This song launched the animated band. The video helped with its anime roots. Both were very new and different. So is the Gorillaz web site.
Directed by comic book artist Jamie Hewlett and animator Pete Candeland in 2001. Hewlett was co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz and the comic strip Tank Girl and co-creator of the band directing all their videos. In 2006 Hewlett’s artwork for Gorillaz was nominated for the Design Museum’s ‘Designer of the Year’ award and Hewlett was named the Designer of the Year.
Gorgeous rich saturated colors and great cinematic lighting. Also, liked keeping the story from the child’s perspective including the Charlie Brown-esqe technique of keeping his mother’s head off frame.
Directed buy Chris Milk, 2004. Milk has directed videos for U2, Green Day, Kanye West, Courtney Love, Audioslave and Gnarls Barkley. He also has directed several television commercials including one for Nintendo.
Very playful experimental video that raised the expectations of music video making. Not all the special effect hold up against today’s digital cgi world - but don’t forget this was 1986 and while the techniques used in the video were not breakthroughs they were used to deliver something very fresh and entertaining.
Directed by Stephen R. Johnson who has directed 10 videos in all, another Peter Gabriel video 1192 “Steam” should make this list just for the laughing towel-clad girls that slide back and forth on a bench of tilting steam room.
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”
Fun to watch - the creative visual approach offers good synergy with the edgy staccato of the 2003 song.
Directed by Michel Gondry is a French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial and music video director. He began his career as a filmmaker began with creating music videos for the French pop group Oui Oui, in which he also served as a drummer. His film “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” won critical acclaim and showed his flair for inventive visual style.
Talking Heads frontman and songwriter David Byrne not only stars in this riveting 1980 video, but he also directed with help from Toni Basil of “Mickey” fame. In 2002, Talking Heads was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Four of the band’s albums appeared on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Great song - and the last thing you would think of for the music video is Moulin Rouge-esque costumes and set design and a supporting role by b-movie legend Eric Roberts, but it works.
Directed by Sophie Muller in 2004. Muller has directed over a hundred music videos and has had long collaborating partnerships with No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Annie Lennox, Garbage and others. Click here for other videos by Sophie Mueller
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
This site is intended to showcase the Best Music Videos from across the decades and spans all musical genres of the video age from rock to alternative to rap to reggae to R & B to Pop. Its part appreciation of the music and part appreciation of the cinematic qualities of the music video artform.
