Carson’s last stand: Dan finishes out the week

Posted by Dan November 14th, 2008 at 12:10pm In Music Videos

Now that everyone’s finished contributing their music videos, the gang has left me to bat clean-up (<– sports reference!).

For the record, though, I do remember watching Total Request Live and even kinda-sorta having an investment who won. Hell, I remember Dial MTV — the no-frills precursor to TRL (which was probably followed by a nice game of Remote Control). But those were the glory days. The times before they devoted the shows to children giving testimonials to the artists and screaming over the music.

Kids today.

Meanwhile, my videos. There’s really no rhyme or reason to this — some of it is nostalgia-driven, some of it is stuff I just thought was cool.

Radiohead – Just

This video sticks with me as one of my all-time favorites. I like a good narrative in a music video. Plus, when this came out I thought the ending was really compelling. I won’t ruin it for you if you haven’t seen it, but teenage Dan was really into it.

God Lives Underwater – From Your Mouth

This is awesome! The song is good, but just watching this dude eat stuff in reverse is endlessly watchable. Much like how Ina Garten can just cut vegetables all day and I am glued to my television.

The White Stripes – Fell in Love With a Girl

This video is just insane. I mean, really. The entire thing is lego animation. Watching it makes you wonder how miserable and frustrating it must have been to construct the whole thing, even for a song that is less than two minutes long.

Bjork – It’s Oh So Quiet

Bjork’s an effing weirdo, but this video is impossible to not love. I feel like since this video came out, lots of people started wishing that their lives would start operating like this. The lady at Starbucks would gracefully toss you your muffin (achieving a wonderful arc) and the traffic cop would suddenly grab your feet and help you do a backflip. Sadly, that rarely happens.

While I’m at it, here’s the video for Joga (cool video, but the song is amazing).

R. Kelly – Trapped in the Closet

R. Kelly is a fucking genius and you need to recognize that. His multiple-video series (or hip-hopera) Trapped in the Closet is a must-see. Every single video.  Here’s just the first, but you have to keep watching until the midget shows up in a subsequent one.