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Old 15-07-2011, 03:53
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A new one I've been wanting to know- what are the cliches you've noticed in your time watching music videos?
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Old 15-07-2011, 17:22
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Women wearing no clothes.
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Old 15-07-2011, 17:33
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The biggest cliche lately to me is artists, particularly the popular females, trying to make their videos as 'weird' and 'different' as possible. Some pretty good videos have been produced as a result, but, as often happens with abnormal concepts, abnormality has become that common in music videos it is pretty much becoming the norm now.

In my opinion, these days artists try too hard to produce 'iconic' videos.
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Old 15-07-2011, 17:35
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The biggest cliche lately to me is artists, particularly the popular females, trying to make their videos as 'weird' and 'different' as possible. Some pretty good videos have been produced as a result, but, as often happens with abnormal concepts, abnormality has become that common in music videos it is pretty much becoming the norm now.

In my opinion, these days artists try too hard to produce 'iconic' videos.
very true.
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Old 15-07-2011, 18:03
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"Black and White videos are pretty clichéd" is what I thought after The A Team by Ed Sheeran followed Calfornia King Bed by Rihanna (which turns black and white halfway through)

Come to think of it, there's a lot of videos in black and white.
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Old 15-07-2011, 18:10
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Women touching their p***y or t**s.

Male hip-hop videos having bikini babes shaking it more than the washing machine!
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Old 15-07-2011, 18:33
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*Singer slowly walking through the nightclub:sleep:
*Videos with cartoon/animations surrounding the singer against the video background.
*People checking their mobile phones
*Women wearing little to nothing clothing wise and provocatively dancing:yawn:
*Rappers (mostly) slowly getting out of their flashy sports car
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Old 15-07-2011, 18:39
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Plenty of Fish.
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Old 16-07-2011, 00:03
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I'll tell you what else is quite cliché.

Rooftops. And singing on rooftops mainly. There's a lot of that.
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Old 16-07-2011, 00:12
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Film music where the video in a thinly velied trailer for the film usually with the artiste inappropriately spliced in here and there.
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Old 16-07-2011, 00:48
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I'll tell you what else is quite cliché.

Rooftops. And singing on rooftops mainly. There's a lot of that.
True tea.
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Old 16-07-2011, 01:47
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This video takes the P out of rap music video cliches..

The Roots - what they do
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p...-they-do_music
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Old 16-07-2011, 02:23
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I don't really mind anything. But I just LOVE normal, really simplistic videos. Nothing to them, no gimics, just simple stuff.

My current favourite is Demi Lavato's Skyscraper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8ydghbGSg


Actually, I thing I have just realised, I HATE videos, that are concert clips, they are the ones tha annoy me actually
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Old 16-07-2011, 14:47
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- when the main character in the music video wakes up suddenly from a nightmare.

- dancing in the rain

- Scenes that take place in a nightclub

- half naked girls partying on a yacht

- bands/artists playing, walking or dancing in forests




i could list more but i'd be here all week.
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Old 16-07-2011, 15:31
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One word : SEX
It's the biggest music video cliche there is.It's everywhere. Revealing clothes/Nudity, rolling on the bed naked, red lights, lips biting and much more.
The worst is that all of the above are used to imply sex, but some artist have gone as far as actually immitating it (dry humping etc)
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Old 16-07-2011, 15:36
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the obligatory logo and cannibis leaf blanking out on t-shirts and hats was a 90's rap music staple!!
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Old 16-07-2011, 15:37
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One word : SEX
It's the biggest music video cliche there is.It's everywhere. Revealing clothes/Nudity, rolling on the bed naked, red lights, lips biting and much more.
The worst is that all of the above are used to imply sex, but some artist have gone as far as actually immitating it (dry humping etc)
Agreed.

I remember back in the day, when Aaliyah would be doing her stuff, she never dressed slutty - in We Need A Resolution she danced with a snake, but heck, so did Britney.

Now you look at Rihanna who sings about chains and whips - hold on a second, kids look up to pop stars. I hope you don't get 5 year-olds singing them lyrics, but I think you do.
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Old 16-07-2011, 15:47
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- Champagne corks popping in a nightclub atmosphere
- Female dancers sat on either male singers lap or next to them while stroking their faces, hair, bodies
- Female love interest of male singer/rapper having long glossy hair (good for flicking back and forth)
- The end of the video showing the singer/singers walking out of nightclub or building with their backs to camera in slow motion
- If the video is based on a live stage show/concert cut to lead singer giving an attractive member of the audience a cheeky wink or a smile
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Old 16-07-2011, 15:56
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The biggest cliche lately to me is artists, particularly the popular females, trying to make their videos as 'weird' and 'different' as possible. Some pretty good videos have been produced as a result, but, as often happens with abnormal concepts, abnormality has become that common in music videos it is pretty much becoming the norm now.

In my opinion, these days artists try too hard to produce 'iconic' videos.
Worst ones:

Jessie J - Nobody's Perfect
Rihanna - S&M
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Old 16-07-2011, 15:58
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Product placement.
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Old 16-07-2011, 17:57
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What annoys me is R'n'B and Hip Hop artists previewing another of their tracks at the end of a video. An example, off the top of my head, is Timbaland and Katy Perry''s "If We Ever Meet Again".
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Old 16-07-2011, 18:54
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mariah carey's wind machine seems to follow her in every video
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Old 15-09-2011, 14:56
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One I've noticed more recently, that I find cringeworthy. In songs that have a guest rapper doing his thing after the second chorus (What do you call that part of a song?), the main singer will mouth along with one of his lines and do some action e.g. in All Night Long, Pitbull says "shots shots shots" and Alexandra Burke mouths this whilst pretending to drink shots. Stop it, we know it's not you rapping!
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Old 15-09-2011, 15:10
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Bedroom seduction through singing happens in far too many videos.

Seiously, no woman has ever seduced a man by singing right at his face. If a woman started belting out sultry ballads when you were in the bedroom it'd be a right turn-off, surely.
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Old 15-09-2011, 15:53
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EVERY song seems to be shot in a nightclub these days.
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