The top 5 insanely awesome (and awesomely insane) music videos I'm watching right now

I've found myself watching a lot of music videos lately, some by bands I already liked, and some that are brand new to me. But recently I started thinking about how totally, utterly weird some of them are. But the weirdness doesn't hurt them - it makes me want to watch them over and over again. So I thought I'd share. Here are the top 5 insanely awesome (and awesomely insane) music videos I've watched recently.

Good Morning, by Kanye West


I was really tempted to put up the video for "Stronger," since it's basically one long Akira reference set to hip hop, and therefore ridiculous, but seeing as I can't find it, this'll do. I love stuff by Takashi Murakami, and this video has all of his signature flourishes - cute animals, bright colors, abstract patterns, and weird crap that's there for no reason. It also features the one thing from anime I wish could do in real life: rip off my clothes and reveal a brand new outfit underneath.

We Will Become Silhouettes, by the Postal Service


It's the apocalypse! Yay!
But seriously, the director of Napoleon Dynamite did this video, and it shows. He matched up the song's bouncy synthesizer perfectly with 70s-era, Logan's Run-esque visuals, complete with orange onesies and acid-wash jeans. It's a crazy song and I love it.

Teardrop, by José González


A cover of the classic song by Massive Attack (aka: the House theme song), Jose Gonzalez somehow makes the melody sound even creepier by making it acoustic. The crazy visuals in the music video only add to the effect, and the whole thing looks like a film you have to watch when you're indoctrinated into a cult. In fact, the first thing I thought of when I saw it was this creepy propaganda cartoon about Mormons. See what I mean?

Wanderlust, by Björk


Bjork is, like, the queen of weird music videos. You may not like her voice, but you have to give her props for all of the awesomeness she packs in these three-minute videos. (Want proof? Watch this one. Or this one. Or this!) But the relatively new video for "Wanderlust" takes it to a totally new level. You've got the staples of a typical Bjork video (namely, Bjork in some kind of weird outfit), but then you add stuff like a herd of Muppet yaks, a muderous backpack, and a lecherous river god, and you have... a Bjork music video.

But the winner is...

Carmensita, by Devendra Banhart


What is going on in this video? Why is a crappy Bollywood movie set to a samba? Why does the good guy shoot snakes out of his forehead while the bad guy pretends to twirl a drawn-on mustache? Why does Natalie Portman set herself on fire and turn into an octopus? God knows, but it's awesome, all five minutes of it.
Also? The guy who wrote the subtitles is a genius. Poorly-translated subtitles are always funny, but some of the lines in this video sound like Yugi-oh episodes, they're that bad. ("Fear not my sweet flower, I have obtained the powers of the Enochian ninth circuit.""Fools! No man has reached that circuit!")

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Geeky news...

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This is a photo taken by Edgar Wright. Yes, Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright. He takes photos on the set of the film he's making.

This is Kim Pine and she's playing the drums in the Scott Pilgrim movie that is being filmed RIGHT NOW.
Hells.
Yes.

In other news...



I pounded that picture out in an hour, and I don't even care. That's right, Adventure Time (below) is going to be a show! They even have a production blog, conveniently located here. I cannot wait.



If you think that's awesome, here's a treat: one more short, also by Pen Ward.



And finally, I'm super excited for Where The Wild Things Are:



That's all for now. It's a beautiful day right now - I think April is my new favorite month.

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