Kick-ass Music Videos

Lettuce see what we got this past year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_MTV_Video_Music_Awards

Video of the Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuZE_IRwLN : Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors" ← Category Winner
Meh. Nice looking, but didn't do much fer me. YMMV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes : Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Wanz) — "Thrift Shop" :
I think this vid is just fun. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-fA-gBCkj0 : Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
I like the song. Lame, recycled concert video altered with effects = L.A.M.E.
This shouldn't even have been a nominee for VotY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNoKguSdy4Y : Taylor Swift — "I Knew You Were Trouble"
Very cinematic video. Could swipe more music vid design ideas from this than from most - but less expensively!
Whaddap with the extreme cinemascope? Hmm... gives me an idea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU : Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. and Pharrell) — "Blurred Lines"
Lame. I can't believe this was even nominated for VotY. Baah.


Whatevs...

Next...


Best Direction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsUsVbTj2AY : Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z) — "Suit & Tie" ← Category Winner
Gorgeous. Not badass, but gorgeous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubBzkZzpUA : Drake — "Started from the Bottom"
Meh. I think the first "Ray's Film Corollary" applies here: http://i879.photobucket.com/albums/...ilmmakingCorollariesCorollary_zps041ae33a.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7yCLn-O-Y0 : Fun. — "Carry On"
<chuckles> And I think the second "Ray's Film Corollary" applies here: lotta effort, pretty, but not all that cool to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM : Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton) — "Can't Hold Us"
This whole category looks like "future feature film directors shot at music videos." :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmRI3Ew4BvA : Yeah Yeah Yeahs — "Sacrilege"
Wow. My fave so far. Very nice story telling - and in reverse. One of the more interesting videos to actually watch.


Best Visual Effects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47dtFZ8CFo8 : Capital Cities — "Safe and Sound" ← Category Winner
Pretty cool effects. Not badass, but cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhhnUTNror8 : Duck Sauce — "It's You"
<stupid grin> You gotta watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRNGpATRCrI : Flying Lotus — "Tiny Tortures"
Well... that was fairly interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUULBlDcju4 : Skrillex (featuring The Doors) — "Breakn' a Sweat"
Started badass, got boring, then random. WE...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1OTWCd40bc : The Weeknd — "Wicked Games"
Snorrrrrrrre...


Best Art Direction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEddixS-UoU : Janelle Monáe (featuring Erykah Badu) — "Q.U.E.E.N." ← Category Winner
I like the premise of the set, but the overall vid just got boring with recycled events.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9uSyICrtow : 30 Seconds to Mars — "Up in the Air"
Gorgeous images, but too random + repetitive, 2nd film corollary impending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg6BwvDcANg : Alt-J — "Tessellate"
I like the technical principles used. To a meh result, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47dtFZ8CFo8 : Capital Cities — "Safe and Sound"
See above remarks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxDdEPED0h8 : Lana Del Rey — "National Anthem"
Interesting approach to a song. Girls got some lips, eh?!


Best Cinematography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM : Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton) — "Can't Hold Us" ← Category Winner
Looks great. Can't say I'd wanna watch it over and over, though = badass video fail. Sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9uSyICrtow : 30 Seconds to Mars — "Up in the Air"
Yep. Looks gorgeous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GbYR5Aud4Y : A-Trak and Tommy Trash — "Tuna Melt" BTS → http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwTOxGKlHvo
Poor cameraman. Kidz''ll love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_-3di1yx0 : Lana Del Rey — "Ride"
Looks good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmRI3Ew4BvA : Yeah Yeah Yeahs — "Sacrilege"
See above remarks.


Well... I'm pretty disappointed.
I was hoping to see more OTT wacky creative stuff and am quite unenthused over the abundant supply of mini-films that are often just random images upon repetitive themes, lacking any real ABC story.
Really wanted some crazy sh!t.
 
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In light of last night's VMA performance, I demand the video in the OP be replaced with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bwh2RYBWw

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rayw said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU : Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. and Pharrell) — "Blurred Lines"
Lame. I can't believe this was even nominated for VotY. Baah.


Whatevs...
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Umm... Well, this was certainly a more "interesting" 14million watched version than the 140million watched 'Blurred Lines' video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwT6DZCQi9k


Under Best Rock Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU : Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
Fairly entertaining.
Too funny part is that when I saw that female's eyes @ 0:30 I thought "Hey! Those look like the eyes from that chick in 'Texas Chainsaw 3D.'"
And sho-nuf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_(Imagine_Dragons_song)#Music_video

EDIT:Making of vid → http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTLIvV4ipKQ
 
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"My Medicine" a cover of a Snoop Dog song performed by The Raindoggs, an Austin jazz group. Slow and bluesey, you can smell the smoke and alcohol filled bar where the patrons drift their heads from side-to-side like their on an acid trip from the 60's with Pearl (who the singer reminds me of, just hotter). I'd love to use this over opening credits in a feature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIDRn3wdxBE

"Lily Was Here" by Candy Dulfer and Dave Stewart. Sexy blonde, great sax... what's not to like?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhSx8uKdD5o

"The Mummer's Dance" by Lorenna McKennitt. Aren't half of the characters we create mummers and guisers of some sort?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxTpvA-pUG0

"Layla" by who do you THINK?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th3ycKQV_4k
 
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Maxsdad said:
"My Medicine" a cover of a Snoop Dog song performed by The Raindoggs, an Austin jazz group. Slow and bluesey you can smell the smoke and alcohol filled bar where the patrons drift their heads from side-to-side like their on an acid trip from the 60's with Pearl (who the singer reminds me of, just hotter).
YIDRn3wdxBE

"Lily Was Here" by Candy Dulfer and Dave Stewart. Sexy blonde, great sax... what's not to like?
XhSx8uKdD5o

"The Mummer's Dance" by Lorenna McKennitt. Aren't half of the characters we create mummers and guisers of some sort?
qxTpvA-pUG0

"Layla" by who do you THINK?
Th3ycKQV_4k
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Let me give you a hand with that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIDRn3wdxBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhSx8uKdD5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxTpvA-pUG0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th3ycKQV_4k
 
Thanks, Chimp. I was editing it as you were cleaning up my mess. I thought it was supposed to be everything between the quotations, but I've been known to screw up a free lunch so this glitch doesn't surprise me.

http://www.youtube.test/watch?v="YIDRn3wdxBE"
 
Maxsdad said:
Thanks, Chimp.
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No problem :)

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Embedding so many youtube vids causes some "less stout" computers to shockwave crash.
Thus the mass links are better than mass embeds.

Besides, reading the YT comments is half the fun!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU#t=76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8#t=66
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4bvRamMiY4
This video reminds me of Heart Shaped Box a little bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts
 
Haha, Zensteve, that's a pretty funny parody! :lol:

I've always been a fan of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE

I'd like to do something similar, but as of yet, I haven't figured out a way to put my own twist on the concept.
 
Some of my favourites:

Meat Loaf - I'd do anything for love:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOikQWAL8qc

Rammstein - Sonne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zp4vxTxhq0

NIN:
vimeo.com/3612941‎
(Trent called the video pompeous shit or something like that and doesn't think this song is very good. They made the song real quick for Lost Highway. But I really really like it!)
 
Here's a fun new video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

This one's a little older - makes me really miss going to ResFest each year to discover cool stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRqjZtr6JaE

And that got me thinking old school - anyone here familiar with EBN? "Commercial Entertainment Product" is one of the very few VHS tapes I'll never get rid of. "We Will Rock You (Behavior Modification)" was a video mashup that went viral in 1991. Think about that for a second. They are to the YouTube generation what Andy Warhol was to the MTV generation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O14HFut1a5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dh0iEkDEkU
 
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