Familjen – Det snurrar i min skalle
One of the best edit jobs of the year. Vintage religious footage is mashed up into some rad rock n’roll footage. Belongs in out best mash-up’s list. Swedish lyrics translated by one of the commenter’s:
I….started a fire for you
and now the whole forest is on fire
Now….I know what you are going to say
and it feels just like the first time
Come….let’s show them that it’s us two
but everyone already knows
Out….you run away with me
yeah can you hear them singing
*seizure*As if….everything was predetermined
as the earth revolving round the sun
Who….would have been able to take my place
he simply doesn’t exist
They….talk of something wonderful
I’m there to tell the story
Large….larger than I ever imagined
the inside of my head is spinning
*seizure*
*repeat verse 1*
Regina Spektor – “Better”
Can’t say I love the video but it is always nice to see Regina.
M.I.A – “Jimmy”
M.I.A’s music has grown on me. I always found her interesting and cute. Her music was full of potential, I thought. But I think my senses needed a little training. Her second CD is a classic. “Paper Plane” is one of the strangest gems you will find. People are always disturbed at the gunshots but after a while, as it did with me, you get comfortable with it (which is disturbing in itself).
The “Jimmy” video seems like a half-attempt at parodying Bollywood movies. The other big inspiration is clearly the Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva video. Maybe the Sri Lankan beauty reads TickleBooth!
Dan Le Sac: Thou Shalt Always Kill
Thou shalt give equal worth to tragedies that occur in non-English speaking countries as to those that occur in English speaking countries.
It was about time that somebody that somebody shook dust from the ten commandments. Obviously, since our society is a little more complicated than 5000 years ago, they’re not just ten anymore.
The video was directed by Nick Frew. (previously: Just)
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Interview with the director. (HTML)
Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip on their track. (Flash Video)
via eggtea
LCD Soundsystem – “Someone Great”
Among the attractive NY faces, a silhouetted figure quietly walks likes through like a ghost. The feeling of loss, which the song aspires to address, is overwritten by the feeling of someone choosing to be alone. The idea of silhouetting the lead character is quite effective, I wonder if it would worked better for a different song or with a more plot driven set of actions because she is so expressionless. Beautiful nevertheless, I am sure we will see this idea recycled very soon.
1-2-3 / Apple Tree
An extremely cute video for Herman Dune’s single, first of a series directed by Toben Seymour. Also starring Larry Hankin.
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Bonus: La Blogothèque take-away show.
as seen on antville
Comic Strip with Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
I prefer Bardot as a blonde but here is a music video from 1968. A fun silly video that still comes off as cool.
Videos featuring the newest dance craze: Tecktonik
Tecktonik is supposedly taking over the streets of Paris:
Tecktonik, judged by the videos on YouTube and displays at the Techno Parade, is a mix of break-dancing, hip hop and techno, featuring flailing arms and quick foot movements.
Here is the most viewed video at Youtube when searching for “Tecktonik”. And here is a new music video that shows off some that potential. (via mesimagesquibougent)
Our Smallest Adventures
Still kept in the midst of too much things to do and a tight deadline, but I don’t want you to miss this music video for the band I Was a Cubscout, directed by Rob Chandler at Atticus Finch.
Download. (Quicktime)
Watch it on Youtube.
Dave Gahan – “Kingdom”
The concept and song play beautifully together. You could spend a semester dissecting this video. My first thought: desolate parking lots and exterior of houses (and what they symbolize) could be the invisible sharks that exist underneath the water, threatening to destroy everything alive. But as nature started to flash, could it be everybody had left the artificial world to return to the natural world. Maybe leave the physical world for the spiritual world. Or it could be simple as an alien abduction (i kid).
Special mention to the cinematography and color correction. This would be a video I would love to see on HD. No blowouts, high contrast but without that extreme look that music videos seem to thrive on.
Plug-In City – Broke On A Wheel
Brilliant concept for a music video, especially the end. The dynamic between music and video are superseded by the idea. You could really go nuts with what it really means, especially if you got a filthy mind like I do.
Watch it – QT version – via antville
Thoughts You Thought You Could Do Without
A fake behind-the-scenes look at the making of a quickie music video. The actual shoot is best part.
Watch it (thanks Andre)
(I am busy this morning, will try to post more later)
Patrick Daughters has been on a roll
I checked out some of Daughters’ earlier work and they seemed to follow the conservative music video path but his recent work seems to have broken out of that shell.
Feist – 1234: One of the year’s best videos. I love to see a group of people working together to make the single-take video work. And though there is a great graphics sleight of hand on either end of the video, the real fun is in the middle. (Posted Earlier)
Feist – My Man My Moon: I love how simple the dance moves are. How much fun it seems rather than the fancy dance moves in most videos, all those do is showcase the choreographer. Here, your shoulders start to move and groove with it. Ok Go was clearly an inspiration, substituting treadmills for escalators.
Interpol – No I In Threesome: More one-take goodness.
Liars – Plaster Casts Of Everything: Images are projected on faces to distort expressions. There is nothing disturbing in terms of action but that effect alone manages to keep the video creepy, much like a David Lynch film. I couldn’t help thinking of Lost Highway when watching this.
Others:
Bright Eyes – Four Winds
They Might Be Giants’ Double Feature
Two music video for the TMBG, from Bent and ColourMovie respectively.
If you’re not impressed by the robo-stopmo Ben Hur, maybe the mo-graph feast from Shadow Government is for you. And vice versa.
Watch I’m Impressed. (Flash)
Watch The Shadow Government. (Flash) [MOV]
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When The President Talks To God
The Bright Eyes live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. A brilliant execution.
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