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DIVERSION: LCD Soundsystem and Miles Davis YouTube Mash-Up

It's a screen shot of a Mac (of course)...

The cursor clicks play on a Kermit The Frog lipsync version of LCD Soundsystem "New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down" at YouTube.

Open a new Safari window. Search for Miles Davis. Adjust the volume, click play at the right and you have a perfect blend.

I can imagine that somewhere a music video director is writing a pitch where each band member gets recorded separately. And the video of each band member, with their isolated audio mix gets uploaded to YouTube every day. And you wait for the fans to figure out that if they hit play on each one at the right time they wind up with a full performance.

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most elusive...

Music Video Directors Who Should Make The New Star Wars Movie

The rumor mills are buzzing with potential directors for the Disney's continuation of the Star Wars saga.

Foolishly, everyone is overlooking the pool of music video talent that could/should start Star Wars 3.0 off in the right direction... 

That led us into making a list of:

Music Video Directors Who Should Make The New Star Wars Movie

Chris Cunningham — This would never happen. Not unless Disney decided that Star Wars needed to return to the THX 1138 robotic art film vibe. But, if that was the case, Cunningham is the master.

 

Best Music Videos of October 2012

Best of the month. Videos are presented as a playlist, but not in any sort of rankings... As always, I am genre agnostic. Some of these videos are pretty silly, some are serious, some are pop, and some aren't family friendly.

Both NYC-centric videos —  FUN. and Titus Andronicus —  feel way more resonant in the wake of the hurricane, so consider that the centerpiece here.

Presented as an embedded YouTube playlist, or check the full list and individual post links with full credits below. 

BEST MUSIC VIDEOS OF OCTOBER 2012

3 Billion Justin Bieber Fans Can't Be Wrong

Biebermania shows no signs of abating...

VEVO just announced that Justin Bieber now has over 3 billion views on the video site. 

Also of note: Bieber holds the record for most video views in a 24 hour period  after getting 10.4 million views for "Beauty And A Beat" on premiere day. And the most viewed VEVO video of all-time with Baby, which has 791.7 million views and counting.

Director Kevin Slack on Gaslight Anthem "Here Comes My Man"

Kevin Slack, director: "The last music video I did for The Gaslight Anthem was 'Handwritten' which was essentially a love letter to music and vinyl records.  I wanted to continue that theme and this time around we wrote a love letter to film and the power it can have over people.  I loved the idea that someone could get sucked into a movie, literally, and that movie could give them the confidence to leave a crappy relationship.