Considering that I named a blog Video Game and Music Lounge, there's very little music. Lets change that with the top 10 most bizarre animated music videos. Rules are that the music video must not come from an existing animated franchise or be simply a music video for a film or borrow from an animated series, so no Daft Punk.
Honorable Mentions
Vocaloid and Gorillaz: Both of these have their own seperate lists
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel: - Iconic more than bizarre
Opposites Attract by Paula Abdul: - Features MC Skat Kat but little too much live action to count.
Yellow Submarine by The Beatles: - Since it became a movie in it's own right it's disqualified from this list.
We're Going to Ibiza by The Vengaboys: - Despite the overly exaggerated body types this doesn't seem that weird.
Object of my desire by Dana Rayne: - I found this recently and it's about a crazy boy obsessed blue haired girl, it's surprisingly catchy.
10. Take On Me by A-Ha
This features a comic book come to life as the heroine is dragged into the comic by the lead character who is a 50s style street racer, low on the list as it's less weird more pleasant romance.
9. Heroes by Mans Zelmerlow
The 2015 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest painted a picture of stick figure school children painted on stage through fancy light work, it was unique, made a great story and was a worthy winner but not nearly as bizarre as the other entries.
8. JCB Song by Nizlopi
A music video told through kids drawings about Mr T, Bruce Lee, Transformers and the singer's father's JCB Digger. It's a nice little folk song that makes the world feel alot better.
7. The Wall by Pink Floyd
The image of the marching hammers sticks with many a music video fan in the same vain as Michael Jackson's Thriller or the previously mentioned Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel.
6. Fly On The Wings Of Love by XTM Presents Annia
A guy late for his girlfriend's party imagines his BMX is a motorcycle. Girlfriend plays tune while he waits only to attract the weird locals including rappers, fighting toddlers and hooded people who are actually speakers, this is only number 6 by the way.
5. Blue by Eiffel 65
Blue Aliens abduct the lead singer so it's up to the other band members to free him yet they put on a concert for the aliens anyway, I'm amazed this was one of the best songs of 1999.
4. Sweet Like Chocolate by Shanks & Bigfoot
Human in a chocolate world, not really much else to say really although the human chocolate people are arguing for some reason, least that's the impression I get.
3. Money For Nothing by Dire Straits
If you think Animated Music Video, then chances are you've probably seen this video as it's the one that most frequently pops up in conversation. Using rather primitive computer animation and very blocky graphics features two removal men as they clear out a home of it's furniture while the band are singing on a very early MTV channel.
2. Zorba's Dance by LCD
This one needs a youtube video to be believed,
LCD stands for Large Cool Dudes featuring a computer animated band of obese people named Ed, Zed, Ted and Ned. They even have chipmunk voices. I do own this single and I still got it and I have to ask my past self what possessed him to buy this single in the first place.
1. Viva Forever by Spice Girls
While the song itself is somewhat beautiful yet strangely melancholy, it stands as one of the most bizarre of moments in music videos. The Spice Girls are portrayed as animated fairies in a rather strange and slasher like manner as their grins and body shapes give that impression of impending doom but it doesn't end there, the poor teenager that gets seduced by the fairies ends up being spirited away in a Rubik Cube leaving his poor friend to try and work out what just happened so he puts the cube in a capsule and throws it into a capsule dispenser. Yep it's that kind of weird, unexplained, It stands as the most bizarre of Music Videos to ever feature animation.
