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* "Pizza Girl" by the Jonas Brothers features the band playing on a giant pizza while a pretty girl sprinkles toppings on and around them. The song then ends with the titular pizza girl putting the pizza into the oven and [[ImAHumanitarian baking the boys alive]].

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* "Pizza Girl" by the Jonas Brothers features the band playing on a giant pizza while a pretty some sexy girl sprinkles toppings on and around them. The song then ends with the titular pizza girl putting the pizza into the oven and [[ImAHumanitarian baking the boys alive]].
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* At one point in the video for WebVideo/YourFavoriteMartian's song "Booty Store", the band performs on a {{giant|Woman}}, scantily clad redhead. For obvious reasons, they are playing on her butt.

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* At one point in the video for WebVideo/YourFavoriteMartian's WebAnimation/YourFavoriteMartian's song "Booty Store", the band performs on a {{giant|Woman}}, scantily clad redhead. For obvious reasons, they are playing on her butt.
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* To show off the then-impressive CGI of TheEighties, "You Might Think" by Music/TheCars has the lead singer, Benjamin Orr, messing around with everyday objects at a girl's apartment and having the band playing atop a soap bar and in a medicine cabinet inside her bathroom.

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* To show off the then-impressive CGI of TheEighties, "You Might Think" by Music/TheCars has the lead singer, Benjamin Orr, Ric Ocasek, messing around with everyday objects at a girl's apartment and having the band playing atop a soap bar and in a medicine cabinet inside her bathroom.
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* To show off the [[ConspicuousCG then-impressive CGI]] of TheEighties, "You Might Think" by Music/TheCars has the lead singer, Benjamin Orr, messing around with everyday objects at a girl's apartment and having the band playing atop a soap bar and in a medicine cabinet inside her bathroom.

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* To show off the [[ConspicuousCG then-impressive CGI]] CGI of TheEighties, "You Might Think" by Music/TheCars has the lead singer, Benjamin Orr, messing around with everyday objects at a girl's apartment and having the band playing atop a soap bar and in a medicine cabinet inside her bathroom.
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* Music/PhilCollins made use of a theater-in-the-round format on the ''Serious Hits--Live!'', which was shaped like a giant carousel. Better still, it had a cyclorama around it of carousel horses, which could open and close like the petals of a flower.
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* In the music video for Music/{{Lit}}'s ''Music/{{Miserable}}'', the bad perform for a [[GiantWoman gigantic]] Creator/PamelaAnderson, occasionally playing on top of parts of her body, like her butt, knee, the incline of her hip, and the sole of her platform shoes. [[spoiler: Playing on her lips gets the bassist [[EatenAlive eaten]] and sets off a chain of events where she singles out each band member one-by-one and mercilessly swallows them whole.]]

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* In the music video for Music/{{Lit}}'s ''Music/{{Miserable}}'', the bad perform for a [[GiantWoman gigantic]] Creator/PamelaAnderson, occasionally playing on top of parts of her body, like her butt, knee, the incline of her hip, and the sole of her platform shoes. [[spoiler: Playing on her lips gets the bassist [[EatenAlive eaten]] and sets off a chain of events where she singles out each band member one-by-one and mercilessly swallows them him whole.]]
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* In the music video for Music/{{Lit}}'s ''Music/{{Miserable}}'', the bad perform for a [[GiantWoman gigantic]] Creator/PamelaAnderson, occasionally playing on top of parts of her body, like her butt, knee, her hip, and the sole of her platform shoes.

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* In the music video for Music/{{Lit}}'s ''Music/{{Miserable}}'', the bad perform for a [[GiantWoman gigantic]] Creator/PamelaAnderson, occasionally playing on top of parts of her body, like her butt, knee, the incline of her hip, and the sole of her platform shoes.shoes. [[spoiler: Playing on her lips gets the bassist [[EatenAlive eaten]] and sets off a chain of events where she singles out each band member one-by-one and mercilessly swallows them whole.]]
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** Earlier in their career, they recorded a concert film in the ruins of Pompeii.
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* Music/PinkFloyd's 1980-1981 tour for ''Music/TheWall'' featured a large metal grid, onto which the titular wall's bricks would be inserted. As the concert progressed, the band would become less and less visible, and the wall would be used as a projection screen for Gerald Scarfe's various grotesque animations.

