# "One shot" music video appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581 "2008-03-08T10:59:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/1 "2008-03-08T10:59:38Z")
Been listening to too much Feist lately I guess, but besides her music I love how she uses the [one shot video](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_shot_(music_video)) technique for her past three singles. Video links: [1234](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6357255231831702093) [My Moon My Man](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3644875513413589099) [I Feel it All](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2434230193902854509) The Wikipedia link has a couple other examples of these videos, and I love them all. I’m fascinated by their creative styling. Any more examples you guys want to contribute? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/2 "2008-03-08T14:07:23Z")
The one that comes to mind is \*\*Mr. Krinkle, by Primus \*\*- bizarre but fun to watch… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtrmbfS_Vuc) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/3 "2008-03-08T15:28:38Z")
One of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen (with a cool song that sadly turned out to be a one-hit wonder): [“Lucas With the Lid Off”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5HOsnq_2j4) by Lucas. Directed by the great Michael Gondry, no less. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/4 "2008-03-10T17:05:14Z")
[Try](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oivI6HCEPt0) by Michael Penn and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (with a number of familiar actors making cameos). ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/5 "2008-03-10T17:08:29Z")
I remember watching Russian Ark in film class and, despite being otherwise wholly mediocre, the sheer amount of intricate planning it must have taken to shoot the thing in one long extended take blows my mind-- people walking by at just the right time, the camera threading through rooms and catching snippets of conversation… amazing! ETA: Ooooh, I didn’t even realize that the 1 2 3 4 song was the one from the ipod commercial. I always tapped my foot to that song but I never knew what it was. Now I do! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/6 "2008-03-10T17:44:21Z")
I think [“California”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feol0-5hGak) by Wax and directed by Spike Jonze qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/7 "2008-03-10T17:45:17Z")
My first thought was [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUueEVXw7ec) incredible Kylie Minogue video, but I guess it may not count since there is some clear editing although I don’t think there are any cuts. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/8 "2008-03-10T17:55:28Z")
[Virtual Insanity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJmX1z1NY2c) is a great one shot. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/9 "2008-03-10T19:55:07Z")
Virtual insanity and Try both have cuts but both also have long takes as well. with Try I think they may have shot Michael all in one take but the other cuts done separately ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/10 "2008-03-10T23:17:54Z")
[You Don’t Know How It Feels](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ceg2wPUGDI) by Tom Petty ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/11 "2008-03-10T23:30:13Z")
R.E.M.'s [“Imitation of Life”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEhT2QlRBMo) [link goes to video] is technically one-shot - it’s just one shot that has been run forward, backwards and panned-and-scanned over. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/12 "2008-03-11T00:00:01Z")
Lisa Loeb’s [Stay](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZ2J4ajiOA) was one shot, one take. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/13 "2008-03-11T02:59:25Z")
One shot: Peter Gabriel’s [Don’t Give Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1rRxG251s) featuring Kate Bush. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/14 "2008-03-11T03:08:06Z")
[QUOTE=Critical1] Virtual insanity and Try both have cuts but both also have long takes as well. with Try I think they may have shot Michael all in one take but the other cuts done separately [/QUOTE] I think… **think** the cut is when they rip through the banner…I seem to remember hearing that somewhere. Michael Penn is the best. I just spent the last thirty minutes looking at the other Penn videos… ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/15 "2008-03-11T03:15:09Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] One of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen (with a cool song that sadly turned out to be a one-hit wonder): [“Lucas With the Lid Off”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5HOsnq_2j4) by Lucas. Directed by the great Michael Gondry, no less. [/QUOTE] See also his video for “Sugar Water” by **Cibo Matto**. One shot, shown forward on one side of the screen, backwards & reversed on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/16 "2008-03-11T03:23:30Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] I think… **think** the cut is when they rip through the banner…I seem to remember hearing that somewhere. Michael Penn is the best. I just spent the last thirty minutes looking at the other Penn videos… [/QUOTE] Coincidentally, a Michael Penn song came up on my iPod as I was writing my previous post. I have his first three albums, but that’s out of more than 2800 tracks on my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/17 "2008-03-11T03:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=Tool of the Conspiracy] See also his video for “Sugar Water” by **Cibo Matto**. One shot, shown forward on one side of the screen, backwards & reversed on the other side. [/QUOTE] Sugar Water is my _joint!_ ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/18 "2008-03-13T15:33:30Z")
I just remembered two nice Radiohead examples: [Knives Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vgMYcMROcc) & [Karma Police (almost a one-shot)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LeLAELIxKY). Also, it doesn’t qualify, but Bjork’s "[Bachelorette](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5nNfbTS6N4) " has a fun scene near the end where the entire video is reenacted for the stage. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/19 "2008-03-17T03:29:08Z")
the Verve, Bittersweet Symphony Massive Attack, Protection AND Unfinished Symphony and I hate to add this but didnt the spice girls have one as well? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581/20 "2008-03-17T03:35:17Z")
[Spoon’s “The Underdog”.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LenPKPqvdJA) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-music-video-appreciation-thread/440581.md?page=2)