Best/Worst/Weirdest/Funniest/Craziest Music Video Thread

[Drtooth]

You know, I noticed a lot of music videos that Beavis and Butthead mock deserve it. I can remember one concert video... can't remember the name of the song... but it was like "AH GAVE MUH HEAAARRRRRRRRRT an' SOUL TO YOUUUUU!" And they basically just mocked the audience and how fat and slow the song sounded. Then there was one that was "People are still Having Sex and Nothing Seems to Stop Them" which had such terrible Eurotrash faux artsy fartsy visuals to go along with the Eurotrash faux artsy fartsy music.

I actually kinda wanna see that one.

 

[beau]

Live's video for "I Alone" is odd in every sense of the word.

The song itself is a bit religious in nature so I won't get into it, but in the video, it's basically the band's singer, Ed, acting like a total spazoid up close in the camera while the band plays the song in the background.

 

[dwmckim]

Two for "Best": Little Bird by Annie Lennox. Not only did being preganant not stop Annie from turning in a fun performance herself channeling her inner Liza Minelli but also featured eight Annie impersonators each adopting a different look from one of her videos (some male, some female) most of whom look pretty darn close (My vote for "winner" goes to Beethoven Housewife Annie)

"I Don't Care" by Shakespear's Sister. This was the video that had the unenviable task of following the classic "Stay" video. But it didn't disappoint. Not only was it lots of campy fun but also was very eerily prophetic in displaying what would later become a rather accurate representation of the rift between Siobhan and Marcella.

Two for worst: "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher. Cher dearie, Rule #1 of making a music video is to remember to put on your pants before filming. Rule #2: If you manage to forget Rule #1, make sure the title of the video isn't "If I Could Turn Back Time" or you're just opening yourself up to way too many obvious jokes.

"True Blue" by Madonna. No, not the real video - that was wonderful. But the American MTV had a "Make My Video" contest where they had viewers make their own video for True Blue. Not only was the winning video pretty bad but it also meant that it would be the one played on MTV and anyone who wanted to see the real far superior video had to tune in to a rival video show like Friday Night Videos or Night Tracks.

One for Funniest: "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" by Julie Brown. Exhibit A as to why she is one of the Coolest People in the Universe.

One for Craziest: The Beloved's "Your Love Takes Me Higher" remix. The band released a videotape compilation of the videos from their Happiness album. At the very end of it, an uncredited on the package video comes up which is a remix dub version of Your Love Takes Me Higher with the visual being a soft porn video of Jon Marsh and his then girlfriend!

 

[AquaGGR]

This music video is pretty fun. Too bad most of the comments on this vid are about the drummer for Blink-182 being in it.

 

[AquaGGR]

Just had to bump this thread, because I've found what is probably one of my now favorite music videos. Four or so minutes of pure awesomeness, in both the song and the glorious hand-drawn animation.

Sigh, I wish cinematic 2D animation like this was still being done as much as it was in the past.