Music videos with a storyline

Liljagare · 08-27-2011, 03:06 AM

I enjoy music videos with a storyline. It always seemed to me that they became a complement to the song and perhaps introduce a song in a whole new way, rather than just the typical music video featuring the singer just singing the song with a few dancers around them. Does anyone have any recomendations?

(Feel free to shove this in with another thread if this topic has been posted before)

Here are a few examples:

VEGANGELICA · 08-27-2011, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Liljagare

I enjoy music videos with a storyline. It always seemed to me that they became a complement to the song and perhaps introduce a song in a whole new way, rather than just the typical music video featuring the singer just singing the song with a few dancers around them. Does anyone have any recomendations?

(Feel free to shove this in with another thread if this topic has been posted before)

I like music videos with storylines, too!

I must say that in Aerosmith's "Crazy" song, skinny dipping in a crop field pond containing traces of manure and petrochemicals wouldn't be something *I'd* advise, but that video definitely held my attention.

Here's a famous video with a storyline that was written to showcase a lot of dancing:

Madonna - "Material Girl"
Plot: Non-material boy eventually successfully woos material girl who is really non-material underneath all the material.

Another video with a storyline:

Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
Plot: Girl/Woman wants to have fun and tells that to people in her life who expect her to be serious and responsible all the time.

Finally, here is one of my favorite songs, which has a storyline video that was made for it:

Naked Eyes - "Always Something There To Remind Me"
Plot: Newspaper reporter suffers as his former love, a possibly discontented famous woman, marries someone else, with the end of the video suggesting the possibility of a reconciliation.

Mrd00d · 08-27-2011, 09:58 AM

Absolutely:

This seals the deal for me. Alamaailman Vasarat was great on album... to find they made a 3 song series of videos that gave more dimension to the tracks, I'm in love. Mind the bleeps and bloops... don't blast the video. But it's unmissable.

Parts 2 and 3 are equally enthralling.

Kebabs or Die!

Beck's feeling haunted/stalked/under surveillance.

**Janszoon** · 08-27-2011, 10:15 AM

This thread would not be complete without Ah-Ha:

YorkeDaddy · 08-27-2011, 12:31 PM

I know a lot of people strongly dislike Coldplay on here, but this is probably my favorite music video of all time.

sopsych · 08-27-2011, 01:31 PM

Dark, disjointed, strange...

Robert Plant - Little By Little - YouTube

Madonna - Oh Father (Video) - YouTube

Richard Marx - Hazard - YouTube

(there's a version with band members, but I think it's the rare video that works best without that)

Fleetwood mac - everywhere - YouTube

Winger - Hungry - YouTube

(okay, more straightforward, but still creepy)

The Cure - Lullaby - YouTube

(not strange, just sad)

Bon Jovi - Living In Sin - YouTube

(even more sad)

Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - YouTube

Also, of the many other Madonna story-telling videos, this is good.

Madonna - Papa Don't Preach - YouTube

sopsych · 08-27-2011, 01:35 PM

I don't like the song and wouldn't mind if he really did walk in front of the train at the end, but this is one of the better storytelling videos this century.

Bruno Mars - Grenade [Official Music Video] - YouTube

Oops, forgot two better videos from this decade.

Panic! At The Disco: I Write Sins Not Tragedies [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

(maybe the best video ever - it's not even nominated for a VMA?!)

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgnDLWeeaM&ob=av2e[My Chemical Romance - Sing - YouTube[/url]

Necromancer · 08-27-2011, 01:51 PM

Has a good (funk) Dance Line along with the story.

Liljagare · 08-28-2011, 06:05 AM

These are great videos! Glad you liked the Aerosmith one Vegangelica. It was one of the three featuring Alicia Silverstone.

It seems to me that the storyline plots were more commen in the eighties videos rather than the more modern ones...probably because of the money involved.

There is another good one for those Stevie Nicks fans Dailymotion - Stevie Nicks - Stand Back - a Music video. It is the Civil War version of "Stand Back" that was nixed since Stevie thought she looked too fat in the video (crappy quality but the best I could find).

Some other good ones:

djchameleon · 08-28-2011, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Liljagare

It seems to me that the storyline plots were more commen in the eighties videos rather than the more modern ones...probably because of the money involved.]

I disagree. Money doesn't have anything to do with it. There are some great modern ones with storylines as well.

This is one of my current favorites. He has to free the voice of the people that is being brainwashed by governments around the world.

Lupe Fiasco - Words I Never Said

08-27-2011, 03:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Liljagare Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sweden Posts: 182	Music videos with a storyline I enjoy music videos with a storyline. It always seemed to me that they became a complement to the song and perhaps introduce a song in a whole new way, rather than just the typical music video featuring the singer just singing the song with a few dancers around them. Does anyone have any recomendations? (Feel free to shove this in with another thread if this topic has been posted before) Here are a few examples: Last edited by Liljagare; 08-27-2011 at 03:12 AM.

08-27-2011, 09:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	Absolutely: This seals the deal for me. Alamaailman Vasarat was great on album... to find they made a 3 song series of videos that gave more dimension to the tracks, I'm in love. Mind the bleeps and bloops... don't blast the video. But it's unmissable. Parts 2 and 3 are equally enthralling. Kebabs or Die! Beck's feeling haunted/stalked/under surveillance. __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	This thread would not be complete without Ah-Ha: __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

08-27-2011, 01:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	Dark, disjointed, strange... Robert Plant - Little By Little - YouTube Madonna - Oh Father (Video) - YouTube Richard Marx - Hazard - YouTube (there's a version with band members, but I think it's the rare video that works best without that) Fleetwood mac - everywhere - YouTube Winger - Hungry - YouTube (okay, more straightforward, but still creepy) The Cure - Lullaby - YouTube (not strange, just sad) Bon Jovi - Living In Sin - YouTube (even more sad) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - YouTube Also, of the many other Madonna story-telling videos, this is good. Madonna - Papa Don't Preach - YouTube Last edited by sopsych; 08-27-2011 at 01:55 PM.

08-27-2011, 01:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	I don't like the song and wouldn't mind if he really did walk in front of the train at the end, but this is one of the better storytelling videos this century. Bruno Mars - Grenade [Official Music Video] - YouTube Oops, forgot two better videos from this decade. Panic! At The Disco: I Write Sins Not Tragedies [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (maybe the best video ever - it's not even nominated for a VMA?!) [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgnDLWeeaM&ob=av2e[My Chemical Romance - Sing - YouTube[/url] Last edited by sopsych; 08-27-2011 at 01:49 PM.

08-27-2011, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
YorkeDaddy silky smooth Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Pangaea Posts: 4,079	I know a lot of people strongly dislike Coldplay on here, but this is probably my favorite music video of all time.

08-27-2011, 01:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	Has a good (funk) Dance Line along with the story.

08-28-2011, 06:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
Liljagare Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sweden Posts: 182	These are great videos! Glad you liked the Aerosmith one Vegangelica. It was one of the three featuring Alicia Silverstone. It seems to me that the storyline plots were more commen in the eighties videos rather than the more modern ones...probably because of the money involved. There is another good one for those Stevie Nicks fans Dailymotion - Stevie Nicks - Stand Back - a Music video. It is the Civil War version of "Stand Back" that was nixed since Stevie thought she looked too fat in the video (crappy quality but the best I could find). Some other good ones: