Great contenders! Very talented! Loved the CSS - "Poney Honey Money".

Can't wait for more!

Awesome job on the Sufjan Stevens video, very creative! The Chicken Mobile should be included somewhere on one of this future album covers!

The CSS video actually is a nice statement about artists being able to have crazy amounts of fun just making music and being on stage, even if no one is watching. The pictures from Amsterdam were nice too of course in the Beirut video and the Spoon video aims for a more professional look which is very well done I must say.

Great batch of videos already, looking forward to the rest.

These are so nice... special thanks to ainslee for clearing up a number of long standing confusions about that song for someone who grew up about an hour outside of that fair city... I figured "chicken moghile" must be some sort of french fancy-ery that had made its way to decatur by way of fur-trapping pioneers only to be deep fried and served with fries at the county fair or something in latter days, and wondered what the "appalachian grain train" was doing in the sangamon river valley. for this reason (among others) the video was a tiny revelation, and had me laughing and smiling most of the way through.

I really especially enjoyed the Beirut and Spoon videos. They just go with the songs perfectly. I wish I could express myself in a way that could lavish their deserved praise upon them.

The Decatur video is really great and to me is what a fan-made video is all about - it's simple yet clever and I really enjoyed it :) looking forward to the rest!

best moment for me in all four:

the drawing of a Caterpillar backhoe when Sufjan sings about a small caterpillar. perfect!

All of these videos are great! In particular I liked the one by Ainslee (a la Sufjan), it was approachable and cheerful. Perfect for this rainy day!

I really liked the video for Beirut's 'Forks & Knives.'

It looks like what the beginning of 'Cloverfield' wanted to look like.

aw! The Beirut video made me so happy, I'm just sitting here grinning at the computer. Thanks.

Good Lord, these videos are wonderful! My favorite so far is the Beirut one - there's something in that moment when the camera turns to see the ambulance fly by.

It's the D.C. metro! Yes?

I never really loved css but that video is really cool, makes me want to go back and listen more. The rest of them were good too. I, like everyone else, am really looking forward to seeing the rest of the winners.

If these aren't even in the top 10, I'm quite excited to see what comes next. =)

good stuff, looking forward to seeing the rest. I think you guys should do a songwriting contest in the future. Where people would write and record an original song and then submit the mp3 to you guys. that would be awesome.

whoa. those were pretty awesome.

Great job on making Decatur so playful. Extremely enjoyable to watch.

wow! they were all so wonderful, forks and knives in particular, my grin couldn't get wide enough.
this was a brilliant competition, i can't wait to see what comes next.

I liked them all, but the Sufjan Stevens one was really great. I liked it so much, I stand up and thank Ainsley for it.

I'm not a Stevens fan, but I loved the video for "Decatur" -- it took a boring song and added all these great little details. I was sorry when it ended.

i love decatur and i LOVE the video. it made me smile a big goofy smile for a long time.

"Forks and Knives" is bang-on. I wasn't convinced at first, but it slowly builds and creates a complete day despite how short the video. Very understated, not in your face, quietly beautiful.I'm glad someone pointed out that it was Amsterdam-couldn't help but wonder where this magical city was, but not knowing has its charm as well.

Thanks for the videos! All were enjoyable. I think of the Beirut video when I'm biking now & the timing on the CSS video really struck a chord with me.

That Spoon video was exactly right.

To Timothy and Jason, I thought yours was just perfect.
I think it's because everyone in the film looked so terribly happy the whole time. For some reason a lens always makes real life look much more spontaneous then it does when you wake up and live it every morning.

Mike, was all of that shot in D.C.? Tried to figure it out from the scenery, but wasn't sure.

Great job to everyone -- especially loved "Decatur".

Yeah, that last shot was of brighton dam, if I'm not mistaken.