1 | Literal Music Videos are music videos in which the vocals are replaced with a GagDub describing the action occurring on the screen. Alternatively, a music video where the images literally display all of the action described in the lyrics. |
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4 | !!"Remix" examples: |
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6 | * [[https://youtu.be/3W-dQpvHI7k Africa]] (Audio only) |
7 | * ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma6Dai_Wk3k opening theme]] |
8 | * [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Babs]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wZ2ilDQFOQ Seed]] |
9 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONHlxaoJKd8 Billie Jean]] |
10 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReblZ7o7lu4&ab_channel=Gasman Bad Apple!]] |
11 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJVAFIMnkc Birdhouse In Your Soul]] |
12 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcGtNItxT7g Blue (Da Ba Dee)]] |
13 | * Non-video example: Creator/LeeEvans does a sketch to "Bohemian Rhapsody" in which he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPen7MdrDOw literally mimes the events described in the song]] as one of his signature pieces. He often performs it as his encore. |
14 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hArtxz6PRsk Daydream Believer]] |
15 | * The [=YouTube=] channel ''WebAnimation/EddieAtTheLMV'' inverts the trope with their animated music videos. To name a few, there is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnZalFYWv_k She's Kinda Hot]] by Music/FiveSecondsOfSummer, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVCmczPclQM Doo Wah Diddy Diddy]] by Music/ManfredMann, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFhn1hnZ3gw Need You Now]] by Music/LadyAntebellum. |
16 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNuIcz1RUAY For The First Time In Forever]] |
17 | * [[https://youtu.be/LUOdcW2RXNU Friday]] |
18 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olsqjmn-MYY Girlfriend]] |
19 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_uLhv7KfGg The Goof Off]] |
20 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIyHEPCZzLo Grenade]] |
21 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGc0Ny3Lzpk Hard Times]] |
22 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pb7IevccSY Hello]] |
23 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtdT-MWjyFk Hooked On A Feeling]] (with David Hasslehoff!) |
24 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK4GkQ_DhIk I Believe In a Thing Called Love]] |
25 | * [[https://youtu.be/6nAV5rVcPjk I'd Do Anything For Love]] (Audio only) |
26 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY5Y7R7erNI Ik Ben Verliefd Op Jou]] (Dutch) |
27 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pwBq8BjZ1k I Want To Break Free]] |
28 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DXK6BQe2U Just A Friend]] |
29 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE01EM7Vkns Kiss You]] |
30 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xAhptxtI_o Let It Go]] |
31 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbIwCYEyPbo Like A Prayer]] |
32 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ejpPH7qro Literal Pants]] |
33 | * [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2cb87ffcfe/love-is-a-battlefield-literal-video-version Love]] [[Music/PatBenatar is a Battlefield]] |
34 | * [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Love]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLuCM45_r0 Is an Open Door]] |
35 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIm7XCTKcZ8 The Madness of Duke Venomania]] |
36 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GlJbyMrytA Making Love Out Of Nothing At All]] |
37 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmGTZ5KZ2tk Never Gonna Give You Up]] (yes, there had to be a JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}) |
38 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C17yfGyJjM Oasis]] |
39 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXZq97lHYAE 1+1]] |
40 | * ''Anime/OnePunchMan'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-39ZqRU6Ww&list=PLstf9XZUTmuhEqKayMejmHhpoEMlsOvau&index=3 opening theme]] |
41 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66T2dvRyaos theme]] |
42 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL6_t-cdgLI The Rainbow Connection]] |
43 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ncBrB9sKmQ Ritme van de Regen]] (Dutch) |
44 | * [[https://youtu.be/Yi7mBzdDHyY Safety Dance]] |
45 | * [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4441b13487/separate-ways-literal-video-version?_cc=__d___&_ccid=vsr8ue.nu3ta1 Separate Ways]] |
46 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6IKwfKGcnA Smells Like Teen Spirit]] |
47 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR0OtO9DRjc theme]] (an official StationIdent from Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}). |
48 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZry-yfSG8w Stop The Bats]] |
49 | * [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/638626ce4b/sunglasses-at-night-literal-video-version Sunglasses]] [[SunglassesAtNight At Night]] |
50 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ Take On Me]] (The TropeMaker) |
51 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmKlVvH595o This Day Aria]] |
52 | * [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f03d464867/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-literal-video-version-original Total Eclipse of the Heart]] |
53 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57pVdXBmFc Under the Bridge]] |
54 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OqRSbI0iDs Video Killed the Radio Star]] ([[InvertedTrope inverted]]) |
55 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MCC3PKbxj0 The Way To Your Heart]] |
56 | * [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/208ed383f3/wedidn-tstartthefire-literalvideo-gnashe We Didn't Start the Fire]] |
57 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWRtibGFbTI We Made You]] (inverted) |
58 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnKTLYHlLig What My Cutie Mark Is Telling Me]] |
59 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmngLUtxwJM White Wedding]] |
60 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMlA8nQ0bXc With Arms Wide Open]] |
61 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XdGp_u0f7o Wonderwall]] |
62 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOlI5Qiq-9g You're Beautiful]] |
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64 | !!"Non-Remix" examples: |
65 | * Non-remix example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGNXJLS8xZs Dermot & Dave's Eurovision Song]], whose lyrics consist entirely of LampshadeHanging on [[ClicheStorm songwriting clichés]] and random imagery ("Calculator Bear!") |
66 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFamilyNess'': the entire theme song. |
67 | -->''[=MacTout=] blows on his bagpipes,''\ |
68 | ''whilst Elspeth & Angus watch those notes go floating across the waves.''\ |
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70 | * A gag in ''Series/ATouchOfCloth II'' involves Jack going into a BadGuyBar with [[HipHop cliched rap music]] playing on the soundtrack. The rapper, however, just describes what's going on as the characters TeamPowerWalk through the bar, even commenting on the MaleGaze sexism. |
71 | * Music/VanceJoy has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_1HMAGb4k Riptide]]", which portrays all of its actions and even a GagSub to portray the WordSaladLyrics to a T. |
72 | * {{Creator/Tobuscus}} gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMKJ9fDM2mo the literal Skyrim trailer]]. |
73 | * Creator/JamieVsTheVoid's most popular upload, [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hbPSu29mwBQ "the dangers of dunking"]] has him watch a biscuit that broke off into his tea slowly dissolve to the line "I just wanted you to watch me dissolve slowly" from the song "Dissolve" by Absofacto. |
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