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I can't believe that I forgot the awesomeness that is Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf."  If you can't enjoy that one, then you're dead inside.

I feel a little bad that we don't have any country music suggestions yet.  To be honest, while I know some country songs, I'm not at all conversant with the videos--though I remember Garth Brooks having an unintentionally funny over-the-top one about spousal abuse. I seem to recall a bad moustache.

And speaking of over-the-top, I'd like to submit Guns N' Roses "November Rain."  I can't name many other videos that have sparked as much perplexed dorm room discussion.  (Why does he jump through the cake just because it starts to rain?  Why did Stepahnie Seymour die?)  Not to mention the fact that it spawned a million fruitless internet searches for "Without You" by Del James.

 


Comments

Snickers

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:49:31

You want to know over the top? Check out the new video for Weezer's Pork and Beans on YouTube. That's definitely over the top.

 

annearchy

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:13:25

I will unpack the significance once I'm done writing this proposal. usually I need a glass of wine to warm up properly.

 

Gator6C

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:18:07

Couple that I forgot:

White Strips - Fell in Love with a Girl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDi67G0Siw

Bone - Crossroads
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMYAEHE2GrM

 

Snickers

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:31:06

Good call on the White Stripes vid. They always put out something good.

 

nac

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:13:44

I feel like I must defend country music. I am a true country music fan and have actually seen Garth in concert. However the music does not necesarily lend itself to "high concept" music videos. This is not to say there aren't some great ones. The music is mostly personal or of the storytelling nature, which dictates the type of video. Country music vidoes are very rarely smug, confusing or "important".

 



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