The 5 Most Interesting Uses of Food in MVs

#3 Björk – Venus As A Boy

The infamous egg. Beyond the fact that Björk’s interpretation of the egg story was a little off, the image of a spritely fairy chick cuddling with an egg that’s soon to be her breakfast is a bit kinky. Think about it: your lover the egg, the holder of the genetic material that only needs a little push in the right direction to bring life, is also the source of your morning protein… It’s a bit racy, bordering on salacious, even for those who aren’t quite sure what Björk was trying to accomplish.

#2 Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun

The food in this video is just gross and disturbing. From the moment I saw it back in 1994 (at the tender age of 8) I’ve been terrified if it. It’s the video that made me wary of people with big smiles — they’re always up to no good. Then, of course, it was the first time that I thought ice cream (anything creamy and white, for that matter) was absolutely grotesque. There’s too much to even get into without actually getting sick. Just watch the MV — at your own risk.

Cy

As unexpected as my path was to loving all things weird, more unexpected is my ability to get attention for writing about the stuff.

11 Responses

  1. aw shoot I forgot – I don’t think they’ve shown a lot of food in their music videos, but the rap group Calle 13 tends to mention food nonstop in hilarious and often dirty contexts.

  2. amy says:

    I’m just gonna post the links we had for research…
    Not exactly a video, but Shonen Knife has a bunch of food-related song, like Sushi Bar[clip].
    But this one is totally a music video and song about Bacon[MV]. BACON!!! I’m gonna have some bacon xD
    This is part of a movie, but the VBQ (vegetarian bbq) song from McDull Alumni is PRICELESS! [clip]. You know something is great when the musical number begins with entering an oven, it has children in bunny rabbit outfits (awwwww) and a girl brandishing her machete or Chinese cooking knife. xD

  3. ghost says:

    OK Go’s music may bore people. Were they ever known for their musical genius anyway? But this toast MV for Last Leaf is pretty cool (yet wasteful).

    Also this video for Jesse & Joy for Chocolate.

    The poisoning of people through food in Lady Gaga’s Telephone counts?

  4. amy says:

    This Oreskaban song PAPAYA [clip], if my Japanese is… okay… seems to sing about their like for Papaya hahahaha. Don’t they say “Papaya ga suki ga Papaya” or something? xD And then say “Shake it up baby!” even though it sounds like “Shaking a baby” xD~~~~

    • Camiele says:

      @amy, Sligtly unrelated, but you know, I’ve never hae papaya before…? I love me some mango, and I’ve heard a lot of people who love fruit really can’t stand papaya. But it looks so pretty and sweet… HaHa.

      Of course, I’ll most DEFINITELY have to check out this video. God mad love for Japanese anything, so anything they do relating to food just seems right… HaHa.

      • amy says:

        @Camiele, seriously? I gotta admit, papaya has a distinct flavor, so I get why some people might not like it. I like Papaya better in juice than actually having to eat the fruit. My favorite fruits are banana (in anything… cupcakes, pancakes, bread, milkshake, ice cream… you name it!) and mango (in juice, ice cream, sorbet… but mango is best as fruit xD).

  5. Camiele says:

    Obviously I’m gonna have to check out ALL of these videos. I’m not particularly fond of Gaga or OK Go. But, I’ll check the MVs to see something interesting… HaHa. Thanks for all the suggestions! :D

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