Absurd music vids
30 videos · 1h 41m · my favorites first
1.Riff Raff – Introducing the Icon★ favorite
15K Likes
2:56Best comments
1.“The HARDEST nonsense I ever heard.”
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- 2.“Riff Raff just started rapping every word that came to mind!”
- 3.“I can't believe I like this.”
2.Tenacious D – Tribute★ favorite
1.4M Likes
4:53Best comments
1.“Tribute is the 2nd best song ever – next to whatever they played that night.”
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- 2.“This was my wedding song. True story. Still together.”
3.Tenacious D – Wonderboy★ favorite
128K Likes
4:32Best comments
1.“I'm going to tell my kids this was Game of Thrones.”
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- 2.“Jon Snow is a total rip-off of Wonderboy.”
- 3.“How do I get this character in Skyrim?”
4.King Missile – Detachable Penis★ favorite
1.1K Likes
3:22Best comments
1.“When the going gets weird, the weird gets King Missile.”
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- 2.“That's a young Zach Galifianakis on keyboards. Look it up.”
5.Coldplay – Up&Up★ favorite
1.9M Likes
4:11Best comments
1.“I stopped the video to make sure I'm not high.”
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- 2.“Editor: What kind of editing do you want? Coldplay: Yes.”
- 3.“Every frame is a wallpaper!”
6.DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down for What★ favorite
11M Likes
3:37Best comments
1.“Imagine a hundred years from now, people studying our culture... and they find this.”
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- 2.“This is the reason aliens won't contact us.”
- 3.“Producer: How much weirdness do you want in this video? DJ Snake: My goals are beyond your understanding.”
7.Röyksopp ft. Karin Dreijer – This Must Be It★ favorite
14K Likes
3:33Best comments
1.“I've finally found it! Saw this video ages ago on TV and loved the song, but forgot the name... and googling 'naked guy driving on a drum set' didn't help.”
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- 2.“Is this how people in Norway live?”
- 3.“Ordinary Norwegians before they found oil.”
8.Pogo – Nicey Nicey★ favorite
35K Likes
3:32Best comments
1.“Doctors should be prescribing this video as an antidepressant.”
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- 2.“Me and my best friend love this! We had no idea what the show was. I thought it was a kids' show... I was dead wrong.”
- 3.“My 3-year-old is obsessed with this song. She says, 'Mommy, play nicey nicey zoo zoo.'”
9.Pogo – Hoo Ba Ba Kanda★ favorite
26K Likes
3:13Best comments
1.“Televangelists are the worst kind of people. And this is the best kind of music. Now I'm conflicted.”
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- 2.“This song brainwashed me, and now I send all my money to Robert Tilton!”
- 3.“I was Robert Tilton's music minister when much of this footage was shot (I was barely 21). All I can say is 'WOW!' I left Bob and never looked back... but I'd stand by this.”
10.Mike Diva – Kazoo Kid (Trap Remix)★ favorite
1.4M Likes
1:20A bowl-cut kid from a 1989 kazoo-lesson VHS tape became a meme, and Los Angeles musician Mike Diva turned him into a trap banger with trippy rotoscoped visuals. Posted in February 2016, it passed three million views within weeks.
11.Q Park – 7th Element (Vitas)★ favorite
440K Likes
2:38Best comments
1.“He's not scared of being embarrassed. Embarrassment is scared of him.”
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- 2.“Imagine being a tourist and this is the first thing you see.”
- 3.“Switched to porn, because it's easier to explain to my mom.”
12.The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
425K Likes
4:18Best comments
1.“I've worked in a psych ward for 20 years, and that is the craziest thing I've ever seen.”
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- 2.“*Walks into retirement home* 'Hey guys, who wants to be in a music video?'”
- 3.“When you put ecstasy in the nursing home's water supply...”
13."Weird Al" Yankovic – Foil
366K Likes
2:32Best comments
1.“Anyone notice that Weird Al doesn't age?”
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- 2.“He must wrap his face in foil, because this guy never ages.”
- 3.“This is not a song – this is a warning.”
14.Warren G (Sesame Street mashup by Mylo the Cat) – Regulate
107K Likes
2:52Best comments
1.“No matter how gangster you think you are, you haven't made it until you get to Sesame Street.”
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- 2.“I love that all their bling is paperclip-based.”
- 3.“Today's Sesame Street was brought to you by the letter G... and by the numbers 2, 1 and 3!”
15.Bahamas – Stronger Than That
2.9K Likes
3:12Best comments
1.“'For millennia, audiences have been completely dazzled and captivated by these larger-than-life characters, their pronounced packages, and their superhuman feats of strength.' LMFAO.”
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- 2.“Is it just me, or does that one man look like Danny DeVito on steroids?”
- 3.“Shooting this video was one of the most fun shoots I've done, except for the hundred-degree heat! Afie is a really sweet guy and a real trooper in some of the shots the director asked him to do – that bucket of water was ice cold!”
16.The Avalanches – Frankie Sinatra
106K Likes
4:24Best comments
1.“I always wondered why people told me not to drink the juice from glow sticks.”
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- 2.“Fun fact: to make this, they just filmed an average day in Florida.”
- 3.“My kids and I are in this video, lol. At the beginning, walking to the ice cream truck – my son runs past the lady doing the splits, slinging a shirt around. We had so much fun that day.”
