Favorite music videos ever

[SunsetLightning]

I felt like putting a topic up here that could have a lot of different opinions, so this one came to my mind. Personally, I have these:

Korn-Freak on a Leash: One of the best videos I've ever seen, with the bullet effects and the lighting job, integrating animation.

Prodigy-Breathe: This video almost scared me. However, I thought it was great in the way that it basically went along with the mood of the song.

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[Pixoid]

About the Freak on a Leash vid: I don't know if this was on purpose, but they have a chain link fence with a sign on it in the animated section. It looks oddly like one near the beginning of Citizen Kane...

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[voltaire]

I don't watch much EMPTY-V these days but that claymation in Tool's Undertow was great. It just went along with the song so well.

[Sake Samurai]

Second the Tool videos.

Videos should enhance the experience, not show the band jumping around lipsynching.

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[metroshane]

Buddy Holly- Weezer
all Tool videos
Too young to fall in love-Motley Crue fighting kung fu style in china town.

money for nothing-dire straights (did all the toy story bandwaggoners forget about this?)

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We live in an age that reads to much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful--Oscar Wilde

All peter Gabriel videos (esp. Sledgehammer)
All Genesis videos (esp. Land of Confusion)
Van Halen - Right Now
leppard - lets get rocked
U2-please (the backdrop of please merging into a yellow background blew me away)

Veera.

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[Coldfire]

I'll second most of the above.

One I'd like to add:

Beasty Boys - Sabotage


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[MrKnowItAll]

An oldie but goodie...

"Big Log" by Robert Plant

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[capybara]

REM's Losing My Religion was good-- it was like multiple stills or tableau vivant of old master paintings.

When I was in 6th grade or so I saw the very old video to Bowie's Ashes to Ashes and I thought that was the strangest thing I had ever seen.

I'm not a Madonna fan but I study renaissance art so i'm into odd liturgical issues and creepy religious stuff so Like A Prayer was neat.

Has anyone seen the Psychic TV videos floating around? Very very strange.

[SunsetLightning]

I agree that most of the older videos are better than some of the new stuff. I mean, acts like the Backstreet Boys..their entire videos are made up of just dancing. The further you go back in music video history, the more videos you see that actually relate to the song. I always appreciate that. I think that's what videos were made for.

I second the vote for "Sabotage."

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[sunbear]

Weird Al: Smells like Nirvana
Grover Monster: Wubba Wubba Wubba

[Gail]

Mr. Knowit all's fave "Big Log"...That song came out when I first moved to rural Nevada (Tonopah, to be exact...anybody been there?)
I heard it a lot when I was driving from Toledo, OH to Nevada and the video actually looks like rural Nevada..Desert Area, gas station out in the middle of nowhere..

One of my favorites is Madonna's "Material Girl"...I like how she sings about how she loves money and things and ends up with a cowboy with a bunch of daisies and a pickup truck.

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"Predictable, really I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place." --John Cleese

[GuanoLad]

Fleetwood Mac did a great video that recreated 'The Highwayman' poem. Can't remember which song it was for...

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[Heath Doolin]

Do the Evolution by Pearl Jam

It was done by MacFarlane Studios who did the Korn's Freak on a Leash video. Only a few have seen it and it rips the gills out of Freaka on a Leash.

THe song rocks and the video is perfect aas it flys through history showing Humanities "evolution" through its barbaricacy. Makes you pause and think about the meaning of both the song and video

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[SunsetLightning]

More that come to my mind are the recent Foo Fighters videos. I enjoy the amusing storylines, and I think that Dave Grohl dressing up like a woman in each of them is strange...humorous, but strange nonetheless...Everlong is one of those videos that comes to my mind. Great song, good video.

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[Inky]

My favorite is Tom Petty's "Don't come 'round here no more". A really funky, psychodelic Alice In Wonderland homage.

And girls in spandex! Can't lose.

inky

[Pixoid]

I like "Don't Come Around Here No More" too, Inky, although probably not for all the same reasons... :)

I like the videos that tell a story that fits the song. "Cryin'" by Aerosmith is one like that...tho' I'm sure there are better examples.

