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Line 2: ''Music videos that had a major impact on the genre, or are just [[There Is No Such Thing as Notability\|notable]]. See also [[Music Video Tropes]].'' ---- === Videos that have their own articles: === * [[Bad Romance]] Line 37: == 1970s == * The music video for Roger Glover's song "Love is All" (1975) also became famous thanks to the animation short film in which a guitar playing frog gathers all the animals in the forest to come to the Butterfly's Ball. * [[Queen]], "Bohemian Rhapsody" ~~-- which~~—which experimented with innovative visual effects in the mid-1970s, was done mainly because of the fact that the song was so utterly complex musically (complete with a bridge section that, when the song is played live, is always played as a pre-recorded sequence via the stage's sound system due to its complexity making it impossible to replicate live) that Queen decided that it would be easier to just send the video for the song for play on TV to promote the song. Nine-part harmonies. That is all. "I Want to Break Free" featured the band dressed in drag in a parody of the British Soap "Coronation Street". While reaching number three in the UK charts, the video is thought to have contributed to the songs [[Americans Hate Tingle\|poor performance in the US]], and a subsequent decline in popularity of the band. The video was initially banned on MTV in the US. * [[The Buggles]], "Video Killed The Radio Star" ~~-- First~~—First video ever aired on [[MTV]]. By the time the video made it on MTV, the members had pretty much joined Yes. This is actually pretty ironic, given that MTV (you know, Music Television) [[Network Decay\|doesn't actually play music anymore]]. Video killed the radio star, indeed. Line 46: * [[David Bowie]] has ''many'' good videos, but these deserve special mention: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMm4rJemtI&p=25302E0CD684CDBC "Ashes to Ashes"] (1980) was one of the first great examples of the [[Concept Video]]. See also the videos from his 1979 album ''Lodger'' ("Look Back in Anger", "Boys Keep Swinging", and "D.J."). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8IXx4tsus "China Girl"] (1983): The ending (a ''From Here to Eternity'' homage) was so steamy it was censored. Winner of the Best Male Video award at the first MTV Video Music Awards in ~~1984 -- a~~1984—a mighty feat in that one of the other nominees was "Thriller". *** The "early" part bears emphasizing: these were created in ''1974'', a full seven years before MTV. * [[Country Music]]: There are conflicting published reports about when the first "official" video of a country music song was produced and released. Those making the claim: Line 58: == 1980s == * Herbie Hancock's "Rockit", which is... well..., [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JicmU_MtOjE see it for yourself]! * [[Duran Duran]]'s "Girls on Film", "Hungry Like The Wolf" and "Rio" ~~-- early~~—early "cinematic" music videos that used both the letterbox format and exotic locations. [[Unfortunate Implications\|And very exotic ladies doing very exotic things]]. * [[Michael Jackson]] did some of the most memorable videoclips ever made. In order: ** "Billie Jean", famous for making Michael Jackson a mega superstar what with its illuminating sidewalk dance sequences. Concert performances added the "Moonwalk" dance. Line 95: * [[Pink Floyd]] 's [[The Wall]]. Can be summed up with "Telephone is for Lightweights." ** Wrong. Can be summed up with "Terrifying". * [[Dire Straits]], "Money for Nothing" ~~-- Had~~—Had the same distinction in the UK as well as being an early experiment in computer animation. ** The first successful country music video airing on MTV was Eddie Rabbitt's 1981 hit "Step by Step." Two succesful cross-genre videos from the early 1980s were by Ronnie Milsap: "Any Day Now" (1982) and "Stranger In My House" (1983). * The band Yes turned their video for "Leave It" (1983) into an elaborate [[Running Gag]], shooting 17 different versions of the five of them standing side by side in dark suits, singing the song, with some unique variation in each (e.g. all facing backward, one of them with a different color of tie, one not singing, etc). Wondering what they'd do in the next version to premiere on MTV became something of a [[Couch Gag]]. Line 116: * [[Aphex Twin]]'s "[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0 Come to Daddy]" and "Windowlicker" - both directed by Chris Cunningham - were infamous for their freakish imagery, including schoolgirls and strippers that all have Aphex Twin's head, and a giant screaming naked freak. ** You also can't leave out "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDp8rNtxtBE Rubber Johnny]" * [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]' "Warped" ~~-- Whips~~—Whips, Chains, Sex, Drugs, homoeroticism, and something vaguely resembling rock and roll (that and it's really creepy) ** Also, "Give It Away" (silver-painted people doing crazy things in the desert), "Californication" (Chili Peppers video game!) and "Dani California" (Chili Peppers as [[The Beatles]], funk musicians, glam rockers, Nirvana...). * [[Tom Petty]] and the Heartbreakers, "Don't Come Around Here No More" ~~-- Possibly~~—Possibly the first [[Concept Video]] to raid ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', it established Petty's long-lived "mad hatter" persona and was one of the first videos to look like an LSD trip. * [[The Cars]], "You Might Think" ~~-- Possibly~~—Possibly the most famous [[Green Screen]] video, fondly remembered for all the video mutations of Ric Ocasek, most notably turning him into a fly. * [[Genesis (band)\|Genesis]], "Land of Confusion". [[Land of Confusion\|Has its own page]]. "I Can't Dance", a hilarious video for a catchy as hell song, with the ridiculously memetic "Genesis Walk". Line 143: Don't forget "Freedom '90", which featured the hottest supermodels of the early 90's (Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington...). * The Pharcyde's music video for ''Drop'', directed by Spike Jonze, in which the band ''performs'' the song backwards and then the video is ''played'' backwards, making everything look [[Mind Screw\|slightly off]]. Also features cameos from Mike D and Ad Rock of the [[Beastie Boys]] * Most of Blink182's videos are fun incarnate.