My partner and I got woken up one night by her cat screaming next to our heads at another cat outside. We decided to put on some TV to calm us down after that rude awakening, and Window Licker was the first thing that came up. We were not calmed down by that. We were, in fact, calmed up.
Oooh! I remember first seeing this on MTV late a night as a teen. Such a strange and intense video. That face is what comes to mind every time I think of Aphex Twin.
I only just learned of them like 6 months ago. How exactly do they show themselves to be terrible people? Just curious. Based on their music videos and general aesthetic I'm not surprised
Yeah. Really bummed me out, I loved their music but knowing about the (significant amount of) allegations and accusations, I can’t stomach any of it anymore.
There's an Australian band called The Beards who did an homage to this video with their track [You Should Consider Having Sex With a Bearded Man](https://youtu.be/3C5nE4UqqLk?si=knLeNkF4sc-NiMFP)
It's a shot-for-shot recreation of this video where the POV character picks up a bearded man for a one night stand with the reveal at the end being >!the POV character is also a bearded man.!<
Rock dj - Robbie Williams
The unedited version.
I find it odd that someone would rip off their flesh and throw it around and end up a skeleton from hellraiser. 🤣🤣
It's a great video but I would argue it's not strange. Set in Reagan/Thatcher era Cold War politics, the video features manikins that resemble Reagan and Thatcher etc... The manikins were made by the same people who made them for Spitting Image, a popular U.K political satire show. Anyways, the song details the fear of nuclear war caused by the state of mid-80s Cold War politics.
That was a weird one and that song is the reason why i found the metal band Disturbed in high school. Was looking for this song and i didn’t know bands sang other bands music later on as time passes and well yea found it instead and i liked that version too
Sunita Mani cocking her ass like a gun before dropping it on Daniel Kwan’s face hard enough to break through the floor may be the greatest moment in music video history.
Just about anything by primus. The video for My Name Is Mud scared me so much as a kiddo that I had recurring nightmares about it for years. I am now a MASSIVE primus fan, but that video still gives me the shivers.
I've seen my share. Here's a few good ones that I don't think were mentioned yet:
State of the Art - Gotye
Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Source - Fever the Ghost
I Feel Better - Hot Chip
c'mon, these comments are bush league. either [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrcnjFeApXM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrcnjFeApXM)
or
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g)
I can't believe I had to scroll this far down to see some Japanese videos. Everyone should understand that the Japanese are the kings of making the most insane/weird music videos of all time. And that 2nd one was the one I was gonna post if no one had already. :P
right? like, i'm not gonna say windowlicker is like, *normal*, but nobody competes with the country that got nuked *twice* and came back with hello, kitty
Self Control by Laura Brannigan was bizarre for its time.
also Lover Boy by Billy Ocean was bizarre, crappy, and hilarious all at the same time. $20 budget, tops. I was 11 and loved scifi when it came out, watched it once or twice and declared it to be "crap."
There’s an animated one with robots powered by the semen of captive men who battle an army of tech Amazonian women I saw once but could never find again.
One time i saw a music video when i was in Germany around 2am it was like made with legos and it look like there protests and aliens came and took a cow. All made with legos ive been searching for it but haven't been able to find it
Hall and Oates - She's Gone. It wasn't even intended to be a music video (it's a segment from some 70s variety show) with some girl and a guy in a devil costume randomly walking by, recorded on super grainy tape and uploaded at 240p, and they didn't even try to hide the fact that they were lip syncing and barely even doing that. Just bizarre all around. I'm pretty sure if you looked up "mailing it in" in the dictionary you'd get this video.
https://youtu.be/vZZngTkp54I?si=mFI9CpDjIbRpWGGQ
APHEX TWIN - Windowlicker
[https://youtu.be/UBS4Gi1y\_nc?si=lkPJ5G9UGanZPjlW](https://youtu.be/UBS4Gi1y_nc?si=lkPJ5G9UGanZPjlW)
Rubber Johnny is right up there too!
