David Fincher Music Videos
Added 2023-10-11 04:00:03 +0000 UTCHeh heh. We’re like watching music videos directed by some buttmunch named David Fincher? YES thats right, Beavis and Buttheads, for October’s bonus ep the gang presents commentary of 30 different video selections spanning the entirety of da Finchman’s career as a music video director. Topics include: Christopher Cross' 1981 Grammy sweep, why Bamboléo hits different, too much Billy Idol, the tiniest desk concerts, pondering if its funnier when Glick says it and so much more!
Playlist: https://bit.ly/FinchVids
Video Playlist Starts at: 5:41
Comments
two of the vids aren't available in my current location, the wonderous and wildly remote territory known as "ca-na-da". Obv none of this has to do with you guys, I just wanted, for the thousandth time to say the way media copyright laws work between US and Canada is fucking stupid, the concerned parties should be forced to figure out the minutia of compensation and contracts behind the scenes so the rest of us dont have to deal with it.
JC9000
2025-01-10 07:00:47 +0000 UTCRetroactively screaming HARPER SIMON into the void.
Nicole Journal
2024-03-05 15:32:28 +0000 UTCNine Inch Nails is the best band still performing on the planet, this will be amended if The Talking Heads ever reunite. suit & tie is the last decent Justin Timberlake track, his "comedy" is terrible
David Figueiredo
2024-01-10 03:49:30 +0000 UTCHi all, new member here. I've listened to the main feed for quite some time now. Came to check out the Patreon and when I saw this episode I signed up right away. This was a great idea for a show's topic. Keep up the creativity. I love the show and now, after all this time, I'm more than happy to show my support. Thanks guys, keep it up!
Ataricat
2023-12-25 06:23:08 +0000 UTC4:44 was a big deal
Anthony Pierre Coco
2023-11-10 23:53:23 +0000 UTCWe had The Box in the US
Korey Freeman
2023-11-04 01:55:09 +0000 UTCI don’t think I’ve ever commented on anything ever but - does Ben ever finish his Mink DeVille anecdote??? Love Mink DeVille, love Ben, felt like his story had real heat and my man got RAILROADED
Thomas Cushing
2023-11-02 03:04:34 +0000 UTCWinning Time is incredible. What an L take from Griffin. One of the best shows I've ever seen. I'm not a basketball fan at all but it had me fully engrossed
Harry Kolmer
2023-10-27 04:06:14 +0000 UTCI loved the role reversal at the end, where David is all manic and endlessly pursuing tangents, while Griffin is exasperated and desperately tries to end the episode. Classic!
Jonathan Bryan
2023-10-25 18:56:51 +0000 UTCThe energy of this episode is so chaotic.
Anthony Regina
2023-10-21 18:40:09 +0000 UTCNever liked Beavis & Butthead, but Daria is very likely my favorite animated show of all time. I watch all of it, like, every other year.
FrancescoTakesItEasy
2023-10-21 11:39:16 +0000 UTCFor some reason my podcast app is having trouble downloading this episode. I even re-added the feed and now it’s just gone from the feed!
Jon Arnold
2023-10-21 11:10:29 +0000 UTCPlease stop with the nostalgia. It is a toxic impulse. MTV barely played music and when they did they played the same 20 artists. Music videos are viewed now more than ever before and there’s virtually no barrier to mass distribution or audience engagement. You would trade that for David Fincher to direct another $15 million dollar Madonna video that nobody can watch?
AlsoNamedB0rt
2023-10-19 03:21:56 +0000 UTCHe fairly recently referenced Going Underground (The Jam), which I know being half English and whatnot shouldn’t be very surprising, but still impressive. ✌️
Tony Jennaway
2023-10-18 01:18:11 +0000 UTCHonestly, there’s enough directors who did music videos that they could easily have these. I also would love shorts, if they ever do someone like Wes Anderson or Stevey Sodey
Tyler Duggan
2023-10-17 19:52:50 +0000 UTCThis just might be my favorite Blank Check episode ever. Please consider making another ep like this just with music videos you like
Alejandro G
2023-10-15 15:44:57 +0000 UTCBest part of this is poor Ben trying to be helpful and realizing all his filler songs are awful
Jordan Gibson
2023-10-14 21:02:37 +0000 UTCHonestly, the rolling stones are underrated. I don't count the same 5 songs being played on classic rock radio for 40 years as rating -- that's just overexposure and lazy corporate DJs.
