music videos where the artists dress up like they're doing another genre

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Can you think of any? Only one I'm thinking of jus now is that crappy Sum 41 one where they dress up like Motley Crue...

― Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 03:51 (twenty-one years ago)

New Order dressed Crue-like for "Touched By The Hand Of God." It's very amusing.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Sugar Ray - "When It's Over"

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

That song of AFI where they all are dressed like waiters and the mosh pit is so intense like a bad joke of SNL

― kurosawa, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

blink did the boyband thing, as did D12

― JaXoN (JasonD), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

nirvana - in bloom

― 6335, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 06:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The Corrs - Would You Be Happier? An awful video for a rather bad song.

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 06:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey Ya, obviously.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 07:02 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.virginradio.co.uk/music/artists/bowling_for_soup/index.html

Bowling For Soup's 1985 (look, it was on breakfast tv this morning when i woke up, i had no choice!)

they pastiche various videos from 1985 - addicted to love, george michael, poodle rock, b-boy...

― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)"

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Who was it who dressed up as everyone from the White Stripes to the Hives? Was that Ash? Can't remember...

― Danger Whore (kate), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

They dress pretty 80s in that one Coheed and Cambria song. BTW I just heard them after hearing thousands of livejournals reference them and realized... why thousands of livejournals refereced them.

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube - "We're sending you to ROCK SCHOOL!"

― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 08:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Beck's "The New Pollution" where in one shot he's dressed up as a hair metal singer.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

The full-length version of "Jonathan David" by Belle and Sebastian where they're dressed as... possibly some clash between Ultravox and Yes.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 09:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Robbie Williams dressing as Kiss for
one of his songs.

― mei (mei), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

The Donnas had a video were they were auditioning for a high school talent show, and they dressed as another band in flannel and trucker hats and that kind of crap. Sort of grunge-y, I guess.

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

John Cougar Mellencamp - "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." (which I never would have thought of had it not been for the Kenny Aronoff subthread elsewhere)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Aphex Twin- Windowlicker...hilarious

― gaviin, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Moby on "South Side," I suppose (pimp furs etc)

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Weezer "Buddy Holly" IIRC

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

dude leave sum 41 alone, the video where they dress up as all the nu-garage bands is classic

― anx, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

The brand new Sum 41 video has them on the set of Solid Gold and even features the Solid Gold Dancers.

― Talent Explosion (Talent Explosion), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

That Jewel song.

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, the sum 41 parody of the strokes' "last nite" vid is fantastic. "the sums"!

― etc, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

David Lee Roth? Oh wait, no. Was it "Just a Giggolo" where he was on all those sets for Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson videos? He didn't dress up for those though -- just passin' through.

― frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Yellowcard do videos about heists and peace protests when all they care about is getting back together with you.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel. I just thought of that video while taking a leak awhile ago.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

new pornographers - your daddy don't know

― Symplistic (shmuel), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Beastie Boys "No Sleep Til Brooklyn". Duh.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Which sum 41 video is that! I have to kazaa that straight away...

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 23 September 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Ditto. Did they get MArilyn McCoo to introduce them? Or Dionne Warwick or Rick Dees?

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 23 September 2004 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

That Erasure video where they dressed as Abba... oh no, sorry.

― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 23 September 2004 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel. I just thought of that video while taking a leak awhile ago.

Er . . . in that video, they're dressed to do the genre they're actually doing, yes?

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Thursday, 23 September 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

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