Fatboy Slim made some great videos. “Sunset Bird” is a powerful video that begins with LBJ’s famous mushroom cloud commercial. Most of the rest of the video is footage of a fighter pilot flying around, but it’s really a lot cooler than I make it sound.
“Push the Tempo” is a bizarre video featuring a cassette tape that makes people lose control of their limbs.
“Right Here, Right Now” is a fantastic video that compresses the evolution of man into 3 and a half minutes.
Or how about “Gangsta Trippin’?” Three full minutes of crap getting blown up. Can’t beat that!
On to non-Fatboy stuff:
For some reason, I love the video for Kraftwerk’s “The Robots.” If you ever figure out why, please let me know.
“Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails is another favorite. Haunting black and white images make the song seem so much more powerful.
“Are We Here” by Orbital presents a splendid contrast between the sheer dullness of a laundromat and the awe-inspiring beauty of nature.
Or how about Radiohead’s “Just,” which spawned god-knows-how-many “what was that guy saying at the end?” threads on message boards around the world?
Another good one from Radiohead that doesn’t get played too often is “Motion Picture Soundtrack (Extended version).” It features some very trippy computer animation.
If you hated both Bush and Gore in the last election, Rage Against the Machine’s “Tesify” is the video for you. Michael Moore directed it. It presents many not-so-contrasting pictures of the two candidates.
“Refuse/Resist” by Sepultura. Power with a capitol “P.”
“Persistance of Memory” by Afro-Celt Sound System. A beautiful journey around the world.
It’s really too bad that most videos aren’t made widely available for purchase. I had to use P2P, Usenet, and IRC to find most of the videos in my list.
And they got to smash up a car in the process.