I liked one that was not shown very often,called Dead Ringer For Love by Meatloaf.

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[Satan]

Most every video always failed to impress me.

That said, "Thriller" was pretty much a MOVIE, and you gota give props to Wacko Jacko for being an innovator of this artform and employing some mighty talented people behind him for this and some of his other clips.

The Foo Fighters seem to always make good, funny videos.

I appreciated the artistry behind such '80s fare as The Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" and the silliness of Cyndee Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."

"One," by Metallica, was scary and I enjoyed playing it for family members to see the reaction. Made me rent the movie that it lifted scened from.

Anything by Weird Al makes me laugh...

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[Catrandom]

I loved many videos in the early days but am not much impressed with the dark, ugly, near-pornographic videos now. Gettin' old, I am, but the quick cut, cut, cut style is unimaginative and annoying (and dated; it was old by '84.)

For me the all-time best, purely for fitting the song so well, was Pretenders' "Back on the Chain Gang." Very simple, and dead-on perfect for the song.

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[chief]

November Rain - Guns N' Roses

it has a great story and the video fits the song perfectly
wow!

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[PunditLisa]

I hate to admit it, but I love the "Vogue" video by Madonna. It's like browsing through an Annie Leibovitz book...

And I still enjoy the "Beat It" video by Michael Jackson. He may be a freak of nature, but that boy can dance.

[Sam Stone]

"Everybody Hurts" - R.E.M.

Most of the Guns N' Roses videos were great. I especially liked "November Rain" and "Don't Cry".

Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing" and "Brothers in Arms"

A-Ha had some pretty cool videos - "Take on Me"

[OpalCat]

I'm so old fashioned... I think my favorite video is still "Take on Me" by A-Ha

Running up are Siouxie and the Banshees "Face to Face" (Batman Returns soundtrack)
"Mea Culpa" by Enigma
and some other that I won't remember til later on account of I just woke up.

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[SunsetLightning]

Oh yeah..."Thriller" brings back some memories. I was expecting there to be closing credits to that music video.

I don't think music will ever be the same as it used to be, with Weird Al putting out parodies on the popular songs. He does a great job of that, and I'm in agreement with a lot of you. Everything he does makes me laugh.

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[KentT]

My two favourites are Radiohead's "Street Spirit", which is just beautiful, and New Order's "True Faith". You just have to love a video where two guys keep slapping each other in sync with the music throughout the video. Not to mention the punching bag woman that does the lyrics in sign language.

[Kanooka]

I'd have to say my absolute favorite video would be Losing my Religion, by REM.
I know it's been said already..

[Icerigger]

My top 10 in no particular order:

1. Boys of summer Don Henley
2. Metro Berlin
3. State of the Nation Industry
4. New yeras Day U2
5. Phantom Menace Weird Al
6. If anyone Falls Stevie Nicks
7. Sonny Came Home Shawn Colvin
8. Pressure Billy Joel
9. Pump up the Volume Maars
10. If you had my Love Jennifer Lopez

[SunsetLightning]

Icerigger..*sighs* Jennifer Lopez.

I also enjoy the videos where it doesn't have any particular storyline involved. It's just the energy of the band. I just recently saw the new RATM video for "Guerilla Radio." That's a pretty good video. It does have storyline, but it shows a lot of emotion, too. I also recently saw the new KoRn video for "Falling Away From Me." The directing job on it was pretty good, the message sent was positive, and the energy was classic KoRn.

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[GuanoLad]

Icerigger - explain to me why Boys Of Summer (which was the big time winner on the first MTV Video Awards I think) is your favourite?

Because I don't get it. He's just in the back of a car driving through town, mix through to a couple on the beach. In B&W.

It's totally nothing to me.

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[Icerigger]

GUANOLAD--

As for boys of summer, I don't like it for Don Henley but for the impression the images gave me. I see the man at the desk with his papers and liquor cart as a man successful in business and wealthy, powerful but empty. I see the couple on the beach as him with his lost love, he is very unhappy with his life and would give it up
just to be on that beach with her again. I find the video as a very sad story about lost love.

