I imagine that out there on the Interweb there are plenty of lists of OTT music videos. I also imagine that "November Rain" by Guns'N'Roses is on most of them and it may even top many of the lists.
Musically and visually this has everything: orchestra, backing singers, guitar solos on top of grand piano; beautiful bride, helicopter shot of guitar solo outside a desert chapel, rock'n'roll wedding reception... Everything but the kitchen sink, and I'm pretty sure that if you searched hard enough you might even find that.
What I liked about GNR, before they vanished in a cloud of pharmaceuticals and oversized egos, was their mastery of the dynamic of the great rock song. November Rain is a classic example of the "start slow and build to a driving climax" structure, in the vein of Stairway To Heaven.
Yes the song, especially in combination with the visuals, is pompous and overblown but you cannot help but enjoy it.
Yes Slash looks like a refugee from the Hair Bear Bunch but he is a cool dude and he sure can play that Les Paul.
Embrace its OTT magnificence and enjoy!
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Hey, wasn't there a GnR video that involved Axl Rose jumping off an aircraft carrier and into the ocean, then swimming around with dolphins? Surely that's up there for OTT videos?
Can't say I've seen that one MrsL. If its as you describe then I agree it should be on the list.
It's called Estranged. Third in the trilogy of videos about Axl and Stephanie Seymour. Truly gash, both song and video.
Get wiki-ing!
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