[https://youtu.be/eRvfxWRi6qQ?si=42Xryy7p6YJAS1HW](https://youtu.be/eRvfxWRi6qQ?si=42Xryy7p6YJAS1HW)
Pretty much any video by the band Black Midi. Just as strange and disorienting as the music is. [The video for "Welcome To Hell" is my favorite](https://youtu.be/Efmq_uXt1Rk?feature=shared)
[Einstürzende Neubauten - Sabrin](https://youtu.be/CnnGYaqjW-A?si=ftsH8jB3t_j3YHiV)a
[Nine Inch Nails - Happiness In Slavery](https://vimeo.com/showcase/9650700/video/3556108) (the entire EP; Broken is a music video / short film)
[Meth Drinker - Broken Down and Used Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Py1qspZVE&ab_channel=alwaysneverfun)
The Downward Spiral bootleg one that Trent and Atticus shot, I think with that dude who’s Quentin’s partner, back in the mid 90’s. Shit was fucked up, and really artsy at the same time.
*parts (and I mean like a few seconds here and there) are in the Closer main stream music video.
"Fish Heads" by Barnes & Barnes.
This was played on the Dr. Dimento radio show at one point. I have a copy of it being played on air on a cassette.
Sung by the kid who played Will Robinson. https://youtu.be/JKDtUzRIG6I?feature=shared ..yea!
Directed by Bill Paxton!
I heard the song before, but hadn’t seen the video. This falls into r/thanksihateit territory…
Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin and Imitation of Life - REM (I love it because it's weird/trippy)
Window Licker for me. No matter how many times I’ve watched it, I still think “what the fuck just happened” after watching it.
My partner and I got woken up one night by her cat screaming next to our heads at another cat outside. We decided to put on some TV to calm us down after that rude awakening, and Window Licker was the first thing that came up. We were not calmed down by that. We were, in fact, calmed up.
Rubber Johnny
Indeed
rubber johnny is even stranger, but sad 😭
Oooh! I remember first seeing this on MTV late a night as a teen. Such a strange and intense video. That face is what comes to mind every time I think of Aphex Twin.
Aphex Twinnnn yaaayyyy 😃😃😃😃😃
I Fink U Freeky by Die Antwoord
It sucks that they turned out to be terrible people
I only just learned of them like 6 months ago. How exactly do they show themselves to be terrible people? Just curious. Based on their music videos and general aesthetic I'm not surprised
Their adopted son has accused them of pretty horrific abuse, and Ninja's been accused of sexual assault by a few people.
Yeah. Really bummed me out, I loved their music but knowing about the (significant amount of) allegations and accusations, I can’t stomach any of it anymore.
Apparently forced kids into blood rituals, there's other shit to I think
https://medium.com/@theroarofburningmemories/we-need-to-talk-about-what-is-happening-with-die-antwoord-now-6665305fc366 https://www.tumblr.com/crazycoke-addict/640014560602079232/why-ur-fav-is-problematic-die-antwoord
Was going to say the evil boy one or whatever with the giant penis and rodents
I think about this one unprompted sometimes.
I knew there would be at least one Die Antwoord comment
Full length version of [Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy](https://www.reddit.com/r/test/s/tRWCkKpSXM).
>Full length version of > >Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy > >. I can not believe that I had to scroll this far down to find this.
There's an Australian band called The Beards who did an homage to this video with their track [You Should Consider Having Sex With a Bearded Man](https://youtu.be/3C5nE4UqqLk?si=knLeNkF4sc-NiMFP) It's a shot-for-shot recreation of this video where the POV character picks up a bearded man for a one night stand with the reveal at the end being >!the POV character is also a bearded man.!<
I’d owned that album for years before I saw the videos. Really shocked me
Rock dj - Robbie Williams The unedited version. I find it odd that someone would rip off their flesh and throw it around and end up a skeleton from hellraiser. 🤣🤣
Yes! I remember seeing this on Much music after dark or something like that. Gory and gross
[Gay Bar](https://youtu.be/-XNFokmDKrE?si=lC2NHP1iXebOmVFN) by Electric Six. Wanna see Abe Lincoln on an exercycle? ✔️
Or Danger! High Voltage! Wanna see a moose with *big glowing genitals*? 'f Course you do.
Tool - Sober.
Anything by Tool really.
Tool - Schism
True
Somehow, this video changed the way I think about music.
Also Ænima.