[KCB615]

Shania Twain: Man, I Feel Like a Woman. Go ahead, flame away, but I stand, uhm, firmly, by my choice. I can watch that video over, and over, and over again. Much to my better half's chagrin. She'll get over it. I hope.


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Jeremy....

Anyone who says they don't like children obviously isn't cooking them properly.

[SunsetLightning]

Ahh...I live for music videos with a message, especially those dealing with love. Right now, I'm in love, so whatever has to do with love hits close to home. Even those with loves past hit home. I had to search far and wide before I found my treasure.

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The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

[Lanna]

Most of mine have been mentioned, so I'll skip the repetition. However, I do love "Push" by Matchbox 20. The colors, angles, props and facial expressions by everyone are wonderful, and go along with the song very well.

If he also didn't direct all those Backstreet Boys/Britney Spears videos, Nigel Dick would be my personal god.


-Lanna

[Stevie Rave On]

Anyone here ever see Let Forever Be by Chemical Brothers? It's the song on their new album with vocals by Noel Gallagher.

Anyway, I've only seen it played twice, both times late at night. One of the coolest videos I've ever seen. Very trippy. The new Gap commericial that has "Ice Ice Baby" playing and has people merging into one another is basically a ripoff of the C. Bros. video.




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[SunsetLightning]

Stevie, yeah, I actually have seen that video. The reason that video hasn't been previously mentioned by me is that MTV hasn't played it in a while. I was awed by the effects used in that. I told my friends about that, and oddly enough, they haven't seen it. That particular video didn't get a lot of playing time..however, in my mind, anything by one of the Gallagher brothers has to be good :-)

[voltaire]

November Rain - Guns N' Roses


I'm sorry in advance for knocking your opinion, but out of all the videos to choose from this was yours? The topic wasn't "Longest most drown out power-ballad video" you know.


...the video fits the song perfectly wow!


I can agree with that...

[voltaire]

drown=drawn

[SunsetLightning]

For the most part, I agree with that statement. It was a long video. You have to remember, however, that the song itself was long and drawn out. I don't enjoy rock bands coming out with a power ballad to show off their "soft side" once in their careers (ex. Aerosmith). It's a bug that I don't like to bite, and it has bitten some of the best. Even with this, though, "November Rain" was a decent ballad song. I just hope that "ballad bug" doesn't really bite any other noteworthy bands soon...

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The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

[Crusoe]

"Let Forever Be" - Chemical Brothers
(best use of 'melding' a la Gap ads)

"Coffee and TV" - Blur
(it's nice, I guess)

"Kelly Watch The Stars" - Air
(table tennis. French.)

"Bittersweet Symphony"
(mad bloke lead singer walks down street)

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[White Wolf]

I don't remember the name of the band or song, but it kept spinning, and spinning, and spinning at different angles. At one point I think it started spinning in the opposite direction. That was a trip and a half.

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White Wolf

"Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate."

[SunsetLightning]

Has anybody seen the new KoRn video "Falling Away From Me?" Fred Durst did a pretty good job of directing that one. He seems to be a director who really doesn't go for the drawn out ones, or the ones with loads of special effects. Fred just gets the job done, and I think it's evident in this video. Well done, Fred.

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The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

[LongHrn99]

The Radiohead video for "No Surprises." That's the one where Thom Yorke has his head in a space helmet filled with water.

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"There are many sweeping generalizations that are always true" -Space Ghost

[ZenBeam]

Where (when) do you all see these videos? Whenever I turn on MTV or VH1, they're showing gameshows, or rockumentories or movies or pretty much everything but music videos.

I thought they started VH1 because MTV was so full of other crap they didn't have time to play actual music videos anymore. Well now VH1 is full of not-music-videos also. I guess they'll be rolling out VH2 any day now.

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It is too clear, and so it is hard to see.

[Gazelle]

SunsetLightning I love that Foo Fighters video for Learn to Fly. Is there more than one that they dress up like women in?

Satan - is the Metallica video you're talking about the one that's taken from Johnny Get Your Gun... or something like that? That's so close, but not quite it. Weird book, weird movie, weird Metallica video.