17.Felix Colgrave – Tainted Goods
156K Likes
2:22Best comments
1.“This is what it looks like when YouTubers try to advertise for their sponsors.”
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- 2.“At 1:44, the paper says: 'You know, most people would just draw a bunch of lines here, but I'm writing actual words. I sure hope someone gives a shit and quotes this in their comments or something.' Hidden gem!”
- 3.“I demand a refund ASAP. I was told they don't need to eat, but they've been feeding off my fear for the last 3 months. Preferably soon – it might've found where I've been hiding.”
18.The Avalanches – Subways
47K Likes
3:51Best comments
1.“That station's on the corner of Lysergic Avenue and Sesame Street!”
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- 2.“This reminds me of that time I accidentally took the subway in NYC while I was on acid.”
- 3.“Yes, Mr. Avalanches, I too have tripped on a train – and it's exactly like the two-minute mark of this documentary.”
19.Caught a Ghost – Human Nature
906 Likes
3:37Best comments
1.“I came here for the music, but the video amazed me... so funny!”
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- 2.“That dog has some amazing board skills.”
20.Cassius – Go Up
27K Likes
3:13Best comments
1.“French house legends Cassius, pop producer Pharrell and singer-songwriter Cat Power – a helluva unusual collaboration. The video is brilliant in its complicated simplicity.”
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- 2.“I have a drawing assignment on diptychs, and I think I just found a treasure trove.”
- 3.“And I thought Nike's new ad was freaking innovative.”
21.The Muppets – Bohemian Rhapsody
29K Likes
4:47Best comments
1.“Animal is my spirit Muppet.”
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- 2.“I like how halfway through, Animal has a midlife crisis about his momma.”
- 3.“If an extraterrestrial intelligence happens upon one piece of Earth media, it MUST be this.”
22.Coldplay – Life in Technicolor ii
316K Likes
4:27Best comments
1.“Parents: 'Nah, just a humble puppet theater to entertain the kids will do.' Coldplay:”
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- 2.“When you hired the wrong puppeteers.”
- 3.“It took me 11 years to realize the camera guy is Phil Harvey, Coldplay's manager. No wonder he tweeted that this is his favorite music video.”
23.2CELLOS – Thunderstruck
3.5M Likes
4:59Best comments
1.“Can't believe AC/DC made a cover of a song from the 1700s.”
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- 2.“'Child! Be silent and still!' 'But Father! This doth slap!'”
- 3.“The two young men were never heard from again, because they were burnt for witchcraft... along with their cellos.”
24.Chris & Jack – The White Room
177K Likes
3:18Best comments
1.“'What's the smartest question I can ask?' 'It's that one.' *Mind blown*”
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- 2.“I love how, when listing the reasons he's going to hell, the guy says 'jaywalking' – as if that's one of the worst things a person can do.”
- 3.“I can imagine M. Night Shyamalan writing this in the 10th grade after doing bong hits with a couple of friends.”
25.MultiDavid (Dawid Makowski) – Alugalug Cat 2.0 (Please Go Away)
51K Likes
1:46Best comments
1.“This cat inspired more people to make music than LSD in the sixties.”
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- 2.“Those two guys are decent, but they're holding the cat back. That cat's gotta break off and go solo.”
- 3.“Hope the cat received royalties! Lol”
26.Mount Westmore – Big Subwoofer
632K Likes
3:53Best comments
1.“This song is like your uncles who haven't seen each other in 10 years getting together for a BBQ.”
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- 2.“Avatar 2 looks wild! Wasn't expecting a Mandalorian crossover, either.”
- 3.“When everyone in the group project does their job!”
27.The Koreatown Oddity – Breastmilk
4.5K Likes
2:26Best comments
1.“Parents: 'The internet is dangerous, kids.' The internet:”
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- 2.“An absurd, crass song, but with actual bars and a message about being a good dad and getting along with your baby mama? I think I love this.”
- 3.“Reminds me of my wife and her husband.”
28.Zlad! – Elektronik Supersonik
3.3K Likes
Watch on YouTube ↗3:16Best comments
1.“When you know you want Freddie Mercury's moustache and David Bowie's hair, but you don't really care what kind of music you make.”
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- 2.“We must give him credit for correctly predicting how people in the future would speak.”
- 3.“They play this video over and over again to torture informants!”
29.King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Trapdoor
1.3K Likes
2:41Best comments
1.“I'm sorry, what kind of door was it again?”
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- 2.“When you and your bandmates all drop acid, then faff about in an old castle until you start scaring yourselves.”
- 3.“I can't believe they blew their $200 budget for this video on the witch's spell to turn Joey into a table.”
30.Ralph Giese – Georgia on My Mind
14K Likes
2:35Best comments
1.“I love how everyone in the audience is staring in horrified fascination. It must be a timeless response.”
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- 2.“I firmly believe the mullet is half of his whistling powers. Without it, he could not perform.”
- 3.“He had me with the mullet. My legs are wide open.”
31.Clown Core – Hell
233K Likes
1:36Best comments
1.“Smooth jazz implies the existence of rough jazz.”
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- 2.“A porta-potty, 2 guys, a bunch of instruments, 2 music degrees and 4 disappointed parents. And 6.1 million views.”
- 3.“I'd recognize that drummer's lanky frame and raw percussive talent anywhere. That's Mr. Twiggins, who lived in my wardrobe when I was 7 and used to float inches from my face as I slept.”
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