The Song Fight Bulletin Board

I love music videos. I think there have been a lot of great ones and some spectacular directors like Samuel Bayer, Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Mark Romanek, Dean Karr, Sophie Mueller and Floria Sigimundi. So i figured why not make a thread to talk about music videos.

The first video I'll mention is "Savin' Me" by Nickelback. I hate Nickelback so getting me to listen to a 4 minute song is a great feat. This is a great li'l sci-fi concept video. And timing the end of the guitar solo with the end of the clock is a great touch.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/video/ ... ileID=1267

That is a cool concept, and yeah, impressive that it made me listen to the entire song.

One thing I hate about music videos, though, is band narcissism, where the band just has to show themselves "performing", or, as in this case, just sitting around while the singer sings. I don't wanna see that shit, unless you're doing something interesting that enhances the concept of the video.

some of my favorites...

kenna - hell bent
kings of convenience - i'd rather dance with you real windows media
radiohead - just

I love Kenna so hardcore. Here's a video I'm obsessed with: Are You the One?

I love that Kenna video.

Another video that I've been digging a lot lately is "Tear You Apart" by She Wants Revenge. It's another sci-fi concept video. It's directed by Joaquin Phoenix and has subtitles. Yay!

http://www.shewantsrevenge.com/tyamov.html

Autechre - Gantz Graf

That was an odd video. Perfect for the song but very odd.

http://www.warprecords.com/gantz_graf/

animal collective - who could win a rabbit (go to the right hand side and click under "attachments")

Yikes. I'm sitting here with the kinderlings (well, M was here. T was otherwise occupied) and I'm watching that. I'm thinking Tortoise & The Hare just a bit wacky. Okay. Then the Tortoise starts to eat the rabbit. Yikes. Thanks to quick mouse clicking and M's mind being more on my orange kazoo (yes Eric & Asya- that kazoo), I saved M's fragile egg-shell mind from getting blown away.

That was freaky. But I dug the tune.

wow, she wants revenge is really good. i don't know why, but i was expecting some boring scremo band.

It's the name and the massive media campaign. I expected the next emo clone a la Hawthorne Heights. I was happily surprised. She Wants Revenge is a great band.

http://www.shewantsrevenge.com/thesethingsmov.html

Hell yeah, that's a good song, isn't it? I actually started waxing lyrical to my other half about the quality of the production until I realised I was being looked at in a strange way.

The video feels a bit cheap, to be honest. Like Top of The Pops in the '80s.

j$

subtle - F.K.O.

i really like subtle a lot. this video is nuts.

the video for the coldplay song w/the giant robot is retarded. near the end they act like they are rocking out pretty hard, so I turn the sound on and see it is the same calm sounds as before and that is why I think coldplay are a bunch of faggots.

R.E.M. - Imitation of Life

Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be

I have always adored that "Imitation of Life" video. The amount of work that must have went into that one shot. Hammer & Tongs did an awesome job turning 20 seconds of film into a wonderful video. They do neat videos. I also like the Badly Drawn Boy video they did for "Disillusioned" where he's the human taxi cab. Though, I will admit sometimes they're just plain weird like Blur's "Coffee & TV" or The Wannadies "Little by Little".

And they made the movie version of "Hitchhiker's Guide...". You can decide if that's a good thing or not.

weirdly, my brother and parents have played 'Imitation of Life' about 5 times between them since that comment was posted so it was in my head as I read that.

when I think of R.E.M. videos though, Stand is always the one that springs to mind. it's so stupidly cheesey. I used to hate it but now I love it

also, this is the second time I've linked to this but Why?'s Rubber Traits is awesome and I imagine people who are hearing him for the 1st time think he's a god damn weirdo

and I love that Subtle track

I love the work of Floria Sigismondi. This video ties up in such an odd way. I really dig it.

"Obstacle 1" by Interpol

I like that Kenna video.

Speaking of REM, I caught "The One I Love" the other day. It's been years. Brings back lots of memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQi4vRojJCc

Replacements, Bastards of Young. The perfect video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZO94Mhfzk

And to prove I am not completely stuck in the late 80s...

Dresden Dolls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDauhQdOhyg

"1968 Holes" by Cristian Vogel
Watch it here, or a little better quality here.
This video reminds me of the artwork for Autechre's Draft 7.30.
I highly recommend checking out Cristian Vogel's other work.