# How was Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" video done? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761 "2003-09-15T17:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sqube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/1 "2003-09-15T17:58:50Z")
Like I said in the subject line… and what’s with all the bugs? And blood? And birds ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/2 "2003-09-15T18:09:19Z")
If this is the video that I’m thinking of - The set was on casters, as was the furniture. they had bolts going through the walls to hold (or not hold) the furniture in place, and a large group of grips (crew members) pushing the set back and forth around the soundstage. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/3 "2003-09-15T18:11:44Z")
oh, and the camera was attached to the set, so it would move with it. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/4 "2003-09-15T18:48:24Z")
I think the video was about the dangers of genetic testing/altering. ---
**Author:** ![NFlanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@NFlanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NFlanders)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/5 "2003-09-15T20:08:19Z")
I remember seeing the Pop-Up Video for it. As I recall, the blood was originally supposed to be like “The Shining” and come out of elevator doors in the back, but it malfunctioned and just kind of dribbled out. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/6 "2003-09-15T20:09:20Z")
The camera was attached to the walls, which were NOT attached to the floor. So as the floor moved around (or the walls, I forget which) the other appeared stationary. Similar technique was used in Royal Wedding to show Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling: camera affixed to set as it rotated. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/7 "2003-09-15T20:16:04Z")
I saw an interview with JK. IIRC, the floor stood still while the set was shunted around (as has been said). The camera was on a wall/false wall. Great vid. ---
**Author:** ![PRNYouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PRNYouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRNYouth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/8 "2003-09-15T22:38:54Z")
Just wanted to add that the floor was digitally “cleaned up” to remove footprints and scuff marks from the grips moving the set around. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/9 "2003-09-16T00:25:13Z")
not only have I never heard of this video, I have never heard of “Jamiroquai” either. I feel so out of touch 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/10 "2003-09-16T01:26:01Z")
Well, Opal, it _was_ sometime way back in the 90s… ---
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/11 "2003-09-16T01:26:57Z")
Is this, perchance, the same technique that was used in Lionel Riichie’s Dancing on the Ceiling? ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/12 "2003-09-16T01:27:16Z")
OpalCat, if I remember correctly Jamiroquai was a mid 90s artist that had one real hit and a few minor ones so you’re hardly out of touch this is just a late question. As for the meaning of the video/song it was about the surface of earth becoming uninhabitable (I don’t remember why. Environmental catastrophe maybe?) and we’re all forced underground to live while going insane. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/13 "2003-09-16T01:32:50Z")
One joke I heard was “‘Jamiroquai’ is French for ‘sounds like Stevie Wonder’.” ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/14 "2003-09-16T11:02:55Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Darkhold_ > OpalCat, > > if I remember correctly Jamiroquai was a mid 90s artist that had one real hit and a few minor ones so you’re hardly out of touch this is just a late question. I can’t remember how many hits he had, but he was/is still a fairly popular album artist. His most recent album came out in 2001 and was pretty big. I don’t think it’s reasonable to paint him as a minor artist. ---
**Author:** ![that.sound.again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@that.sound.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that.sound.again)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/15 "2003-09-16T12:33:54Z")
**gex** , the common mistake of referring to Jamiroquai as ‘him’, is just that, a mistake. It’s a band. The lead singer is called J K. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/16 "2003-09-16T12:43:02Z")
**gex** - your perspective may be for outside the U.S. - I can’t remember where you hail from. Within the U.S., it is a matter of opinion, but **Darkhold** ’s POV is reasonable. They had the one hit and aren’t really on the radar anymore… And, of course, **that.sound.again** is right about band vs. singer… ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/17 "2003-09-16T12:43:18Z")
Thank you, gex gex. Jamiroquai is one of my favorite bands. I’ll buy a Jamiroquai CD without even hearing one track from it first (say, what is the auditory equivalent of sight unseen, anyway?). There is no other band that gets that distinction. ---
**Author:** ![that.sound.again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@that.sound.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that.sound.again)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/18 "2003-09-16T13:19:46Z")
Hmm, I just read that last post of mine again. It was composed quickly and I realize now it might sound a bit harsh or condescending. I’d just like to assure you that it wasn’t intended that way. I just commented on a minor mistake in a post I otherwise agree with. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/19 "2003-09-16T15:09:22Z")
You can check out the video here: [http://ultra.menanet.net/balooshy/browse\_song.asp?char=J&start\_type=a](http://ultra.menanet.net/balooshy/browse_song.asp?char=J&start_type=a) I forgot how cool that video was. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/20 "2003-09-16T19:36:08Z")
Y’know, I hate most music of that type and I **still** love Jamiroquai. It’s pretty damn good stuff. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761.md?page=2)