THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE PANIC AT THE DISCO MUSIC VIDEO PROFESSIONAL
“Wannabe,” written in 30 minutes in their first professional songwriting session, was found to be the most recognizable song of the past 60 years according to a 2014 study by the University of Amsterdam. Filmed in London, the video shows the girls crashing the Midland Grand Hotel dressed in the signature styles of their Spice Girl identities: Sporty, Scary, Ginger, Posh and Baby Spice.
The video, completed in one continuous shot, captured the free-spirited, rambunctious energy of the all-girl group. The Spice Girls stormed into the pop world with their video for “Wannabe” bringing their message of “Girl Power” with them. Rumour spread that the lethargic Yorke had been accidentally inhaling carbon monoxide through the car’s air-conditioning system and that after filming he fainted and nearly died. Yorke himself collapsed during the making of the video. After finally collapsing, the man realizes the car is leaking fuel and sets the car ablaze as the viewer’s last perspective is from within the burning car. Luckily fate intervened saving the concept for the well-matched lyrics of “Karma Police.” From the perspective of the driver’s seat, we participate in the hunting down of a man running from the car on a country road as Thom Yorke loosely mouths the lyrics in the back seat. It was reported that Glazer had originally pitched the video idea to Marilyn Manson. 20 years later, the video is still as captivating as it was in 1997.
Director Jonathan Glazer (who also directed “Street Spirit (Fade Out)“), called the video a failure at the time, explaining that his attempt to have subjective, minimalist camera use and to create something hypnotic and dramatic from a single perspective wasn’t achieved.
Radiohead’s music video for “Karma Police” is one of the band’s most memorable music videos.
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