The lost art of the music video.

[QRanc]

The music video has been around for decades now. I would say it hit it's stride right around '90, and continued on until about 2005, or so. That's about the time "music stations" started getting away from showing videos in favour of reality and other programming. Not to say that videos aren't still made, and shown. Just that the only ones generally seen on television are the safe top 40 type. Not much in the way of "art" or "interesting" or "different" or whatever you want to call it. Bands are still making videos, and putting them on Youtube and Vevo. But, it's tough to stumble upon these unless you search for them specifically. Unlike the rose-tinted glass days of my youth, spent watching hours of videos a day, and seeing some great and unknown to me artists and videos.

Please post links to your favourite newer and current music videos that you wouldn't see on the countdown programs. Please only post if you really like the song AND the video.

I'll start with:
(both may be NSFW, depending on your workplace)
Thee Oh Sees: Lupine Dominus
and
Thee Oh Sees: Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster

 

[loopstick]

I hear you. For a while there was "The Cool TV" which you could get as an OTA side channel, but the network suddenly went TU. Here's my fave from the recent past, 2012:

Bear In Heaven - "Sinful Nature"

 

[QRanc]

What's with the croissant @ 4:50?

 

[Axe Elf]

This entire conversation begins and ends with OK Go.

This Too Shall Pass

The Writing's On The Wall

Here It Goes Again

End Love

WTF?

I Won't Let You Down

All Is Not Lost

Do What You Want

Needing/Getting

White Knuckles

Get Over It

Last Leaf

Invincible

Muppet Show Theme

 

[Phules]

Cant figure out the how to of posting videos

Was going to put on Blackfield - Jupiter video, always thought it was pretty cool

 

[QRanc]

Cant figure out the how to of posting videos

Was going to put on Blackfield - Jupiter video, always thought it was pretty cool

Here you go.

Very cool video.

 

[Phules]

Thanks for the help

 

[loopstick]

Thanks for the help

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

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[zebra03]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icHU5zB5fLM

Here is an oldie but goodie .

 

[zebra03]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wT6fkDg8k

Jethro Tull - The Story of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles - Original 1973 concert video

 

[vinyl1]

For those unfamiliar with the genre (like me!), the 30 top music videos of all time:

http://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/

According to Time Magazine, anyway.....

 

[QRanc]

I agree with a couple of those videos, but just a couple. I don't like live performance videos all that much. While the performance may be good and all, it's not what I want to see if I'm watching music videos. I'd much rather see something like this (QOTSA - Go with the flow)