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Monday Morning Music Videos

Monday, August 29, 2005

Yeah, the VMA’s were tired–even Stereogum got bored. But what can one do? Here’s a start–a collection of some of the most interesting videos from the past 2 years–most animated, all downloadable:

Quasimoto-Bullyshit (James Reitano, dir.)

Marbles-Magic (Greg Gilpatrick, dir.)

Chemical Brothers-Galvanize (Adam Smith, dir.)

Guided by Voices-Back to the Lake (MK12, dir.)

The Shins-Pink Bullets (Adam Bizanski, dir.)

Interpol-Evil (Charlie White, dir.)

Dizzee Rascal-Dream (Dougal Wilson, dir.)

Lemon Jelly-Shouty Track (RealPlayer) (Airside, dir.)


And Mark Romanek, whose Directors Label DVD will be released next month, offered a list of some of his video faves to the New York Times. His comments on the Sam Beam directed video for “Naked as We Came”:

“Sam Beam, who records as Iron and Wine, is an example of someone who can speak in the medium of music as well as filmmaking. He has taught cinematography at a community college in Florida. This is a single take of a camera tracking laterally, across a lavishly set-up picnic table in golden late-afternoon sunlight. It passes by a fishbowl with goldfish floating dead in the water before moving onto the watermelon and fried chicken and other dishes, finally coming to the end of the table. As it journeys back across the table, you see that all the food has been eaten – the watermelon rind and the chicken bones are strewn about. And when the camera reaches the goldfish bowl, we see that the fish are alive. It suggests something about time and regeneration that is hard to articulate, and it perfectly resonates with the song without directly commenting on the lyrics.”

Dig the video here.

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