# Nominee for most messed up music video ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604 "2009-06-12T21:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/1 "2009-06-12T21:31:22Z")
> **[Featured Content on Myspace](https://myspace.com)** > > Featured Content on Myspace What say you? ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/2 "2009-06-12T23:53:29Z")
I loved weird videos like that. The pulsating shoulders & body was cool. But the Hendrix part was a little creepy. That’s something from my nightmares. The way he hopped out and back in again. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/3 "2009-06-13T02:04:55Z")
You can’t fault Devo for being weird. Weirdness was the point. If you’re looking for other similar videos check out Primus or the Residents. ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/4 "2009-06-13T02:07:11Z")
Windowlicker by Aphex Twin is pretty screwed up. I won’t link it because it’s quite NSFW, but it’s on YouTube. It’s quite long, and doesn’t get REALLY weird until about 4 minutes in. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/5 "2009-06-13T03:05:18Z")
Apparently you’ve never seen “Happiness in Slavery” by Nine Inch Nails: [spoiler]The music video for “Happiness in Slavery” features performance artist Bob Flanagan entering a large room. He places a flower and a candle on an altar and ritualistically removes all of his clothing and washes himself before becoming strapped into a machine with long robotic claws that arise from the machine and subsequently tear apart his skin and stimulate his genitalia. The man reacts in pleasure as this occurs. There are also drills that apparently drill into his skin in various places letting the man’s blood drip on the floor, where there appears to be an unspecified garden that is fertilized by human blood. Later on in the video, large grinders emerge from the machine and cause extreme damage to the man’s skin. He continues to scream in pain and pleasure until he dies. The machine then engulfs the man’s body and grinds it into a fertilizer for the garden below. – [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_In_Slavery).[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/6 "2009-06-13T08:12:27Z")
[Come out to playyyy!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u05Qot_yh9c&feature=related) [Can U dig It?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txirj1vX_Ck) Early, Groundbreaking, Dig (didge). Pretty messed up. Gotta dig the Pajama Pirate. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/7 "2009-06-13T09:06:52Z")
[Total Eclipse of the Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840B27zYfOk), complete with ninjas and starry-eyed choir boys. also, the [literal version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/8 "2009-06-13T11:09:26Z")
Aw, **shinjinn**! That’s what I came to post. Anyways, I think there could be some good literals of Devo, too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/9 "2009-06-13T15:20:22Z")
Spin around, ninjas ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/10 "2009-06-13T15:26:19Z")
That video was about average for 1984. You could find weirder ones by randomly turning on MTV. Those were the days. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/11 "2009-06-13T15:36:18Z")
> [@Spudo](#): > > Windowlicker by Aphex Twin is pretty screwed up. I won’t link it because it’s quite NSFW, but it’s on YouTube. It’s quite long, and doesn’t get REALLY weird until about 4 minutes in. That’s the one I was going to mention! So creepy. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/12 "2009-06-13T15:58:03Z")
If you want weird videos, I can only recommend this one: [http://www.you](http://www.you) [tube.com/watch?v=L9XC\_sYp0g0](http://tube.com/watch?v=L9XC_sYp0g0) Warning! Intentionally broken link. Very NSFW. Marginally not safe for brain. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/13 "2009-06-13T17:35:23Z")
[Chi-Lip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcx8RTgOnTA) by Ai Otsuka ETA: I just noticed that’s not the original singer’s voice. Somebody named “Windy” is singing over it. Ai has a much better voice. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/14 "2009-06-13T17:48:21Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > If you want weird videos, I can only recommend this one: [http://www.you](http://www.you) [tube.com/watch?v=L9XC\_sYp0g0](http://tube.com/watch?v=L9XC_sYp0g0) > > Warning! Intentionally broken link. Very NSFW. Marginally not safe for brain. Wow. What the heck was that? ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/15 "2009-06-13T17:49:31Z")
Joi Lansing: [Caught in the Web of Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eGnjuCwoW4) Jody Miller: [Queen of the House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdMISGruB0Q) Scopitones are weird. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/16 "2009-06-13T18:37:35Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > That’s the one I was going to mention! So creepy. About 10 years ago, I was watching MTV with a couple of friends (don’t judge us - there was nothing else on) when this clip started. I quickly reached for the remote, when one of my friends asked: “Wait - why are you changing the channel? This looks good”. My second friend, who had also seen it before, answered very gravely: “Trust us. You do NOT want to see this clip.” My first friend, being a stubborn sort, protested. The second friend caught my eye. I shrugged: _his funeral_. We both got up to get some beers. 20 seconds later, the screaming started. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/17 "2009-06-13T19:47:53Z")
I always thought this video was messed up: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nK0Pi4wC8Hk/hqdefault.jpg "Herbie Hancock - Rockit") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK0Pi4wC8Hk) But after watching that Russian one, I’m not sure anything beats that. I’m afraid to see the other nominees! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/18 "2009-06-13T19:50:18Z")
How about a little Yoko Ono? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0EjS7tLmkg) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/19 "2009-06-13T20:22:04Z")
Cobra Starship - Church of Hot Addiction [http://www.veoh.com/collection/s512426/watch/e151064wmBmRhEP](http://www.veoh.com/collection/s512426/watch/e151064wmBmRhEP) It starts off normal, slowly drifts into “not entirely sure what’s going on, but not too strange” to a slow morph to repeated "wait… WHAT!?"s. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604/20 "2009-06-14T01:50:11Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Wow. What the heck was that? Same here! I think my brain is broken. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-for-most-messed-up-music-video-ever/499604.md?page=2)