Inspirational Music/Music Videos

[Sare The Fish]

What are some of your favourite musicians/music videos that inspire your work?
Some of my favourites can obviously be found on my youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/SareTheFish?feature=mhum
Some videos off the top of my head would be Nine Inch Nails' video for "Closer" (inspired by the work of Joel Peter Witkin) and Mindless Self Indulgence's "Shut Me Up."
As for musicians, Tom Waits, Marilyn Manson and Bjork have all influenced my art.

How about you?

[AfroMoxy]

I usually have a nice silence in my head when i'm shooting. But some artists i really enjoy are:

Movits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaeImQ0TSg
Reggie Watts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=344OpaQCAQI
Emily Wells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNWto4xiCcw
Bluejuice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldBhDmvWFXE
Professor Elemental: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRTB-FTMdk
Mos def: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olAWW3upODI
Flobots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUX0y4EptA

I like all the ones you posted except the one i'm not aware of and that's Mindless Self Indulgence.

*edit*
I forgot radiohead!! zomg move that one to the top.

*edit 2*
Visually i like aphex twin and NIN. I used to own a NIN tour/video VHS. Had all their videos uncensored and a ton that never aired.

[Craig Tull]

I agree with @sickboi regarding the flobots video...very powerful message, very beautifully presented.
I love anything by chris cunningham http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPULQdGLO7A
his work is so detailed and unique...also [like a similar recent film director thread]
michel gondry...his imagination, and ability to create illusion out of nothing is incredible...his work with the white stripes is my fave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27BfBkRHbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh7UFi2b9xU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLESpHrtvxs
and pretty much any radiohead :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUcMeqjip5w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzeqwhNTDk

[Murray Andrews]

Ooh - great thread. Music is my other passion.

I agree with Craig. Chris cunnigham is brilliant. Checkout his latest with the master that is gill scott heron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YABO2MMvsCo

Spike Jonze video for the Pharcyde: Drop is brilliant. quality track too. I remember they had to learn a lot of the rhymes phonetically backwards for the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0

Musically for me its mainly rooted in hip hop, but spreads out to electronic, soul, funk, left of centre dance music - but i'm open to any music that has been mad with passion (not your tepid manufactured pop bollocks. Why listen to that rubbish when there is so much great music in the world)

A small selection of what sums me up musically below

Four tets remix of anti pop consortium. Truly genius remix of the hip hop track - when the break drops at 1.30 its incredible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3NrHRxZ7Ec

The roots - greatest hip hop band ever.
Old stuff from 94 ish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELTRdjuPQ84
New stuff from 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K59pJ3I5u8M

Quincy Jones - Summer in the city. proper chill sunday vibe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd9wMHKMj6E

Oni Ayhan - One of the greatest electronic records ever made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3grTvaQ8pAM

I could go on and on. Check out my blog for more stuff. I post lots of music there. http://hednod.wordpress.com/

[Murray Andrews]

@sickboi meant to say i love that mos def track.

[Murray Andrews]

Sorry to spam your thread but after posting earlier been thinking about this all morning (i'm a bit obsessive like that about music).

Another great video from Monsters of Folk - hauntingly beautiful track too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BnFowzj9ck

And another amazing video i stumbled across recently - music won't be to everyones tastes but check out the video. http://vimeo.com/6735848