Pop videos based on (British?) films

[Rowdon]

I have a bit of deja vu here - have I done this idea before ... or has somebody else? Anyway ...



I don't mean the many clips on Youtube where someone has dubbed a song onto an old film (there's an interesting one of Gary Jules' cover of Mad World as soundtrack to the extreme gore of the Saw movies, or The Meteors' The Hills Have Eyes with clips from the film(s) of the same name) ... No, what I mean is official video clips that have clearly been influenced by or used old (British) film and TV as their basis. I can nly come up with these two ... so this thread may not last long. (Look out for the Britmovie legend in Michael Caine - and it's not Caine himself as he couldn't do it - hence the excellent impersonation at the beginning).



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMbw7BYDG5U&feature=PlayList&p=F43EDC1B8BC 62B26&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=12]YouTube - Madness - Michael Caine[/ame]



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzUCCl9YaBQ]YouTube - The Times - I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape[/ame]

[Mark O]

The video for I want to break free, Queen, was based on Coronation Street character stereotypes.



Not a Britmovie, but the Spice Girls single, Say you'll be there video was based on the cult film Faster, Pussycat, kill, kill.

[Rowdon]

name='Mark O'] the Spice Girls single, Say you'll be there video was based on the cult film Faster, Pussycat, kill, kill.

Which reminded me of California Love by 2pac, based on Mad Max III. (By the way - those Spice Girls, wonderful as they doubtless were and still are, really could not dance, could they?



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWOsbGP5Ox4]YouTube - 2Pac - California Love[/ame]

[DB7]

The Coral - Goodbye (The Wicker Man).



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7YC8gl2pGs]YouTube - The Coral - Goodbye[/ame]

[Euryale]

Said to have been inspired by The Third Man:



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHojqzsx96E]YouTube - Ultravox Vienna from 'Monument'[/ame]



E.

[Bantam79]

The video for Divine Comedy's 1996 hit "Becoming More Like Alfie" was based on, erm, Alfie!

[dremble wedge]

Don't Get Me Wrong by The Pretenders has an Avengers-tastic video.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E2IjrbF4yg&feature=related]YouTube - The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong [1986][/ame]

[Euryale]

I think Kate herself said this video was inspired by The 39 Steps:



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmTvbw4kLw]YouTube - KATE BUSH hounds of love.[/ame]





E.

[Rowdon]

name='Bantam79']The video for Divine Comedy's 1996 hit "Becoming More Like Alfie" was based on, erm, Alfie!

I'd never seen this before! Excellent.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5o0dwRc0HE]YouTube - The Divine Comedy - Becoming More Like Alfie[/ame]

[HUGHJAMPTON]

I hope our own JLM got his cut from Iron Maiden.



I know this is not based, more like lifted.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7faZfUKlbsk]YouTube - Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter[/ame]

[Rowdon]

Touches of most British 60s classics here ... is there one obvious one? Good song, too.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jySfU10IQu4]YouTube - The Importance Of Being Idle[/ame]

[HUGHJAMPTON]

Blues Brothers, half way through.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CktlPIlsBdw]YouTube - UB40 Many Rivers To Cross[/ame]