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* Music/PinkFloyd's 1980-1981 tour for ''Music/TheWall'' featured a large metal grid, onto which the titular wall's bricks would be inserted. As the concert progressed, the band would become less and less visible, the band being completely closed off at the end of the first half, and the wall would be used as a projection screen for Gerald Scarfe's various grotesque animations.
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* In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJZRt3I9D4 video]] played live during a tour, Noodle from Music/{{Gorillaz}} plays her melodica while standing on the hand of a [[SizeShifter gigantified]] Russel, who's just standing in the middle of the ocean himself.
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* Music/DavidBowie's 1987-1988 Glass Spider Tour featured an elaborately-designed stage featuring a gigantic spider hovering over a wall of scaffolding, on which backup dancers would perform. The stage also made heavy use of LED lighting, which made the whole thing look more visually appealing during nighttime shows; indeed, while the Glass Spider Tour was critically panned, the nighttime performances received much acclaim from the critics who attended those.


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This trope is pretty straight forward: a band or singer stands on top of an unusual or unconventional location as a stage to perform their song. This could be anything from a floating platform out in space, a cloud, or even a [[ColossusClimb a giant creature or person]] (the latter usually being an [[MsFanservice attractive]] woman).

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This trope is pretty straight forward: a straightforward: A band or singer stands on top of an unusual or unconventional location as a stage to perform their song. This could be anything from a floating platform out in space, a cloud, or even a [[ColossusClimb a giant creature or person]] (the latter usually being an [[MsFanservice attractive]] woman).



* For live performances, the over all stage could be simply shaped like something unusual to count. As long as the thing is under and/or completely surrounds the musician(s) it can qualify.

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* For live performances, the over all overall stage could be simply shaped like something unusual to count. As long as the thing is under and/or completely surrounds the musician(s) it can qualify.



* Music/TheGreatfulDead performed atop the Pyramids of Giza in 1978.

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* Music/TheGreatfulDead Music/TheGratefulDead performed atop the Pyramids of Giza in 1978.



* Music/{{SirMixALot}}'s "Baby Got Back" video features, for obvious reasons, an enormous butt that is used as a stage.
* Pizza Girl by the Jonas Brothers features the band playing on a giant pizza while a pretty girl sprinkles toppings on and around them. The song then ends with the titular pizza girl putting the pizza in the oven and [[ImAHumanitarian baking the boys alive.]]
* To show off the [[ConspicuousCG then-impressive CGI]] of TheEighties, "You Might Think" by Music/TheCars has the lead singer Benjamin Orr messing around with everyday objects at a girl's apartment and having the band playing atop a soap bar and in a medicine cabinet inside her bathroom.

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* Music/{{SirMixALot}}'s Music/SirMixALot's "Baby Got Back" video features, for obvious reasons, an enormous butt that is used as a stage.
* Pizza Girl "Pizza Girl" by the Jonas Brothers features the band playing on a giant pizza while a pretty girl sprinkles toppings on and around them. The song then ends with the titular pizza girl putting the pizza in into the oven and [[ImAHumanitarian baking the boys alive.]]
alive]].
* To show off the [[ConspicuousCG then-impressive CGI]] of TheEighties, "You Might Think" by Music/TheCars has the lead singer singer, Benjamin Orr Orr, messing around with everyday objects at a girl's apartment and having the band playing atop a soap bar and in a medicine cabinet inside her bathroom.



* At one point in the video for WebVideo/{{YourFavoriteMartian}}'s song "Booty Store" the band perfoming on a giant, scantily clad redhead. For obvious reasons they are playing on her butt.

