Thanks to the invaluable support of my Dears not only in Kazakhstan, but also from all over the world, one of my childhood dreams has come true. “I want to sincerely thank my fans from around the world for supporting my work, and for making this possible. The video will also be available on MTV’s YouTube channel for viewers outside the United States. Corgan himself performs from the back bench of the Charger in between internal camera pans that provide a 360-degree view of the days when you’d pack every seat in the car with as many friends as you could on a summer cruising quest that never seemed to end, until one day, all of a sudden, it did.Dimash Kudaibergen’s performance during the Arnau Tour in Riga on March 7, 2020. The chosen chariot for the teens portrayed in “1979” is a 1972 Dodge Charger, a vehicle that zooms through a recreation of the Chicago subdivisions that lead singer Billy Corgan grew up in. These were days when just driving around the neighbourhood from noon to midnight was something you did with your friends because it got you out of the house, let you blast your tunes, and provided at least the illusion of freedom when faced with a future that often felt as stifling and scary as it did limitless. The song “1979” by the Smashing Pumpkins describes the near universal suburban boredom that transcends generations. Nostalgia is a helluva drug, and that’s just as true when looking back on the music videos that themselves are a paean to a long-gone era. They might end up executed in an alley at the end of the video (a twist that was excised from North American broadcasts), but not before one of the pair flips the bird at a speed camera while the other blasts through at 90-mph in the Porsche, all to trigger the radar and send the picture straight to “The Man.” The Chemical Brothers have had a fantastic secondary career providing soundtracks to MTV mini-movies that range from cinematic to quirky to comic, all while appearing in only the briefest of cameos (and sometimes just showing up as a framed photo in a high school trophy cabinet).įor “Block Rockin’ Beats,” the plot centres around a couple who are on the run from…the cops? Government agents? The mob? It’s not clear, exactly, but for our purposes it doesn’t matter as they spend a good portion of their screen time fleeing from their pursuers in a Porsche 911, which is more than a match for the Mercedes-Benz E-Class giving chase. One of the benefits of being an electronic music artist is that you’re often freed from the requirement to actually perform in your videos. The video itself was filmed guerrilla style with no permits, which further adds to the rough and rushed look of the car chases and stunts that make it one of the best music videos of the ’90s. The specific example purchased for the shoot was on its last legs, so the Beasties - who did all of the driving themselves - had no qualms about hooning it to death. The ’80s-era square-body Ford Crown Victoria LTD is the perfect blend of anonymity, V8 menace, and unkillable toughness that saw these boxy beasts fill law enforcement fleets for decades.

Is there a more perfect ’70’s TV cop show homage than the video that accompanied “Sabotage” off of the Beastie Boys’ Ill Communication album? Inspired by a photo shoot that the group did with legendary director Spike Jonze, the trio had long been looking for an outlet for their undercover antics and found a willing collaborator with the filmmaker who had a penchant for exploring out-there video concepts.Įqual as important as the rappers starring in “Sabotage” is the car that slides, jumps, and smashes its way through the streets of Los Angeles.

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