Fiery the angels fell
December 11, 2017 7:21 PM Subscribe
No St. Vincent? "New York", "Los Ageless", and "Pills" are all brilliant.
I'm also fond of OMD's "The Punishment of Luxury" video, and LCD Soundsystem's elegant but simple "Tonite".
And, bonus points to "Missionary Position" by Sparks, though it barely counts as a music video.
posted by SansPoint at 7:50 PM on December 11, 2017 [3 favorites]
I'm also fond of OMD's "The Punishment of Luxury" video, and LCD Soundsystem's elegant but simple "Tonite".
And, bonus points to "Missionary Position" by Sparks, though it barely counts as a music video.
posted by SansPoint at 7:50 PM on December 11, 2017 [3 favorites]
Charlotte Gainsbourg's “Deadly Valentine” video has haunted me for weeks now. It's really powerful.
posted by Fizz at 8:04 PM on December 11, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by Fizz at 8:04 PM on December 11, 2017 [3 favorites]
Another vote for Charlotte Gainsbourg's "Deadly Valentine" -- a contender for my favorite song AND favorite video.
Also, if anyone has any difficulty with the new St. Vincent album -- on first listen it struck me as uncharacteristically shallow compared to her previous work -- I recommend you stick with it and let it sink in. There's a lot to it, but I had to soak in it a while before I got what she was on about.
Finally, worthy of special note (already in the Pitchfork list) is the Fever Ray video To The Moon And Back, which is kind of a NSFW punch-in-the-ears in which someone put Fever Ray music into a kinky, perverted blender with a Peaches video.
posted by tclark at 8:39 PM on December 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
Also, if anyone has any difficulty with the new St. Vincent album -- on first listen it struck me as uncharacteristically shallow compared to her previous work -- I recommend you stick with it and let it sink in. There's a lot to it, but I had to soak in it a while before I got what she was on about.
Finally, worthy of special note (already in the Pitchfork list) is the Fever Ray video To The Moon And Back, which is kind of a NSFW punch-in-the-ears in which someone put Fever Ray music into a kinky, perverted blender with a Peaches video.
posted by tclark at 8:39 PM on December 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
I haven't been able to stop thinking about Amanda Palmer's cover of Mother since I first saw it. The video has its flaws but I find it incredibly powerful and moving. In part because it's just such a freaking gorgeous cover of an already emotionally wrenching song, and her facial expressions in this video are so raw and visceral.
posted by treepour at 9:45 PM on December 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by treepour at 9:45 PM on December 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Look What You Made Me Do, Havana, and New Rules are definitely this year's big pop moments.
I love it when artists get creative with a low budget though. A couple of my "they did that with that budget?" faves from this year:
Tinashe - Company / Features very attractive people doing slick choreography on a dance floor that lights up in time with the music.
Aly & AJ - Take Me / Click for a 70s vampire horror movie shot on film aesthetic and dreamy 80s pop music.
posted by BeginAgain at 12:37 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
I love it when artists get creative with a low budget though. A couple of my "they did that with that budget?" faves from this year:
Tinashe - Company / Features very attractive people doing slick choreography on a dance floor that lights up in time with the music.
Aly & AJ - Take Me / Click for a 70s vampire horror movie shot on film aesthetic and dreamy 80s pop music.
posted by BeginAgain at 12:37 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
woah, that nsfw brendan maclean house of air video is xxxtra
i thought Mary Ocher's "The Endlessness (Song for Young Xenophobes)" video was lovely
also the Kali Uchis and Jorja Smith "Tyrant" video
Leikeli47 - M I L K
also the healthiest vids on the youtubes are by sensei le fox
posted by nikoniko at 1:50 AM on December 12, 2017 [4 favorites]
i thought Mary Ocher's "The Endlessness (Song for Young Xenophobes)" video was lovely
also the Kali Uchis and Jorja Smith "Tyrant" video
Leikeli47 - M I L K
also the healthiest vids on the youtubes are by sensei le fox
posted by nikoniko at 1:50 AM on December 12, 2017 [4 favorites]
Björk's voice has always made my funny bits feel funny.
Escaping the if you complain something is better you link it. rule.
posted by zengargoyle at 3:04 AM on December 12, 2017
Escaping the if you complain something is better you link it. rule.
posted by zengargoyle at 3:04 AM on December 12, 2017
I love these year-end round ups.
Out of curiousity, is there anybody doing an ongoing Best Video of the Week, or something similar? Basically I'm looking for a blogger who will watch the dozens of videos released every day and just tell me about the cleverest/most beautiful/best ones. I asked about this a few years ago and didn't get any answers. Is there anything out there nowadays?
posted by yankeefog at 4:28 AM on December 12, 2017
Out of curiousity, is there anybody doing an ongoing Best Video of the Week, or something similar? Basically I'm looking for a blogger who will watch the dozens of videos released every day and just tell me about the cleverest/most beautiful/best ones. I asked about this a few years ago and didn't get any answers. Is there anything out there nowadays?
posted by yankeefog at 4:28 AM on December 12, 2017
Stereogum does the 5 Best Videos of the Week every week.
posted by palindromic at 5:01 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by palindromic at 5:01 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
I disagree with the omission of Tyler, the Creator's "Who Dat Boy?" which begins with him making a bomb under a Leonardo DiCaprio/Romeo + Juliet poster and ends with his driving away with a new face and a pretty boy in the passenger seat of a car being pursued by police.
posted by palindromic at 5:09 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by palindromic at 5:09 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
This post sent me down a fantastic two hour rabbit hole last night and I just wanted to thank all involved.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 6:28 AM on December 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 6:28 AM on December 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
How.....how did "Wyclef Jean" not make #1? Not only was it a creative video, but has all sorts of social commentary on 2017.
