40. “New Sensation”-INXS (1988) INXS were not new when the reemerged with Kick in 1987, but they were certainly a sensation. The album was an international success and went 6x Platinum, in large part due to the series of videos that accompanied the four of the album’s hit singles. “New Sensation” was the third video from the album, featuring the band’s performance intercut with neon stop action animation to match the driving energy of the song. Among other things, […]
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Put Some Laughter in Your Day with Literal Videos
A buddy of mine hipped me to these literal videos a couple of months ago. They’re pretty much uniformly awesome, and have become a viral sensation (I sound like such a tool using the words “viral sensation”. I guess it’s not the same person that does all of them-I’ve seen them come from a couple of different YouTube users. Essentially, someone had the idea to replace the vocal track on some iconic music videos with a very literal translation of […]