History

There is a relatively long past to the music video and it is still being debated today what the first music video actually was. Some claim it to be the blues of the deep south in America where the blues videos were shot more like movies however some others say that it was Bob Dylan’s short documentary don’t look back where the song Subterranean Homesick Blues.

Here is Bob Dylan’s documentary don’t look back with the song Subterranean Blues:

This is undoubtedly the first music video and definitely not the last. Since then the music video has been adapted to accommodate all genres of music and where the famous quote taken from the song "Video killed the radio star". The videos have just been getting more innovate and more unusual since then. Here are a couple of examples:

This is the first ever video to be shot entirely in space:

Here is another fun and inventive video:

The idea of the music video has changed so much since the first ever screening of one. This has given it time to adapt and change to latest trends making the video in some cases more popular than the actual song. This means for any project that an artist undertakes has to be a big one and for one simple reason, if you remember the video you will remember the song.


Throughout the years the music video has changed considerably and with it come re-inventions of original videos which is known as post-modernism. This means that many videos which have been made have had remixes of them made. This means that everything will eventually be copied or remixed since there isn't an unlimited source of new ideas and some will have to be based loosely on previous pieces of work.

For example -Weezers video "Pork and Beans" 

This video made by Weezers features the entire previous internet stars from YouTube making this video one big remix. The video tasks the concept of Post-Modernism and changes it, meaning that all of the famous videos from YouTube have been taken and remade in order to feature within the music video. This video takes everyone's view on Post-Modernism and turns it on its head by showing sometimes remix's can make a video look better and not just a cheap imitation. The idea of this video is appealing to a wider audience since it has taken everything which people have liked and even loved in some cases into a single video attracting lovers of all of them YouTubers, Weezer and even that genre of music making it a very versatile music video.