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PJ's Odobenus rosmarus reveal

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,061 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    I found the Sledgehammer video freaky when I was young too

    I submitted it because I actually think the song is a bit crap, but everyone knows and loves it because of the video


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    Great video too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,760 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    It's not a bit crap. I think the video now looks a bit crap though :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,061 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Pretzill wrote: »
    It's not a bit crap. I think the video now looks a bit crap though :)

    No, I was worried writing that :p

    I genuinely don't like it, and I adore So..., the album it's on, apart from that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    It was pretty special for its time though


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  • Posts: 4,824 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I didn't pick Sledgehammer for this category as it's already such a brilliant tune; the video could have just been Peter Gabriel tiling his bathroom floor and I'd still love it! :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,760 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    osh wrote: »
    It was pretty special for its time though

    Absolutely. It was a little jaw dropping then.


  • Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Rudimental - Not Giving In ft. John Newman & Alex Clare

    Another Rudimental. Wasn't a huge fan of the first song. This one is not bad, not great. Just not my genre again. I like the verses but the chorus is too hectic. The video is decent enough. Tells a nice succinct story about two impoverished boys living in shanty towns in the Philippines. It didn't blow me away but its certainly not bad. Could have easily gone higher but so much quality in this category. Always choose the dance troupe over the gangs.



    9th and 10 pints to
    Strawberry milkshake


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 57,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro



    9th and 10 pints to
    Strawberry milkshake

    PJ feeling extra generous this time around :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,760 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    That means I'll get at least 11 pints!! :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭Ectoplasm


    Strawbs be thirsty after getting off the plane :)


  • Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Stardust: Music Sounds Better With You

    Nice simple story to this video. I loved it as a child. My head is constantly bobbing listening to this. I forgot about the guys in the clouds towards the end. Had me cracking up revisiting this.



    8th and 11 G&T's for
    MrKingsley


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,453 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Stardust: Music Sounds Better With You

    Nice simple story to this video. I loved it as a child. My head is constantly bobbing listening to this. I forgot about the guys in the clouds towards the end. Had me cracking up revisiting this.



    8th and 11 G&T's for
    MrKingsley

    That song takes me back.


  • Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Gorillaz feel good inc

    I loved this song the first time I heard it. I know exactly where I was. In our common room in 6th year. Came on the radio. Absolutely hooked me straight away. The video has more depth to it than I realised. I used to think it was just a bunch of random things thrown together but I now think its a reflection on modern life. We're all stuck within a corporate, capitalist world. The things that we are trained to believe to make us happy (consumerism, the kardashians, nike runners), do not make us happy. Some of us are looking out at greener pastures to the enlightened. Others are embracing the debauchery. The powers that be are literally laughing at us trapped within our infinite loop. The corporations flying off at the end to keep us all tamed. Or maybe its nothing like that :pac: Love some of the animation in this. The main character shoulders spinning



    7th and 12 punts to
    Tritium


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭Ectoplasm


    I considered submitting that song too. Excellent choice Trit.


  • Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cibo Matto - "Sugar Water"

    Interesting idea. Spent a good while trying to figure out what was going on. The right side is going backwards throughout, at first it is literally being played in reverse. Halfway through when they swap sides, the left side is then going backwards in chronological order, but not being played backwards. The right side is then going both chronologically backwards and in reverse. I definitely like it. I love a video that takes a bit of time to figure out. Song didn't blow me away at first, nor did it hugely grow on me. It's fine. The video doesn't have any double meanings that I could spot so it you see what you get which is an interesting idea.



    6th and 13th points to
    osh


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭Ectoplasm


    Ooohhh I love Cibo Matto


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,760 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    Ectoplasm wrote: »
    Ooohhh I love Cibo Matto

    New one on me - clever video too.


  • Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Kodaline - All I Want

    Really liked this video at first. The relatable melancholy of office life. This Kodaline album reminds me a breakup so put me in a certain mood straight away. I felt they possibly didn't need to use the mask/make-up/disfigurement thing and it could have easily worked too. It's a bit too obvious. Someone trying to find meaning in their life in whatever way they can. Something I imagine we can all relate to to a degree. We're all the same underneath it all. Then from the fight scene onward it kinda becomes a bit cliché. He gets the girl. I kinda wish it stuck with the melancholy. A lovely song too.



    5th and 14th points to
    MickJaguar2


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    Yeah class video, directed by Michel Gondry

    You may also know the song from



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  • Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Fatboy Slim Weapon of Choice

    Great song. Great video. I'd love to know how this one came about. We just got off the phone with Anthony Hopkins and he says he'll do the music video. What. Really. Even the bits on the wires. Especially the bit on the wires. You must be joking. Alright where do we find a hotel that looks like The Shining. Oh and don't forget to commission that painting of Norman Cook.

    Imagine your job was to just come up with random ideas like that.



    4th and 15 points goes to
    Ectoplasm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,061 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Ha ha, great video Ecto!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    Anthony Hopkins? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,760 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    Great choice Ecto, love it


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 57,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    osh wrote: »
    Anthony Hopkins? :D

    Shhhh :pac:


  • Posts: 14,734 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I should really fully read OPS i was thinking some of these were strange running songs,


  • Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cibo Matto - "Sugar Water"

    Interesting idea. Spent a good while trying to figure out what was going on. The right side is going backwards throughout, at first it is literally being played in reverse. Halfway through when they swap sides, the left side is then going backwards in chronological order, but not being played backwards. The right side is then going both chronologically backwards and in reverse. I definitely like it. I love a video that takes a bit of time to figure out. Song didn't blow me away at first, nor did it hugely grow on me. It's fine. The video doesn't have any double meanings that I could spot so it you see what you get which is an interesting idea.



    6th and 13th points to
    osh

    Sorry this one was actually osh and not tusk


  • Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    osh wrote: »
    Anthony Hopkins? :D

    Lol wahts his name again


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,760 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    Christopher Walken just brings a smile to my face and yet he can be as evil as ****.


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  • Posts: 14,734 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Kodaline - All I Want

    Really liked this video at first. The relatable melancholy of office life. This Kodaline album reminds me a breakup so put me in a certain mood straight away. I felt they possibly didn't need to use the mask/make-up/disfigurement thing and it could have easily worked too. It's a bit too obvious. Someone trying to find meaning in their life in whatever way they can. Something I imagine we can all relate to to a degree. We're all the same underneath it all. Then from the fight scene onward it kinda becomes a bit cliché. He gets the girl. I kinda wish it stuck with the melancholy. A lovely song too.



    5th and 14th points to
    MickJaguar2

    Ah ya its super cliche but its lovely all the same :D


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