What's Your Favorite Music Video?
Music videos have been around for some time now, however, really started making a visual statement (as art) in their own right (apart from the song); probably in the late 1980's. This was when "basic" special effects (generated by computers) came along.Back then, (if you lived in Australia) you had to watch a show called "Countdown" (top of the pops format -on TV) to see your favorite musicians perform. In Australia, The ABC television station has a music video all night (weekends) TV show called "Rage" . In America it is MTV (or it was in the late eighties). Nowadays; of course, we have most music videos on youtube.
Anyway, you get the idea.
Blog open for each person to post their favorite music video/s.
(please post a maximum of 1 per comment). Comments are sought for each music video - Why do you like it? What makes it special?
To kick things off, I'll post a few of my favs. (there's really too many, to choose from)...
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Ok, into the Brit pop now.....
"As Far As "Music Videos" Go?"
"I Hardly Ever Watch Them"...."I'm More Interested In The Song Itself"
"But...If I Had To Choose?"
"I'd Take"
1..."Eve Of Destruction"....."Barry McGuire"
2)..."Run Through The Jungle"..."Creedence Clearwater Revival"
3) ..."Fortunate Son".............................("Ditto")
4)..."Sky Pilot"........................................."The Animals
And For The "Marines",......The "Army" (That I Was In)...The Navy,.... And..... The "Air Forces" Song That We All Considered The Vietnam Service Members...Most Beloved Song Of Them All?"
5)... "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place".......( "The Animals")............
A bit more, classic Brit Pop, for you all.....
All of you out there, please feel free to add, to this blog....
nam, just before I go....
A bit of lesser known Australiana from the 80's
(Also, does an excellent version of "Eve of Destruction")
Another excellent example of Aussie indie stuff, from the 80's
The "doo, doo, doo, doo...dah dah dah dah", bit (at the end of the song)
For the guitarists out there, the ending is the chords: G, Em, G, Em, G, Em....(fade)..
(pretty cool, right?)......
Full marks, for this Banksy (esque) music video...
Of course any good music list would be incomplete without this classic.....
A bit of an insight, into FBS mixes music (and gets away with copy right by using <10% of any one given track). A bit of an insight, into the DJ ing, and mixing process, generally)...
This vid, just about sums up my feelings about religion....
(Be careful how you train your monkeys)!
feel free to add to the list, folks.......
Sure computers may well have been involved; but exactly how is it done?
A bit more iconic 80's Aussie stuff y'all.........
....and a bit more from the same era...
This is another classic, from that era....RIP Marc Hunter....
Last but not least..., a truly Great Song. Some people rubbish the '80's but it had some great music....if you know where to look....
See what I mean?....
One of the most famous Aussie songs ever!
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