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[[File:numbfeet_8571.jpg|frame|[[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Stupid Sexy]] [[U 2U2|The Edge]]...]]
 
 
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* Possibly the [[Ur Example]] and one of the most iconic examples, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc "I Wanna Be Sedated"] by [[The Ramones]]. Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Marky sit around eating cornflakes and reading while a bunch of people enter the room and go wild. Includes a blink-and-you-miss it cameo from [[Courtney Love]]. Almost the [[Trope Namer]] before being rejected for obscurity.
* The other iconic example, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lbiS1fris "Numb"] by [[U 2U2]]. The Edge sits and drones the lyrics while random stuff happens to him (the other guys tie him up, somebody [[Fan Service|cuts off his shirt]], a young girl slaps him, a belly dancer appears out of nowhere). Aside from being probably their funniest video, the concept perfectly complements the song's lyrics about inability to cope with information overload and withdrawal.
** Parodied on ''[[The Weird Al Show]]'', where Al replaces the lyrics with ''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]''.
* LCD Soundsystem's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRaf3-OEh4 video for "Drunk Girls"] [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on this trope. A low budget was given to a bunch of people to buy whatever costumes and props they wanted in order to use any means necessary to distract and make the band screw up while they were calmly performing, a notable difference from the usual Inaction Video where the band doesn't acknowledge their surroundings.
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* [[Elton John]]'s "I Want Love". The video consists solely of Robert Downey Jr. lip-synching the entire song. (According to reports, they filmed a whole bunch of takes, and for the final take - the one that was finally used - RDJ was just too exhausted to do any emoting whatsoever, which was what the director apparently wanted all along.)
* Sinead O'Connor's version of ''Nothing Compares 2U'' was helped on its way to number one (UK) by a strikingly simple video consisting of two long close-up takes with a brief cutaway to some landscape images to cover the join.
* [[Korn (Music)|Korn]]'s "Coming Undone" features the band playing the song in a desert while they ignore the sky falling and the ground collapsing. They do take notice by the end, where they unravel and fade into nothingness themselves leaving a blank white screen at the end of the video.
* [[Soundgarden (Music)|Soundgarden]] took this up to eleven with their video for "Spoonman". They're only in the video in a series of photos. The rest of the video is of the titular Artis the Spoonman. Chris Cornell later admitted they did it on purpose:
{{quote| You see various pictures of us, but it's not quite the same as having us in your living room all the time. We're trying to maintain some degree of mystique about Soundgarden, I guess. I remember back when I was a kid, long before MTV, and the only way to see my favorite bands was to go to their concerts. It was an incredible experience. MTV has helped a lot of bands, but they've also helped rob a lot of groups of that special mystique. It's tough when you can see a great rock band on TV one second, then hit the clicker and be watching a soap opera or a sit com the next. That's what rock and roll has become for some people.}}
* [[Perfume]]'s "I Still Love U" is just a close shot of the group singing [[Mind Screw|...at least]] [[Hilarious Outtakes|at first.]]
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