Today’s video goodness is dedicated to my brother Billy.
You know, there was an era of music videos where they were good. Not mind-blowingly transportive, or overblown productions in excess of a small Eastern European country’s total governmental budget, or trying to do the Smuttiest Thing Ever, or dressing up celebrity stars in as many sexiful/outrageous outfits with enough jump cuts to induce epilepsy – Just: entertaining enough they’re fun to watch.
Any favorites, readers?
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0
Jan Svankmaer directed and also made a tremendously interesting stop-motion/live action version of Alice in Wonderland called “Alice”: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095715/
Svankmajer
Thanks, I’d never actually seen that video.
Well, Nickelback wasn’t around when your Gold Earring video came out, but this is one of my favorite videos of all time (you may have seen it already):
Savin’ Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPc-o-4Nsbk
@Kidsync
I hadn’t seen it. That is an original premise. I wonder why the ppl who had shorter times to live had a shorter decimal train. IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.
@luckychrm
Sledgehammer is classic! My favorite parts are the very beginning and the very end tho’. & that movie you speak of is on Netflix Instant. Will have to check it out!
Golden Earring/Twilight Zone: totally the glory day of MTV there. While the trio of lady dancers is svelte, I don’t see an anorexic in the bunch 🙂 Countless are the hours I watched MTV back it that day!
@luckychrm
That trio of dancers (what are they supposed to be? SexxxyCops?) look fit and awesome. I actually love to watch professional dancers. In my mind that’s what my moves look like.