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Best "story" music videos.

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What are people's favourite "story" music videos?

You know the ones that I'm talking about. Where there is an ongoing story through the clip.

Da Funk by Daft Punk would be one of my favourites.

I'm still thinking about others... There's a few that I can see, but can't think of the song or band name.
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Obligatory Aqua plug

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Cradle of Filth - From the Cradle to Enslave, probably their best song in my opinion.

Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy.
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Millionaire - Champagne
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Static-X - Cold

Not only is it a kickass song, but it it's fun interpretation of I Am Legend. Win-win, if you ask me.
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Thriller still kicks ass for me. I'm at work and have YouTube blocked, so no linky.
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ZZ Top's Eliminator Trilogy

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Beat me to it.
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Avenged Sevenfold - A Little Piece of Heaven

Pretty damned hilarious.
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havokeff wrote:Thriller still kicks ass for me. I'm at work and have YouTube blocked, so no linky.
Thriller

I almost put this one up myself earlier. :)


I had forgotten about the disclaimer about not believing in the occult that was put at the beginning of the video.

It's also kind of sad seeing this video and putting it together with how completely fucked up Michael Jackson is now.
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Continuing on with MJ: Remember the Time (one of my favourites).
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't come around here no more Alice in Wonderland on acid, starring Tom Petty as the Mad Hatter. Trippy, and way ahead of its time.
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I like Coldplay's The Scientist video.

Even though I don't really like the song, I have to say that Prodigy's Smack my Bitch Up was a pretty good story music video with a surprising twist.

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Tenacious D's Kickapoo
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eyexist wrote:A - Ha: Take On Me
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weemadando wrote:Da Funk by Daft Punk would be one of my favourites.
Am I allowed to say 'the entirety of Interstella 5555?'. :)
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The Whole of Daft Punk's "Interstella 555". (Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger for example).
I used to have a few favs of this exact "sort", wish I could remember them :( . (Still, that's what you MTV loving chaps are for ;))
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Tsyroc
Thank you kindly sir.

And isn't Daft Punk's stuff (Interstella) just already made anime to their music? Sounds like cheating. :wink:
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Tysroc and Hav already nominated two that I would have, so I'll throw in a favorite that just barely qualifies: Hot for Teacher
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havokeff wrote: And isn't Daft Punk's stuff (Interstella) just already made anime to their music? Sounds like cheating. :wink:
Interstella 5555 was produced specifically for the album Discovery. Daft Punk took their album, and the story idea, to Tokyo in the hopes of getting their favourite creator, Leiji Matsumoto*, to work on the project with them.

It probably is cheating because it's a series of music videos all strung together into a feature film. :D

*This was the guy behind Space Battleship Yamato and Uraniun's favourite anime, Captain Harlock.
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Gotchya. I take it all back then. It rocks too. :D
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