What are your favorite music videos on Youtube?

[Julian Alexander]

One of the music videos that i like is:

 

Hoppipolla music video by Sigur Ros

[jovian_w2002]

Ok, most of you would prolly not understand this as this is in Mandarin, but I think the music video explains it all. It's EMOTIONAL! I remember crying the first time I saw this.

 

Tonghua (Fairytale) by Michael Wong

 

YAY! I mastered this piece on the piano a few months ago

 

My attempt at an English Translation:

 

Michael appears on stage, places his mobile phone on the piano and starts the song melody.

 

Cuts to a flashback where he struggles to play the song. A friend of his corrects his mistake.

“Help me move out,” she says.

 

Song lyrics:

I’ve forgotten how long it has been

Since the last time I’ve heard from you

When you told me your favorite fairytale

(He helps her unpack her belongings in her new apartment.)

I’ve been thinking for a long time

But I start to panic

Were there flaws in the things I did?

 

You cried and told me

Fairytales were lies

(They watch a Japanese film together.)

Therefore I couldn’t be your prince

(They kiss for the first time.)

Maybe you wouldn’t understand

From the time you told me you loved me

The stars in my sky started to shine

 

Chorus:

I am willing to be

The guardian angel in your fairytale

Open my arms like feathered wings to protect you

However you must believe

(After their first kiss, her nose starts to bleed.)

That our lives are similar to that of fairytales

(If you do) Our ending will end in happiness.

 

They visit the hospital to get a medical diagnosis. The result is inconclusive.

He starts to rehearse his song in front of his girlfriend. However, because the disease in her is spreading fast, she faints.

 

You cried and told me

Fairytales were lies

Therefore I couldn’t be your prince

“Do you remember me?” The girl asks telepathically.

Maybe you wouldn’t understand

“Will you remember me for long?”

From the time you told me you loved me

“When you remember me…”

The stars in my sky started to shine

“You must be happy.”

 

Chorus:

I am willing to be

The guardian angel in your fairytale

(She lands in the hospital. He stays beside her in bed and holds her hand)

Open my arms like feathered wings to protect you

However you must believe

That our lives are similar to that of fairytales

(He discovers that she is suffering from a respiratory disorder. She requires an oxygen mask to breathe.)

(If you do) Our ending will end in happiness.

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I am willing to be

(She whispers in his ears. He hands her his mobile phone and leaves heartbrokenly.)

The guardian angel in your fairytale

Open my arms like feathered wings to protect you

(Listening to the recording of his song, she passes away peacefully under the sound of his voice.)

However you must believe

That our lives are similar to that of fairytales

(If you do) Our ending will end in happiness.

“Don’t give up…” she says.

(Her gurney is wheeled away (presumably to the operating theater to get resuscitated futilely.))

Ending clip: When the whole world ignores me, I know you'll be the only one that won’t.

Edited July 1, 2008 by jovian_w2002

[Tiger]

Seether "Rise Above This"

 

Some of the lyrics are in my signature, and I love the video. Seether is one of my favorite bands.

 

Snow Patrol "Chasing Cars"

 

I've always loved this song, but I decided to see the video. It's awesome!

Edited July 1, 2008 by Tiger

[ashessnow]

The best dance routine Ive seen.

 

[Tiger]

I love this song. It's called, "Don't Fall in Love With a Homo". Ladies, listen up.

[AFriendlyFace]

Here's an excellent one I adore filled with beautiful people:

 

[Rakuten06]

Here's an excellent one I adore filled with beautiful people:

 

 

Kei Nozomi? (spelling the name right, please...) I love that guy but the room of men made me blush very red like a tomato, but I like this song, it made me laugh even if I can't understand German

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ8xTD-Nr_o. Alf Poier - Weil der Mensch z

[rknapp]

It's the same video, but one is faster and uses a remix of the original song. The original song 19-2000 by the Gorillaz. The remix is done by Soul Child.

 

Original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzDiFEqAoUk...feature=related

 

Remix:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM5BxEXQFoI

 

I like the remix better than the original because the video is fast-paced and high-octane, just like the remix. I like it also because it just suits me, particularly the part where the driver has a choice between the boring, but safe path of life (the church), or the interesting yet dangerous path. Naturally I would choose the dangerous path because there's no way I would want to die and be buried in a neat package -- I wanna slide sideways into the grave and be able to say at the pearly gates, "Whew! What a ride!"

[Rakuten06]

This is for all French-Canadians who know this artist and song: Garou - "Seul"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_osFmUuKI

 

with English translation of the song on the screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VmDcguvrXE...feature=related

[canundra]

I usually don't watch music videos on YouTube. Rather, I watch other people's covers of songs and a capella stuff. Here's one of my favorites:

 

 

It's Firedrill!, an all male a capella group, covering Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You. The lead singer is HOT! You can barely see him in the vid, but if you do a bit of stalking (like I did ), you'll find his MySpace page and see his pictures

[Tiger]

Evanescence has a haunting song called "Breathe No More". This is an interesting

with the song.