Stevie Rave On, you named my all time favorite, Chemical Brothers' Let Forever Be. I've seen it only three times but WOW what a video. MTV's website had part of it available for viewing... let's see if it's still there... Here it is: Let Forever Be (http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/bands_az/c/chemical_brothers/index.html)

My faves:

Blink 182's All the Small Things - It's priceless, the way they make fun of other videos... especially at the end when the lead singer winks at the camera, it pulls back and he's on the toilet!

LEN's Steal My Sunshine - When I first saw it, I thought that the guy and girl were a couple - they just hug each other and joke around... thought they were cute. A few days later, I found out a few days later that they're brother and sister. Even cooler. Made me miss my brother.

Bif Naked's Moment of Weakness - What a cool way to let a guy know what a jerk he is... Show up at his office and sing him a thrashin' song. She's my hero.

ZenBeam, I watch videos first thing in the morning while doing crunches.

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[SunsetLightning]

I've only seen a couple Foo Fighters videos, but the ones I've seen have been awesome. Monkey Wrench had the whole band cloned and looking at themselves through a window in a door. Everlong had Dave Grohl dressed up again. I love that video! I don't recall any other videos right now, but that's only because I'm not in the best thinking mood. By the way, All the Small Things is a great video.

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The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

[Max Torque]

Mock me if you will, but one of the best recent videos I've seen was Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up". So far, I've seen it twice, and I was impressed that MTV was willing to show it unedited.

If you've seen it, you know what I mean....

[whc.03grady]

I only saw it once and I don't remember the title or even how the song went, but it was by the Replacements. It's a shot of an upstairs window, someone puts a speaker on the ledge, and the song starts and that's the whole video: the shot of this speaker in the window.


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[SunsetLightning]

Anybody who's seen the unedited version of Smack My Bitch Up needs to tell me how it was. I've heard interesting things about it..many interesting things..and the song was pretty sweet, so I'd like to know.

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The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

[LongHrn99]

Oh yeah, that video of the guy on fire they used to show on Beavis and Butthead. Anyone know the name of the band?

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"There are many sweeping generalizations that are always true" -Space Ghost

[rockstar]

So many videos I love!
Coffee and TV- Blur
Bittersweet Symphony- Verve
Take A Picture- Filter
Learn to Fly- Foo Fighters
Sourgirl- Stone Temple Pilots (one of the coolest looking videos ever)
Why Does It Always Rain On Me?- Travis
Please and One(Version 1) both by U2 (I think I've mentioned U2 in most of my posts so far. Nothing's wrong with an obsession.)

[Kat]

The Red Strokes, Garth Brooks
Foolish Pride, Travis Tritt
Who Needs You Baby, Clay Walker

There are just some topics that I have no worries about duplicating anyone's answers.

[Sith Sheriff Brody]

Bone Thugs 'n Harmony's Crossroads video.

Love that. One of my favorite videos. Just all-around good stuff.


-SSB

[capacitor]

I would have to pick among others:

"My Name Is" by Eminem
"Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thuggs n Harmony
"My Name is Mud" by Primus
"Amish Paradise" by Weird Al
"Fish Heads" by Barnes and Barnes
"Devil' Haircut" by Beck

[ChiefScott]

Touch of Gray -- The Dead


"The cow is givng kerosene.
She can't read at seventeen.
The words she knows are all obscene
But, it's all right.

[JavaMaven1]

Originally posted by LongHrn99
Oh yeah, that video of the guy on fire they used to show on Beavis and Butthead. Anyone know the name of the band?



I know this one! The band's name is Wax. Don't ask how the hell I remember this one.

[alibey]

How about "Dreams" by Van Halen, just the song in the background with the Blue Angels going through their paces. Is a good one

[The Man Who]

Originally posted by JavaMaven1
Originally posted by LongHrn99
Oh yeah, that video of the guy on fire they used to show on Beavis and Butthead. Anyone know the name of the band?



I know this one! The band's name is Wax. Don't ask how the hell I remember this one.

I'm guessing then that the song is "California."

Flip yourself all over to country videos and watch until they play "How Do Ya Like Me Now" by Toby Keith. The best revenge video/song ever. It starts out as a love song, sort of, but then...whoa Nelly!

