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.
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
It had to be shot in one take. The overlays are all in real time and keyed out using a Z-channel, which was brand new technology at the time. (At least used this way).
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.
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.
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.
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 $100,000 budget to make the video. They flew to Daytona Beach, Florida[5] with two dozen friends while the area was crowded with people on their spring vacations. They spent much of the budget on alcohol, buying so much that they broke their hotel's elevator trying to lift it.[5] They shot the video in the afternoon so that they could recover from hangovers in the morning and drink in the evening. The scenes were shot without a script or storyboard. In the video, Len and friends are shown relaxing together and riding on scooters, go-karts, and jet skis.
Motorrad, whose scooters were included in the music video, later held a promotion giving away scooters of the same model.[7] At the 1999 MuchMusic Video Awards, "Steal My Sunshine" won awards for Best Video, Best Pop Video, and Favourite Canadian Video.[32]
Since then I need to have perfect synchronization between sound and sight, I’d love to have the real world in sync with the music I’m listening to. It would be my own personal musical.
It's not a music video as much as it is an animation animated to match the song ( or vise versa, IDK ), but runner up would be Jason Honingford's Squirrel Funk.
EDIT:
Replaced the Squirrel Funk link with an older video because the one I originally linked was done poorly with AI enhancement.
Not sure why YT doesn’t have it under their account, but Apple Music shows that video under their page. So I guess it is an official burden that yt just doesn’t have as official. Weird.
My contribution is OK Go - Obssesion. Printers are actual deamons and that they managed to tame a whole murder of them is so damn impressive. Generally the OK Go videos are really unique and take a lot of actual effort.
Notable mentions are A$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.
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:
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.
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.
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)
I don't listen to this band much but I'm quite partial to Siamés - the Wolf. The animation, limited color palette, and the music all together feel very satisfying.
Oh, and if you like the CDK choreograhy, but this 'yeah, it's good but they cheat with all those cuts', here's the live version. Which is maybe even more impresssive.
Powder's ‘New Tribe’ with animation by AC-bu. They have a bunch of other videos in a more flat style, mostly for Japanese pop artists, and some ads: e.g. ‘Sushi Tabetai’.
Almost anything by Michel Gondry, e.g. The Chemical Brothers's ‘Let Forever Be’; but also his early stuff like Oui-Oiu's ‘Bolide’ (in which band he also played drums).
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Maiq@piefed.social · 32 pts · 54d
Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up 1997 uncensored.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 54d
I've had that album on CD since it came out, yet I've never seen this video. That was mesmerizing.
Maiq@piefed.social · 5 pts · 54d
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.
Landless2029@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
Holy shit the 90s were wild
stoicmaverick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
Ya... We had fun.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 54d
I don't even care for the band that much, but the video is still really cool.
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 54d
Oh I also forgot about this one which I did like a lot.
Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins - Weapon Of Choice
PHLAK@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 54d
Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim
Quazatron@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
Ah, excellent choice.
karashta@piefed.social · 15 pts · 54d
Peter Gabriel- Sledgehammer
Klear@piefed.world · 1 pts · 53d
I prefer Steam.
Zarxrax@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 54d
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
radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 54d
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.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 54d
Same but his video for Kylie Minogue - Come into my world
Klear@piefed.world · 1 pts · 53d
I saw a video about how they did it. The madman shot it in one long take.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 53d
It had to be shot in one take. The overlays are all in real time and keyed out using a Z-channel, which was brand new technology at the time. (At least used this way).
Mr_Wobble@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 54d
I just about to comment "Any by Michel Gondry or Chris Cunningham. Pick any one!"
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 54d
Anything from The Work of Directors DVDs are great, Michel, Cunningham, Spike Jones, Anton Corbjin, Mark Romanek, etc.
ElReatonVaquer0@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 54d
Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution
Fantastically captures mankind's eternal obsession with power and greed
TehBamski@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 54d
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Evolution#Music_video
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 54d
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.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 54d
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.
blah3166@piefed.social · 12 pts · 54d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA
interesting trivia:
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_My_Sunshine
Skunk@jlai.lu · 9 pts · 54d
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.
Maiq@piefed.social · 2 pts · 54d
Good one, brothers gonna work it out! Here is another great one from the bros, Wide Open featuring Beck
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 54d
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.
EDIT:
Replaced the Squirrel Funk link with an older video because the one I originally linked was done poorly with AI enhancement.
grue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 54d
If you're gonna say that, you might as well just count the entirety of Interstella 5555.
Anyway, along similar themes:
Starlight Brigade - TWRP ft. Dan Avidan
Transcendental Cha Cha Cha - Tom Cardy
Transcendental Cha Cha Cha again, but this time set to footage from the anime "Space Dandy"
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 54d
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
Maiq@piefed.social · 6 pts · 54d
Take on me just might be the best music video i have ever seen. Truly a great pick!
dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 53d
Turn down for what?
This is america
Deutschland
Duality
Sweatpants
Bleed it out
Tokyo calling
Ride
Hank is dead
Go with the flow
Oh mama
Voodoo people
trevdog@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 54d
Don't come around here no more - Tom Petty
TehBamski@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
I've heard the song before and like it. But I hadn't seen the music video until today. That was an amazing music video.
fleebleneeble@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 54d
Cause I'm a Man - Tame Impala
SelfHigh5@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 54d
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.
