Its pages are filled instead with a tale of high-peaking fame and faded glory, not to mention appearances from several big names, Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway being the biggest. The feel-good storybook ending “Into the Great Wide Open” does not have.
Guest spots include fellow Native Tongues member Q-Tip, who supplies the first verse, and Vinia Mojica, who contributes that great hook. There are few music videos so contagiously fun, and that’s coming from someone who has only ever roller skated maybe twice tops. “A ROLLER SKATING JAM NAMED ‘SATURDAYS'” (1991)
Years before Se7en, Fight Club or any other feature-length films of his hit the silver screen, David Fincher directed this noir-esque video for “Janie’s Got a Gun,” shining a flashlight on retribution inflicted upon a girl’s preying father. Those quick camera cuts and the propulsive adjoining music, featuring a killer piano solo by Jools Holland, come together to form one of the most energizing videos you could ask for. Postscript: as long as we’re in the realm of Genesis, I might as well acknowledge “Land of Confusion,” which came out the same year, for its very well-made and similarly strange video. This video used to freak me out when I was but a wee lad, and come to mention it, it’s still a little creepy, but there’s no denying the creativity and skill involved as far as animation and stop motion goes. Get used to all the spinning and sooner or later you’ll likely come to accept this as a definitive, unforgettable remnant of the 1980s, but you can see it as you want to see it. Not too far behind in familiarity is the oft-repeated joke that the singer looks a bit sketchy.Īlbum: The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) To this very day, the Purple Rose of Cairo-inverting video for “Take On Me” is just as well known as the song’s vocal high notes. Speaking for the song alone, it’s got a bass line that refuses to quit and, tacked in the middle, the smoothest of saxophone solos. This video could be seen as a little corny in places, a relic of the ’80s some might claim, but hey, I still like it. For now, just enjoy as Falco glides in front of a green screen without even a smidgen of inhibition. I’m not sure how commonplace it is for cops in Austria to wait until you’re done singing a song to arrest you, but that’s something to research another day. Below is a grouping of 20 music videos, out of many, that I’d say are well worth the watch.Įncapsulating a whole lot from the 20th century through the usage of stock footage, this one brings to mind some of the fan-made videos you might see that combine disparate clips into something cohesive and, if done a certain way, strangely beautiful. Though not yet tried for killing the radio star, the music video has been used over time to put across interesting visual concepts and impart underlying layers that deepen a song’s meaning.