://youtu.be/kuoFiIFkdAA

    But since others can’t follow the prompts, here’s some others you should check out.

    Motörhead - Hellraiser https://youtu.be/1M4FG1UXH5w

    Monster Magnet - Space Lord https://youtu.be/dscfeQOMuGw

    Nekrogoblin - No One Survives https://youtu.be/KsMKOx6fumc

    Orgy - Blue Monday https://youtu.be/aJZTfl3DmCU

    Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution https://youtu.be/aDaOgu2CQtI

    Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King https://youtu.be/mOKoLiOkWWQ

    The Black Satans - The Satan of Hell https://youtu.be/XOibIxl3dLo

    GWAR - Meat Sandwich https://youtu.be/i3cMhAVHsxE

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    My contribution is OK Go - Obssesion. Printers are actual deamons and that they managed to tame a whole murder of them is so damn impressive. Generally the OK Go videos are really unique and take a lot of actual effort.

    Notable mentions are A$AP Rocky - Taylor Swif and although more an animation than a music video, Kaizo Trap.*

    Edit: *No, it actually IS the official music video of the song. Neat.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    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.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvlTVgeivU

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    Everything by Bjork

    Everything by Rammstein

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution

    Also, Pink Floyd's The Wall...the whole thing, but specifically Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now.

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    Linkin Park - In The End Or RHCP - Californication

    Both ahead of their time imo

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    Camo & Crooked - Afterlife (BCee Remix)

    https://youtu.be/U1VSQ7SRtX0

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    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Most of my favorites are already mentioned, and as such I'll recommend Starship Velociraptor.

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    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    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)

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