visual productions that make you go huh
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
musical artists with the weirdest music
videos for this list will be ranking
bands and artists who are known for
pushing the envelope with weird and
creative music videos
for the record we’re not using the word
weird in a specifically positive or
negative fashion but more commenting
upon the public consensus of an artist’s
musical medium for better or worse the
videos from these artists have often
been considered weird by their fanbase
number ten Major Lazer
24 this inventive electronic collective
are a relatively new presence on the EDM
scene but that hasn’t stopped Major
Lazer from making a major impact of the
course of three full-length albums
much of this critical and commercial
attention has been due to the group’s
visually striking music videos which
have made the most of the medium with
their strong attention to detail and
general weirdness colors pop and tightly
edited images flash across the screen
with a rave light personality all their
own bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble
bum bubble bum bubble bubble bubble
act but their fans wouldn’t want it any
other way and their music videos
represent this originality in spades
I wish out special
number nine Radiohead
radiohead I’ve always walked their own
creative path since creep hit the charts
but it was the band’s breakout period in
the mid 90s which cemented their
reputation as one of the most
forward-thinking rock bands in the world
the band’s 1997 okay computer was proof
positive of this fact with the album six
and a half minute animated video clip
for the song paranoid android receiving
massive airplay on MTV
it was a success story for a video full
of anti-social behavior and bizarre
otherworldly imagery and Radiohead would
continue the streak of unique music
videos throughout through influential
career number 8 drives
are you looking for evocative costumes
marvelous makeup and crazy visual
effects well then we have an artist for
you
Grimes had already earned plenty of
critical acclaim when she signed to
indie label 4ad in January of 2012 with
commercial success following suit after
release of her fourth album art angel
Grimes’s music video shot for the album
exemplify the artist uncompromising and
varied visual style encompassing
everything from stark beautiful images
to extreme bloody set pieces all
accompanying Grimes’s progressive and
textured take on electronic pop music
number seven tool
dark bleak and mysterious these were all
terms used to describe the ultimate
alack t’ known as tool these words could
also be used to describe the Bands track
record of music videos only the first
two of which featured members of the
band making personal appearances
much of tools music videography was
marked for its groundbreaking usage of
stop-motion and computer generated
animation many of which were directed by
the band’s guitarist
Adam Jones
watch it
these videos quickly gains appreciation
with intools rabid fan base proving that
their visual image was as forceful and
progressive as the band itself
the fine will be part of the quitters
gotta be the British myself number six
Busta Rhymes come on did one little
surprise to you something rolled over
your eyes oh my get him on the top of
the last got a little small gallery on
the rise the music videos of Busta
Rhymes have earned acclaim from both
fans and critics further outside the box
attention to visual style and detail the
emcee born Trevor George Smith jr. had
no fear issuing the glitter and bling
which consumed so many hip-hop videos
during the 90s in favor of his own
uniquely personal style it’s good then I
hit them up with the Ilia
various chickens they wanna marry her
dayglo headhunters bathed in blacklight
check absurdly exaggerated camera angles
and costumes double-checks heck Busta
even got down with a leather
straitjacket and a Bootsy Collins
costume in his video for dangerous that
would take my second landscaping Malone
of ancient rest my shit be accurate it’s
all gloriously weird and bust as fans
wouldn’t want it any other way
don’t wanna be bothered I got one need
to build a shitty stacking like a moon
headboard bang what the side of your
head watch I get man spread spilling off
the side of the bed now number five
Primus fans of the jazzy funk bass rock
group known as Primus have grown to
expect oddity when it comes to the
band’s well anything really ponder was
gonna seal big brownie rich children all
friend
no that’s even kinda limits our stadium
up with a golf fans the old bambbles and
Rain Man that’s now a smooth like
seven-layer Les Claypool knows this and
Primus have never failed to deliver on
that expectation with many of their
music videos reveling in imagery which
ranges from bright and colorful too dark
unsettling and downright creepy and
sometimes a little folk
whether it’s giant pigs heads crazy
cowboy costumes or the old school
animation style used on the band’s cover
for the Devil Went Down to Georgia
Primus have consistently pushed the
envelope in terms of how a rock bands
music video is supposed to look deep
and a half the rat son
chicken in the red path we cannot know
there’s no doubt
number four affects twin the next artist
on our list has earned a reputation for
creating what are arguably some of the
most frightening music videos in the
history of the medium
although Richard James has released
numerous memorable videos over the