....Just bring back Pop-Up Video, please.
posted by RhysPenbras at 6:52 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
....Just bring back Pop-Up Video, please.
posted by RhysPenbras at 6:52 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
Also, if anyone has any difficulty with the new St. Vincent album -- on first listen it struck me as uncharacteristically shallow compared to her previous work -- I recommend you stick with it and let it sink in.
I didn't like it, then I loved it, then I saw her karaoke live performance, now I don't like it again. Oh well. The outtro of "Los Ageless" is still killer.
That "Wyclef Jean" video is amazing, if a little uncomfortable since it feels like the director has contempt for some of the typical hip hop video tropes.
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:46 AM on December 12, 2017
I didn't like it, then I loved it, then I saw her karaoke live performance, now I don't like it again. Oh well. The outtro of "Los Ageless" is still killer.
That "Wyclef Jean" video is amazing, if a little uncomfortable since it feels like the director has contempt for some of the typical hip hop video tropes.
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:46 AM on December 12, 2017
a blogger who will watch the dozens of videos released every day and just tell me about the cleverest/most beautiful/best ones. I asked about this a few years ago and didn't get any answers. Is there anything out there nowadays?
ex-Antville represent!
Videostatic is an ok clearinghouse (though they could exercise more editorial choice)
promonews is a similar industry tool (good for finding credits)
VOTD is trying a panel&crowd-voted model
BOOOOOOOMTV does an ok job selecting music videos (etc.)
BangMedia is a curated Vimeo channel
OneThousandEyes is another mv curator's site
FantasticMusicVideos is yet another
FringeMusicFix has a more alternative slant
posted by progosk at 7:56 AM on December 12, 2017 [4 favorites]
ex-Antville represent!
Videostatic is an ok clearinghouse (though they could exercise more editorial choice)
promonews is a similar industry tool (good for finding credits)
VOTD is trying a panel&crowd-voted model
BOOOOOOOMTV does an ok job selecting music videos (etc.)
BangMedia is a curated Vimeo channel
OneThousandEyes is another mv curator's site
FantasticMusicVideos is yet another
FringeMusicFix has a more alternative slant
posted by progosk at 7:56 AM on December 12, 2017 [4 favorites]
These are incredible videos, thanks for posting!
I haven't been able to stop thinking about Amanda Palmer's cover of Mother
Dammit, thought this was going to be a Danzig cover.
posted by gwint at 10:20 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
I haven't been able to stop thinking about Amanda Palmer's cover of Mother
Dammit, thought this was going to be a Danzig cover.
posted by gwint at 10:20 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
woah, that nsfw brendan maclean house of air video is xxxtra
Yeah, I've just seen it and I kind of regret doing so. Slight spoiler: The ending is literally crap.
posted by WalkingAround at 11:11 AM on December 12, 2017
Yeah, I've just seen it and I kind of regret doing so. Slight spoiler: The ending is literally crap.
posted by WalkingAround at 11:11 AM on December 12, 2017
Dumb question: What's the connection between the title of this post (Fiery the angels fell) and its content? I did some googling, but to no avail.
posted by WalkingAround at 11:30 AM on December 12, 2017
posted by WalkingAround at 11:30 AM on December 12, 2017
Was mainly thinking of the Grimes video but some of the others have stuff on fire too.
posted by Artw at 11:41 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 11:41 AM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
I disagree with the omission of Tyler, the Creator's "Who Dat Boy?"I think you misspelled Vagabon. Or were you thinking of Hurray for the Riff Raff?
posted by pxe2000 at 12:45 PM on December 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
Thanks Progosk and Palindromic.
Progosk, good to see you here. I used to lurk lots and post occasionally at Antville as jacobw. That was before I had kids. Now I have a lot less time for video watching -- hence the desire to have somebody find the best ones for me.
If anybody is interested, here's my own (highly incomplete) list of Some Music Videos I Like and the only one I see from 2017 is Go Up, so consider that my own nomination to the 2017 Best Of list.
posted by yankeefog at 1:16 AM on December 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
Progosk, good to see you here. I used to lurk lots and post occasionally at Antville as jacobw. That was before I had kids. Now I have a lot less time for video watching -- hence the desire to have somebody find the best ones for me.
If anybody is interested, here's my own (highly incomplete) list of Some Music Videos I Like and the only one I see from 2017 is Go Up, so consider that my own nomination to the 2017 Best Of list.
posted by yankeefog at 1:16 AM on December 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
The 10 best music videos of 2017, from Kendrick Lamar to Haim
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