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What are the greatest conceptual music videos ever made, and where can I download them?

  • What are the greatest conceptual music videos ever made, and where can I download them? So I'm listening to R.E.M. today, "Everybody Hurts," and I'm thinking about the wonderful video created for the song. You remember, the one where the band is stuck in traffic, and we read the "thought balloons" of everyone stuck in the same traffic jam, and at the crescendo of the song, everyone gets out of their cars and simply walks away. Brilliant little nugget of audio-visual goodness, really. I believe Spike Jonez directed it. So I ask you: What are the greatest conceptual music videos ever made? By conceptual, I mean videos that are more than just video recordings of the band performing the song, concert-style. I mean videos that appear to tell a story that may or may not be associated with the lyrics of the song itself. Bonus question: Where can I download these taste-treat sensations?

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    Check out the http://www.directorslabel.com/ of DVD's. The best video film-makers are represented with their best works. It is an awesome collection of the best out there. A personal favorite is the Bjork video by Chris Cunningham, "All is Full of Love". I even saw it as part of an art exhibit in the Telefonica art collection in Madrid.

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"Doesn't Remind Me" by Audioslave.

danwalker

Radiohead's Just will blow your mind. Look http://www.videocodezone.com/videos/r/radiohead/just.html!

knave

I was most blown away by the entirety of Daft Punk's Discovery being put to original anime in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstella_5555:_The_5tory_of_the_5ecret_5tar_5ystem. Without dialogue, the music and the visuals still manage to come together perfectly in terms of mood and what's going on in the plot. Throw in a (admittedly, heavy-handed) critique of the record industry, alien pop bands, an intergalactic rescue missions, and a great sense of humor, and you've got a classic!

themadjuggler

The most vivid memory of a video that blew me away was Peter Gabrielle - Sledgehammer. I agree with previous post re Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze and Chris Cunningham. Also think the Gorillaz stuff is good. The Warp vision DVD is good, has some interesting stuff including early vids (Such as Aphex Twin - On) directed by Javis Cocker.

richtea

I'm not sure this quite qualifies as conceptual, but since this thread has acquired an unofficial sub-heading of "tell us your favorite Michel Gondry video" I'll say "Fell in Love with a Girl" by White Stripes. I don't think I've ever been so taken by something I saw on TV (or computer actually) as that whole video rendered in LEGO. Every once in a while I'll see something so stunning, and surprising, and perfect that it makes me laugh out loud for joy. That video did that for me. I also bought the "White Blood Cells" CD on the strength of that song alone, and while I was disappointed that more of the songs weren't like (crunchy-punky), I fell in love with it nonetheless.

hwestiii

FWIW, my fave music video of 2005 was OK Go's "A Million Ways". It's not a "performance" in the typical sense, and has some good music-to-dance synchronization. http://www.okgo.net/video.asp (I saved it to a QuickTime .mov, but YMMV).

wackybrit

Ladytron - http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/?id=99f8e352-49e7-4d49-8acf-e5011b66b884&de=. (WMV link) Chemical Brothers - http://www.thechemicalbrothers.com/disco/videos/star/. (nothing special, until you notice the link between the audio and the video, Autechre's gantz graf video really takes this sort of thing to the next level, but is hard to find) Pharcyde - Drop (all filmed in reverse, so all the lipsynching is done is reverse)

subtle-t

Green Day, "Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life)" Blind Melon, "No Rain" Soul Asylum, "Runaway Train" and nth for A-ha "Take On Me"

DevilsAdvocate

Trans Am's 'Futureworld'. Thread can now be closed. (You can find it http://www.transband.com/videos.php)

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