course of his career under the apex twin
alter-ego it’s the Chris Cunningham
directed clip for come to Daddy that has
gone on to be one of his most recognized
it features nightmarish imagery from the
first note to the last including a
screaming thin demon and a gaggle of
troublesome children all bearing James’s
face
add the videos for window licker and
rubber Johnny on top of this and you
have nightmare fuel for the rest of your
life
dog is the place to be on number three D
answer me
th but music videos are the sort of mini
epics which have earned some serious
attention thanks to their cat look away
level of intensity d advert manages to
capture a wide array of moods and themes
within their videos from the
antagonistic and angry
– sexy beautiful and downright
frightening videos for I think you
freaky ugly boy and fatty boom-boom have
all gone on to capture the imaginations
of d adverts increasingly die-hard
legions of fans and with good reason
there’s simply nothing quite like Jesus
so Joe let the BT fuckin 8 whatever
number two marilyn manson’s concerned
parents everywhere had a field day in
the mid-90s when Marilyn Manson first
hit MTV with their brash
take-no-prisoners music videos
Manson never shied away from using
bizarre psychedelic imagery to further
his band’s musical mission while at the
same time earning plenty of positive
fagged response along the way
the band’s video for dope hat was a take
on the classic boat ride scene from
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
while the later clip for coma white
showcased Madsen and then fiancee Rose
McGowan as John and Jackie Kennedy
further cementing Marilyn Manson as the
new king of chakra
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
number one Bjork
right
Iceland’s reigning progressive pop
princess Bjork has made a career out of
creating visually stunning conceptually
bold music videos encompassing a diverse
range of emotions and feeds many of
York’s is successful music videos were
shot by noted French film director
Michel Gondry including fan favorites
human behavior and army of me although
the singer would see her most
commercially successful video
collaboration alongside Spike Jonze for
her cover of Bettie Hutton’s it’s oh so
quiet sis well almost have a fit this
guy coach and I got hit it’s no mistake
beautiful bizarre and utterly Bjork
these videos have not only earned a
place amongst the best of their
respective genres but also within the
mediums history as a viable and
important form of art
so do you agree with our list which
artist do you think has the weirdest
music videos
for more boundary-pushing top 10s
published every day please subscribe to
watchmojo.com
I think you’re freaky and I like you a
lot
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
musical artists with the weirdest music
videos for this list will be ranking
bands and artists who are known for
pushing the envelope with weird and
creative music videos
for the record we’re not using the word
weird in a specifically positive or
negative fashion but more commenting
upon the public consensus of an artist’s
musical medium for better or worse the
videos from these artists have often
been considered weird by their fanbase
number ten Major Lazer
24 this inventive electronic collective
are a relatively new presence on the EDM
scene but that hasn’t stopped Major
Lazer from making a major impact of the
course of three full-length albums
much of this critical and commercial
attention has been due to the group’s
visually striking music videos which
have made the most of the medium with
their strong attention to detail and
general weirdness colors pop and tightly
edited images flash across the screen
with a rave light personality all their
own bubble bubble bubble bubble bubble
bum bubble bum bubble bubble bubble
act but their fans wouldn’t want it any
other way and their music videos
represent this originality in spades
I wish out special
number nine Radiohead
radiohead I’ve always walked their own
creative path since creep hit the charts
but it was the band’s breakout period in
the mid 90s which cemented their
reputation as one of the most
forward-thinking rock bands in the world
the band’s 1997 okay computer was proof
positive of this fact with the album six
and a half minute animated video clip
for the song paranoid android receiving
massive airplay on MTV
it was a success story for a video full
of anti-social behavior and bizarre
otherworldly imagery and Radiohead would
continue the streak of unique music
videos throughout through influential
career number 8 drives
are you looking for evocative costumes
marvelous makeup and crazy visual
effects well then we have an artist for
you
Grimes had already earned plenty of
critical acclaim when she signed to
indie label 4ad in January of 2012 with
commercial success following suit after
release of her fourth album art angel
Grimes’s music video shot for the album
exemplify the artist uncompromising and
varied visual style encompassing
everything from stark beautiful images
to extreme bloody set pieces all
accompanying Grimes’s progressive and
textured take on electronic pop music
number seven tool
dark bleak and mysterious these were all
terms used to describe the ultimate
alack t’ known as tool these words could
also be used to describe the Bands track
record of music videos only the first
two of which featured members of the
band making personal appearances