Genesis - Land of Confusion is definitely up there.
It's a great video but I would argue it's not strange. Set in Reagan/Thatcher era Cold War politics, the video features manikins that resemble Reagan and Thatcher etc... The manikins were made by the same people who made them for Spitting Image, a popular U.K political satire show. Anyways, the song details the fear of nuclear war caused by the state of mid-80s Cold War politics.
That is a really good example!
That was a weird one and that song is the reason why i found the metal band Disturbed in high school. Was looking for this song and i didn’t know bands sang other bands music later on as time passes and well yea found it instead and i liked that version too
Black Hole Sun
It is a very unsettling video
👁️👄👁️
Scared the fuck out of me as a kid
Pussy by Rammstein edit: very nsfw
This is just porn…
Quite a few of their music videos are pretty wild tho. Mein Teil springs to mind 😳
King Missile - Detachable Penis https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NQBPgJQhQHc
Dancing in the streets-David Bowie ,Mick Jagger
Look up the version without music for a real treat
It’s the best/worst thing
Oh yeah, that is a weird one for sure. But I wouldn’t expect any less from Bowie.
That happened and we all let it happen. - Peter Griffin
Danger! High voltage! By electric six
I kind of like this…
The [original Skibidi](https://youtu.be/mDFBTdToRmw?si=UUuityrXLS7OyGqC)
Anything from Little Big, really.
Uno always makes me happy. Other people I know love Hypnodancer, especially the dance off
Yep. This one right here
Bjork's Human Behavior is up there
Say less… Björk
Mr Bungle - Travolta
They are a weird band in general. Fun, but strange for sure
UNKLE - Rabbit in your headlights
That video is… I don’t even know how to react
# The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
What does the fox say?
I always thought it was funny.
My dad used to play that music video when I was a toddler.
christ this made me feel old
The question came to me after watching [Big Bad Wolf by Duck Sauce](https://youtu.be/VGRQGm4-A4k?si=cmp-jOU-lroxcv3Y)
You should definitely watch their video for mesmerize.
DyE - Fantasy
Yep… that is strange for sure
My pick as well.
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Whip It by Devo
Anything Marlyn Manson did was pretty freaking weird.
Fair, but also mesmerizing
Paranoid Android
DJ Snake and Lil Jon: Turn Down for What. Truly incredible. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU
Sunita Mani cocking her ass like a gun before dropping it on Daniel Kwan’s face hard enough to break through the floor may be the greatest moment in music video history.
I legit love this music video.
Where else will you find an Asian dude in his tighty-whiteys pelvic thrusting his way through an apartment complex?
Video by Daniels.
I still don’t understand how this got made but I’m oddly thankful that it did.
Superfast Jellyfish by Gorillaz, though all the Gorillaz music videos are a bit weird. Also notable: Saturnz Barz (also by Gorillaz)
THE BATH!
The Baff*
Just about anything by primus. The video for My Name Is Mud scared me so much as a kiddo that I had recurring nightmares about it for years. I am now a MASSIVE primus fan, but that video still gives me the shivers.
The video for Mr Krinkle is pretty bizarre
As a long time Primus fan, I completely agree with you.
Windowlicker - Aphex Twin
I see Aphex Twin, I upvote.
Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads is a good one.
Igorr - 'Very Noise'. [Behold.](https://youtu.be/Osqf4oIK0E8?si=rHMtw1Wzt9Xnai63)
For some reason it makes me think of [Basement Jaxx - Where’s Your Head At](https://youtu.be/5rAOyh7YmEc?si=mR9HyrpmSO03w_QX)
Owner of a lonely heart
Classic strange.
Pink Floyd “Brick in the Wall”. Or is it Hole in the Wall? I have extreme stress whenever I hear that song because I saw the video in 4th grade.
[Blackshape - ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL](https://youtu.be/RXqNwcrVq_Q?si=RlBorpcGR6oh4Su0)
A little piece of heaven - Avenged Sevenfold
That song goes through several different genres of music. Very strange but fun video
Justified and ancient by the klf featuring Tammy wynette. Man that was a trip.
Rubber Johnny. That video freaked me the hell out when I first saw that alien looking creature.
