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The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos

Thirty years ago, on Aug. 1, 1981, MTV began to beam a budding art form — the music video — into homes across the U.S. TIME takes a look back at the most memorable clips from three decades' worth of music television

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Beastie Boys: Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (Directors Cut)

http://beastieboys.com/—  This is the world premiere of the explicit epic length video/ short film for the Beastie Boys 'Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win'. Though no Yeti's were harmed in the making of this video, please remember, that there are some scenes that are a rugged and raw depiction of a world that is at times violent, and even frightening. Directed by Spike Jonze and written by Adam Yauch

Published on Jul 19, 2011 by BeastieBoysVEVO

 

Official Full Length, Ultra HD and Explicit Director's Cut music video for Beastie Boys "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (featuring Santigold)" off their album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
Directed by the legendary Spike Jonze. Production Company: Oscilloscope. Producer: Samantha Storr
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Perform This Way (Parody of "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga)

The guy who has sold more than 12 million albums with his humorous parodies and original songs is back with this new parody video of Lady Gaga’s “Perform this Way”. I’m just hoping that Lady Gaga doesn’t take inspiration from these crazy ass costumes and don’t fret it’s just Weird AI’s face with another woman’s body, thought I’d warn before you watch the video because it cannot be unseen.


Published on Jun 20, 2011 by alyankovicVEVO

Music video by "Weird Al" Yankovic performing Perform This Way (Parody of "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga). (C) 2011 Volcano Entertainment III, LLC, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment

Radiohead Performs New Song “Staircase” (Video)

article written by: Andy Green

Whether or not you prefer the sounds of Radiohead, you cannot deny the simple fact that these guys have left their dent on the music industry. Mr. Yorke and the boys have been creating their sonic world for years and they are still going strong. They released their latest album “King of Limbs” in February of this year and they have a new BBC special which will air on July 1st called “The Basement Sessions” and this new track of theirs’ “Staircase”– will be featured on the show.

Uploaded by radiohead on Jun 20, 2011

Here's a new track called Staircase, taken from our upcoming 'From The Basement' session.

And no, you're not seeing double. The doppelganger drummers are myself and Clive Deamer. Clive has long been one of my favourite drummers and so I was really excited when he agreed to perform with us. Hope you like what we've all done.

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The 25 Most Influential Music Videos Of All Time

By Craig Hlavaty
From http://blogs.houstonpress.com/

​It's hard to fathom a time before music videos, and it's even sadder to remember when channels like MTV and VH1 were wall-to-wall music videos. In between there was a golden age, when with every clip that you watched could spark a revolution in you, or at least change your fashion sense. It's sad to say, but the age of music videos as we knew it has largely been over since The Real World premiered, although when YouTube took over it at least made it possible to see most any video on demand on your computer or phone.

One of the first videos that we ever loved was Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" from 1986's So album. Being three to four years old and growing up in a musical household, music videos were just like cartoons and live-action kid shows. We didn't know a boundary between Pee-Wee's Playhouse or "Sledgehammer"; later we would find out they were directed by the same person, oddly enough.

Gabriel is in The Woodlands tonight for a date with his New Blood Orchestra, touting a show with no guitars or drums, which after a year of metal, punk, and indie, is a welcome change, especially in the hands of Gabriel and company. The guy has been in our lives since we could remember, and tonight we see him live.

Here are 25 of the most influential music videos of all time. This is not an authoritative list, and nothing is order, though we did put "Thriller" at the end just in case anyone skips this paragraph and decides to throw a fit. Anyhow, what are your favorites?

Peter Gabriel, "Sledgehammer"

The effects, the effects, the effects.

Talking Heads, "Once In A Lifetime"

Weirdo David Byrne comes to your living room.

Guns N' Roses, "Welcome To The Jungle"

There was hair-metal, and then these dudes show up from Planet Scum to slay us all.

The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Peter Goldman)

Trippy visuals, and some of the first tastes of psychedelia for the straights.

2Pac & Dr. Dre. "California Love"

Two of the best rappers of any generation, plus Mad Max. By they way, happy 40th, Pac, if you're out there.

Bruce Springsteen, "Dancing In The Dark"

All you needed to know about Bruce's image is contained in these few minutes.

