Music video has ruined song FOREVER

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So.

My liking for a particular song has now been truly and utterly vanquished. The sinister cause of this?

The music video.

I had the foolhardy idea of looking this song up on YouTube, you know, to listen to it since the damn thing had been stuck in my head for days every since the fateful day it had appeared on the radio sometime last week.

But dear god. There are things that Cannot Be Unseen. I used to like this song. It wasn't great, but it wasn't a country song either, which puts it up the ranks quite a few pegs in my book. And since this particular radio station is prone to playing a handful of songs over and over each hour, this song was preferred above another damn Kelly Clarkson song or some country singer with enough plastic in their body to create a few PlayStation3's.

But now that I have seen this -- and only a couple of seconds here and there, I managed to tear myself away from the gruesome horror that long at least -- I cannot hear the opening chords without images of this video being summoned to mind.

The man honestly looks like the illegitimate child of David Bowie and Micheal Jackson. There's some Captain Jack Sparrow in there as well, but I don't care to contemplate how that came about.

So thank you, music video. This song is now ruined for me forever.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go gouge out my mind's eye with a spork.
 
Pretty sure you'll get over it.

I was annoyed when Muse's Neutron Star Collision was associated with that muck, Twishite, and the video annoys me, too. The song, however, I love. I do occasionally think of the video when I'm listening to it but it's a good song so it doesn't matter.

Gaga's Telephone video makes absolutely no sense with respect to the song itself, she looks awful in it but it's still a fukin tuuuuuuuuuune.
 
Same thing happened to me.

D: I hate the video so now that's all I think about when I listen to this one song.

Oh well I like a lot of songs more than it so it's no big deal.
 
Video killed the radio star :monster:

This has happened to me quite a few times :hmmm: Particularly with love songs--it's not necessarily that the video is bad or doesn't go with the song, but when I'm picturing stuff in my own life when I hear the song, and then I see the video and it's these fake plastic people acting it out, it's cringeworthy and it sort of ruins it--it's like seriously, those people don't deserve to be in videos that have overtones of "be true to yourself/original" when the chicks and dudes in it are both dressed in popular fashion, living in boring-ass apartments that fit popular fashion, driving ugly-ass popular cars...you get the picture :hmph:
 
WAR OF THE GHOSTLAND TAKE OUR SOULS,
BUT GIVE US FREEDOM ONCE AND FOR ALL,
FIIIIRREEESTOOOOORM!!!~

UNDER THE RAIN OF A THOUSAND FLAMES
WE FACE THE REAL PAIN FALLING IN VAIN
WHILE THE DARK ANGEL SCREAMS FOR VENGEANCE
IN THE DEAD SHADOW OF FALLING STARS

Those lyrics sound totally fucking badass, right? Hell, all of "Rain of a Thousand Flames" sounds fucking badass.

And then we get the video.


Okay, don't get me wrong; topless vampire chicks are hot and I suppose this video has high camp value, but it just..the song..and...gah

Yeah.
 
Madaraki said:
WAR OF THE GHOSTLAND TAKE OUR SOULS,
BUT GIVE US FREEDOM ONCE AND FOR ALL,
FIIIIRREEESTOOOOORM!!!~

UNDER THE RAIN OF A THOUSAND FLAMES
WE FACE THE REAL PAIN FALLING IN VAIN
WHILE THE DARK ANGEL SCREAMS FOR VENGEANCE
IN THE DEAD SHADOW OF FALLING STARS

Those lyrics sound totally fucking badass, right? Hell, all of "Rain of a Thousand Flames" sounds fucking badass.

And then we get the video.


Okay, don't get me wrong; topless vampire chicks are hot and I suppose this video has high camp value, but it just..the song..and...gah

Yeah.
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That video looks like a B-movie made in someone's backyard attempting to rip off LOTR or something like that.
Although with metal videos you cannot and never will be able to top This:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VBdAY8eA9w
 
Madaraki said:
WAR OF THE GHOSTLAND TAKE OUR SOULS,
BUT GIVE US FREEDOM ONCE AND FOR ALL,
FIIIIRREEESTOOOOORM!!!~

UNDER THE RAIN OF A THOUSAND FLAMES
WE FACE THE REAL PAIN FALLING IN VAIN
WHILE THE DARK ANGEL SCREAMS FOR VENGEANCE
IN THE DEAD SHADOW OF FALLING STARS

Those lyrics sound totally fucking badass, right? Hell, all of "Rain of a Thousand Flames" sounds fucking badass.

