The body is dead, the spirit lives. So, why can't it dance? Behold a most morbid concept with a most uplifting sentiment in this latest from director Hiro Murai...
Don't adjust that dial... This is lo-fi VCR fuzz-frenzy starrring an even indier Frank Sidebottom character. (How indie? The video was directed by Toro Y Moi's Jordan Blackmon and starring bandmate Patrick Jeffords.)
They have Madonna "Vogue" at #1, which is hard to argue with, although I would argue that "Express Yourself" is better.
Worst?
Loverboy "Love Will Rise Again" which you will likely recognize as some Loverbody song other than "Working For The Weekend"
But most surprising here is how many of these videos weren't hits — we're talking lesser singles by various '80s acts like Eddie Money, The Hooters, Foreigner, Rick Springfield, and more Rick Springfield. It wasn't all super smash all-star artists #1 hits all the time. And he was seemingly very loyal to artists, coming back to work with several of them again again. For example, he not only directed the Gipsy Kings video for "Bamboleo" but he also directed another video for "Bamboleo" two years later.
So, check em all out... Chances are you've never seen them all, unless you are very '80s...
Tinashe and A$AP Rocky clearly have eyes for each other, but there's a veritable and vast landscape separating them... not to mention other lovers and, of course, the strippers. But, fear not: The love triangle gets resolved, even if it's a drastic and unexpected way, in this as what unfurls in this typically imaginative video directed by Jodeb.
It's an ultra-exclusive party, complete with silly dresscode, silly security and silly secrecy. And Mayer Hawthorne jumps through even hoop and makes the trek, all to realize that he's still mainly hanging with his own bad self.
Bo Burnham knows the secret of a hit pop song. Be vague, be catchy, repeat stuff, and obscure your darkest desires down lest they pop up and scare your audience. Bo could actually use some help on that last element — ie: the fingerbanging references should be masked at least a little bit, you shouldn't let your inner devil voice take over, and tearing a heart out should always be metaphorical.
Okay. Part of me here thinks that, after his girlfriend was killed, Adam Levine's character lost his sanity and developed a taste for blood. When he sees the object of his latest desire —played by real-life wife Behati Prinsloo — on the job, he develops an unhealthy obsession that he can't wait to enact in reality.
Another part of me thinks that Adam's studied a lot of Criminal Minds episodes and may wish to be a serial killer in his next big film role; This could be considered his audition.
Whatever the case, Adam's having a grand old time in that meat locker. It's worth a few clicks. And Bayer probably loves the opening credits to Se7en as much as you do.
Weezer skip the shack and go to the moon in this kickass performance video that may violate the laws of science that Neil deGrasse Tyson holds dear, but also knows that you should never let gravity (or the lack thereof) get in the way of rocking...
Welcome to the future, where everything is tracked and recorded and totally controlled. And your daily dose gets higher and higher, leading to the key question: Is the man in this video OD'ing on those control pills, or is there no amount of medication to keep a rational person from noticing that the world is breaking down.
No place is safe from the 2014 Booty craze... not even a video for math metallers Mastodon. Things start with a fantasy vibe — think Game Of Thrones meets Caligula — but eventually segues into full twerkdom.
Of course, the interesting twist here is that this used to NOT be an ironic thing to feature in a hard rock video...
This animated short for iconoclastic newcomer Jon Bellion starts as a child's nightmare, but soon grows into an uplifting tale as he learns to illuminate his surroundings.
