Wet Thud Video Flow, Volume Two

Howdy kids;


It's Friday night--time for another look back at the week's best new videos. Here are the best twenty clips I felt the last seven days had to offer...

Cut Copy "Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution" (Modular)

Planningtorock "Living It Out" (DFA)

Kasabian "Days Are Forgotten" (Columbia)

Arctic Monkeys "Suck It And See" (Domino)

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "Witch Hunt Suite For World War III" (Melted Mailbox)

The Big Pink "Stay Gold" (4AD)

Frank Ocean "Swim Good" (Def Jam)

Lloyd f. Andre 3000 "Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)" (Zone 4/Interscope)

Active Child with How To Dress Well "Playing House" (Vagrant)

Avey Tare "Oliver Twist" (Paw Tracks)

Beirut "Santa Fe" (Pompeii)

Neon Indian "Polish Girl" (Static Tongues)

Noah and the Whale "Waiting For My Chance To Come" (Universal Mercury)

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "Quail And Dumplings" (Drag City)

Strange Boys "Me And You" (Rough Trade)

STRFKR "Bury Us Alive" (Polyvinyl)

Summer Camp "Better Off Without You" (Moshi Moshi)

Trash Talk "Awake" (True Panther)

Anna Calvi "Suzanne and I" (Domino)

Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse "Body And Soul" (Sony)

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

Finding inspiration in far flung places? Paying homage to heroes past? Coincidental similarities? Getting away with plagiarism? Stop me if you think you've heard this one before, but do any of these sound familiar to you?

U2 "The Fly" (Island, 1991) vs. Beck "Black Tambourine" (Interscope, 2005)

T. Rex "Children Of The Revolution" (EMI/Reprise, 1972) vs. U2 "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me" (Island/Atlantic, 1995)

The Stone Roses "I Am The Resurrection" (Silvertone, 1989) vs. Sebadoh "Flame" (Sire, 1999)

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "Round And Round" (4AD, 2010) vs. Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now" (Arista, 1983) and "Lay Your Hands On Me" (Arista, 1985)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't Come Around Here No More" (MCA, 1985) vs. Noah and the Whale "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." (Vertigo, 2011)

Deep Purple "Hush" (Parlophone, 1968) vs. The Charlatans "The Only One I Know" (Situation Two, 1990)

Bat For Lashes "Daniel" (Parlophone, 2009) vs. Grimes "Crystal Ball" (Arbutus, 2011)

The Church "Under The Milky Way" (Mushroom, 1988) vs. Six By Seven "I.O.U. Love" (Mantra, 2002)

So, who wore it better?