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collection: spike jonze music videos

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sirkus

from björk, spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

Björk gets tired of her cat boyfriend, goes to Iceland's Sirkus bar and sings along with the locals, and this still might not even be Spike Jonze's weirdest video.

Sirkus, a bar in downtown Reykjavik, was a popular hub for artists and musicians in Iceland until it was demolished in 2008 to make room for hotels, shopping centers and/or parking garages.

Watch Björk dance with a giant cat in "Triumph of the Heart"

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pulitzer fountain

from dinosaur jr., spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

The Pulitzer Fountain in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza serves as a water hazard in the round of golf that J Mascis and then bassist Mike Johnson of Dinosaur Jr. play in New York in their music video for "Feel the Pain" (directed by Spike Jonze).

Watch "Feel the Pain"

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shinjuku station

from elastica, spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

The video for "Car Song" by the Britpop band Elastica, filmed in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, is a cross between Ghostbusters and Blade Runner with some Godzilla tossed in for the hell of it. The band's ghost chase leads them down into Shinjuku station, the busiest train station in the world and also where the Beastie Boys take it to another dimension in their video for "Intergalactic."

Watch "Car Song" directed by Spike Jonze

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independence hall

from ween, spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

Gene and Dean Ween try to steal the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall in Spike Jonze's video for "Freedom of '76."

FYI Mannequin was filmed at Philadelphia's Wanamaker's department store not Woolworth's. Apparently Ween knew this when they wrote the song, but Woolworth's sounded better.

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hot dog on a stick

from that dog., spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

Los Angeles band that dog. plays in and around the Hot Dog on a Stick by the Santa Monica pier in the video Spike Jonze directed for "Old Timer."

Watch "Old Timer"

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