much of tools music videography was
marked for its groundbreaking usage of
stop-motion and computer generated
animation many of which were directed by
the band’s guitarist
Adam Jones
watch it
these videos quickly gains appreciation
with intools rabid fan base proving that
their visual image was as forceful and
progressive as the band itself
the fine will be part of the quitters
gotta be the British myself number six
Busta Rhymes come on did one little
surprise to you something rolled over
your eyes oh my get him on the top of
the last got a little small gallery on
the rise the music videos of Busta
Rhymes have earned acclaim from both
fans and critics further outside the box
attention to visual style and detail the
emcee born Trevor George Smith jr. had
no fear issuing the glitter and bling
which consumed so many hip-hop videos
during the 90s in favor of his own
uniquely personal style it’s good then I
hit them up with the Ilia
various chickens they wanna marry her
dayglo headhunters bathed in blacklight
check absurdly exaggerated camera angles
and costumes double-checks heck Busta
even got down with a leather
straitjacket and a Bootsy Collins
costume in his video for dangerous that
would take my second landscaping Malone
of ancient rest my shit be accurate it’s
all gloriously weird and bust as fans
wouldn’t want it any other way
don’t wanna be bothered I got one need
to build a shitty stacking like a moon
headboard bang what the side of your
head watch I get man spread spilling off
the side of the bed now number five
Primus fans of the jazzy funk bass rock
group known as Primus have grown to
expect oddity when it comes to the
band’s well anything really ponder was
gonna seal big brownie rich children all
friend
no that’s even kinda limits our stadium
up with a golf fans the old bambbles and
Rain Man that’s now a smooth like
seven-layer Les Claypool knows this and
Primus have never failed to deliver on
that expectation with many of their
music videos reveling in imagery which
ranges from bright and colorful too dark
unsettling and downright creepy and
sometimes a little folk
whether it’s giant pigs heads crazy
cowboy costumes or the old school
animation style used on the band’s cover
for the Devil Went Down to Georgia
Primus have consistently pushed the
envelope in terms of how a rock bands
music video is supposed to look deep
and a half the rat son
chicken in the red path we cannot know
there’s no doubt
number four affects twin the next artist
on our list has earned a reputation for
creating what are arguably some of the
most frightening music videos in the
history of the medium
although Richard James has released
numerous memorable videos over the
course of his career under the apex twin
alter-ego it’s the Chris Cunningham
directed clip for come to Daddy that has
gone on to be one of his most recognized
it features nightmarish imagery from the
first note to the last including a
screaming thin demon and a gaggle of
troublesome children all bearing James’s
face
add the videos for window licker and
rubber Johnny on top of this and you
have nightmare fuel for the rest of your
life
dog is the place to be on number three D
answer me
th but music videos are the sort of mini
epics which have earned some serious
attention thanks to their cat look away
level of intensity d advert manages to
capture a wide array of moods and themes
within their videos from the
antagonistic and angry
– sexy beautiful and downright
frightening videos for I think you
freaky ugly boy and fatty boom-boom have
all gone on to capture the imaginations
of d adverts increasingly die-hard
legions of fans and with good reason
there’s simply nothing quite like Jesus
so Joe let the BT fuckin 8 whatever
number two marilyn manson’s concerned
parents everywhere had a field day in
the mid-90s when Marilyn Manson first
hit MTV with their brash
take-no-prisoners music videos
Manson never shied away from using
bizarre psychedelic imagery to further
his band’s musical mission while at the
same time earning plenty of positive
fagged response along the way
the band’s video for dope hat was a take
on the classic boat ride scene from
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
while the later clip for coma white
showcased Madsen and then fiancee Rose
McGowan as John and Jackie Kennedy
further cementing Marilyn Manson as the
new king of chakra
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
number one Bjork
right
Iceland’s reigning progressive pop
princess Bjork has made a career out of
creating visually stunning conceptually
bold music videos encompassing a diverse
range of emotions and feeds many of
York’s is successful music videos were
shot by noted French film director
Michel Gondry including fan favorites
human behavior and army of me although
the singer would see her most
commercially successful video
collaboration alongside Spike Jonze for
her cover of Bettie Hutton’s it’s oh so
quiet sis well almost have a fit this
guy coach and I got hit it’s no mistake
beautiful bizarre and utterly Bjork
these videos have not only earned a
place amongst the best of their
respective genres but also within the
mediums history as a viable and
important form of art
so do you agree with our list which
artist do you think has the weirdest
music videos
for more boundary-pushing top 10s
published every day please subscribe to
watchmojo.com
I think you’re freaky and I like you a
lot
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