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[–] Maiq@piefed.social 32 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 points 1 month ago

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.

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don't even care for the band that much, but the video is still really cool.

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

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 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] karashta@piefed.social 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Peter Gabriel- Sledgehammer

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[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Mr_Wobble@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just about to comment "Any by Michel Gondry or Chris Cunningham. Pick any one!"

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 points 1 month ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA

interesting trivia:

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]

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_My_Sunshine

[–] ElReatonVaquer0@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution

Fantastically captures mankind's eternal obsession with power and greed

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

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 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 points 1 month ago

Good one, brothers gonna work it out! Here is another great one from the bros, Wide Open featuring Beck

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 points 1 month ago

Take on me just might be the best music video i have ever seen. Truly a great pick!

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago
[–] SelfHigh5@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] Flamangoman@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago

No Surprises by Radiohead, gets me every time.

[–] trevdog@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] bonedaddy@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago
[–] homes@piefed.world 4 points 1 month ago
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[–] Libertus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Qzr@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
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[–] LemmyTellYou@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

Linkin Park - In The End Or RHCP - Californication

Both ahead of their time imo

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] stretch2m@infosec.pub 3 points 1 month ago
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago
[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 1 month ago

Everything by Bjork

Everything by Rammstein

[–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Radiohead Paranoid Android

[–] Akip@piefed.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Camo & Crooked - Afterlife (BCee Remix)

https://youtu.be/U1VSQ7SRtX0

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago

anything by beastie boys, but specifically body movin'

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago
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