You want dark? Check out Sixteen Saltines by Jack White. The lyrics seem pretty innocuous until you start to get the innuendo, and the video is all just kids misbehaving until you realize what the fuck is going on and you’re like “how far are they going to push this?” Evidently the only shot MTV gave as reason for refusing to put it on the air was the plastic bag over the head…?
It was directed by AG Rojas, who also did the very NSFW video for Hey Jane by Spiritualized. Watch it, but don’t blame me if it leaves you all “where’s my blankey?!” like the first time you saw Kids or Requiem.
If you want to take this music video choose-your-own-adventure in the other direction, Jack White and Alison Mosshart’s video for the Dead Weather’s Treat Me Like Your Mother is one of my all time favorites. Subtle metaphor, right? Love it. Directed by Jonathan Glazer.
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