ZZ Top, "Gimme All Your Lovin'"

From Texas blues-rock legends to bad and worldwide within three minutes. Plus, chicks, man.

Herbie Hancock, "Rockit"

Creepy robot things, and industrial bent, and a music visionary gains a new audience.

Sonic Youth, "Dirty Boots"

Before Nirvana and Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth was already spinning tales of grunge woe.

Metallica, "One"

Sure, "Enter Sandman" was kinda scary, but imagine being trapped in your own body like a dead star?

Duran Duran, "Girls On Film"

Decadence for the '80s, plus you know, boobs.

Bob Dylan, "Subterranean Homesick Blues"

Yes, that's Allen Ginsberg chilling in the back.

Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg, "Nuthin' But A G Thang"

Every rapper afterwards had to show you his crib and how he partied.

Dire Straits, "Money For Nothing"

Computer graphics reigned, and without this video, you would have a big hole in UHF.

Britney Spears, "...Baby One More Time"

Every pop act, male or female, would be influenced by this one. The only thing that would change would be the setting and the faces.

Van Halen, "Runnin' With The Devil"

The hair-metal video template in its purest form.

Buggles, "Video Killed The Radio Star"

Prophetic.

Green Day, "Longview"

A nation of couch-sitters sat up and realized they weren't alone.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, "Into The Great Wide Open"

Hello Johnny Depp, and some of the most spot-on '80s fame fairy tales.

Bauhaus, "Bela Lugosi's Dead"

Bringing goth to the teens of America and spawning a black-clad global army.

Midnight Oil "Power and the Passion"

Few people hit so hard on consumerism as Midnight Oil did. Influenced videos from Rage Against the Machine, Neil Young, and System of a Down in the decades to come.

Madonna, "Like a Prayer"

Hello Britney, Gaga, and any other number of gals taking a hit at the Man Upstairs. Madonna made blasphemy sexy.

Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

And the gates of Seattle flew open like a dress on prom night.

Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"

Who else was making fun of '70s cop shows before this? Who hasn't been since?

Michael Jackson, "Thriller"

Zombies, Vincent Price, an epic running time, and this .gif file are all that matter.

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Vh1 Bringing Back "Pop Up Videos"

by Andrew Winistorfer
from http://www.prefixmag.com/

This is about the best news related to Vh1 programming in the history of the network: Vh1 just announced plans to bring back their seminal '90s video show Pop-Up Videos, that fountain of random-ass trivia in music video-length chunks, this fall with 60 new episodes. The best part of this news? The fact that the show will feature hip-hop videos for the first time, so expect dissections of "Big Pimpin'"(still the pinnacle of '90s rap videos) this fall. [AV Club]

The Dance Off: Old Britney vs New Britney (VIDEO)

Old Britney vs. New Britney: The Dance Off!

Posted by Craig Marks

From http://popdust.com/

Britney Spears is 29 years old, which isn’t really old at all, even for a pop star. And yet much of the talk surrounding her two new videos, “Hold It Against Me” and “Till the World Ends,” and especially her live performances on Good Morning America and Jimmy Kimmel has centered around the erosion of her once formidable dance skills. Now, Girlfriend has been through an awful lot since “…Baby One More Time” seared eyeballs in 1999: marriage(s), divorce, kids, custody battles, public humiliations, corrosive scrutiny, ugly power-plays over control of her very being, and more. We can only imagine the toll that takes on someone’s psyche, no less their body. (UPDATE: She also suffered a knee injury back in 2004, which could be a contributing factor to her onstage woodenness, although it doesn’t explain that far-away look in her eyes.) And while our name isn’t Dr. Drew, we would not be surprised to learn that Britney’s motor skills have been downgraded by a prescription cocktail of psyschopharmaceuticals that have helped her reach some place of inner contentedness, maybe even happiness. Her new album is great, she’s dating someone who doesn’t seem to be pure evil, and she’s starting her tour in Sacramento on June 17. We will go see her, of course (come with!), but we’re more than a little uneasy about whether or not she’s capable of handling the athletic challenges of a 21st-century arena show. Maybe her fans don’t care; they’re just glad she’s upright and making awesome dance-pop and ohmygoditsbritney! But watch this video of Britney then vs. Britney now—inspired by the legendary 2002 nightclub dance-off between Britney and ex Justin Timberlake—and see if you don’t get a little sad/concerned when you realize that “then” is less than ten years ago.

