progosk, 4. January 2007, 19:06
--December 2006 Faves--

Post your personal favourites of antville's December 2006 here. Preferably new vids only.
(Previous antville digests here.)

         
personal top faves (in chronological order):

The View "Superstar Tradesman" Dir. Indica
Rich Boy feat. Polow da Don "Throw Some D's" Dir. Bernard Gourley
Cornelius "Fit Song" Dir. Koichiro Tsujikawa
DJ Scotch Egg "Scotch Hausen" Dir. Steve Glashier
Jarvis Cocker "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" Dir. Dougal Wilson
Fionn Regan "Be Good Or Be Gone" Dir. Si & Ad


other faves:

The Rifles "Peace & Quiet" Dir. Terry Hall
FauxFox "Nothing Gold" Dir. Victor Solomon
Emotional Joystick "Muddy and Sloppy" Dir. Silace Amaro
Dead Man Ray "Landslide" Dir. Han Hoogerbrugge
The Cinematics "Keep Forgetting" Dir. Moh Azima


in a league of its own:

Liquid Liquid "Cavern" Dir. Oskar Fischinger, ed. Richard McGuire (1997 via 1927)
         
Patrick Daughters' Shins clip gives me real actual goosebumps on repeat viewings.
         
Cornelius "Beep It" dir. Koichiro Tsujikawa - hideously underrated - or non-rated, take yer pick - on Antville.
         
Ok, I've got to jump in finally. First off, I know Antvilleans may think otherwise, but Patrick Daughters is NOT the music video god everyone thinks.

Don't get me wrong, I think he is talented and I appreciate what he is trying to do most of the time, but I do not feel like he delivers. That is the biggest problem I have with his videos. Something is almost always missing, be it good performance, good production design, enough coverage, story not developed when applicable, ...

I can keep quiet about this no longer. I haven't decided yet if this deserves it's own post.

BTW, his Shins video is one of the most overrated videos of 2006! Yes, exclamation.
         
I also dug:
The Klaxons "Golden Skans" dir. Saam
Jay-Z ft. Chrisette Michele "Lost One" dir. Anthony Mandler
Bloc Party "The Prayer" dir. Walter Stern
Boards of Canada "In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country" dir. Neil Klug
Zero dB "Bongos, Bleeps and Basslines" dir. Joe Tunmer
Pop Levi repost
         
Fall Out Boy "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" dir Alan Ferguson
cool MTV party crasher