MetaFilter posts tagged with musicvideos

Where's that wheelchair?

Potomac Avenue — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:32:25 -0800

Lou Barlow has a new solo record, and is promoting it by releasing some videos and a making-of documentary every week this month on Lootube. Lou, of Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and the under-rated Folk Implosion has had a sedate and sometimes rocky solo career since the 90s (and has always been famously prickly in interviews) but since reforming Djr with J Mascis and touring with Sebadoh, the godfather of lowfi bedroom recording is setting out to prove he can still Indie™ Rockout as well as bring the melodrama (with a smirk). In other news, his band with Ben Lee, Noise Addict, just released their snarky new album, "it was never about the audience" for free. (Via)

Gothic Musical Adverts from LynchLand

filthy light thief — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:17:11 -0800

Is there a hunger in your sinister soul? Let Wilkinson's Family Restaurant feed your need. Oh sorry, they're out of business now. Rather, are you in the market for tools of depravity? Then Donald & Sons Hardware can supply your dark needs. Intrigued by the creative process behind these advertisements? Step inside the studio to see the magic behind the first and second video advert from Witchitel Music and LynchLand. Liam Lynch, is the guy behind MTV's Sifl and Olly Show, plenty of music (including United States of Whatever), and recently a series of video podcasts. These adverts are clipped from his 17th podcast (direct link to the m4v file).

Heath is alive like Tupac

azarbayejani — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:23:52 -0800

The music video for Modest Mouse's new track King Rat was released today. Interestingly, it was directed by Heath Ledger two years ago, and released posthumously. Apparently, there's another one coming up. It has described as looking "like exactly the kind of thing that someone might come up with after spending a couple of months rocking Joker makeup and pretending to mutilate people." The video contains a little cartoon goriness, so be warned.

G T C A

shadytrees — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:55:51 -0800

I can build DNA / I can be a big star (previously) (via the filter)

Vocaloid Storytime

anthy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:44:59 -0800

The Vocaloids,¹ anime-like characters created for the singing synthasizer program by the Yamaha Corporation, have been capturing the imaginations of Japanese fans for more than a year. They've inspired and starred in a large body of fan-produced songs and animated videos,² ranging from macabre to sorrowful to dramatic to humorous. [Massive MLYTP] Take Alice Human Sacrifice, the story of a small dream who just wants to survive. Or an alternate version...and a few more unsubtitled but progressively creepier and bloodier adaptations. In the mood for something a bit more SF? Check out Kokoro Kiseki, the story of a scientist who creates a cute girl robot without a heart. Then follow it up with the sequel from the robot's point of view. Or watch an alternate mix of both viewpoints.³ Or watch Daughter of Evil, the saga of an irredeemably wicked princess who gets her just deserts. Or does she? Round out the trilogy with a message of regret. Or visit two alternate viewpoints to get the full story.⁴ For the tale of a psychotic lover, see Cantarella.⁵ Or visit the nightmarish Dark Woods Circus. Looking for something a bit lighter? How about the story of the most high-maintenance girlfriend ever? Then watch the reply from a male point-of-view. Or two. Finish up by witnessing a proposal. Or just watch the twins being dorks. ¹Previously on Metafilter here and here. Since the last post, a set of vocaloid twins has also been released, and a new bilingual vocaloid character is slated for release on January 30. ²Often posted to Nico Nico Video, then later ported to Youtube. I've tried to link the English subtitled version of the video where possible, but in some cases there were multiple alternate versions and it was hard to choose. A few alternates I couldn't fit in:

³Rin's version alts: 1, 2, 3D Animation. Manga version. Untranslated: Alt animation for Len's version.
⁴The Servant of Evil and Regret Message with alternate animation. Untranslated alts for Daughter of Evil and Servant of Evil: 1, 2.
⁵Alternate untranslated version.

