12 Best Music Video Movie Homages

Sonorous updates of all your favourite movies...

By Josh WinningApr 7th 2010
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Madonna – Express Yourself

The Homage: The first of David Fincher’s four collaborations with self-appointed Queen of Pop Madge is a play on Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, with steamy images of a built-up city working in a capitalist fug. And Madge goes all masculine as a businessman with a monocle.

It was made on a budget of $5, and remains the third most expensive music video of all time. Metropolis was made for a comparative 5m Reichsmark.

Lyrical Relevance? Something about men needing to talk about their feelings more. So... masculinity? Check. Everything else? Robots? Nada.

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    • SimonK

      Apr 7th 2010, 9:39

      Kylie. Barbarella. Always worth a watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=Tq2ZHRN9uLA

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    • bogman2099

      Apr 7th 2010, 10:20

      um that was get carter not the italian job that sly raped ,if you got a problem with the italian job remake take it up with mark wahlberg,i personly wouldnt because hes a hard mother f****r

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    • bogman2099

      Apr 7th 2010, 10:22

      30 seconds to mars are up theyre own a**e

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    • StringBeanJean

      Apr 7th 2010, 16:07

      You have something in common then! Wow, I never noticed the gold instruments in the Steriophonics video before, nice touch.

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    • DanRose

      Apr 7th 2010, 16:47

      "wish Muse were providing the theme tune for Legacy...." Really?! Who cares. Its gonna be Daft Bloody Punk! I can't wait for the soundtrack... Don't ever mention Lady Gaga on these pages again. She offends me.

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    • DanRose

      Apr 7th 2010, 17:31

      I've got to the end and what a poor list. You could have had loads more and missed out on a few beauties... You've missed Blur The Universal and the homage to A Clockwork Orange or you could have picked To The End which is Alain Resnais' Last Year At Marienbad. (I love the Blur) ...and i just assumed that 2Pac and Dr. Dre's was a shoe in. It's got Chris Tucker in.. it's got Mad Max written all over it... the tune is awesome too...No? Can't believe you missed California Love but put in 30 Seconds From Mars!! No Beastie Boys? You put Weezer in and admit its only a TV show, so already contradicting the list, so what about Beastie Boys Sabotage? Starsky and Hutch. Body Movin' has got to be a homage to loads of movies. Even Intergalactic is all about Godzilla.. You could have had De La Souls Oooh which has Wizard Of Oz written all over it, and Lady Sovereign's I got you Dancin' is a direct homage to The Warriors. Nas' Sweet Dreams is almost a copy of Casino and shame on you for forgetting Kylie's Put Yourself in My place... that's Barbarella!! PS. Everybody Hurts is a direct homage to the opening scene in Fellini's 8 1/2. I can't take credit for that one though... I've never seen the film, but my Uncle swears by it. TF should have tried harder. There are loads out there!

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    • Ichi1

      Apr 8th 2010, 18:58

      You missed the best one ever. Santigold's L.E.S. Artistes is a great homage to Alejandro Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCeZzW54a2o

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    • dregus

      Apr 8th 2010, 23:41

      Also missed was Faith No More's Last Cup Of Sorrow, wich is a great homage to Hitchcok's Vertigo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itrYbwesN7s

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