Ten Music Videos With Literary References

1. Tom Petty - "Don't Come Around Here No More" 1985 (Alice In Wonderland)  *This is one of the best music videos ever.

2. De La Soul feat. Redman - "Oooh" 2000 (The Wizard of Oz)  *Redman is the Wizard of Oooh.

3. Slick Rick - "Children's Story" 1988 (Alice in Wonderland statue)  *Classic.

4. Peaches - "Billionaire" 2010 (The Wizard of Oz)  *This one is a little dirty, so watch out for that.

5. OCnotes - "All I Really Had Was The Jazz" 2008 (The Three Little Pigs)  *This guy makes incredible music.

6. Snap - "Mary Had A Little Boy" 1990 (Mary Had A Little Lamb)  *I had this on cassette single. It looks like this video was just low-budget enough to not have a heater.

7. AlunaGeorge - "Attracting Flies" 2013  *Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, The Princess And The Pea, and Sleeping Beauty. This song is pretty great.

8. Jake Emlyn - "The Wonka Hath Landed" 2013  *This isn't really that cool, it is definitely an interesting oddity. Not only does it reference Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka character, it also referenced Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange through the makeup the artist is wearing. I found this on the Pigeons and Planes blog.

9. Gensu Dean feat. David Banner - "Alice In Wonderland" 2012  *This video is so crazy that I had to include it. They definitely went all out for the video. I would never just listen to this song, it needs the video.

10. OCnotes - "Jungle Book Remix" 2008 (The Jungle Book)  *OCnotes is one of the Seattle music scene's greatest assets.

 

Ten Music Videos featuring Maps, Globes or Earth

1. Kid Koala - "8 Bit Blues (Chicago to LA to NY)" 2012  *Kid Koala went all out on the tour for this album, they even had puppets. This cd came with a folding paper turntable that was intended to actually work, it might, I just never folded it.

2. Azealia Banks - "1991" 2012  *This is what I was hoping all of her music would sound like, not all of it is this good. This is my second favorite of her songs, "212" is still my favorite.

3. Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over" 1986  *This is a Where's Waldo style globe. Many dishes were harmed in the making of this video.

4. Snap - "Rhythm Is A Dancer" 1992  *This song puts us back into cassette single territory.

5. Anika - "Yang Yang" 2010  *I don't like this song that much, but, the video is interesting and I can't hate on someone for making music; unless it really sucks of course. She may be the only lady on Stones Throw Records.

6. The Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy and Mase - "Mo Money Mo Problems" 1997  *Now that they have mo money, they have to start worrying about their golf game.

7. R.E.M. - "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" 1987  *Now I know that the end of your world is where all the good stuff happens.

8. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" 1998  *This video was a mega-production.

9. A Tribe Called Quest - "Find A Way" 1998  *Produced by J Dilla (that means it's good). Q-Tip shows us how to do the rapper walk.

10. Slum Village feat. Kanye West and John Legend - "Selfish" 2004  *This video is about auditioning video girls. This is from when Slum Village consisted only T3 and Elzhi.

Ten Music Videos With Blue Lighting

Here's all the Blue Lighting Music Videos on a YouTube playlist. #YouTubeNchill


1. Pebbles - "Girlfriend" 1987  *This and "Mercedes Boy" were her two greatest songs. She had others but she was basicly a two hit wonder.




2. Snap - "I've Got The Power" 1990  *This song calls for extreme dance moves.




3. Tricky feat. Francesca Belmonte - "Does It" 2013  *Tricky is still cool. He just hasn't been the same since Maxinquaye, which remains a masterpiece.

4. Crystal Waters - "100% Pure Love" 1994  *This video also contains a rodent.




5. Shaggy - "Boombastic" 1995  *I still like this song.




6. East Coast Family - "1-4-All-4-1" 1992  *"Yo, my name is Fruit Punch, but I don't get out much. So here's a phat jiggy video, by the Biv 10 bunch." -Fruit Punch of the Michael Bivens empire

7. P.M. Dawn - "Looking Through Patient Eyes" 1993  *I may be the only one wondering if "patient eyes" equals black lace. This song is still great.

8. Talvin Singh - "Jaan" 1997  *I was really into this album when it came out in 1997, I would likely never had heard of it had I not been working at Tower Records at the time.

9. En Vogue - "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" 1992  *These ladies are awesome.

10. Toni Braxton - "You're Making Me High" 1996  *Toni and her famous actress friends play a card game rating hot dudes who show up in an elevator.

*Blue lighting seems to be mostly a 1990s thing.