music videos

ThruYou: Seven music videos created by remixing various amateur musical YouTube submissions. (0) #
3/17/2009

Earlier today, kottke.org linked to a neat music video from Chairlift that uses image compression artifacts for artistic purposes. A few hours later, Pitchfork posted the new Kanye video for "Welcome to Heartbreak" that uses pretty much the exact same effect. A music video trend? Or did the same shop create both?

Update: Thanks to flea's comment, I checked out Kanye's blog post about the video where he explains that they released the video early because of the Chairlift video. Perhaps the Kottke effect tipped Kanye's hand? (1) #
2/17/2009

I'm only posting this video remix of Christian Bale's Terminator Salvation flip out because of its liberal use of material from my old favorite Bale-fronted newspaper boy musical, Newsies. (4) #
2/5/2009

The music video for A-ha's "Take on Me," with the lyrics modified to a narrative description of the events in the video. It's much funnier than it sounds. (via kottke) (3) #
10/7/2008

Keith Schofield's music video for The BPA's 'Toe Jam' feat. David Byrne & Dizzee Rascal is hilarious and clever. It features many nude people, but it is endearingly sort of safe for work.

Update: Just FYI, The BPA is Fatboy Slim's new alias. (3) #
6/11/2008

Music video for "Mirando," a track off Ratatat's upcoming LP3. For those of you who have fond nostalgia for jungle action movies of the 1980's. (0) #
5/23/2008

Here's a nature chaser after that last post: the music video for Caribou's Irene, one of my favorite tracks from last year. (3) #
5/9/2008

YouTube plants the best April Fools Day prank ever: every one of their featured videos is a rickroll. (2) #
4/1/2008

Turning an Obama speech into a music video is a damn good idea, especially when Scarlett Johansson and Common are involved. This is where politics meets Starbucks. (thx, doorframe) (23) #
2/3/2008

A collection of Sesame Street animations from 1979 set to "Geometry of Circles," a series of vocal/instrumental pieces composed by Philip Glass. (via bb) (2) #
12/6/2007

Presidential candidate Mike Gravel continues to entertain, this time with a spoken word music video that's light on substance. I've come to appreciate his sentiments but his approach is all wrong (except for my own amusement). (via andrew sullivan) (2) #
11/29/2007

The Whitest official Kanye West music video, ever. Will Oldham makes a good posse of one. And I hadn't heard of Zach Galifianakis before, but the quotes section here is hilarious. (via bb) (2) #
7/25/2007

Pitchfork's unranked Top 25 Music Videos of 2006. Many great videos here, some of which I've linked to before, but of the ones I haven't seen, I liked this Basement Jaxx video the best, mostly because I like dancing bears. (1) #
12/14/2006

"The Sad Song" video by Fredo Viola, created entirely using 15 second jpg movies from a Nikon digital camera. One part video mosaic, one part, er, Ze Frank. (thx, phaelam) (0) #
12/8/2006

Michel Gondry's latest Metropolis-loving, reality-juggling music video for "Cell Phone's Dead," off Beck's new album. (thx, flea) (6) #
10/19/2006

More Bollywood, this one inspired by Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. (thx, kv) (1) #
9/28/2006

Old school Bollywood. Why does he make guttural noises? (via ks) (1) #
9/27/2006

A music video with choreographed dancing on treadmills. It almost looks like they're rollerskating when their walking down several treadmills. (via kottke) (1) #
8/3/2006

Music video for Thom Yorke's "Harrowdown Hill", a song about the mysterious death of UN Weapons Inspector David Kelly. The video uses quite a bit of tilt-shift photography. Update: Seems like YouTube has taken the video down. I'll keep my eyes open for another online copy. Update 2: I've updated the link. Thanks, Ingen. (4) #
8/1/2006

Chris Cunningham's latest music video: "Sheena is a Parasite." Perhaps his most conventional video yet, perhaps not. (2) #
7/14/2006

Pitchfork Media's 100 Awesome Music Videos feature has collected 100 YouTube clips of various music videos of the past several decades. Two parts nostalgia, one part art. (9) #
6/20/2006

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