10 Great Music Videos That Would Make Even Better Films
On August 1st, 1981, a certain little channel called MTV broadcast their first music video. A quick question of pop trivia, can you name that music video? (answer revealed below) Since then music videos have been a burgeoning form of media, and have become so much more than a mere visual accompaniment to an artists track. They have the ability to escalate the popularity of a song to stratospheric heights, through being played on music channels or being shared on the internet. By going viral, music videos can be accessed by everyone with an internet connection. Take the recent pop sensation Gangnam Style (530 million views at time of writing). As a song it is distinctly average, a generic pop song, another skid mark on the underpants of our music charts. However, give it a quirky music video and a stupid (albeit entertaining) dance routine, and you have yourself a major hit. Even Boris Johnson admitted during the Conservative Conference that he and the Prime Minister enjoyed getting down and shaking their booties to the Korean ballad. Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Some music videos contain a narrative that is so compelling that you feel its unjustified to condense them down to a 4 or 5 minute clip. Whether these are a visual representation of the songwriters lyrics, or the inspired creation of the director, these videos are bursting with ideas that are just itching to be translated to the big screen. Here are 10 music videos that could prove great successes should a movie adaptation fortuitously come their way. (The first music video aired on MTV was Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles.)