Alphaville - Middle of the Riddle

[mwjppgg]

Esta debe ser la primera vez que coincido con la opinión de los premios Oscar.

[mwjppgg]

Una idea brillante para un video brillante de un grupo brillante.

[ancele007]

This has got to be the most genious video ever made.

[mwjppgg]

Uno de los mejores videos que vi en mi vida, sino el mejor!

[619Joe182]

that guys a shmuk

[ninoska1994]

I like this video!!!

[ninoska1994]

Rocks!!

!!Alphaville the best!!!!!!!!!

[crimsoid0911]

Once I watched it in their studio in Berlin where I took place for an interview to Alphaville. They gave ma a VHS copy but I couldn't watch it for long time because we cannnot play PAL system in our country. I love it anyway and thanks for uplording.

[berni8]

esta chusa esta cancion, pero no pierde el estilo!! cool

[inthabuilding]

video kinda reminds me of tool

[geniveve99]

totally reminds me of tool also. it's creepy, but cool.

[azurelunatic]

This song gets stuck in my head so badly.

I can't help but feel a strange sort of sorrow for the last man standing in the video, who is learning his lesson about possessiveness versus physics, and has clearly brought everything on himself.

[mclane1979]

To be or not to be, this is question!

[mclane1979]

Equilibrium of Live!

[torpeedo1]

What the heck is this? Is this really Alphaville...the german band?

[Dunkelseele]

@torpeedo1 Yes it is, but they redeveloped their style ... this is already late 90s

[WychOfAvalon]

@Dunkelseele

"Middle of the Riddle" is from Alphaville's 1989 album titled "Breathtaking Blue"

[Dunkelseele]

@WychOfAvalon Aw... I really mistyped that. It has to be "eighties" of course. Sorry. What I meant was that they changed their music and used new elements from Blues and Jazz... and that it may sound different because of that. Not their initial style from the early eighties. Thanks for the correction!

[ckifful]

текст смешной у этой песни

+1 за клип :)

[Phoanzy]

very deep message

[barteos]

Amazing!

[queenpriestess]

Amazing insight. It truly deserves watching.

[jlog2007video]

es bueno pero igual dan susto los hombrecitos

[PPLUIS80S]

JA JA JA JA BUENO . . .

[victormotta262]

Interesting and creative vídeo, i liked it, and good song, it's cool.

[neoleo300]

very creativ pictures ... wouh

[suatsabri]

great video

[1modelcitizen]

Lord Voldemort!!!

[PPLUIS80S]

JA JA JA JA LOL

[kingstonlj]

Killing others kills yourself.

[DTanza]

@kingstonlj Sharing is caring. xD

[weedbix]

It's like a Tool clip.

[kcwong118]

This music video had won the Oscar! It is original from Alphaville, very rare!

[DigiDrone23]

@kcwong118 The video is a short film that won Oscar and was later used in this clip.

[suppchoc]

@kcwong118 No it isn`t. It was originally made by the two german animators Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein in the year 1989 under the title "balance".

[Saske1986]

wieso dauerts 1,5 Minuten bis es mal losgeht xD

[kvtassel]

If I were a sociologist and I wanted to keep it simple and since it was a class setting ergo willing to use model representations... well this would be worth a days dicussion I think. Alphaville also has some great poetry/lyrics in many of his songs... this guy has poetry ability for sure.

[nanrayhill]

i also think maybe they we're representing different weights, 23, 35, 45, 51, 75

[UchihaGege]

unbelievable video clip and great song

[tomialpha]

I think Afternoons in Utopia and Prostitute contain the best songs,but it's quite hard to choose,I heard till now only good material from them.Sorry that it is difficult to buy their albums, most of them i can listen and download just on the net.

[GreekGuy9999]

I think their album "Prostitute" kicks "Blue"s ass!

[kcatli512]

they should have put the chest in the middle in the first place

[mraccident]

Maybe that's what they meant in the first place with the title "Middle of the Riddle"

[kvtassel]

True, but this video shows disfunction. It's hard to share sometimes.

[tomialpha]

An unusal sound respect to their earlier songs,but still great,an enjoyable,very interesting song!

[McClaren15]

o.......k.......

[lillagnun]

Creepy but great video!

[joellyshooshoo]

scary!

[Gavin776]

such a great message at the endd, love it

[juratuke]

Fritz Lang !!!!!!!

[joarem]

Excelente!!!

en todos los idiomas!!!!

[kuchenbuchmiri]

Alphaville finde ich richtig geil

[SAT9terminus]

Ahhh Just right, that's it!

[Valaryant]

And people ask me WHY alphaville is my favorite band...cuz the the are GREAT! *duh!*

[Juninho8Slo]

@Valaryant

You're right.

[netanel]

the ending is great.

he can't get any closer, if he will the box

will fall from the edge. such a strong messege

[haemphyst]

The video is actually called "Balance". An Oscar winner in 1990, it won the award fro Best Animated Short, and Alphaville used it for the song. This particular song is from "The Breathtaking Blue", one of their best, IMHO. Most of their stuff is sadly out of print, but if you can find any of the stuff, buy it, it's worth it!

[barlonrandolph]

The video, or short film, is made especially for the song. The band asked different directors to create short movies for this album and this is one of them. Later, the film won an Oscar.

[TOMderHeld]

Yeah, it looks like Tim Burton!

Great, I mean awesome video!

Thanks WychOfAvalon!!!

[BADAWYY]

The video has a meaning. It is about cooperation for solving a problem. cooperation is ruined because of someone's ego always. That man remained stuck in that position...he will never be able to get to that box again without ruining the equilibrium and eventually falling off that platform. Get it now?

[95685488]

ugh.. creepy video:)

love the song though!

[tonissive]

is from the songlines video

[Terminator4004]

i dont get it, what is that! i'm fucking freaked out. If this has any meaning... then it was thought of after the video was done.

[netanel]

when you stay at the top alone

you have nothing.

[biribikan]

tim burton??

[gtrdriven]

its like a Tool video of the 80's

[WychOfAvalon]

I hadn't thought of it like that but you're right.

[DJAelitaHopper]

omg creepy- they move they're heads like birds O.o

[rolotronic]

honestly, a jewel.

[randomeddie]

the president's horse is a rabbit (of course)...

[WychOfAvalon]

Love the lyrics! :D

[GreekGuy9999]

That is a VERY Fucking cool video!!!! Never knew they had a clip for this killer track!

[Vincere]

It is cool :)  The creators Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short of 1989 for this video.