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The Yo La Tengo video for Sugarcube stands out in my mind
what the fuck did they just hire mr show to direct a music video?
It's definitely ONE of my favorites, but I'm having trouble choosing just one.
i have three different things that call into question the idea of 'what counts as a music video'
i definitely think of dye fantasy
and maybe something by lolligerjoj
idk does that count? what about uhhh jousis' latest video, the last of a series that increasingly seems like an excuse to post his music covers (which i'm fully here for let's be clear)
what about tyler jihaku, one of the highest effort AMVs ever made, old enough to vote in the upcoming election?
ok that's all for now sorry
the music video for Madonna's Ray of Light is absolutely hilarious. once spent a full hour laughing at it with a friend
serious flashing lights/photosensitivity warning for the link--for me it's gotta be Charli XCX's Forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbJE-KVZvTA
one of my favorite montages of all time, i think. feels like magic to me
Thought about this for a bit and I think I still have to go with Roni Size Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwI0gbGEyuI
As far as I can tell, in this video Roni Size breaks the universe so he can get to Pearson International Airport on time
I am a sucker for avicii's Silhouettes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VJBBUqr1wM, just for what it meant to me as a teenager. The way the rhythm of the alarms gets layered on the music, the abstract and obfuscating cuts that all lead to contextualising the song as a trans party girl anthem. It's got a bit of a Trans Surgeries Shock Value to it but not in a negative light. The song celebrates growth and change, and the video centres a trans woman in that.
Salt by Bad Suns stands out to me because if the lyrics didn't make the fact this song is about a trans person obvious to you, the music video sure will. The staging of it all is just really good, there's no way the video is actually all in one cut but it's at least framed like it is
hard to pick a favorite, but I've been known to drop New Lands on the VRChat group just to see what happens.
Porter Robinson+Madeon's Shelter.
Weeby, but makes me sad in a good way.
https://youtu.be/fzQ6gRAEoy0?si=1xS_PMZ5O7sOZ10D
I love the video to Röyksopp's "Remind Me", though getting a good version has some issues. It's a video of highly detailed diagrams released before high-quality streaming video so most available versions are a bit flawed in some way. this version seems the least-worst in that it replaces 240p youtube artefacts with "upscaling" artefacts. Choose your poison.
Also stretching the definition of "music video" there's The TV Show - I think the song was pretty much composed for the video from what I can tell but i'm still going to post it because I love it