Giacat's Alternative Nation

[GiaCat]

I will be your VJ for edgy, dark and otherwise offensive music videos hand picked by me Some will be new, others will be from my teenage years in the 90's. I will also dwell in classic Alternative from the 70's and 80's. I may also expand into Metal and Goth. We shall see.

So lets start with two videos...

Peaches and Iggy Pop Iggy Pop, a really sexy ugly man.

Lydia Lunch - Afraid Of Your Company Listen close to the lyrics. They are very poetic. This is from her 1982 album, 13:13

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[GiaCat]

I am fasinated by this style of dance, She is so fluid and gracefull.

Right Here


I luv the 80's...I luv Aimee Mann
This place

This is X. A bit of Rockabilly Punk. They don;t seem to have ever made a formal music video. Beyond And Back

And of course, the Bee Girl screams "90's"
Bllind Melon

 

[HisArpy]

You need to go back further than the 80's to get really edgy music. Not very many videos though, unless converted from 8mm film, but some of the late 60's - early 70's stuff is about as edgy as it gets.

The Pusher
Procol Harum

But, if you want to stay with the 80's...

4 Non Blondes

 

[GiaCat]

One of my all time fav 90's albums was Ministry's Psalm 69. I sat in my room after school with this rocking

I really like the album cover. I see her as a 'misunderstood angel' cast from heaven. She is good at heart, but refuses to conform

Just Some Fix

NWO

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[GeorgeWalker]

I will be your VJ for edgy, dark and otherwise offensive music videos hand picked by me Some will be new, others will be from my teenage years in the 90's. I will also dwell in classic Alternative from the 70's and 80's. I may also expand into Metal and Goth. We shall see.

So lets start with two videos...

Peaches and Iggy Pop Iggy Pop, a really sexy ugly man.

Lydia Lunch - Afraid Of Your Company Listen close to the lyrics. They are very poetic. This is from her 1982 album, 13:13

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e8/c0/07/e8c007be37cd9278bf8024afc45cc288.gif

 

[GiaCat]

Now for some quirky, obscure music. Lene Lovich. I find her pretty.

Lene


Then there is Wall of Voodoo. They had one sort of hit.

Mexican Radio

One of my favs from them is Tse tse fly


Some early Electronica from John Foxx

No One Driving


Some more from Ultravox

Passing Strangers

 

[Ishmael]

Dr. John

Loop Garoo

Ishmael

 

[Ishmael]

Let's go Gia. One at a time girl.

Comfortably Numb

Ishmael

 

[GiaCat]

Hey, when I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll

I found this Lene gem

Little Bird


And there is also Nina Hagen

Here

 

[Ishmael]

For all you rock and roll stars

Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink

Ishmael

 

[GiaCat]

This screams '90's Hipster'. Stay from Lisa Loeb. This song was aaaaaallllllll over MTV. My girl friends and I could not get enough of her. This song still strikes a strong emotional response in me.

Stay

 

[GiaCat]

This song also till gets to me. Joan Osborn's What is God?

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home?

 

[GiaCat]

I guess you have noticed I have a strong emotional connection with the 90's.

 

[GiaCat]

Although these where popular albums from David Bowie, there are some very esoteric songs on them that are largely forgotten. But I find them very atmospheric and still enjoy them. They are all instrumentals.

There is Neukoln, Moss Gardens, Sense Of Doubt

David Bowie, Heroes

He also did the same on an earlier album, Low.

Warszawa, Art Decade, Weeping Wall, Subterraneans

David Bowie, Low

 

[GiaCat]

Now this is a real treat so I have to share it. This is the Dresden Dolls in concert with guest singer Lene Lovich. This is also a very dramatic, lovely song

https://youtu.be/NdxlQ_TcWpI

 

[GiaCat]

Tori Amos early in her career was considered an alternative artist because her music was very quirky and unusual.

Interview on Alternative Nation

A good example of her early work

Bjork is another quirky artist from the early 90's. I love Human Behavior

 

[jaF0]

but some of the late 60's - early 70's stuff is about as edgy as it gets.

The Pusher

The version that's the full B side of "Early Steppenwolf'.

And Emerson, Lake and Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery which includes gems like Toccata.

 

[GiaCat]

This song invokes a lot of emotion in me. Pink Floyd's Welcome to the Machine. It creates a quiet stillness in me. I was surprised to learn it was an early work of theirs. So this video was obviously produced long after the song was released.

 

[GiaCat]

This is another song I remember vividly from 'The days'. Again, it's old, but I first heard it in the 90's so for me it's a 90's song. She's lost control

 

[GiaCat]

This was scandalous back in the day. Well, it would still be now because the prudes and church ladies are still skulking about.

Touching

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[cowslinger64]

This is X. A bit of Rockabilly Punk. They don;t seem to have ever made a formal music video.

That genre of music is called Psychobilly.. It's a great style, I've seen lots of that kind of music..

Here's a good one...

The Rev Horton Heat-Psychobilly Freakout

https://youtu.be/qn4lJqbv7So

 

[GiaCat]

David Bowie's Ashes song always calms my nerves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMThz7eQ6K0

So does this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXSGocWifAg