Best Music Videos

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Bjork - Oh So Quiet

Another Spike Jonze video, this one done in 1995 - click here to see the list of his videos we’ve posted

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Rolling Stones - Like a Rolling Stone

Director Michel Gondry pioneered “bullet time” freeze frame photography for this video - which was later adapted and expanded upon in the making of the “Matrix”. He also experiments with a lot of warping image manipulation.

As mentioned in a previous post Gondry directed “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” - he also has a film coming out starring Mos Def and Jack Black that looks hilarious called “Be Kind Rewind”

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Friday, January 4th, 2008

No Doubt - Don’t Speak

I love the storyline of the lead singer (the gorgeous Gewn Stefani) getting all the attention and upsetting the unappreciated bandmates. Unless your a die hard No Doubt fan you probably can’t even name the other members of the band. But its not like she went solo on them when fame hit - they were together for 10 years before they hit the national conscious and she didn’t go solo until another decade after this song hit in 1996.

Directed by Sophie Muller who has directed over a hundred music videos including at least a dozen for both Gwen Stefani and No Doubt. When No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak” won the award for Best Group Video at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards Stefani thanked her extensively, saying, “I’d like to say that Sophie Muller is a genius.” Click here for more videos by Sophie Mueller

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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Any list of best music videos is sure to include Sabotage - its simply one of the best music video of all time. A great homage to seventies cop television dramas.

Written and directed by Spike Jonze in 2000. Jonze made it big in commercials and music videos before becoming an Academy Award-nominated director for major motion pictures. Jonze was also a co-founder and editor of Dirt magazine along with Mark Lewman and Andy Jenkins, as well as an editor for Grand Royal Magazine and senior photographer for Transworld Skateboarding.

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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

The techniques used to render separate objects in the same frame moving at varying speeds (i.e. one person in slow motion while the other is at regular speed) plays tricks on the viewer’s mind and adds to the unsettling effects of the music. Although after a while the special effects seem over used and begin to be just one trick after a nother without a storyline - but cool nonetheless.

Directed by Jonathan Glazer in 1995. Perhaps his finest work in music videos is UNKLE - Rabbit in Your Headlights

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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

UNKLE - Rabbit in Your Headlights

Dark and disturbing music video - obviously a commentary on modern society, but I will leave the symbolism to your own interpretations.

Directed By Jonathan Glazer, a British director known for original music videos since the mid-1990s and was named MTV Director of the Year 1997. He has also directed the films “Sexy Beast” (2000 starring Ben Kingsley) and “Birth” (2004 starring Nicole Kidman).

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