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.
Come now, DJ Snake Turn Down for What makes no sense but is amazing.
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
Dating myself a bit, but Men Without Hats " Safety Dance" is a clear indicator of how much cocaine was consumed in the 80s.
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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.
DyE
Probably one of the most memorable music videos of all time
Ugh I caught this at the exact wrong time once and had the worst existential dread for the whole god damned day
CFCF Remix is 😍
Everlong was pretty wild
I like music videos as a genre. Anyone know if there’s a good community/reddit sub/yt channel for them?
Check out the claymation videos from Tool!
When a strip tease goes just a bit too far.
This actually gave me nightmares as a child and I was only recently brave enough to watch it again after finding a behind-the-scenes on it on YouTube to squash my fears
I’ve never seen it before but after your comment had to check it out.
That was unexpected.
She’s not gonna pick you up, Phil, she’s just stopping for the iguana.
Phil can’t dance, so maybe that is the reason why he’s being blatantly ignored by the pretty lady.
Frankie Sinatra by The Avalanches
edit: or really any of his videos
I was afraid noone is going to mention this!
But note that it is Chris Cunningham, who is a twisted brain behind these.
Another classic: Come to Daddy
The video opens with an old woman (played by Coral Lorne) walking a dog in a grimy, industrial setting. The dog urinates on an abandoned television lying on the pavement, causing it to sputter unexpectedly into life, and a distorted and warping headshot of Richard D. James chants the lyrics. This unleashes a spirit, accompanied by a gang of small children, all of whom bear James’ grinning face and who appear to inhabit the abandoned buildings
See also: Monkey Drummer and of course Windowlicker, with its ridiculous 4 (?) minute intro.
My vote is for Windowlicker. Wicked satire of “horny ho” videos saturating the market at the time.
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.
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
I’ve always been puzzled by the Stabbing Westward video Shame. It features a fairly disturbing plot of a woman and her boyfriend who escaped from an insane asylum. However, the portions where the band is playing are completely contrary to the “plot” of the video and almost comical.
