As you can guess, Noel Gallagher isn't too fond of music videos, even if they're his own.
This compliation of Oasis music video DVD commentary has the songwriter/guitarist recapping his foggy memories of the process — fave quote: "I was fucking drunk in this video. Look how pissed I am there" — and generally laying out his video philosophy:
"I fucking hate videos. I hate everything about them. I hate the fact that they cost a fortune. I hate the fact you have to be there at 8 in the morning. I hate the fact that you don't leave until 8 the fucking next morning. I don't like the fact that the people who are making them think they're fucking making Apocalypse Now and everything is the most important, 'this is the really important shot, and this bit, we're gonna...' — fucking bollocks, it's nonsense. Then it was alright because of The Chart Show and all that, you know what I mean? Who fucking watches videos these days? No one. A right fucking con."
My other favorite quote? "I look like fucking Columbo."
Noel Gallagher is a genius. This is 10 minutes well worth your time. Just make sure you wear headphones if you're at work.
Secret Colours "It Can't Be Simple" mines the audio engineering and stereolab fringes of the archives for all of its footage, coming across with perfect retro-futuristic pitch.
The music video for Plastic’s “I Want U” is an homage to, classic animations such as Beatles “Yellow Submarine” or the “The Wall” by Pink Floyd.
Director Dawid Krępski takes us on a colourful and intriguing journey through the world of imagination and subconsciousness filled with pop culture symbols.
If you watch Girls, then surely you've seen the monumentally awesome/awful, yet utterly believable music video for Marnie's Edie Brickell "What I Am" cover.
Props to director Jesse Peretz, who is best known for directing much more clearly awesome videos like Nada Surf "Popular," Foo Fighters "Big Me" and lots of other '90s alterna-gems.
If director Michele Civetta's 2006 longform "Friendly Fire" piece for Sean Lennon is essentially a feature film of a music video, but this trio of clips for indie rockers The Randians is like episodic TV series that hits all the right Pulp Fiction buttons with debaucherous glee.
We recently connected with Michele to talk about the videos, the inspirations and the guest stars (including Boardwalk Empire actress Paz De La Huerta)...
This should hopefully be the weirdest thing you see all day, a pantswetting (literally, explicitly), NSFW exploration of bondage and boundaries with vitiligo model Chantelle "Winnie" Harlow and musician/artist JMSN.
