Posts Tagged ‘michel-gondry’
This week: Dancing in the street
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
Classic Michel Gondry. I wish I knew how to do half of the things he does in his music videos and movies.
Björk - It’s Oh So Quiet
Another classic, this one from Spike Jonze. My favorite Björk song and one of my favorite Spike Jonze videos. I’ve never seen a song interpreted so perfectly.
RJD2 - Work It Out
The guy in the video is Bill Shannon, who was born with a degenerative hip condition that prevents him from being able to support his own weight. I’ll take any excuse I can to post an Rjd2 track. He’s one of the most amazing DJs around today.
Tags: Bill-Shannon, Bjork, Favorite Video Friday, Kylie-Minogue, michel-gondry, Music-Videos, RJD2, spike-jonze
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This week: Crazy-cool animation
Royksopp - Remind Me
I still can’t help being reminded of that Geico commercial everytime I hear this song, but the video is too cool to pass up. Airplane emergency guides are always good sources of entertainment.
Jason Forrest - War Photographer
There are few things cooler than vikings, especially when animated Samurai Jack style … and counter-attacking with a marching band? Brilliant!
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
Michel Gondry may or may not have inspired this video, but using nothing but dice to animate a video is still crazy-cool.
Tags: Favorite Video Friday, fujiya-&-miyagi, geico, jason-forrest, michel-gondry, Music-Videos, royksopp, samurai-jack
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This week: Hip-Hop period pieces.
Lucas - Lucas With the Lid Off
This video was done in one continuous shot by the magician, Michel Gondry. Gotta love the old-timey jazz vibe.
Outkast - Ms. Jackson
Classic song. Gotta love the strange stormy interlude.
Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
Best. Video. Of the year. This post was just a lame excuse to show this video. Wow. Just wow.
Tags: Favorite Video Friday, hip-hop, lucas-with-the-lid-off, michel-gondry, Music-Videos, outkast, snoop-dogg
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This week I will be featuring the old school rockers, Foo Fighters. I have long held the theory that Dave Grohl was, is, and will be the savior of Rock music. From drumming Nirvana into the annals of history, to his Heavy Metal side project, Probot (warning, heavy metal video, not suitable for all viewers), to stepping in on drums for Queens of the Stone Age for one album, to his Hellish performance on drums for Tenacious D (yes, that is Grohl in the demon costume), Grohl is constantly promoting the good name of Rock, and in my opinion, almost singlehandedly keeping it alive.
I saw Foo Fighters honor Queen at VH1’s first Rock Honors, where they performed the greatest cover of “Tie Your Mother Down” I’ve ever heard, then went on to accompany the remaining members of Queen along with Paul Rodgers on “We Will Rock You” using 3 drum kits. Foo Fighters’ drummer on one, Dave Grohl on another, and Roger Taylor on the last. They were the highlight of the evening (Not the exact performance, but you get the idea).
Everlong
I’ll start off with some more Michel Gondry goodness. I had to analyze this video for my film theory class in college. Can you say, best final ever?
Big Me
Genius. Pure Genius.
The Pretender
It’s 2007 and they still rock as hard as they did over 10 years ago. And can Universal please take a hint from RCA and allow their Official YouTube videos to be embeddable. Ridiculous.
Tags: dave-grohl, Favorite Video Friday, foo-fighters, michel-gondry, Music-Videos, nirvana, paul-rodgers, probot, queen, queens-of-the-stone-age, rock-honors, tenacious-d
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Well, it’s not technically Friday, but I’m keeping the title for the sake of alliteration. This week I’m going to tribute the videos of The White Stripes. Say what you want about them, but Jack White is an amazing musician and whether you like the music or not, their videos are always amazing. Michel Gondry did most of them. He is a music video god. They started off with the classic “Lego” video, but everyone’s seen that and they’ve raised the bar so much higher with each video that it seems silly to post that here, so here you go, my 3 favorite White Stripes videos:
Hardest Button to Button
The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button
Simple, contagious, and even parodied by The Simpsons. Gondry epitomizes the White Stripes in this video.
The Denial Twist
The White Stripes - The Denial Twist
White Stripes + Conan O’Brien + Wacky 2D + Michel Gondry = Video Gold.
Seven Nation Army
the white stripes - seven nation army
This video is hypnotic. It’s not directed by Gondry, but it is my favorite song by the White Stripes. Love that beat and the guitar riff just infects you. If you like the song and you don’t hate music, check out Audioslave’s cover. It doesn’t get any better.
I could stare at the images in this video for hours on end. It’s like a kaleidoscope. I miss kaleidoscopes. Those were simpler times.
Tags: audioslave, conan-obrien, Favorite Video Friday, jack-white, lego, michel-gondry, Music-Videos, simpsons, white-stripes
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