Want to explore and fully use your senses? Watching music videos can provide an interesting experience. First of all, it is very important to find the right mix of sounds and images. Some videos could be too dark and creepy, while others might be too boring.
Many bands have come up with brilliant creations taking elements from cinema. Below you’ll find a list of videos that will give you a mind-blowing experience.
“Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” Tame Impala
The psychedelic style that characterizes Tame Impala explodes into a visual and multicolored cosmos. Romance and madness is a concoction that blends perfectly with this song.
“Once in a Lifetime” Talking Heads
This is a classic from the eighties. In this video we see Talking Heads vocalist, David Byrne, floating over a sea of technology and frenzy while sweating like crazy. How is this sequence not hypnotizing?
“Champagne Supernova” Oasis
What the hell is a Supernova Champagne? Nobody knows, not even the Gallagher brothers, but it became an important anthem during the nineties anyway. This video takes you to another level with its imaginery full of bright colors and geniality.
“Heart-Shaped Box” Nirvana
You’ll be definitely blown away by these fascinating images from Kurt Cobain’s mind.
“Loser” Beck
How would you visually represent fake hip-hop mixed with folk music, reminiscent of Bob Dylan’s and Woody Guthrie’s talky blues? With clumsy shots of young Beck and dozens of strange filters?
“Learn to Fly” Foo Fighters
Jack Black serves a “pot” of coffee on the same flight the Foo Fighters have just boarded. Everyone eventually loses control, turning the scene into a strange and nonsensical comedy.
“Black Hole Sun” Soundgarden
This video summarizes the crude surrealism of nineties grunge music. Eyes wide open, sick smiles, and frightening animals shine in this fantastic audiovisual work.
“The Universal” Blur
This video is full of Kubrick references regarding visual balance.
“Hands” Alpine
Strange women fill one of the most surreal scenarios to have ever been created. This video is insanity at its finest.
“Mouth Mantra” Björk
What would it be like to be inside Björk’s mouth? To look at her teeth and her tongue while she recites her mantra. The video has a magnetic beauty, but it also has a disturbing touch that heightens as the song progresses.
“Saturnz Barz” Gorillaz
Your favorite animated characters of music inside a haunted house, what could possibly go wrong? Everything, of course. From a filthy bathroom that travels through space to a flying pizza that will haunt your dreams forever.
“Water Fountain” tUnE-yArDs
tUnE-yArDs rescues an absurd fantasy from the nineties. They plunge the world into an audiovisual dementia through rhythms and screams. Its bright colors and tiny characters are extraordinary.
“Yulia” Princess Chelsea
Princess Chelsea videos present a painting of sorts. The artist stands still while she apathetically recites the lyrics to her song. The image turns disturbing little by little. One of a kind.
“The Kill” 30 Seconds to Mars
This is another video full of Kubrick references. The band arrives at a hotel where a sinister story will take place.
“Total Entertainment Forever” Father John Misty
Macaulay Culkin takes on the role of Kurt Cobain who is in a colorful scenario made of papier-mâché. The images speak for themselves.
‘The Hardest Button to Button’ The White Stripes
This is one of the most hypnotic videos from The White Stripes. You just have to sit to enjoy the sequence and the glamour.
“Basket Case” Green Day
The Californian trio is locked up in a mental hospital where all the patients have strange faces and hallucinate. Did you expect something else?
“IFHY” Tyler, The Creator
Tyler is a complete cinephile, and you can tell by his productions. This video is the best example of his madness and storytelling: weird and flamboyant. You must watch it till the end to get the most out of the experience.
“N.M.S.S” Elvis Depressedly
“No more sad songs” says Elvis Depressedly in this weird and wonderful video. The plot is interrupted by frames and scenes of a different video. This experimental combination will certainly hypnotize you and make you descend into madness.
“Float On” Modest Mouse
Let this video take you on a journey full of ornaments and exceptional moments that –though not psychedelic– will mesmerize you with its visual style.
“I Am the Walrus” The Beatles
They were the first psychedelic pioneers. Although it looks basic at first, if you watch it with the right perspective it will turn into a gaudy remarkable trip.
“The Rip” Portishead
Despite its disturbing and depressive undertones, the structure of this video will take your mind to the next level. It will challenge your imagination while you listen to the melancholic song.
