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Fiona Apple – “Across The Universe”

Jachin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:07:21 +0000

Here’s the music video for Fiona Apple’s cover of The Beatles “Across The Universe”. The song is part of the sound track for for the movie Pleasantville, and there is an interesting tie-in with the movie, the music video is a scene that was from the story, but not in the movie (the soda shop gets trashed, but you never see it happen in the movie). The movie it self was ok, but not great.

I have not really listened to much of Fiona Apple’s music, she falls in to the same category as Tori Amos and Alanis Morissette obviously talented, but most of their stuff is not for me. Having said that, this video is really well done, nice juxtaposition of the music and the images.

The Smashing Pumpkins – “Thirty-Three”

Jachin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:18:58 +0000

I’ve never been a huge fan of The Smashing Pumpkins, there one of those bands that I cherry pick a songs from. Thirty-Three is one of their good ones though. They did a really nice job with the video.

Sigur Ros – “Glósóli”

Jachin — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:02:40 +0000

I do not really know the band Sigur Ros really well. I have heard a lot of good things about them but I haven’t really taken the time to listen to them yet. However I did happen to see this video a couple years ago. An excellent example of “texture”, or at least what I think “texture” in film is.

The Postal Service – “Such Great Heights”

Jachin — Sun, 10 May 2009 07:21:54 +0000

This a great looking video. The album the song is on is “Give Up” and is a great album. Plus there’s is an acoustic version of the song on the sound track for Garden State which is a pretty good movie that has an amazing sound track.

Beck – “Lost Cause”

Jachin — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:50:56 +0000

This Beck video has been one of my favorite music videos since the first time I saw it ~~back when I was in high school~~ when I was in college. It represents why I watched way too much MTV and VH1 late at night (when they actually played music videos) looking for little gems among so much tripe.

Every time I see it I wonder about the symbolism, but it’s probably just something the director thought would be cool.

Iron and Wine – “Naked As We Came”

Jachin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:47:41 +0000

This is a nice short video from Iron and Wine.

Foo Fighters – “Everlong”

Jachin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:46:06 +0000

This has been one of my favorite music videos for a very long time. The Foo Fighters do a very good job of making funny videos and this is probably their funniest. It also does a really good job of conveying what it is like to be in a dream.

Tori Amos – “A Sorta Fairytale”

Jachin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:12:18 +0000

This is a strange one. It appears to be about a romance between Tori Amos as a foot/leg with a head and Adrien Brody as a hand/arm with a head. At the risk of spoiling it, apparently their love eventually make them “whole”, in a “Beauty and the Beast” sort of way.

Even if the video is a little strange, it is a really good song. Be warned though, Tori Amos’ sound can be pretty strange some times. I have not heard a whole lot of her stuff, but this is defiantly on the more accessible end of what I have heard.

Tori Amos |MTV Music

Oasis – “Let There Be Love”

Jachin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:14:18 +0000

This is a traditional music video (i.e the band playing their music at a live concert) however this video really stands out in my mind. There are a lot of moments that would make very good photographs, it also does a really good job of making Oasis look really cool, and their concerts look like lots of fun.

I tried to track down a high quality version of this video but did not have any luck. It’s a shame because their are a lot of good details that YouTube quality just can’t show you. Hopefully I’ll find a better version.

Feist – “I Feel it All”

Jachin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:11:15 +0000

This is a nice “one shot”, or “one take”, or whatever the phrase is for videos that are done with out any cuts, and it is a pretty good song.

You can watch a higher quality version of it on YouTube which I can’t imbed.

If you are lazy, here’s a lower quality version I could embed.