The current object of my affection (read: obsessive Facebook stalking) shared this gem from the video vault yesterday and it got me thinking…
Why was everyone always jumping into swimming pools on MTV in the 90s? Was it inspired by the now iconic (and now, all grown-up) baby on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind? Did it symbolize the spirit of a particularly angsty (and aquatic) subcultural undercurrent that rode out the end of the 20th century? It probably just looked cool and was inexpensive… but we’ve collected some highlights for today’s diversion.
PJ Harvey takes a trip “Down By The Water”
The Smashing Pumpkins’ classic
The Breeders splash around a bit…
The 2 hour Shakespeare-inspired music video that was Luhrmann’s modernized R+J
Ok, The Flaming Lips are technically featuring an outdoor bathtub
And Fiona is taking a dip in a very large indoor hot tub?
This is actually from 2001, but 90s hangover…
And the mother of all music videos featuring swimming pools below:
What did we miss? Share your favorite music videos that made a splash in the comments!
One response to “Hump Day Diversion: Splash-back”
[…] Welp, it sure is one rainy Independence Day, huh gang? Sorry to hear of all the cancelled BBQs and dampened outdoor debauchery previously planned in our nation’s honor. But fear not, take a break from watching MTV’s 12 hours of actual music video airplay (seriously, it’s pretty spectacular, more on that next week) and enjoy this shot of “Sunshine” courtesy of local rock-n-rollers, Kink Ador. Kink Ador is Sharon Koltick, Nicklas Hamilton, and Josh Lockridge and they have cooked up a new video that is totally at home amidst our Splash Back to swimming pools scenes in the 90s. […]