On Wednesday, New York disco-rock band Escort released
a video for their latest single “Outta My Head.” The video near-faithfully
recreates the one released by Journey
for their hit “Separate Ways” back in 1983, down to the clothing each member of
the band is wearing.
This is not a new occurrence, as many artists before them
have either recreated other artists’ videos in either tribute or parody as well.
Artists like Eminem
and Blink 182 have been parodying snippets of popular videos in their own ways for
decades. With every new parody single he releases, “Weird Al” Yankovic produces
a parody video to go with it. Recently, younger artists like Troye Sivan and
Anne-Marie have been paying homage to iconic late 1990s videos in their own
clips.
Vinyl Bay 777, Long Island’s music outlet, is taking a look
at artists who have recreated another artist’s complete music videos for their
own music videos. Here are six that wear their inspiration on their sleeves
and, faithfully or not, pay homage to what came before.
1.
Panic! At The Disco, “Girls/Girls/Boys”: When it
came time to release a video for single “Girls/Girls/Boys” from their fourth
studio album, ‘Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!’ in 2013, Panic! At The
Disco took things back to early 2000s R&B for inspiration. To go with the song’s
lyrics about a love triangle, they decided to recreate D’Angelo’s “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”
video, which would have frontman Brendon Urie completely stripped down and
singing directly into a camera. It’s a pretty faithful remake with every camera
zoom and pan spot on. (video)
2.
Weezer, “Africa”: Weezer are no strangers to
parodying pop culture in their music videos. But with their recent cover of
Africa’s “Toto,” the band decided to do something a little different. Instead
of recreating the original song’s video, they recreated one of their own. The
band recruited parody expert “Weird
Al” Yankovic to play Rivers in a shot-for-shot remake of their “Undone (The Sweater Song)”
video. The only differences were Yankovic’s “Buddy Holly”-inspired outfit and the
lack of dogs running around the set. (video)
3.
Fall Out Boy, “Irresistible” feat. Demi Lovato: For
their “Irresistible” video back in 2016, Fall Out Boy inserted themselves into
the world of *NSYNC’s
“It’s Gonna Be Me”
video, turning themselves into bobbleheads that get brought to life on the
store shelf. While not as faithful as some of the other videos on this list, the
band does a good job of putting their own spin on the concept. They even found
roles for *NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone in the production. (video)
4.
Blink
182, “She’s Out Of Her Mind”: Not ones to take themselves too seriously,
Blink 182 decided to parody one of their own music video in 2016. The video for
‘California’ single “She’s Out Of Her Mind” is a nearly shot-for-shot remake of
the video for the band’s breakthrough single “What’s My Age Again,”
except with ladies running around instead of the band. (video)
5.
Classixx feat. T-Pain, “Whatever I Want”: With
their 2016 video for “Whatever I Want,” electronic group Classixx found
inspiration in indie rockers The
Smiths, faithfully recreating the video for “Stop Me If You
Think You’ve Heard This One Before” down to the photo of Oscar Wilde and
even reusing shots from the original. According to director
Daniel Pappas, the inspiration for the recreation came from collaborator
T-Pain’s (who plays the part of Morrissey in the video) struggles with
depression, the “shared sadness of Smiths fans and how, through all of the
depression and sadness, when you look like Morrissey in whatever way you can,
everything is going to be okay.” (video)
6.
Ingrid
Michaelson, “Girls Chase Boys”: Robert
Palmer’s video for 1988 single “Simply Irresistible” has
had its share of reimaginings and references in popular culture. But for her
2014 single “Girls Chase Boys,” Ingrid Michaelson went a step further and created
a nearly faithful homage to the original. The twist, however, was that the
ladies in make-up and pink dresses from the original would be replaced with men
in make-up and pink shirts. (video)
Whether parodying their own videos or faithfully paying
homage to the artists that came before, recreating a music video has become a
popular way for artists to share artistic inspiration and/or get a certain
feeling across. Check out some of these recreated videos above and let us know
what your favorite music video recreations are in the comments below.
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