Mike Ostrov
2023-10-14 16:32:08 +0000 UTCI’m gonna pause this and come back to it. 4am is too early (read: late?) for Griffin’s rambling. Love this guy, genuinely, but oh lord. Also, Patreon folx don’t get any David Sims shirtless pics? What are we even paying for?
Tyler Duggan
2023-10-14 08:09:51 +0000 UTCThe tidbit about Rick Springfield being an avid Star Wars collector is just an absolute gem. I’m sure I’ve heard it before but in this case I love how Rick’s passion might have influenced Fincher’s style like the lead domino on the path to Alien 3
Philip Ehlke
2023-10-13 21:09:46 +0000 UTCI like Griffin asking Marie about the Grammy nominees like she remembers things like they do.
Zeke E
2023-10-13 20:52:06 +0000 UTC“That feel when they say ‘Bomboleo’” killed my ass
fartinscorcese
2023-10-12 23:56:54 +0000 UTCBetsy Lynn George, lead of the Billy Idol "Cradle of Love" video, makes her triumphant return to Blank Check! (She had a small part in "Point Break")
Rob Farnham
2023-10-12 19:18:03 +0000 UTCYeah talking about how the first sound of the album is a helicopter. Love that song.
FiddlersGreenDay
2023-10-12 16:28:12 +0000 UTCNice KMFDM pull David! My sister played me Closer when it came out and I've never been the same since.
FiddlersGreenDay
2023-10-12 16:27:47 +0000 UTCKMFDM kicks ass, David consistently proving he has the best music taste. I remember he defended Be Here Now once, that’s a good take too
Austin McDougle
2023-10-12 15:15:21 +0000 UTCWas it? I don't feel like their music taste is any snobbier than movie taste.
Dan Johnson
2023-10-12 15:00:17 +0000 UTCeverytime they’d say “THIS IS THE BEST” I’d be anticipating George Michael but they kept giving Madonna
Austin McDougle
2023-10-12 14:50:50 +0000 UTCI don’t really like The Doors but hating on them is a super millennial trait.
Austin McDougle
2023-10-12 14:41:35 +0000 UTCSimilar playlist names... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAcRDh7oIw2WdYrC2Puwjkf_spLVI9pSm
Scott CineRam
2023-10-12 13:56:34 +0000 UTCBrent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg were in a band together. That's where the name came from.
David Dein
2023-10-12 03:55:03 +0000 UTCI'm glad Griffin mentioned the Vinyl cape Jawa. I have one, and I remember a kid was trying to get me to trade it to him in middle school. Still got it!
Billnetherlands
2023-10-12 03:10:49 +0000 UTC2 Madonna takeaways…1: I never really appreciated how fantastic her music and videos were (her videos were the true highlight of this collection) 2: That image of her dead mother’s mouth sewn shut really is one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen
CT
2023-10-12 02:34:17 +0000 UTCMy music nepotism proposals: Miley Cyrus, Willow Smith.
Sam
2023-10-12 02:15:42 +0000 UTCMarie is 100% right about Justin Timberlake’s acting. Love him and NSYNC til I die, but it’s a hard pass on him as an actor.
XTINABE
2023-10-12 00:37:15 +0000 UTCI appreciate all the Madonna love.
Sarah Palmer
2023-10-11 23:54:23 +0000 UTCWell the weirdo smelling other people in the bathroom saved this.
Don Knott Steiner
2023-10-11 21:42:57 +0000 UTCThis was a very snobbish music episode. I don’t know if I want to hear something like this again.
