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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
- George Bernard Shaw

There's a saying that goes "the children are our future." Well if that's the case in these videos, that future is pretty terrifying. From fist fights to brandishing weapons, and demon posession to frickin' telekinesis. If these kids are our future, I'm not sure anyone is going to live to see it.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
This is the video that inspired the list. It's so dark and twisted, you can't help but be afraid of all the kids in it. Warning: Simulated violence and dead animals.

Lordi - Hardrock Halellujah
Who hasn't felt ostrasized at some point in their life? High school is particularly lame for some people. Now imagine if you had your own zombie cheerleader squad. Would've been better, right?

Tamar-Kali - Boot
One of the most punk rock little girls around. Check out more of Tamar-Kali in the awesome documentary Afro-Punk.

Operator Please - Leave It Alone
Jackson Pollock meets teenage angst and fiddles.

Box Car Racer - I Feel So
In all honesty, I've heard from more than a few friends that this particular song saved their life. Hearing someone else talk about the same dark feelings you have is intense. But seriously, these kids have telekinesis. That's pretty scary.

You think I'm unemotional, isn't it? For Christ's sake! I cried like a child at the end of Terminator 2!
- Tim Bisley (Simon Pegg), Spaced

I'm not afraid to admit that some things make me cry, whether they make me feel sad or really good, or simply because they hit real close to home. It takes a lot of effort to make you really feel something in a three-minute period, below are five videos that do it for me. Now excuse me while I go get some tissues and start doing push-ups.

Foo Fighters - Best Of You
When the videos director, Mike Pellington, shot this video for the band his wife had just recently succumed to illness. To me, the emotion comes through amazingly, and the juxtoposition of powerful imagery and music makes it the perfect example of montage.

Straylight Run - Existentialism On Prom Night
This video feels so ethereal in its handling of a common situation like riding the train. Everyone is in sync, and nobody knows it. This one just makes me feel really good.

Amanda Palmer - Runs In The Family
Having grown up with family dealing with bi-polar disorder, and having had friends with their own psychosocio issues, this video strikes close to home. The mania in the video purveys exactly how it is sometimes.

My Chemical Romance - Ghost Of You
The horrors of war are something we all know too well after the last eight years, and while this oft overlooked video showcases World War 2 it's still a reminder of the realities some have to face.

Bear in mind, these are videos that just make ME cry, so do me a favor and let me know which ones turn YOU into an emotional pile of sobs, and it might show up in a future list!

5 Videos That Give You A Stiff Neck “There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

We're so used to watching films that move, and cut, and zoom, and generally feel very cinematic. But there's something incredibly understated about a video that's able to just set the camera down, and let the action play out in front of it. Below are five videos that do just that; the camera stays in one position, and everything else goes.

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
The great thing about this video is not so much how cool it looks to see everything move in the room, but the fact that Jamiroquai can dance the whole time.

Björk - Violently Happy
This video creeps me out not because they're so spastic, but because everything is too cheery!

The Bright Light Social Hour - Back And Forth
I could do to see that guy get a little more nekkid.

I Heart Hiroshima - London In Love
The colors really add to the feel of this video, in their own subtle way.

The All-American Rejects - Move Along
Kind of a cheat, since there's a lot of regular camera movement-- but you have to admit that when the quick cuts jump in, it's pretty intensely awesome.