What do music videos do for the song they are created for? Some have seemingly no relation to the lyrics or even the style of the song, yet those tend to be the more interesting videos to watch. Accoring to Wikipedia, music videos are used primarily as a marketing device. But how do body builders going up against drag queens make the song anymore popular? I mean sure it's interesting, but WHAT?! Here's what I mean:
Now does this video seem to fit this song? I think not. That being said, I do still love the song itself and I find the music video fairly amusing.
Another interesting video i've come across while browsing Youtube for music is the song Evil by Interpol. This video features a strange human-like puppet suffering from trauma after a car crash:
Odd right? Well somehow it works with the song, even though it is quite creepy.
This last video is one that my sister showed me, which actually fits the song pretty well, though, again it's a little on the creepy side:
So those pretty much prove my point that music videos, or at least the ones associated with the music that I listen to, have nothing to do with the actual song itself. And then, of course, there are the popular music that plays on the radio.
If you've seen any other MTV or Disney channel music videos, you will notice that the majority of them actually somewhat follow along with the meaning of the lyrics and tell a story. Granted, I am making a few generalizations but you know what I mean.
I personally prefer the unrelated music videos, the strangeness of them makes the already awesome song that much more interesting. As I have said before, my favorite music style is indie. As the music itself is very individual, it would make sense that the videos would be too. So, as my parting, I will share with you what is quite possibly the most confusing/amazing song/music video combo ever created, try not to wet yourself:
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