<ref>and the only ones that aren't are their more serious songs</ref>. You have "What's My Age Again" where they run around town naked, "All The Small Things" which is wildly immature parody of [[Boy Band]] videos of the time, "First Date" set in the 70s and establishing Tom's popular alter-ego Boomer, and "Rock Show" where they pretty much just filmed themselves driving around LA and giving people money that was supposed to be the video's budget. * [[REM\|R.E.M.'s]] "Losing My Religion" features various arty religious imagery. "Imitation of Life" is shot entirely in [[Pan and Scan]]. * [[Eminem]] ones usually feature Slim Shady mocking various people by dressing like them. Line 190: * [[Daft Punk]]'s ''Discovery'' album with its accompanying [[Leiji Matsumoto]]-produced animated musical film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ5XOwiryv0 "Interstella 5555"]. ** While in the subject of Daft Punk, there's also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFwQoqbWgSs "Around the World"], featuring robots, skeletons, swimmers and other assorted things imitating the song's musical pattern. * [[Guns N' Roses]] had the [[Concept Video~~\|Concept Videos~~]]s for "Estranged" and "November Rain", as well as "You Could Be Mine", which featured the [[Terminator]]! * [[Fatboy Slim]]'s "Weapon of Choice", featuring [[Christopher Walken]], has been called the best music video ever made by several people who spend their time thinking about these things. * Those who were included in the [[wikipedia:Directors Label\|''Directors Label'' DVD series]] were all creators of [[Notable Music Videos]], including some of the ones mentioned here: [[Spike Jonze]] ("Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim, "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys, "Buddy Holly" by Weezer) [[Michel Gondry]] ("Around the World" by Daft Punk, "Fell in Love with a Girl" the White Stripes, "Knives Out" by Radiohead) Line 203: ** [[Nightmare Fuel\|CREEPY]] "Schism" and its heavily ''[[Hellraiser]]''-inspired disturbing visual imagery. * [[Tori Amos]]' "A Sorta Fairytale", where a leg lady (Tori Amos) and an arm man (Adrien Brody) fall in love, and eventually turn into full human beings. Also, "Caught a Lite Sneeze", which is more surreal than all of Bjork's music videos combined. * [[Pet Shop Boys]]' "It's A Sin" ~~-- one~~—one of the highest-budget music videos of the mid-'80s. Directed by art-film auteur Derek Jarman, this little period drama includes a young Geena Davis as [[Seven Deadly Sins\|Pride]], and was filmed in the same warehouse used in [[Full Metal Jacket]]. ** "Domino Dancing", whose (at the time unintentional) [[Ho Yay]] got it banned from MTV in several countries. == 2000s == * [[The White Stripes]] "Fell In Love With A Girl" ~~-- notable~~—notable for being filmed [[Built With Lego\|using LEGO brick animation]] and heavily pixelated video of the band, in order to simulate the LEGO footage. * Every single [[Gorillaz]] video is a bizarre cartoon full of random weirdness. Does a [[Humongous Mecha\|giant robot]] piloted by a [[Everything's Better with Monkeys\|monkey]] racing down an infinite highway to blast a giant space moose with a [[Macross Missile Massacre\|swarm of rockets]] make any sense? ''[[Rule of Cool\|It doesn't have to]]!'' ** Their video for "The Hardest Button To Button" featured them in stop-motion style animation moving frame by frame with their instruments throughout the city Line 214: === Other videos: === * Fujiya & Miyagi's "Ankle Injuries". It does for dice what The White Stripes did for Lego bricks. ** And when the videos actually attempt to evolve a story, GOD HELP US ALL. Just watch "Feel Good Inc." and its two direct sequels... * Sketch-comedy group [[Loading Ready Run]] created its very own fake-white-80's-rap band for the sole purpose of making parody ~~videos -- mostly~~videos—mostly about gaming. This includes [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/110/the_loadingreadyrap The LoadingReadyRap] and [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/1/1337 1337]. * [[Blue]], by [[The Birthday Massacre]], which has its own page. Line 225: It's official; Lady Gaga proved to be more WTF-inducing than Björk. ''Telephone'' managed to up the crazy by being nine minutes long with a bare crotch shot and an extreme sandwich murder montage. * ''Daytona 500'' ~~-- Ghostface~~—Ghostface Killah makes a ''[[Speed Racer]]'' [[Fan Vid]] for real. * ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RMr9atGZLY What They Do]'' By The Roots lampshades and parodies the hell outta modern hip-hop music video tropes and cliches. * Take a moment to watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ICcz6kXP0 "The Parachute Ending"] by Birdy Nam Nam. This is what would have happened if Salvador Dali made cartoons in [[The Eighties]]. 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