For lots more pics, videos and up-to-the-second dish on Britney, check out her Popdust Artist Page.

Beastie Boys' "Revisited" Lineups Include Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Jack Black, & More

By Jose Flores
From: http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/

Beastie Boys Mach II

​Wow. We are stunned, speechless and excited as hell, boyeeee! In anticipation for their next album The Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, the Beastie Boys just unleashed a trailer for what appears to be the most enjoyable music video in ages. Or most hilarious short movie based on a music video.

From what we gather -- and you can gather this too, when you watch the clip -- the Beastie Boys: Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride get into an altercation with the Beastie Boys from the future: John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell and Jack Black.


Will Arnett, Ted Danson, Susan Saranden, Steve Buscemi and Rainn Wilson are also up in the mix. The video/film is based around the events that take place the day of 1986's "(You Gotta)Fight For Your Right To Party."

We can only assume that the future Beastie Boys come back in time to stop their younger versions from partying too hard. But the elders learn from the youngsters that they gotta keep partying on, no matter how old they are -- and break shit while tripping balls.

It premiered at Sundance this past January, can't wait to see it for ourselves in it's entirety.

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Photos: The Making of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Video | Rolling Stone Music | Photos

Photos: The Making of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Video | Rolling Stone Music | Photos

It’s been 17 years since Douglas Kirkland had exclusive access as the sole photojournalist at Michael Jackson’s landmark “Thriller” video. It wasn’t until Jackson’s death in June, 2009 that the photographer decided to finally share the wealth of material he originally shot for Life magazine in book form, due out this month as Michael Jackson: The Making of Thriller/4 Days/1983. We asked Kirkland about a few of his favorite shots, as well as what they revealed about the singer.

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Michael Jackson Video Collection Announced

From: http://www.rollingstone.com/

'Michael Jackson's Vision' will feature over 40 clips, from the full version of 'Thriller' to the unreleased 'One More Chance'

By  Daniel Kreps

 

A collection of all of Michael Jackson's music videos will be released on November 22nd as a three-DVD set called Michael Jackson's Vision, the Jackson estate and Epic/Legacy Recordings announced today. Vision will feature over 40 music videos from Jackson's solo career, including the unreleased clip for 2003's "One More Chance" (off Number Ones); the full version of his legendary "Thriller"; "Bad," which was directed by Martin Scorsese; plus rarer clips like the eerie "Ghosts," Jackson's "Say Say Say" duet with Paul McCartney and director Spike Lee's alternate version of "They Don't Care About Us."
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Vision will be offered in a limited edition boxed set with a 60-page hard-bound book with photos from Jackson's own archives. You can preorder the package here. The Jackson estate also plans a collection of 10 unreleased Michael Jackson songs to be come out in November.

Michael Jackson's Life in Photos

Michael Jackson's Vision

DISC 1
1. "Don't Stop" 'Til You Get Enough 4:12
Director: Nick Saxton
2. "Rock With You" 3:22
Director: Bruce Gowers
3. "She's Out of My Life" 3:35
Director: Bruce Gowers
4. "Billie Jean" 4:54
Director: Steve Barron
5. "Beat It" 4:57
Director: Bob Giraldi
6. "Thriller" 13:42
Director: John Landis
7. "Bad" 18:05
Director: Martin Scorsese
8. "The Way You Make Me Feel" 9:24
Director: Joe Pytka
9. "Man In the Mirror" 5:03
Director: Don Wilson
10. "Dirty Diana" 5:05
Director: Joe Pytka
11. "Smooth Criminal" 9:27
Director: Colin Chilvers
12. "Another Part of Me" 4:45
Director: Patrick T. Kelly
13. "Speed Demon" 10:08
Director: Will Vinton
14. "Come Together" 5:40
Director: Jerry Kramer & Colin Chilvers
15. "Leave Me Alone" 4:36
Director: Jim Blashfield and Paul Diener
16. "Liberian Girl" 5:34
Director: Jim Yukich