And then we get the video.


Okay, don't get me wrong; topless vampire chicks are hot and I suppose this video has high camp value, but it just..the song..and...gah

Yeah.
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Rhapsody is fucking epic... But... Fuck... DAT FUCKING MUSIC VIDEO. :ffs:

Also, another song in particular was called Halo (Game unrelated) and I forgot what the band was. However, I loved that song... Until I saw the music video, and now every time I hear the song, the video plays in my head, and I can't make it stop. :hmph:

It consisted of the lead singer crawling on the ceiling, and the guitarist playing the guitar while standing on the wall. It was fucking stupid. :ffs:
 
I disagree with this whole thread. <.>

Music is about music. Music videos are about what the artist artistically had in mind, and goes on their creative ways with. If it doesn't live up to your expectations go back to listening to the song only.

That's what music is about in my opinion. <.>
 
I will disprove your theory with this:


You mean to tell me, if you were a fan of the song, and you saw that video, the video would never get stuck in your head as you listened to the song? I can't help it, I have a photographic memory. I can still replay full fucking episodes of Spongebob motherfucking Squarepants in my head. So when I see an awful music video, I fucking remember it.

And it fucking ruins it for me. -__-
 
I think that's overrated. People need to get over themselves. I don't understand how a meaningful song can be ruined just by a music video. It meant a lot to you before, so why freak out over a video. (Shrugs) Just my opinion, so I'm obviously not bothered by a bad video.
 
Well, I'm essentially the exact opposite as you. I find very little, if any songs at all meaningful. I hold no song in particular close to me as others do, and I've gone on record by saying that people that say "music is life" should be shot for the greater good of mankind. :wacky:

And as I said, with my memory, the video plays with the song everytime I hear it. I can't fucking stand it, it's awful, it's terrible, it's why I don't watch music videos. :mokken:


On another note: Seriously? That video didn't do anything for you? It was bleeding awful. :gasp:
 
Madaraki said:
WAR OF THE GHOSTLAND TAKE OUR SOULS,
BUT GIVE US FREEDOM ONCE AND FOR ALL,
FIIIIRREEESTOOOOORM!!!~

UNDER THE RAIN OF A THOUSAND FLAMES
WE FACE THE REAL PAIN FALLING IN VAIN
WHILE THE DARK ANGEL SCREAMS FOR VENGEANCE
IN THE DEAD SHADOW OF FALLING STARS

Those lyrics sound totally fucking badass, right? Hell, all of "Rain of a Thousand Flames" sounds fucking badass.

And then we get the video.
Okay, don't get me wrong; topless vampire chicks are hot and I suppose this video has high camp value, but it just..the song..and...gah

Yeah.
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Holy crap! How do I unsee that frickin' piece of crap video?!!? :rage: It was the worset video I've ever seen.

You mean to tell me, if you were a fan of the song, and you saw that video, the video would never get stuck in your head as you listened to the song? I can't help it, I have a photographic memory. I can still replay full fucking episodes of Spongebob motherfucking Squarepants in my head. So when I see an awful music video, I fucking remember it.

And it fucking ruins it for me. -__-
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Lmao, I'm the same.
 
Darquewillow said:
On another note: Seriously? That video didn't do anything for you? It was bleeding awful. :gasp:
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Rofl, I thought it was awful all together. :wacky: Nah, I'm just not too fussy when it comes to music. I prefer listening over watching a music video anyway. :lew:

Though, I agree with the music is life, part. :wacky: I love music, and it's a BIG part of my life.. But... :wacky: Yeah.

/Stops derailing. :mokken:
 
Colours said:
I disagree with this whole thread. <.>

Music is about music. Music videos are about what the artist artistically had in mind, and goes on their creative ways with. If it doesn't live up to your expectations go back to listening to the song only.

That's what music is about in my opinion. <.>
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THIS.

I agree with this entirely, and I definitely WANT to do this, but I CANNOT UNSEE THE HORROR! it has been burned into my mind! It's a most heinous crime to be subjected to. ._.

and isn't it true that when you listen to a song that has a particular resonance for you, you have a kind of mental imagery? Listening to music isn't that much different from reading a book, hey? Your mind kind of illustrates all by itself.

But now. Dear god, I wish I could just go back to listening to this song perfectly normally, but I can't get these images out of my head! This is an entirely unwilling and unwanted state of affairs. ._. Now I must consume a piece of chocolate to alleviate my wilting love of this song. D:
 
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