SuperEars@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
I had never seen the 2nd video or heard the song, but it is beautiful.
SelfHigh5@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
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.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
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.
Flamangoman@leminal.space · 6 pts · 54d
No Surprises by Radiohead, gets me every time.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 54d
Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 54d
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
Libertus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 54d
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 54d
Land of Confusion scared me as a kid. I have vague toddler memories of finding the dolls creepy to the point where I couldn't watch it.
SelfHigh5@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
I’m 44 and still feel like this. Even the memory of them gives me the heebs.
bonedaddy@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 54d
DJ Snake, Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
chunes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 54d
Resonant Chamber by Animusic
Qzr@programming.dev · 4 pts · 54d
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.
solrize@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 54d
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
homes@piefed.world · 4 pts · 54d
Thriller
Wrongdoer2@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 54d
Veridis quo - Daft Punk
So hypnotising!
LemmyTellYou@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 46d
Linkin Park - In The End Or RHCP - Californication
Both ahead of their time imo
Donebrach@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
https://youtu.be/aYDfwUJzYQg?is=sUvQf5mZ-FxuXFbl
stretch2m@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 54d
Road to Nowhere, Talking Heads
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 54d
Everything by Bjork
Everything by Rammstein
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 53d
Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution
Also, Pink Floyd's The Wall...the whole thing, but specifically Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now.
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 53d
Welcome to the Machine:
https://youtu.be/Jh20cMEgvqc
HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 54d
jethro tulls sweet dream https://youtu.be/Jp9yu8mTm9w?list=RDJp9yu8mTm9w
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 54d
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.
lime@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 54d
anything by beastie boys, but specifically body movin'
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 54d
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.
Aralakh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 54d
MONDO GROSSO - In this world
Elderbrook & Rudimental - Something About You
Akip@piefed.world · 2 pts · 54d
I like the ones from Salvatore Ganacci
Salvatore Ganacci - Step-Grandma
Salvatore Ganacci - Fight Dirty
lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 54d
Camo & Crooked - Afterlife (BCee Remix)
https://youtu.be/U1VSQ7SRtX0
HollowV@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
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)
Scrogu@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 53d
Devo. Whip it. Aha. Take on me. Bugles. Video killed the radio star. Eddie Money. Take me home tonight.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 54d
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
Radiohead Paranoid Android
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
Most of my favorites are already mentioned, and as such I'll recommend Starship Velociraptor.
Maiq@piefed.social · 1 pts · 54d
Is two cheating? Anyway here is another.
Astrix: High on Mel
josephc@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 54d
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 54d
Dir en grey - Obscure
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 54d
So Far. The whole movie, but particularly Uncle John's > Playing and Space > Throwing Stones > NFA.
Rinn@awful.systems · 1 pts · 54d
I don't listen to this band much but I'm quite partial to Siamés - the Wolf. The animation, limited color palette, and the music all together feel very satisfying.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 54d
Don't know if it counts since it's not their music video, but CDK's choreography to Goyte's 'Somebody That I Used To Know is amazing (something different to watch every time you play it through) and outshines the official music video.
OK Go have some good videos too, like Here It Goes Again or I Won't Let You Down.
I also find WORLD ORDER "Have a nice day" strangely mesmerising.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 54d
Oh, and if you like the CDK choreograhy, but this 'yeah, it's good but they cheat with all those cuts', here's the live version. Which is maybe even more impresssive.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 54d
"Duquesne Whistle" by Bob Dylan. It's funny as hell and is it's own little movie within the song. Plus, it's a catchy tune.
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 53d
DCTV's version of "Re: Your brains" by Jonathan Coulton
https://youtu.be/cOlznuyPOeM
Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 54d
So many to choose from.
Boston 168 oblivion and vapour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awPo_VZabRc
Ken Ishi extra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rvnh3T4s6g
Gun ship - fly for your life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv1ZN8c4_Gs
Ace Ventura maana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IT1YHvnBDc
Neelix there was a time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0cYgqi2eGs
Chase and Status - blind faith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYpDJw7fThU
Weirdfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
Insanity by Oingo Boingo
Echos, Live at Pompeii by Pink Floyd
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 54d
Autechre - Gantz Graf
Nine inch nails - Gave up (broken movie version)
anj - gorbachov
andrewta@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
When Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli did their video for Perfect
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
Powder's ‘New Tribe’ with animation by AC-bu. They have a bunch of other videos in a more flat style, mostly for Japanese pop artists, and some ads: e.g. ‘Sushi Tabetai’.
Run Wrake's videos, the most psychedelic stuff ever put on video: e.g. Howie B's ‘Music for Babies’ and ‘She Called Again’, or Future Sound of London's ‘We Have Explosive’.
Funki Porcini's ‘Incredible Thing’, ‘How Banking Works’, ‘Conservative Apocalypse’.
Music made to existing videos: Spastic Ink's ‘The Cereal Mouse’ and Blotted Science's ‘Cretaceous Chasm’.
Nadia Lee Cohen & Charlie Denis' video for AFX's ‘Korg Funk 5’.
Señor Coconut's ‘Tour de France’.
Almost anything by Michel Gondry, e.g. The Chemical Brothers's ‘Let Forever Be’; but also his early stuff like Oui-Oiu's ‘Bolide’ (in which band he also played drums).
And of course, Nekrogoblikon's ‘No One Survives’.