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* At one point in the video for WebVideo/{{YourFavoriteMartian}}'s WebVideo/YourFavoriteMartian's song "Booty Store" Store", the band perfoming performs on a giant, {{giant|Woman}}, scantily clad redhead. For obvious reasons reasons, they are playing on her butt.



* Ironheade's stage in Brutal Legend is shaped like Ormagaden -the gigantic Fire Beast whose death gave birth to the Age of Metal. Having weaponized The Power of Rock, each faction/band's stage also serves as their home base in battles (of the bands).
* Standard operating procedure for ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'' some examples from the mirai series include a cake, a platform on top of a locomotive and a football field.

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* Ironheade's stage in Brutal Legend ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' is shaped like Ormagaden -the Ormagaden, the gigantic Fire Beast whose death gave birth to the Age of Metal. Having weaponized The Power of Rock, each faction/band's stage also serves as their home base in battles (of the bands).
* Standard operating procedure for ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'' some ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva''. Some examples from the mirai series include are a cake, a platform on top of a locomotive locomotive, and a football field.
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This trope is pretty straight forward: a band or singer stands on top of an unusual or unconventional location as a stage to perform their song. This could be anything from a floating platform out in space, a cloud, or even a [[ColossusClimb a giant creature or person]] (the latter usually being an [[MsFanservice attractive]] woman).

Since VFX and other forms of movie magic can bring to life such locations with ease, this is largely a music video trope. Though it's not unheard of to have this trope pop up from time to time in concerts.

Why this is done could be for any number of reasons. The most obvious is because it makes the performance more visually interesting than it would be on a run of the mill concert stage. Another could be because it relates to the overall theme or motif of the music video. And for instances where the band is playing on something resembling female anatomy, (or just on a female herself) it can provide plenty of eye candy for the audience.

One common variant is to have a tiny version of the band playing atop of an everyday object.

In order to qualify for this trope:

* The stage has to be over the top, a place most people would not (or physically could not) normally stand on to perform. The inside of a building wouldn't count, (even if it would be an unusual venue choice). But on top of a speeding fighter jet, volcano caldera, or giant shoe would.

* For live performances, the over all stage could be simply shaped like something unusual to count. As long as the thing is under and/or completely surrounds the musician(s) it can qualify.

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* Music/TheGreatfulDead performed atop the Pyramids of Giza in 1978.
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* In the music video for Music/{{Lit}}'s ''Music/{{Miserable}}'', the bad perform for a [[GiantWoman gigantic]] Creator/PamelaAnderson, occasionally playing on top of parts of her body, like her butt, knee, her hip, and the sole of her platform shoes.
* Music/{{SirMixALot}}'s "Baby Got Back" video features, for obvious reasons, an enormous butt that is used as a stage.
* Pizza Girl by the Jonas Brothers features the band playing on a giant pizza while a pretty girl sprinkles toppings on and around them. The song then ends with the titular pizza girl putting the pizza in the oven and [[ImAHumanitarian baking the boys alive.]]
* To show off the [[ConspicuousCG then-impressive CGI]] of TheEighties, "You Might Think" by Music/TheCars has the lead singer Benjamin Orr messing around with everyday objects at a girl's apartment and having the band playing atop a soap bar and in a medicine cabinet inside her bathroom.
* Music/LimpBizkit's "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" had the band playing atop the South Tower of the former World Trade Center.
* The video for ''Tonight Tonight'' by Music/TheSmashingPumpkins has the band members each perform on a small cloud.
* At one point in the video for WebVideo/{{YourFavoriteMartian}}'s song "Booty Store" the band perfoming on a giant, scantily clad redhead. For obvious reasons they are playing on her butt.
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* Ironheade's stage in Brutal Legend is shaped like Ormagaden -the gigantic Fire Beast whose death gave birth to the Age of Metal. Having weaponized The Power of Rock, each faction/band's stage also serves as their home base in battles (of the bands).
* Standard operating procedure for ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'' some examples from the mirai series include a cake, a platform on top of a locomotive and a football field.
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