It has heart

gwint — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:35:47 -0800

Who's Gonna Save My Soul directed by Chris Milk

Literal Videos

mathowie — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:16:57 -0800

A-Ha's Take on Me, but done literally with lyrics changed to describe what was happening in the video, instead of the head-scratcher of a 80s video having nothing to do with the song. Also? A-ha still exists and the lead singer still looks the same. This meme of doing new lyrics to go with old videos is novel, previously people made videos to match the lyrics literally.

Visual jazz.

progosk — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:32:25 -0800

(Follow-upFilter) It's rare that jazz videos venture beyond filming live performances. This makes the exceptions all the more notable. Animation seems the medium of choice: from George Griffin's 1988 paper collage for Charlie Parker's "Ko Ko" to Len Lye's swinging The Lambeth Walk (1939), or (stretching musical definitions just a bit) his 1958 masterpiece "Free Radicals". More recent jazz seems to fit just as well: witness Lung's psychotic piece for Ladyscraper's "Thou Art Fucking Dead". Unofficial jazz videomakers have also picked up on the animation vibe, setting John Zorn's "Caligula" to Robert Breer's 1957 piece "A Man And His Dog Out For Air", creating a fan-film-direct for Pierre Henry's futuristic "Psyche Rock", or even just re-editing Disney's "Elephants on Parade" to Sun Ra's version of the tune. But there are non-animated jazz videos, too: take the Lounge Lizards' "Big Heart", self-directed by John Lurie; or Henry Hills' "Naked City" for John Zorn's "Batman"; Meredith Monk's "Churchyard Entertainment", or even, on a lighter note, Dizzy Gillespie in "A Date with Dizzy" (1956). If these are too short for your visual jazz appetite, you could try long-form works such as Manfred Kirchheimer's beautifully meditative 1979 film "Stations Of The Ele vated with its (counter-)punctuations of Mingus, John Coney's 1972 sci-fi documentary on Sun Ra "Space Is The Place", or Humbert & Penzel's Fred Frith fresco "Step Across The Border" (previously).

Typography posters and videos

Kattullus — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:04:57 -0800

Two blogposts from Smashing Magazine: Breathtaking Typographic Posters and Typography in Motion. Some notables: Retro Artist Feature, Linocut Print of London, It's the Outsideness Flavour of It, Zeitgeist, Hier Vorne, 80 of 500 Handdrawn Posters and music video for Ya no sé qué hacer conmigo by Uruguayan band Cuarteto de Nos.

Beirut Music Videos

Corduroy — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:15:43 -0800

The band Beirut released the Flying Club Cup on October 9th, and La Blogothèque has filmed unique, one take, on the spot, mostly public 'music videos' of each track. 1- Nantes 2- Sunday Smile 3- Guyamas Sonora 4- La Banlieue 5- Cliquot 6- The Penalty 7- La Fete 8- In the Mausoleum 9- Un Dernier Verre 10- Cherbourg 11- St. Apollonia 12- The Flying Club Cup (Some of the writing below the belows the videos is pretty effusive, but the music and videos are still impressive.) Here are a couple more traditional Beirut music videos. And here is one I like of Josè González by the same people.

120 Minutes Lives On

jonson — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:22:49 -0800

120 Minutes is a tumblr page put together by a fan of the long running MTV alt-rock show, with links to dozens (at least) of videos from the show's heyday. There's no search nor sort that I could find, but the site makes for fun browsing for fans of that particular musical era. Found via.

The Art of the YouTube Music Video

TheGoldenOne — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:40:37 -0800

There are a lot of special people out there making special music videos for their favorite songs. This tribute to Don't Fear the Reaper is particularly... moving. Marvel at the mid-90's VCR-edited version of Toto's Africa. There are some great Star Trek slash music videos out there. (1st link possibly NSFW). Then you have these guys, breathing new life into classics with some serious lip-synching skills.

Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda and the Arcade Fire

jonson — Sun, 20 May 2007 00:25:06 -0800

Chicago based designer & music fan J Tyler took it upon himself to craft a music video for The Arcade Fire song "My Body Is A Cage" using clips from the classic Sergio Leone film Once Upon A Time in the West. The clips evoke the elegaic, reflectively somber beauty in the song remarkably well - so well that the video reached the attention of someone in the Arcade Fire's camp, who emailed Tyler and requested his permission to post his work on their official site. If you have the bandwidth, I highly recommend this direct download link to a high-res quicktime version, it's much, much better than streaming flash.

TV Shows Cartoons Anime Movies Music Videos Sports

carsonb — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:14:19 -0800

Welcome to Night Flight

Methylviolet — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:37:15 -0800

Night Flight aired Friday and Saturday nights on the USA Network from 1981-1988 in the heady early days of cable. It was one of the first places to see shorts old and new, music documentaries, and conceptual, artistically-intended music videos -- not to mention MST3K-style parody, general weirdness, and 420-addled wonderfulness.

Corporate Rock Still Sucks?

Bookhouse — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:12:35 -0800

The 120 Minute Archive -- an attempt to gather all of the playlists of MTV's now-defunct late-night alternative rock program which ran from 1986 to 2003. Along with the videos were loads of live performances. Sure, it went down in quality in its second half. But where else in the pre-Internet days of 1992 could small-town kids discover Tom Waits, Morrissey and Sonic Youth in a single sitting?

feeding mefi's music video hunger

progosk — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:46:31 -0800

Yet another year's end best-of list of music videos!? (this one's from Good Weather for Airstrikes, authors of last year's arguably awesomest list... (the torrent's yet to come.)

50 Best Music Videos of 2006

jonson — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:33:57 -0800

Long before 2006 you could probably make a convincing argument that the music video has outlived its purpose; however, musicblogger docopenhagen's list of the top 50 music videos of 2006 has some excellent inclusions, and hopefully something for even the most jaded viewer. My three favorites.

"Aroused, His Great Physical Strength Could Kill"

fandango_matt — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:45:39 -0800

Closer, starring Kirk and Spock, courtesy of T. Jonesy and Killa, creators of the Star Trek Camelot video (previous MeFi link). If you haven't seen the original Nine Inch Nails Closer video directed by Mark Romanek, here it is. Both links YouTube, last link NSFW.

100 Awesome Music Videos

jonson — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:19:00 -0800

100 Awesome Music Videos Note: not THE 100 MOST Awesome, just 100 awesome music videos. Some you'll know, some you may not, many you'll disagree with, just keep in mind, no one claimed this was a definitive list.

trashfan.com

keepoutofreach — Wed, 31 May 2006 09:22:01 -0800

Music video gems and reviews from the spandex era. It's called trashfan although not all of it is trash (Springsteen). But some stuff definitely deserves to be there (Shalamar? Colonel Abrams? Pepsi & Sherley? Eew). And yes, I used to have Junior's "Mmmmmmama used to say" 45 rpm. And you know you liked it too!

White Surf Style 5!

fungible — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:36:25 -0800

The videos of Supercar are all awesome, each in their own way. (via antville)

What do you see there Johnny?

panoptican — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:33:22 -0800

Fifty music videos that are neat. Also, some guy thinks they were the best of 2005. [via the oh so quiet show]

I won't take this lying down

yankeefog — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:03:53 -0800

Heiterkeit (12 meg quicktime movie) is an utterly charming German music video about all the other fun things you can do lying down. (Yes, it's entirely safe for work, unless your workplace forbids quirky charm.) If you enjoy it, check out Transsylvanische Verwandte(12 meg quicktime movie), another work by the same director. For a look behind the scenes of both films, there's this making-of video. (The making of video is a realplayer file, and it's in German--but I don't speak German, and I got the general idea.) Via Antville.

Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:22:38 -0800

Gloria Estefan and Mylo [warning: eighties]