# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/21 "2003-09-16T20:42:02Z")
gex, sorry if I sounded like I was belittling him I was mainly trying to say that OpalCat’s ignorance of the band wasn’t surprising. How about he had one big hit on MTV (the video this thread is about) but he may be popular in other venues as far as I know. Note my location the only non country music (country music _shudder_) I have easy access to is through MTV which I don’t even watch anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/22 "2003-09-17T01:09:14Z")
Unfortunately, Jay Kay has the same name as the director of [Tranquility Bay](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194757). ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/23 "2003-09-17T02:12:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*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. \*\* [hijack] Sound unheard. 🙂 In my case, Steely Dan has this distinction. [/hijack] That’s one of my favorite videos as well. I was rather disillusioned by the conveyor belt-bit at the ensuing MTV awards. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/24 "2003-09-17T02:21:11Z")
**gex gex** is from Australia. At least Jamiroquai’s last three albums – “Travelling Without Moving”, “Synkronised” and “A Funk Odyssey” – were big in this country (“The Return of the Space Cowboy” is not unknown either). I’d hazard a guess that Jamiroquai also remains extremely well-known in the UK. ---
**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 17, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/25 "2003-09-17T04:49:36Z")
Another one of the COOLEST videos ever made, from a sadly overlooked album, is “Lucas with the Lid Off,” by Lucas, but I can’t find a clip of it anywhere. Can anybody else track one down? ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/26 "2003-09-17T12:07:23Z")
my favourite jamiroquai video is the one where he gets headbutted by a paparazzi photographer ---
**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 17, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/27 "2003-09-17T12:26:13Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by WordMan_ > **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… As **Narrad** said, I’m from Australia. As you say, the ocean between us could explain the differences in perspective. 🙂 (Hope I didn’t sound too snotty. I didn’t mean to.) What was the big hit? Virtual Insanity? > [@](#): > > And, of course, **that.sound.again** is right about band vs. singer… Yeah… I knew that, but it’s one of those things that easily slips yr mind. Jay Kay is such a dominating presence to begin with, and I’d always got the impression that he had a very much Trent Reznor in Nine Inch Nails position in the band. Anyone know if this is this true, or do the other band members have more of an active role? ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/28 "2003-09-17T13:00:30Z")
[Lucas With the Lid Off](http://launch.yahoo.com/musicvideos/lists/byalpha.asp?l=L&p=16) I remember hearing that this video was filmed in one continuous shot. I can only imagine how much running around that guy had to do. Great video. ---
**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 17, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761/29 "2003-09-17T16:10:56Z")
“Lucas with the Lid Off” was directed by Michel Gondry, the guy who alternates Charlie Kauffman scripts with Spike Jonze; and it was obviously an influence on “Being John Malkovich.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-done/201761.md?page=1)