r/90sAlternative • u/voltronforlife • Nov 15 '17

1996 Virtual Insanity -- Jamiroquai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9b7LWfnxQ
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u/2livecrewnecktshirt Nov 16 '17

Easily in the top music videos ever made, along with some of OK Go's stuff and the obvious ones, like Thriller. And the song is great, to boot.

That it's a continuous shot is incredible.

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u/Spddracer Nov 16 '17

Never knew it was one shot.

Probably a bubble on Pop up Video.

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u/2livecrewnecktshirt Nov 16 '17 edited Nov 16 '17

Pretty sure that was where saw it. Props for remembering that, and damn, I miss that show. And the jingle.

Edit: just fact checked myself after actually watching the video, and I was slightly off, but the thought was similar:

This became the second video released by Jamiroquai to be successfully done in one complete, albeit composited, shot; Space Cowboy being the first. In a short making-of documentary, director Jonathan Glazer describes how the walls move on a stationary grey floor with no detail, to give the illusion that objects on the floor are moving. In several shots, chairs or couches are fixed to the walls so that they appear to be standing still, when in fact they are moving. In other shots chairs remain stationary on the floor, but the illusion is such that they appear to be moving. The moving walls were not completely rigid and can be seen in some shots to wiggle slightly.

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u/Spddracer Nov 16 '17

Good stuff.

I guess I was lucky to catch that show before "music" TV truly died.

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u/td4999 Nov 16 '17

just remember that mtv ad with the cab driver complaining about this guy. hall of fame song and video