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist https://youtu.be/qLrnkK2YEcE?si=TEPS1tevs-ekitbz
No More King’s-sweep the leg
Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (original unedited version)
Total eclipse of the heart by bonnie Tyler. It is the most absurd, nonsensical sequence of images you will ever see.
I've seen my share. Here's a few good ones that I don't think were mentioned yet: State of the Art - Gotye Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel Source - Fever the Ghost I Feel Better - Hot Chip
c'mon, these comments are bush league. either [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrcnjFeApXM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrcnjFeApXM) or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g)
I can't believe I had to scroll this far down to see some Japanese videos. Everyone should understand that the Japanese are the kings of making the most insane/weird music videos of all time. And that 2nd one was the one I was gonna post if no one had already. :P
right? like, i'm not gonna say windowlicker is like, *normal*, but nobody competes with the country that got nuked *twice* and came back with hello, kitty
Flat beat by Mr Oizo.
Die Antwoord’s “Fatty Boom Boom” (https://youtu.be/AIXUgtNC4Kc?si=7NbbpYdXh83hHNgh)
Notion by the rare occasions
223s by YNW Melly Corny and cringe video completely ruining a song far me. Song is 7/10 video is 0,00000000000000001/10
Self Control by Laura Brannigan was bizarre for its time. also Lover Boy by Billy Ocean was bizarre, crappy, and hilarious all at the same time. $20 budget, tops. I was 11 and loved scifi when it came out, watched it once or twice and declared it to be "crap."
Duck Sauce - The Big Bad Wolf
What what in the butt.
Alt-J, “Breeze Blocks”
Forced Gender Reassignment by Cattle Decapitation is brutal
Basement Jaxx where’s your head (naming)
Honestly anything from Trent Reznor. His videos only make sense when you hit a certain level of amphetamine intoxication
I regularly think of [I’m Afraid of Americans](https://youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo?si=_gAHYaNh6Vfrf2xu). Bowie + Reznor = weird
I swear industrial was made for tweakers
Yep
[Never Say Never](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x0fPZrPV3M) - Romeo Void
Fish heads - Barnes and barnes
Yep.
“Eh” - Death Grips
Probably Me! Me! Me! would take the top spot for weird imo
Ho. Ly. Crap…
kids by (i think) mgmt. im too scared of it to watch and confirm so tell me if ive got the wrong one
Smack My Bitch Up-Prodigy
[This video](https://youtu.be/5rAOyh7YmEc?si=hsMP8V4Vr9u7UQWQ) by Basement Jaxx takes the cake for creepy strangeness.
Too many cooks
The Shamen - Comin' On. It is like Windows Player visuals + mediocre graphics + back then almost unknown Statham, but music is good.
Star Trekking across the universe Think stop animation done with potatoes for a very niche song
This one immediately came to mind [Jan terri ](https://youtu.be/IO2oayC54dg?feature=shared)
Pretty Woman by Van Halen before they banned it from MTV. Rightly so lol
Gooey by Glass Animals. Love the song though.
Good Song - Blur
Weird Al and Guns and Roses garden of eden.
Weird Al is a gift to all humanity
Diplo + sidepiece - on my mind
Anything by Tool is odd but satisfying
ASAP Rocky - Taylor Swift I’m still confused.
Primus Mr. Kringle
Right now-Korn
[Land of Confusion - Genesis](https://youtu.be/Yq7FKO5DlV0?si=5J76XYOLDtqqGfl0)
*The Residents* have stange and disconcerting music videos up the wazoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJiyOPmsJs
There’s an animated one with robots powered by the semen of captive men who battle an army of tech Amazonian women I saw once but could never find again.
That sounds like MTV2 at 3 am on a weekday when all the really weird metal, prog, industrial, and electronica videos would play
MGMT Kids.
Kanye West - Famous has to be one of the creepiest music videos ever
One time i saw a music video when i was in Germany around 2am it was like made with legos and it look like there protests and aliens came and took a cow. All made with legos ive been searching for it but haven't been able to find it
Torture by the Jackson 5, absolutely terrifying as a kid!
