Wednesday 11 March 2009

top five Favorite Music Videos to Date




So here are my top five (accessible) favorite music videos to date
(am sorry if they cause discomfort, offend or emotionally scar anyone,
Yes, now is a good time to hide your kids!)


#5: Vertical Horizon, You're a God (2000)
Directed by The Malloys, who also directs Metallica's St Anger: beauty queen, cat fights, the lot...









Spot number four is shared by Oasis "Stand by Me" and Hoobastank; "The Reason", both share the non-linear theme, the Oasis video has beautiful filters rich in blue















Spot number 3 goes to Panic at the Disco's "Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes off". Fan of the song, the lyrics and he source of inspiration- the screenplay adapted Closer. (Patrick Marber) The video, is replete with surrealist aesthetics and comparisons: The Band star as paramedics in the background. Apparently, according to the director, Travis Kopach, the number of fish in the female antagonist's fish bowl represents the number of affairs.- In the flashbacks when the couple were happy  and united there were fewer fish.
Let's make these teen hearts beat, faster and faster... so the song was targeted for emo-teens to scream at their cheating lying exes. At least the video is absolutely hauntingly gorgeous.












And the second place belongs to The Knife's "We Share Our Mother's Health": Genius of  a director, graphic designer Motomichi Nakamura uses three traditional colours found in most early art in Asia : red white and black. Every character was animated using simple, 2- dimensional shapes and yet it manages to invoke a feeling of fear and, well.. pain! 




And finally, my 




ULTIMATE favorite of all time!
Garbage: 'Push It'
Conflicting, disparate images that seem to relate to one another. (1998) Directed by Andrea Giacobbe. Some reviews say it depicts the concept of the image of the band itself- 2 senior men known for engineering work and studio  production and the young female vocalist do not, in theory seem to have potential in making the coherent and amazing tunes , but there you have it: varying colours, the use of sot-reverse-shot mid movement camera stills. yummy, just yummy. 










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