The TVTropes Trope Finder is where you can come to ask questions like "Do we have this one?" and "What's the trope about...?" Trying to rediscover a long lost show or other medium but need a little help? Head to Media Finder and try your luck there. Want to propose a new trope? You should be over at You Know, That Thing Where.
MetaFour
MOD
Since: Jan, 2001
Do we have a trope for when a music video is clearly intended to feature a band playing the corresponding song (and likely even includes accurate lip-synching), but the instruments shown in the video one way or another clearly don't match the music? Examples include The Pretender by Foo Fighters, which is a Dress Rehearsal Video where the intro starts before anyone even appears, let alone starts visibly playing, Papercut by Linkin Park in which the band are playing entirely acoustic guitars when those featured in the track are obviously heavily distorted and electric, and Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, where Kurt starts randomly tuning his guitar in the middle of the solo. Thanks!
Edited by samsteel5