DISC 2
1. "Black or White" 11:01
Director: John Landis
2. "Remember The Time" 9:16
Director: John Singleton
3. "In the Closet" 6:05
Director: Herb Ritts
4. "Jam" 7:59
Director: David Nelson
5. "Heal The World" 7:32
Director: Joe Pytka
6. "Give In To Me" 5:29
Director: Andy Morahan
7. "Who Is It" 6:34
Director: David Fincher
8. "Will You Be There" 5:55
Director: Vincent Paterson
9. "Gone Too Soon" 3:38
Director: Bill DiCicco
10. "Scream" 4:47
Director: Mark Romanek
11. "Childhood" 4:29
Director: Nicholas Brandt
12. "You Are Not Alone" 5:34
Director: Wayne Isham
13. "Earth Song" 6:44
Director: Nicholas Brandt
14. "They Don't Care About Us" 7:08
Director: Spike Lee
15. "Stranger In Moskow" 5:33
Director: Nicholas Brandt
16. "Blood On The Dancefloor" 5:27
Director: Michael Jackson & Vincent Patterson
17. "Ghosts" 3:58
Director: Stan Winston
18. "You Rock My World" 13:30
Director: Paul Hunter
19. "Cry" 4:57
Director: Nick Brandt

DISC 3 (Bonus Features)
1. "Blame It On the Boogie" - The Jacksons 3:32
2. "Enjoy Yourself" - The Jacksons 3:31
3. "Can You Feel It" - The Jacksons 9:37
4. "Say Say Say" - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson 4:57
Director: Bob Giraldi
5. "They Don't Care About Us" - Prison version 4:52
Director: Spike Lee
6. "Why?" - 3T featuring Michael Jackson 4:33
7. "One More Chance" - previously unreleased 4:03

Lady Gaga's 'Big Eyes' Spark Health Warning

From: http://www.lemondrop.com/

When Lady Gaga premiered her "Bad Romance" video last year, everyone overlooked her sexy moves and barely-there outfits and, instead, was spell-bound by her big eyes.

Specifically, the wacky contacts that make your pupils a size only found in anime videos or "Bambi."

Since they're illegal to sell in the U.S., fashion-forward teens have been venturing to online stores in Asia to seek them out.

Though they're only $20 a pop, opticians are afraid they may cause infections, damaged vision -- even blindness. However, Korean contact-lens company CircleLens2U told BBC's Newbeat, "They are just like any normal, soft-color contact lenses you could found [sic] on the market."

While we'd all love to have peepers like "America's Next Top Model" contestant Rachel (who was born with the look), we might be better off letting Lady Gaga keep this trend to herself, rather than risk it all just to look more innocent.

Check out how Lady Gaga rocks the doe eyes after the jump.

Where I Stood (Pocketburgers edit) by Missy Higgins

Where I Stood (Pocketburgers edit) by Missy Higgins

The Music Video Is Back Thanks to Lady Gaga

From: http://www.newsweek.com/

The music industry had given up on videos. Then Lady Gaga came calling.

Many of us keep track of what tops the box-office and iTunes charts, but can anybody even guess what’s the most-viewed YouTube video of all time? No, it doesn’t involve a baby or a kid doing something hilarious. The answer is “Bad Romance,” the music video starring Lady Gaga shimmying in what looks like an underground brothel. As of press time it had been viewed 244,529,375 times. The runner-up, and catching up fast, is the music video for Justin Bieber’s song “Baby,” with 243,479,950 views. No. 3 features a real baby (“Charlie Bit My Finger—Again”), though there’s another video, Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the U.S.A.,” at No. 5, with 138 million views. Of course, music videos make up only a fraction of YouTube’s audience as the second-largest search engine after Google, but the Web site has singlehandedly revived the genre—with a little help from a woman who wears soda cans in her hair.

Once upon a time, when people purchased their favorite songs on records and cassettes, the music video was a touchstone of popular culture. MTV launched in 1981 as a network devoted to airing them 24 hours a day—remember the rise of the VJ? But just like video killed the radio star, reality TV killed the music video. In the late ’90s, music channels stopped being synonymous with music—and started airing washed-up music stars, such as the Osbournes and the Lachey-Simpsons, bickering in the comfort of their own McMansions. Not long after TRL was axed in 2008, music videos were relegated to the graveyard shift; even now, they air on MTV only between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m. As the music business imploded on the back of illegal downloads, videos—once seen as the best promotion to help boost albums—were a luxury that didn’t make sense.

