Ten Music Videos with Product Placement

1. DJ Shadow + Cut Chemist - "Product Placement" 2001  *These two the kings of Product Placement. Like their Brainfreeze album, Product Placement is a mix of all 45s, this one is made up of old commercials and jingles.




2. Zuke Saga x J'Von - "Meltdpzza" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC) These guys amaze me and not just because they burned McDonald's products in their video.




3. The Rolling Stones - "Waiting On A Friend" 1981  I love that this video exists, there's a Miller Lite in it...and some tight white pants. This is from an era when they were still cool.




4. Got A Girl - "Did We Live Too Fast" 2014  This video from the Dan The Automator side project, Got A Girl, has ads for third eye surgery. It's perfectly weird, kind of reminds me (in the best way) of his album with Lovage, Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By.




5. OCnotes - "Fish + Chips" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC) OCnotes with the Proctor Silex Toaster, the Mystery Coke machine, Pike Place Market, and a magic microwave.




6. Prof - "Gampo" 2012  In this video for my favorite Prof song, he pays tribute to Jameson and PBR. There's also a miniature giraffe and some chocolates.




7. Def Dee - "C'mon Now" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC)  This video is like a commercial for Seattle and it has a Coca Cola machine at the beginning.




8. SZA - "Julia/(Tender)" 2014  Wishing that SZA hadn't played in Seattle the same night as Mos Def and DJ Shadow + Cut Chemist. I made a great choice with Shadow and Cut Chemist's Renegades Of Rhythm Tour but I would have loved to have seen SZA. Due to the Beats headphones in the sand, this may actually be a really good commercial.




10. Quasimoto - "Catchin' The Vibe" 2014  This has cans of Karhu (a Finnish beer) as product placement. Plus this dude is slanging his product from a shopping cart. All hail Lord Quas. I would love to see Madlib back in Seattle someday soon, maybe the Madvillainy 2 tour?

Four Great Handsome Boy Modeling School Songs

This first video shows you what Handsome Boy Modeling School can do for you.

 

1. Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. feat. Roisin of Moloko and J-Live - "The Truth" 1999

2. Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Cat Power - "I've Been Thinking" 2004 

3. Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Grand Puba and Sadat X - "Once Again" 1999

4. Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Kid Koala - "The Runway Song" 1999

Dan The Automator

I kind of freaked out in the best way when I noticed this Dan the Automator beer. It even says Deltron 3030 on the side.

I was also pleased to see that a new Deltron 3030 (Del The Funky Homosapien, Kid Koala, Dan The Automator) song has been released from the upcoming sequel called Event II.

 

Here is an old favorite Automator/Lovage song "Everyone Has A Summer" from Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By.

 



 

Seven Music Videos featuring The Eiffel Tower

1. A$AP Rocky - "Goldie (Explicit)" 2012  *This is the only A$AP song that I really like, even though it is about nothing. I'm not sure why I like it, it contains so many things that are truly ridiculous.

2. Berlin - "Metro" 1982  *Hats with side ponytails.

3. Maxi Priest - "Wild World" 1989  *They found a low-budget way to show how he travels the wild world.

4. Kendrick Lamar - "Backseat Freestyle" 2013  *It's kind of funny how he just stands there when the girl is bouncing her booty around. I love Kendrick but this has never been one of my favorite songs.

5. STS - "Dripping In Gold" 2013  *I don't like this song, I just wanted to put it on here because of the Separated At Birth thing that he has going with Nacho Picasso.

STS

 Nacho Picasso



6. DJ Cam feat. Anggun - "Summer In Paris" 2001  *This song is a little to dancey for me.

7. Air - "Le Soleil Est Près De Moi" 1997  *This song is pretty great, however, I rarely listen to the album version. I LOVE the Dan The Automator version found on this album but not on YouTube.

Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. De La Soul

Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. De La Soul and Starchild Excalibur "If It Wasn't For You" 2004

 

 

It really isn't surprising that this song is so great because of the amazing artists involved with the song. It's a feel-good perky jam. The introduction definitely makes you want to listen to the rest of the song, "because it's about you".

 

 

Prince Paul and Dan The Automator (Two of my favorite producers)



and De La Soul in the same song. Dang.

Thank you for making music gentlemen.

Bombay The Hard Way

This is a project instigated by Dan The Automator in which he remixes the music from Kalyanji and Anandji who make soundtracks for Bollywood movies (among other things I'm sure). Bombay The Hard Way (1998) is the first part of this project. DJ Shadow played a small part in this project also (small drum sample). My favorite song from this album is "Punjabis, Pimps, and Players" which is difficult to find on YouTube. My second favorite is "Satchidananda".

and third favorite is "My Guru".

The second album in this two-album series is called Bombay 2:Electric Vindaloo (2001). I just found this on vinyl a few weeks ago and have been overplaying "Third World Lover" which is by Kid Koala and Dynomite D.

 

*These two records are some of my most prized possessions (along with all of my other vinyl and my car). Dan The Automator is one of my favorite musicians. You can link to some of his other music on the right side of the screen.

Ten Music Videos featuring Special Effects

1. The Escape Club - "Wild Wild West" 1988




2. Stalley - "Go On" 2011




3. Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Del the Funky Homosapien, Barrington Levy, and Alex Kapranos- "The World's Gone Mad" 2005




4. Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn - "Protection" 1995




5. Groove Theory - "Tell Me" 1995




6. Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" 1986




7. Floetry - "Floetic" 2002




8. The White Stripes - "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" 2002




9. Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime" 1981



10. Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man" 1989  Stretching Heads @ 0:44.

Dan The Automator & Kool Keith

"It's Over Now"

From Dan The Automator's 2000 release A Much Better Tomorrow. It's almost too smooth.

 

1/16/13 UPDATE: Dan The Automator has a new project titled "Pillowfight", which is available to stream on his Soundcloud page and on the Pigeons and Planes blog.

 

 

 

If you like Dan The Automator you can find out more on this previous blog post.

Dan the Automator

Among many other things, these are some of my favorite Automator projects.





These are some cool Automator videos.







Never underestimate the power of the instrumental. These are awesome!