Cordially,

Myron M. Meyer
The Man Who

[Profane]

True Faith & Do the Evolution were already mentioned.
I love "Bizarre Love Triangle" also by New Order.
"Ouija Board" by Morrissey
Most of the music I like doesn't have videos :(

[Rock-n-Rolga]

Def Leppard: Me and My Wine - looks like it cost about 10 quid to make and the bit where Steve Clark falls on his drunken backside is beyond priceless.

Also the parody of Bittersweet Symphony, but I forget who did it now.

[Pump-Action Gerbil]

Tool: Sober
Tool: Prison Sex
Aphex Twin: Come to Daddy
Aphex Twin: Windowlicker

Unfortunately, the animator for Sober and Prison Sex died in a car accident. The later Tool videos were a poor substitute.

Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin is one of the most disturbing and visually appealing four minutes of video you will ever see. Windowlicker is a bit of a spoof of rap videos in the same style.

WATCH COME TO DADDY.

[jb_farley]

wax, "southern california"- not a favorite, just giving the name.

favorites-

Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana.
anything directed by Spike Jonze (especially the Bjork one, can't think of name)
anything done by radiohead (just buy 7 Television Commercials), especially Street Spirit and Just
anything directed my Michele Gondry (Everlong, most bjork)

People, I can't stress this enough. Go to the store now and purchase 7 Television Commercials, radiohead's video compilation. These are some of the greatest visual to musical marriages I have ever seen. Plus, you get to see cartoon mermaid boobies, which MTV won't allow.

[Pump-Action Gerbil]

The Bjork song is "It's oh so quiet".

Human Behavior is great too.

[jb_farley]

yes! as if the song couldn't get any better, then we get umbrellas and dancing and whatnot.

she is soooo absolutely adorable and luscious.

[Road Rash]

When MTV first came on they would play Michael Nesmith's Lucy, Ramona, and Sunset Sam. For its time it was by far the best produced. Being a former Monkee, He was likely one of the most knowledgeable of music video production at the time. I only saw the video once.

But I like the old stuff. The cheeziness made it interesting and fun. Stone Temple Pilots parodied it on a video about 3 years ago.

[Spoke]

I'll chime in with the old timers and say that videos were better in the early days. Some good oldies (and some newer videos) which haven't been mentioned:
Burning Down the House - The Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime - The Talking Heads
Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
No Rain - Blind Melon
Nevermind - Nirvana
So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - R.E.M.
Sexy and Seventeen - Stray Cats
Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites
You Might Think - The Cars
Love Shack - B52's
Our Love's in Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Topp
Legs - ZZ Topp
She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Our House - Madness
Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Roll to Me - Del Amitri
You Got Lucky - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
I Got You - Split Enz


And yeah, The Foo Fighters are making the best videos by far these days.

[Road Rash]

Whip It. By Devo

[jb_farley]

and how could i forget "Toes on the floor" by blind melon. I think that's what it's called.

[labradorian]

I concur with Tom Petty, "Don't Come Around Here No More"

Kate Bush, "Cloudbusting"

Any of the three that Derek Jarman did to Smiths songs.

Radiohead, pretty well anything, but I really like "Fake Plastic Trees"

Eurythmics, "Here Comes teh Rain Again"

Verve, "Bittersweet Symphony"

Bjork, "It's Oh So Quiet", especially the dancing mailbox.

Can't think of any others off the top.

[ThisYearsGirl]

I LOVE "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday, even though the worst male actor ever was cast as Aimee Mann's boyfriend. I'm surprised "Everybody Hurts" hasn't been mentioned--I always thought "Losing my Religion" was a little pretentios and overrated, but I love "Everybody Hurts."
And "Big Bang, Baby" by Stone Temple Pilots--I love that video!

[Lizard]

George Michael- "Freedom" Explosions, gorgeous babes.

Michael Jackson- "Thriller," "Billy Jean" Will always be some of the best videos ever made.

Pearl Jam- "Evolution" Sick. And very fascinating.

Sarah McLachlan- "Sweet Surrender" She's just beautiful.

Janet Jackson- "Love Would Never Do (Without You)" See above.

