November and Classic Black & White Music Videos

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Ever since I posted P!nk’s “I Don’t Believe You” video a few days back, I’ve been gradually obsessing over B&W music videos, which is something that happens about once a year. As much as I love color, there’s just something about B&W images that elevates the artistic merits of a video and it sort of really puts the [...]
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Ever since I posted P!nk's "I Don't Believe You" video a few days back, I've been gradually obsessing over B&W music videos, which is something that happens about once a year. As much as I love color, there's just something about B&W images that elevates the artistic merits of a video and it sort of really puts the focus on whatever subject, vision its creators are dealing with/were going for.  The lack of color somehow makes it more powerful. Also, we are in November which is one of my fave months of the year and in a weird way, a sort of reflective, melancholic month for me (I'll have to consult with Freud about that one).  I haven't seen the sun in almost a week (that's not a complain) and it has been drizzling on and off for two days which can't help but add to the mood, which means there was no coincidence that I was drawn to P!nk's newest video. On that spirit, I decided to go looking for other B&W music videos--I could only think of a few and thought, well there aren't many--and I ended up finding a ton of them.  Curious fact: most B&W videos I found were for rap artists.  Who would have thought they had a bit more of an artistic sensibility to color?  LL Cool J, Ghostface, Notorious BIG, even Puff Daddy have done B&W videos. One I complete forgot about, which is funny since I highlighted as *video of the week* some months ago, was Smashing Pumpkins' "Stand Inside Your Love" which is an amazing video.  There's No Doubt's fun in the high seas "Hella Good," K.D Lang's yearnings on "Constant Craving," Madonna's stylish "Vogue," and steamy "Justify My Love," Red Hot Chilli Peppers' body paint shenanigans on "Give It Away," Jay Z's gritty "99 Problems," and an honorable mention goes to Aha's "Take On Me" which isn't completely B&W but the drawing panels sequences are just amazing. To stay with the melancholic mood of November though, I'm sticking to highlighting only ballads about emotional turmoil. Smashing
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