Don Knott Steiner
2023-10-11 21:28:03 +0000 UTCShirts Off Sims
Stephen Ayres
2023-10-11 20:38:20 +0000 UTCWow Michael Bay really really loved the L.A. Woman video when he was following around Fincher didn't he?
daniel newfield
2023-10-11 20:25:46 +0000 UTCWilson Phillips
Eric Morris
2023-10-11 19:45:20 +0000 UTCNYC did have The Box. It was probably only certain cable providers (and not everyone even had cable at all at this point), but it was a channel. "Ice Ice Baby" was the only thing that got played for months
Dean Carrano
2023-10-11 16:42:19 +0000 UTCYes! I feel about Mark Knopfler the way the Achewood gang feels about Chris Isaak. "Man, listen to how nice all his guitar notes are." I respect him for finding the ZZ Top-esque overdriven guitar tone in "Money for Nothing," but the true joy of Dire Straits is listening to a guy with jazz-guitar chops play rock 'n roll (though the rowdy young boys dressed in their best brown baggies and platform soles might disagree).
Douglas Wykstra
2023-10-11 15:28:22 +0000 UTCBen discovering that Billy Idol's "Cradle of Love" video was followed by Billy Idol's "L.A. Woman" video very much reminded me of, "Next up, an encore showing of 'Daddy's Boy.' No! You promised!"
Douglas Wykstra
2023-10-11 15:21:10 +0000 UTCBourgeois Tagg was named after founding members Brent Bourgeois and Larry Tagg
Dean Carrano
2023-10-11 15:03:26 +0000 UTC9 videos locked plus I have YouTube ads, this will be my finest aural weaving project
Matthew O'Reilly
2023-10-11 14:19:41 +0000 UTCWinning Time needed one more season
Joel Barber
2023-10-11 13:49:37 +0000 UTC3 in Australia. Rick Springfield can be found, but now I'm off to search the rest of the internet for Loverboy's Notorious!
Christopher Teuma
2023-10-11 12:11:24 +0000 UTCloll the lack of dire straits knowledge was rough
Nikki Lev
2023-10-11 11:52:37 +0000 UTCJermaine Stewart 🖤
Manish Agarwal
2023-10-11 11:08:04 +0000 UTCThe Toy Story 2 bit was incredibly funny. Its the most outwardly aggro I have ever heard Griffin. Love it.
Fred Mercado
2023-10-11 10:41:35 +0000 UTCJudith absolutely slaps though
Charlie
2023-10-11 06:53:02 +0000 UTCI love Dire Straits, will die on the hill that Mark Knoplfer is a top 10 guitarist of the past 50 years, and totally understand if people have no time for them. They have a cilantro sound. Self-titled debut is a good place to start. Fun album, Down to the Waterline is a very confident debut opener, Sultans of Swing is committed to the sausage asylum for being a crazy banger, and Wild West End is a more than adequate wanna-be-Dylan romp. But it’s all twang all the time. If you like that you’ll probably like the rest. Except for Love over Gold. No one has ever heard that album, it’s weird, completely non-existent. Making Movies is perfect though, no notes
Dustin
2023-10-11 05:52:26 +0000 UTCMissed out on Foreigner's Say You Will which I might describe as having the look of a 4 minute Black & White perfume ad.
Benji Black
2023-10-11 05:14:57 +0000 UTCBen should have been Todd
Kristen King
2023-10-11 04:57:53 +0000 UTCI had no clue he did ”take off your clothes!” wtf!
Ancient alien
2023-10-11 04:29:06 +0000 UTCSays '2 unavailable videos are hidden' maybe because I'm in Canada
Jared Shopa
2023-10-11 04:26:05 +0000 UTCit's a commentary ep too? heck yeah!
Jordan B. Anderson
2023-10-11 04:21:13 +0000 UTCthis legendary run of blank check episodes that are incredibly long continues
Michael Aslin
2023-10-11 04:21:11 +0000 UTCFun!
Yossarian Bullock
2023-10-11 04:17:55 +0000 UTC
