All 18 of these videos previously posted on Videostatic.com during August are worth your time. Most are about death or sex, or some combination thereof, but isn't that always the case?
There's also a few things I couldn't embed, or felt weren't really videos, so they're below. If you have time, watch those too. And then you should comment, or go to the Videostatic Facebook page and recommend the videos you think should be here. And Like us, while you're at it.
BEST MUSIC VIDEOS OF AUGUST 2012
— Some of these are NSFW, or disturbing.
- Porter Robinson "Language" (Jodeb, dir.)
- Bob Dylan "Duquesne Whistle" (Nash Edgerton, dir.)
- 2Chainz f/ Kanye "Birthday Song" (Andreas Nilsson, dir.)
- Tom Waits "Hell Broke Luce" (Matt Mahurin, dir.)
- Minus The Bear "Steel And Blood" (Dan Brown, dir.)
- Frightened Rabbit "State Hospital" (Hand Held Cine Club, dir.)
- Norah Jones "Miriam" (Philip Andelman, dir.)
- Taylor Swift "Never Ever Getting Back..." (Declan Whitebloom, dir.)
- Wax "Rosana" (Casey Chan, dir.)
- Diplo "Set It Off" (Ryan Staake, dir.)
- High On Fire "Fertile Green" (Phil Mucci, dir.)
- Lupe Fiasco "Bitch Bad" (Gil Green, dir.)
- Iggy Azalea & T.I. "Murda Biz" (Alex 2Tone, dir.)
- Alex Clare "Too Close" (Keith Rivers, dir.)
- Gotye "Save Me" (Peter Lowey, dir.)
- Hey Rosetta! "Young Glass" (Sean Wainsteim, dir.)
- Antony & The Johnsons "Cut The World" (Nabil, dir.)
- My Morning Jacket "Outta My System" (James Frost, dir.)
And you should also watch:
- Terry Crews "Muscle Music" (Tom Kuntz, dir.) — Yes, it's an Old Spice commercial. But it rocks.
- Insane Clown Posse on "Call Me Maybe" and "Chris Benoit" — Yes.
- Gotye "Somebodies: A YouTube Orchestra" — Yes, he heard you.
- Justin Bieber "As Long As You Love Me" (Anthony Mandler, dir.) — Mandler has done these sort of videos before (see, Drake, Rihanna) but this one has Michael Masden beating up The Biebs.
- Matchbox Twenty "She's So Mean" (Rich Lee, dir.) — Because this is how you edit an epic introductory drum fill.