Monday, February 18, 2013

Ten Music Videos featuring Statues

1. Janet Jackson - "The Pleasure Principle" 1986  *At first I was going to put this under Fierce Solo Dancing or Birds or even Dancing With Chairs; the statues won. All hail Queen Janet!



2. Drake - "Marvins Room" 2011  *This is a great late night headphone song, the album version is much longer. Drake's Take Care album made me like him even though he is affiliated with Lil Wayne.



3. Starship - "We Built This City" 1985  *This video has some intense 80s green screen action.



4. Madonna - "Vogue" 1990  *Small cat statues are so vogue. There is (or was) a whole Vogue dance scene in New York that started in New York before Madonna brought it to the mainstream.



5. Johnny Cash - "Hurt" 2002  *This video combines old footage with new Nine Inch Nails-type scenes to pay tribute to the song he is covering. The still life shots in the beginning remind me of the NIN "Closer" video.



6. The Pretenders - "Back On The Chain Gang" 1982  *I think Chrissie Hynde is the supervisor of the chain gang.



7. Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" 1990  *Oh come on, you know you liked it.



8. Special Ed - "I Got It Made" 1989  *This video is all about the 1989 dance moves. There is also great use of props from 1:46-1:54.



9. The Moody Blues - "Nights In White Satin" 1967  *A pre-MTV music video, it's all very civilized.



10. Cutta Chase - "Vanish" 2013  *I either love this song or I love that it is a British dude rapping over a good beat, it's hard to say.

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