Friday 16 October 2009

Do you need money to make a good music video?

So Arctic Monkeys have just made their music video for Cornerstone and it will either make you chuckle for its indifference and irony or make you question if they spent a bit too much money on getting Josh Homme to produce and record their 3rd album in a desert, but whatever you think of it somehow I don't see it winning any video awards. Maybe the point they are trying to make?



Here's another video that clearly didn't leave a hole in Conor Oberst' back pocket.



But is the end result really worth it when artists DO spend millions on a music video? Take a look at the top 3 most expensive music videos ever made...


1) Michael and Janet Jackson- Scream (cost $7,000,000)



2)Madonna- Die Another Day (cost $6,100,000)



3)Madonna- Express yourself (cost $5,000,000)




It ain't really a surprise that the richest King and Queen of pop had the most money to create a few minutes of a visual experience but I must say that neither are they the most inspiring or memorable music videos I've ever seen.

Alex Turner definitley hasn't made a masterpiece here and it will cause people to mock their budget but at least it's one I'll remember and one that proves that you don't have to have a stupidly big budget to create an impact.

What's one of your favourite music videos and how much did it cost to make?

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