Fat Boy Slim- "Praise You" Funny as hell.

[Shadowfox]

A few oldies but goodies that I haven't seen mentioned:

"Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" - Yes
"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
"Undercover of the Night" - Rolling Stones (I think that's the name of the song)

[The Mermaid]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cooldude
[B]When MTV first came on they would play Michael Nesmith's Lucy, Ramona, and Sunset Sam. End quote

I was thinking of this videa last week. I believe the name of the song is "cruisin" and the role of Sunset Sam was played by Hulk Hogan.

[TwistofFate]

Sabotage -Beastie Boys. The greatest video ever made. Has been copied thousands of times since it was made.

"Prince Charming" and "Stand and Deliver" - Adam and the Ants

"Windowlicker" - aphex twin

[UncleBeer]

I'm moving this old revived thread to IMHO. You guys can rock out over there.

[TwistofFate]

btw, the copy of Bittersweet Symphony was for Vindaloo by Fat Les

[Hunsecker]

Well, most of my faves have already been mentioned, but here they are off the top of my head...

Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty. (Actually just about anything Petty does is good, but that one was especially good.)
Losing my Religion - REM
Mr. Krinkle - Primus
Sober - Tool
Happiness in Slavery - Nine Inch Nails (didn't play on MTV, but an excellent video)
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel (like Petty, all of his videos are good)
Freak on a Leash - Korn
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Sabotage - The Beastie Boys
Smells Like Nirvana - Weird Al
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
Walk This Way - Run DMC and Aerosmith
Fields of Gold - Sting
Sugarwater - Cibo Matto

[SoMoMom]

I like everything by Weird Al.

I like everything by Cheap Trick.

"All the Small Things" by Blink 182 cracks me up.

U2 videos, especially the early ones are great, such energy.

Foo Fighters "Everlong". That song is amazing anyway and then to have a cool video to go with it, I love it.

Anything with Sting in it. :D

I'm sure there's a lot more I'm not thinking of.

[Spoke]

Let me add a few more older videos:
Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Send Me an Angel - Real Life
Let's Dance - David Bowie
In a Big Country - Big Country

[Hunsecker]

Take on Me - Aha
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

[hightechburrito]

By far, the best video ever made is called Scrape. I've only seen it once, and can't remember the music. But the video is just three minutes of people falling off of their skateboards!

[Monster104]

I liked Weird Al Yankovic's song "Headline News". That's a classic parody Music Video, right there.

[orestes543]

Wow, I'm really going to love this one. Let me just start making a list here:

1. All of the Tool videos- the claymation was very excellent work and definitely adds a creepiness factor.
2. Last Dance with Mary Jane- Tom Petty
3. High Hopes- Pink Floyd- I only saw just a little bit of this video once but from what I saw, it looked really cool and the song is pretty good.
4. Heart's Filthy Lesson- David Bowie
5. I'm Afraid of Americans- David Bowie & Trent Reznor
6. All of the Nine Inch Nails videos- I have this thing for Trent, sorry!
7. Can't Speak- Danzig
8. almost all of the Marilyn Manson videos- it might sound strange but they're all pretty good. A little weird maybe, but good.

[Motorgirl]

Duran Duran - Girls on Film, but only the full length version.

(heh heh heh - just kidding - just trying to be risque - it's not quite working)


My actual favorites (I'm pretty much stuck in the 80s):

Duran Duran - Union of the Snake or New Moon on Monday
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Arcadia - Election Day
Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
Aha - Take on Me

[seriousart]

I only saw it once and I don't remember the title or even how the song went, but it was by the Replacements. It's a shot of an upstairs window, someone puts a speaker on the ledge, and the song starts and that's the whole video: the shot of this speaker in the window.
That was "Bastards Of Young". Great video. It's actually shot indoors, slowly panning back from a speaker in a livingroom. Pretty famous for being the "Anti-video".
The Replacements were pretty hip like that. Even if they did start making mainstream videos themselves...