[Rigel]

Evanescence has a haunting song called "Breathe No More". This is an interesting

with the song.

 

"Breathe No More" reminds me of a great Youtube video of the late Klaus Nomi singing "The Cold Song" from Purcell's 1691 opera "King Arthur."

It includes the line "I can scarcely move or draw my breath." At the time of this recording, AIDS-related PCP (pneumonia) had destroyed Nomi's lungs making singing difficult. It was one of his last public performances.

 

Klaus Nomi is worth discovering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Nomi. His output ranges from opera to pop to camp, often performing while dressed up in a futuristic Weimar tuxedo or other unusual garb.

 

 

--Rigel

[Tiger]

Sometimes I am in a mood for metal. I would have to say the best are Metallica and Slayer. The video for "Enter Sandman" is a haunting one. Slayer's

is another favorite.

[Former Member]

Well i wouldn't call this a music video. BUT! it does have music its the themesong for the The Discovery Channel. I love this song. Im always like "A Boom De A Dah Boom De A Dah!" It's worth checking out just for something to brighten your day a bit. It's a really cool commercial and always makes me feel good when i hear it on tv,

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ&NR=1

 

[Excuse]

"3000 years of the world's great art in 3 minutes", sometimes called the "Classical Gas Video," is 40 years old this year, and it's still mindboggling!

It was created by Mason Williams; he tells the story at http://www.classicalgas.com/gasvideo.html

A recreation of the original video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ig6e68iGU8, though it lacks the original intro panel (the title "3000 years of the world's great art in 3 minutes") and the final panel: "You are now cultured."

Each image lasts about 1/12 sec, which is close to the physical limits of human perception, given the persistence of image wired into our neural circuits. And yet, at that speed, you will still recognize some of the art. You might think of it as an art history class on amphetamines.

 

--Rigel

 

oh man! that made me feel dizzy :| its pretty cool though... although i only managed to make out like a van gogh and that was it.

 

Sometimes I am in a mood for metal. I would have to say the best are Metallica and Slayer. The video for "Enter Sandman" is a haunting one. Slayer's

is another favorite.

 

Slayer playing that song live is some scary stuff, awesome, but goddamn scary.

 

Its all about this sorta stuff with me:

 

 

Put your hands up in teh air

[Excuse]

Ok anything by andy whitby actually

[PlugInMatty]

I dare you not to love this!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pAoUV9WKSs...feature=related

 

Happyland - Don't You Know Who I Am?

 

 

 

 

other favourites of mine include...

 

The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist:

(I can't describe it, I can't explain it, you simply have to watch it!)

 

Muse - Stockholm Syndrome:

(Thermal imagery looks so cool, not to mention the ace song)

 

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8q0xe8oqDE (Come on, they have a DANCER)

 

Don Henley - The Boys of Summer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSeB-023VqU (haunting)

 

U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE3X79WbtEE (just for fun, really)

[Anna]

Ok so this video is of Jada Pinkett-Smith's band Wicked Wisdom

 

 

 

 

And this one is Goo Goo Dolls, this is my fav song by them

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsK90GWBVLY

 

 

One more.....this is Imogen Heap

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9athUdhH40

 

Hope ya'll like the videos.

[corvus]

"Breathe No More" reminds me of a great Youtube video of the late Klaus Nomi singing "The Cold Song" from Purcell's 1691 opera "King Arthur."

It includes the line "I can scarcely move or draw my breath." At the time of this recording, AIDS-related PCP (pneumonia) had destroyed Nomi's lungs making singing difficult. It was one of his last public performances.

 

Ahh, the COLD GENIUS! I'd long been a fan of that song, and that performance. *shiver* The intensity Nomi puts into singing reminds me, in a very poignant way, of late Callas (post 1959). And Purcell...! How can music from more than 300 yrs ago retain its immediacy and intensity??

[Tiger]

There's a video with Metallica's "Seek and Destroy" with scenes from Animatrix. It's awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUoWZ_zcPpE...feature=related

[tomon]

So it's not my favourite song or anything, but i think it's one of my favourite videos ever:

 

Royksopp- What else is there?

[Tiger]

Disturbed has an awesome cover on "Land of Confusion". It's also a cool animated video.

[Tiger]

Lately I've been listening to this live version of Cher's cover of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Also, I have added some to my blog. There's Rachel Lutrell of Stargate Atlantis singing a beautiful song called "Beyond the Night" and Nickelback's latest single, "Gotta Be Somebody".

[Meeko]

The Used, All That I Have

[KJames]

I'm not much into the rock/heavy metal scene, but if anyone was involved with their High School Play or has been to the theatre (Stage, not movie), or has seen "Fiddler on the Roof", or even heard the song "Tradition", then this will make you laugh: search youtube for "Japanese Fiddler".

 

 

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