NEWS: Fuse Presents Videos That Rocked The World

There are music videos and then there are music videos that rock the world. Fuse will be breaking down the stories of ten such videos in the aptly named miniseries Videos That Rocked The World. Each episode will tackle one video, exploring the actual production and its impact. The fun kicks off Monday, November 26, but hardcore video junkies who will surely be lamenting the lack of daily VideoStatic updates while we take short Thanksgiving break these next couple days can visit fuse.tv's Videos That Rock section for sneak peaks and exclusive content.

And, be sure to set your DVR's as follows...

Pre-Game: Saturday, November 24 @ 2pm

• #1 Countdown: 25 Greatest Videos

Week 1: Fuse Videos That Rocked The World week of November 26 – 30 @ 10pm

• Monday: Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
• Tuesday: Madonna "Like A Prayer"
• Wednesday: Run-DMC "Walk This Way"
• Thursday:  OK Go "Here It Goes Again"
• Friday: Guns N' Roses "Welcome To The Jungle"

Week 2: Fuse Videos That Rocked The World week of December 3 – 7 @ 10pm

• Monday: Van Halen "Hot For Teacher"
• Tuesday: Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"
• Wednesday: Public Enemy "Fight The Power"
• Thursday: Alanis Morissette "You Oughta Know"
• Friday: Beastie Boys "Fight For Your Right"

PS: Those bemoaning the absence of any Michel Gondry and/or Spike Jonze videos on that list, should check out the "Video Directors That Rocked Your World" clip in the fuse.tv Videos That Rocked The World Player in which bands hype their favorite directors and those two auteurs get their fair props.

PPS: Can somebody explain how Samwell "What What (In The Butt)" was omitted? Come on!

NEW RELEASE: Thursday "Ladies & Gentlemen..."

Writers Block certainly sucks, but rarely does it cause the kind of damage seen in this video for Thursday. Lead singer Geoff Rickly is dutifully pecking at an antique typewriter when a knock at the door unleashes a distraction that involves a dead bride and some murderous cockroaches. Chaos and destruction ensues, thereby answering the question of what Metamorphosis would have been like if written by William S. Burroughs after a massive insecticide binge. Or more accurately, it's a straight homage to Naked Lunch —  the film version, at least — in terms of drugs, bugs, and dead wives. Speaking of which, here's a tip for all you newlyweds out there: Don't play William Tell with your wife unless you're in Mexico.--> watch "Ladies & Gentlemen, My Brother, The Failure"

Thursday "Ladies & Gentlemen: My Brother, The Failure" (Victory)
Travis Kopach, director | Jeremy Sullivan, producer | Dignity & Shame/Refused TV, production co | Jon Fordham, DP | Travis Kopach & Steve Pedulla, editors

BOOKED: DJ Felli Fel - Dale "Rage" Resteghini, director

artist: DJ Felli Fel f/ Akon, Diddy, Ludacris and Lil Jon
song: "Get Buck In Here"
label: So So Def/Island Def Jam
director(s): Dale "Rage" Resteghini
production co: Raging Nation Films
rep: Yell Productions

SHOT: Akon f/ T-Pain - Bryan Barber, director

artist: Akon feat. T-Pain
song: "I Can't Wait"
label: SRC/Universal Motown
director(s): Bryan Barber
production co: Believe Media
rep: Lanette Phillips Management

NEW RELEASE: 50 Cent f/ Akon "I Still Will"

"The Curtis Supremacy" or "The G-Unit Ultimatum" were probably not considered as alternate titles when 50 Cent was told he could not use the original lyric/title “I'll Still Kill” on music television, but this video will definitely remind you of Matt Damon’s amnesia. The song title and chorus are certainly less menacing as "I Still Will," but director Terrero doesn’t let that get in the way of a grimy, spy/crime infused storyline. The prison sequences have a distinctive and intense look with plenty of lens flares and a distorted depth of field that adds a bite, while the "action" sections with 50 stalking a variety of "high value targets" like a one-man Blackwater seems like they must have been toned down in the edit. Let it be known that nothing gets in the way of this man’s chill. (review by Doug Stern) --> watch "I Still Will"

50 Cent feat. Akon "I Get Money (remix)/I Still Will" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Jessy Terrero, director | Jonathan Lia, producer | Terrero Films, production co | Shawn Kim , DP | Jeff Selis, editor

BOOKED: Keyshia Cole - Benny Boom, director

artist: Keyshia Cole
song: "I Remember"
label: Geffen
director(s): Benny Boom
production co: Uncle

SHOT: Kevin Michael - Petro, directors

artist: Kevin Michael
song: "If I Ain't Got You"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Petro
production co: Draw Pictures

NEW RELEASE: Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again"

Mama always said you should never leave the house angry because you never know when your lover is gonna get mauled in a motorcycle accident. Alicia Keys probably wishes she had made peace with her man — played by Common, a rapper so suave he even looks cool when covered in blood and on life support — in this reverse chronological clip for "Like You'll Never See Me Again." The action starts with Common's life in the balance and then rewinds to show how he and  Ms. Keys were on the outs, yet still in love. The source of the breakup and the smash-up are both left to the viewer's imagination, but the emotions are pretty easy to discern through all the surrounding exposition scenes. PS: No word on whether Common was wearing clean underwear. mama always warned me about that too. --> watch "Like You'll Never See Me Again"

Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (J Records)
Diane Martel, director | Jil Hardin, producer | HSI, production co | Ben Serensin, DP | Holle Singer @ Final Cut, editor | Description: xxx

NEW RELEASE: Luna Halo "Untouchable"

It's not a steel cage match — and it's not as cool as Scorpions "Rock You Like A Hurricane" —  but things are plenty dangerous in this video for Luna Halo. The band performs from a makeshift, electric fence cage. The contraption is not keep Luna Halo in captivity, but to keep the visiting hooligans from inflicting damage upon our rockers. In the end, the potential ass kickers bust through, thereby proving that an electric fence sign is not as effective a deterrent as actually electrifying the fence. --> watch "Untouchable"

Luna Halo "Untouchable" (American/Columbia)
Greg Jardin, director | Flick Wiltshire, producer | @radical.media, production co | Damian Acevedo, DP

SHOT: Longway - Justin Purser, director

Director Justin Purser (center) on set with Orange County, CA punk rockers Longway.

artist: Longway
song: "Fade To Grey"
label: Old Shoe Records
director(s): Justin Purser
production co: Creative Uproar