And then came music to record executives’ ears: YouTube, which has partnered with a company named Vevo to monetize a medium that was as dated as a pair of disco shoes. Every time YouTube broadcasts a video through Vevo online, it is accompanied by a brief ad, and for every 1,000 such “impressions,” Vevo earns at least $25. The reason music videos have come back from the dead is simple. They are the perfect length—three to five minutes—for abbreviated online attention spans. They are easy to share, tweet, Facebook, and comment on. You can watch them from the comfort of your own home (or cubicle, when you’re procrastinating at work). Some videos are now so high in demand, they even have their own trailers. Is it just a coincidence that the movie industry feels so sluggish at the same time music videos are taking off?

If there’s one lady who should take credit for the resurgence of the music video, it’s Lady Gaga. Just as Michael Jackson revitalized the genre in 1983 with his 14-minute “Thriller” extravaganza, Gaga’s videos have the production values of an action movie, with special effects, elaborate costumes, background dancers, and more bling than the Oscars. It’s not just that her music videos are theatrical, but like an episode of Lost, they lend themselves to being watched, rewatched, dissected, and argued about in surprisingly sophisticated ways. When “Bad Romance” premiered last November, it created an online blitz—Rolling Stone compared it to Kubrick, and even The Wall Street Journal weighed in. Gaga’s music video for “Telephone,” which premiered in March on E! as well as on Vevo, was more than nine minutes long. It was something like a homage to both Tarantino and Thelma & Louise: a statement of female empowerment through murder and violence, set against a pastiche of singing, dancing, and cheesy acting, courtesy of Beyoncé. Soon enough, the video got even more attention when fans started posting their own shot-by-shot remakes on (you guessed it) YouTube. The best was from a platoon of soldiers in Afghanistan, which has been watched by 5 million people and prompted a U.S. Army spokeswoman to report that “the brigade command team is happy to see that they also still have a good sense of humor and that morale is high.”

And if the boys in uniform can get in on the act, who’s to say that you can’t, too? Democratized fame—in the form of American Idol and The Hills—may have once stifled music videos, but now it’s an ally. Anybody can star in a music video and have the whole world watch them lip-sync, even if they’re not lip-syncing to their own songs. In order to understand the parodies, we need to be familiar with the original videos. A similar principle was behind why we studied music videos in the first place—to learn how to dance like Michael Jackson or Madonna in the clubs. Now, of course, nobody goes to a club to meet somebody; we can thank Match.com and dating Web sites for that. But the Web isn’t all that bad. If it weren’t for the Internet, the music video wouldn’t have been able to accomplish a feat that neither Britney nor Whitney could pull off: it’s made a full comeback.

First Music Video Shot Entirely on the iPhone 4 Debuts

• By: Ryan Fleming
• From: http://www.digitaltrends.com/
  

Director Marty Martin and musician Flakjakt have debuted the new video “Cascades”, filmed entirely with the iPhone 4.

The music video business can be brutal. Some artists can spend millions of dollars on what amounts to just a few minutes of footage, and even then the chances of a large audience watching it have diminished as the reach of music videos has diminished. The production costs have skyrocketed, and the equipment needed to put on a traditional music video has grown to rival that of a TV show, leaving less well-known musicians to find more creative and cost effective ways to get their name out there. Seattle-based director Marty Martin and musician Flakjakt have found an interesting and creative way around buying or renting expensive camera equipment – they used an iPhone 4.

When faced with a task to get something done that typically demands a great deal of money, the creative will finds alternative ways to accomplish the same task. With just a $200 budget, and a limited reach, Martin and his friend Steve Failows (aka Flakjakt) needed to find a way that could draw a bit of attention to their project without sacrificing the quality. With the hype surrounding the iPhone- plus the 720p video camera- an idea was born.

“I’ve had a lot of people come up to me and say that if it hadn’t said iPhone 4, people wouldn’t have watched it,” Martin says.

Using the iPhone 4 was sure to gain a little bit of added attention, but beyond that, Martin just wanted to make as good a video as possible regardless of how it was filmed, “My ultimate goal was to make it look as close to a film as possible.”

Over the span of two days, Martin filmed the video “Cascades”, using only the iPhone while accumulating roughly three hours of footage at nine locations. The footage took half a day to convert. Martin then spent the next 40 hours straight editing it using Final Cut Pro to edit the video into what you see below.

