This last week, I continued the music video theme with a selection of videos from director, Spike Jonze. He’s another great music video director featured in the Directors Label DVD collection. In fact, all five of these videos can be found on his Directors Label DVD. Enjoy.
Beastie Boys – Sabotage: Such a fun video. It’s a great take-off/homage to the old cop shows of the 70’s and 80’s.
Wax – California: A mesmerizing slow-motion single-shot of a man running through the streets on fire.
Weezer – Buddy Holly: The first single off of Weezer’s self-titled “blue” album, this clever video seamlessly combines footage of the band and the TV show “Happy Days” to wonderful effect.
Bjork – It’s Oh So Quiet: I love the fun and whimsy in this video. There’s a wonderful play between the quiet, soft verses and the loud, musical dance-number chorus that only gets better when you add the video to it.
Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice: Who’s idea was it to feature Christopher Walken solo in a dance number for an entire music video? Brilliant.
dude, in this exploration of music videos there is an obvious omission. Where is Michael Jackson! MJ was the godfather of turning music videos into short films. Triller, beat it, billy jean, smooth criminal, the controversial Black or White, Bad, scream. Yes, he’s creepy, and in light of his creepiness some of these lose their affect but when they all came out they were revolutionary in the music video world. It is a grave injustice to ignore the creepy genius of MJ in the realm of Music Videos.