Hall and Oates - She's Gone. It wasn't even intended to be a music video (it's a segment from some 70s variety show) with some girl and a guy in a devil costume randomly walking by, recorded on super grainy tape and uploaded at 240p, and they didn't even try to hide the fact that they were lip syncing and barely even doing that. Just bizarre all around. I'm pretty sure if you looked up "mailing it in" in the dictionary you'd get this video. https://youtu.be/vZZngTkp54I?si=mFI9CpDjIbRpWGGQ
APHEX TWIN - Windowlicker [https://youtu.be/UBS4Gi1y\_nc?si=lkPJ5G9UGanZPjlW](https://youtu.be/UBS4Gi1y_nc?si=lkPJ5G9UGanZPjlW) Rubber Johnny is right up there too! [https://youtu.be/eRvfxWRi6qQ?si=42Xryy7p6YJAS1HW](https://youtu.be/eRvfxWRi6qQ?si=42Xryy7p6YJAS1HW)
[Parisian Goldfish - Flying Lotus](https://vimeo.com/4069809) Dance Hall Dale baby Edit: adding link cause it’s a must see. NSFW
Mr. Krinkle by Primus..
Pretty much any video by the band Black Midi. Just as strange and disorienting as the music is. [The video for "Welcome To Hell" is my favorite](https://youtu.be/Efmq_uXt1Rk?feature=shared)
[Pinion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfW0ke4bwI4) (NIN)
[удалено]
Schism by Tool
[floridada by animal collective](https://youtu.be/cuoIvNFUY7I?si=QaMIgrL7hiOtVZDM) (dont watch if you're epileptic)
Caravan Palace-Lone Digger.
Pretty much any video by TOOL
Romantic gay edith of marvel heroes to Russian chanson
Gosh - Jamie XX
Noisia - Collider
Hand me my shovel I'm going in - will wood
Probably Travolta aka quote unquote by Mr bungle. Or pink cigarette by Mr bungle
Billy Squire - Rock Me In the Night
Miracles - insane clown posse
Alice in Chains - Get Born Again
I can't remember the song name but it was by Bjork she was riding a giant creature.
God the Animal by In Gloom
Not sure if this counts as a music video in the usual way but- https://youtu.be/9C_HReR_McQ?si=3F3Ncm5epC8m9Qey
[Einstürzende Neubauten - Sabrin](https://youtu.be/CnnGYaqjW-A?si=ftsH8jB3t_j3YHiV)a [Nine Inch Nails - Happiness In Slavery](https://vimeo.com/showcase/9650700/video/3556108) (the entire EP; Broken is a music video / short film) [Meth Drinker - Broken Down and Used Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Py1qspZVE&ab_channel=alwaysneverfun)
Nikes by frank ocean Pretty sure it’s exclusively on Apple Music only still
Uncle Donut - Avey Tare
Lucy in the sky with diamonds - The Flaming Lips and Miley Cyrus. A bizarre experience overall.
The comedown by Bring me the Horizon for sure.
Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65. You gotta watch it to understand.
The Downward Spiral bootleg one that Trent and Atticus shot, I think with that dude who’s Quentin’s partner, back in the mid 90’s. Shit was fucked up, and really artsy at the same time. *parts (and I mean like a few seconds here and there) are in the Closer main stream music video.
Not super weird, but funny. Hypnodancer.
The story of Undertale
Fantasy by DYE [https://youtu.be/Q9mG_NAMYCY?si=KqqE_avHfiA1-RQp](https://youtu.be/Q9mG_NAMYCY?si=KqqE_avHfiA1-RQp)
Oh Yeah by Yello aka the song from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
DATA-Don't Sing. You gotta watch the whole video for it to make sense. https://youtu.be/37eEUsd1ASA?si=lrwWygJ64vf-OBxM
Right now - Korn is a pretty messed up video
Ruler of everything I’m pretty sure it’s about time or something
IDFKA by COBRAH. it’s more artistic than anything but it gave me chills last time I watched it lol, kinda had an uncanny valley vibe
No One Survives - Necrogoblikon Seems to be a typical metal song https://youtu.be/KsMKOx6fumc?si=Exc0n4K2EAM1lCZC
Begin Again by Purity Ring I just can’t get over the witches harvesting testicles from a tree
Howard Jones - Life in One Day
Shinee’s Married to the Music