Martin and Flakjakt are hoping to strategically place the video to make it go viral. Using the iPhone 4 helped get a little much needed attention, but the duo is hoping that the quality of the music video, and the song itself will have people forget the medium and just enjoy. Check it out below and decide for yourself.

Also, head to TheMartyMartin.com to see more works from the director.

Update: Looks like Flakjakt’s was not the first iPhone 4 video to surface, but it may be the best. We will try to contact the other video makers.

Devo Offers Something for Everybody

The avant-garde band Devo, best known for the '80s hit "Whip It," is back with a new album after a 20-year hiatus

M.I.A.’s New Video Too Much For YouTube

By: Edmund Mullins 

The New York Times is reporting that YouTube has pulled the video for M.I.A.’s new single, Born Free, presumably owing to nudity and graphic violence. Directed by Romain Gavras (son of filmmaker Costa-Gavras), it depicts an unidentified American military unit rounding up red-headed males from an apartment complex, then busing them to the desert where they are tortured and killed. It is hard-edged, graphic stuff and extremely NSFW.

Watch it after the jump.
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Since it popped up yesterday, there’s been a lot of web chatter about the video’s political message which, at its heart, is fairly rote. I’m inclined to think the kerfluffle has a lot more to say about how dull, thoughtless and inconsequential most music videos are. A little seriousness goes a long way, and a lot, it would seem, gets people uptight. Enjoy this link while it lasts.

Beautiful Time-Lapse Music Video

Posted by tobypast

From http://www.motherboard.tv/

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If you haven’t yet seen the lovely music video for Stomacher – Untitled/Dark Divider by Sean Stiegemeier, take the 4 minutes from your day to do so. Over a year’s worth of gorgeous time-lapse video taken on his travels to Prague, Japan, Banff, Utah, Oregon, California, and more, the video and the music blend seamlessly together for a soothing, visually stunning experience that will blow your mind.

I look forward to more from this director/DP, and if you like the track, the album is available for free download here as well: http://stomachermusic.com/

Erykah Badu Went to Dealey Plaza, Got Naked, Shot Video. City Hall Distances!

By Robert Wilonsky

On March 17, Erykah Badu and a small crew went down to Dealey Plaza to shoot a very naked video for "Window Seat."

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Earlier this morning, Pete posted the evidence to DC9: Erykah Badu's "Window Seat" video, the latest informercial for New Amerykah Part Two: The Return of the Ankh, in stores tomorrow. Since its release in the wee small hours Saturday morning, the video -- filmed entirely in Dealey Plaza in one take on March 17 -- has become the subject of much controversy, not only because of where it was shot, but because of Erykah's decision to take it off take it all off (Matt & Kim-style) in front of Grassy Knoll bystanders on her way to the X-marks-the-spot where John Kennedy was shot to death in November '63. Then, in the end, there's a shout-out to The Organization Man himself, as the word "groupthink" spills out onto the asphalt.

Erykah's having fun with the attention as the video transitions from music blogs to news sites. Says she via Twitter, "ive been punished AND rewarded enough times by love and life to dedicate the whole thing to EVOLVING. i am happy. i expected the gossip blog sites to spin it negatively. i expected people to ride with me."

Except, maybe, Dallas City Hall. Schutze's bestest bud Frank Librio just sent an e-mail in which 1500 Marilla Street says no way no how did it approve the video shoot.

All commercial film/video or photo shoot projects must be permitted through the City of Dallas Office of Special Events/Film Coordinators. The production company that produced this video never contacted the City to seek the proper permits. This is known as "guerilla filming" where production companies circumvent the proper permitting procedures and usually shoot these scenes in one take knowing that if they are discovered they would face arrest and/or penalties.

Update: Since the video keeps coming and going from YouTube, you'll find it after the jump. For now.

The kings of viral video are back with a brand new vid watch!

youtube.com — OK GO, possibly best known for their treadmill video are back with one of the coolest videos I have seen in a while. This too shall pass, a la Rube Goldberg. PS, ok go are even greater live, go see em!

Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of "This Too Shall Pass" off of the album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky". The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The "machine" was designed and built by the band, along with members of Synn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months.

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