Pesonal favs: NIN - Head Like A hole, All the Tool stuff, Tom Petty's You Got Lucky (I'll admit it, I emulated the look of that video when I was in High School- trench coats, boots, bandanas- it WAS the 80's)
And I have to give credit to Joan Jett's I love Rock n' Roll for kickstarting me into puberty. I distinctly remember seeing that video for the first time and thinking: WOW. Girls are reaaallly neat...
More recently, I dig the Foo Fighters stuff as well. Anything that breaks the choreographed dancers/ beach party/ pseudo concert cliches is nice.

Speaking of cliche horrible things has anyone seen Creed's Take Me Higher video?
Jeezus. Could they possibly make a more pretenious/ gimmicky video? Fits the pretenious/ gimmicky nature of the band though I suppose

[Freudian Slit]

Wow. A lot of TOOL fans. I'd put them down except that I haven't seen any videos...except part of one. I'm missing a lot, aren't I?

Mine faves:

Daydream Believer- Monkees
Ashes to Ashes- David Bowie
Rooster- Alice in Chains
Whiskey in the Jar- Metallica
Three Libras- a Perfect Circle

All i can think of for now. I love reviving old threads. :)

[dustMagnate]

Micheal Jackson-Black or White the long version. Lovely filmmaking, beautiful CGI morphing between 'races', great dancing, extended anti-bigotry message at the end. I even forgive the appearance of a still-youthful McCauley Caulkin.

I don't care what people think about his appearance or lifestyle that f**cker has got some great tunes.

[Pyrrho12]

Originally posted by White Wolf
I don't remember the name of the band or song, but it kept spinning, and spinning, and spinning at different angles. At one point I think it started spinning in the opposite direction. That was a trip and a half.


I believe that would be "Do You Remember the First Time?" by Pulp. And whc03grady, I believe your video would be "Alex Chilton".

My favorite music videos are...

"American Music" by the Violent Femmes. My all-time favorite.
Anything directed by Spike Jonze. I love his sense of humor and ability to match action with music.
"Late in the Day" by Supergrass
"Southern California", which I believe was performed by Supergrass and directed by Spike Jonze
"The Distance" by Cake
"Lorraine's Car" by Cake Like
"Lay all your love on me" by Erasure
"Seems" by Queen Sarah Saturday
"Big Blue Sea" by Lazybone*
Anything by Lee Jung Hyun (Korean artist, warped sense of visuals)*
"Punk Rock Girl" by The Dead Milkmen
"Say You Will" by Gogh Van Go


I'm sure there are plenty I'm forgetting. I just love music videos! My favorites tend to be simple videos, not huge production numbers, that are visually interesting. I also like videos with strong elements of absurdity and humor.

*These are avaliable on the net, but might be hard to find if you can't read Korean...

[Reverend]

- Björk / "All Is Full Of Love" directed by Chris Cunnigham (same guy who did Aphex Twins "Come To Daddy" ) with those 2 white robots making love

- Coldcut / "Timber" ,simply amazing,just see for your self : http://www.ninjatune.net/getg2.cgi?catalogue=videos&track=timber (for realplayer)

- Ken Ishii / "Extra" ,cool anime video

- Foo Fighters / "Everlong" ,very weird,as mentioned before

o yeah and Daft Punk have cool videos too

[Max Torque]

Funny this thread should resurface after so long; the video I listed, Smack My Bitch Up, was recently cited by MTV on a special listing the "20 Most Outrageous MTV Moments" (http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/tubescan/20anniversary/20outrageous/index.jhtml). Apparently, they showed the video only late at night, and only for one week.

[Kittie]

I love all KoRn videos but the best was "Make Me Bad"...great song..great video and shots of David Silveria's chest, nothing could be better. Also, Crazytown "Butterfly", Creed "with Arms Wide Open" and "Higher"

[strangecurrencies]

Bob Dylan, "Jokerman"

[BobSchroeck]

"UHF" by Weird Al. What is it about him that lets him be such a chameleon?

"You Might Think" by the Cars.

"She-Bop" by Cyndi Lauper

"Oh Sherry" by whoever the hell it was, because of its embedded satire of over-blown videos

-- Bob

[RocknRoll Killing Machine]

Massive Attack - Karma Coma
Sepultura - Rattamahatta
Garbage - Push it
Nine Inch Nails - March of the pigs