Thursday playlist: Eye-catching music videos of 2011

Alright. Let’s just cut right to the chase. Here’s the video that made this post a Literacy H Dogfight event. It’s very very NSFW! You have to go the website. Trust Literacy, it’s worth it. Here. Please let us know if you have any favorite characters. Ours is Ronald McDonald.

Here are some of the other most interesting videos we saw this year. Please share your own.

Azealia Banks. Because it’s hard to look away. She’s really something. Great editing. And also a really cool song.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Jv9fNPjgk[/youtube]

Destroyer. Again, it’s kind of hard to look away. And a great song.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puu3IvKnSb4[/youtube]

Beyonce. Just a fascinating appropriation (do grad student kids still say this?) of ghetto culture by a near-billionaire. And Beyonce looks totally hot.

Superchunk. This is for you Steph and your deep love for Toonces. Even though you don’t own a cat.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUeYLHiz58&ob=av2e[/youtube]

Wild Flag. Rachel already posted this. But so fun, it’s worth posting again.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8n9R8rnB8[/youtube]

Holy Ghost feat. Michael McDonald. Yes, just a fan mash-up video, but so excellent. Why don’t people dance like this anymore? It’s so rad. Long live disco.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h88WncsjZ5w

3 responses to “Thursday playlist: Eye-catching music videos of 2011”

  1. Rachel says:

    Oh, Literacy. You do love your mischief.

    My favorite? Um, the guy with the trucker hat and the Cohiba cigar? Either that or the octopus.

    It also reminded me of this, which made me feel very old.

    p.s. the rest were cool too!

  2. Tim says:

    I started watching that video but felt a little unwell after about a minute. I gotta admit it’s creative as all hell, but it sort of put me off my breakfast. That said, I think Santa may have been my favorite.

  3. Swells says:

    I had the same experience as Timo, actually, just now. Maybe I shouldn’t have watched it with my pbj. Now Superchunk, on the other paw!!!! Love it! And I’m so compelled by Azealia that I don’t know what to say. Couldn’t dip into all the videos yet but those three were very, very arresting.