# Favorite music video? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478 "2004-09-22T13:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/1 "2004-09-22T13:56:51Z")
Well, the title pretty much explains it all…what music video (or videos) is (are) your favorite? Mine include: “November Rain” - Guns and Roses “Weapon of Choice” - Fatboy Slim “The Reason” - Hoobastank. Yeah, I know that last one might elicit a few :dubious: from the audience, but it’s actually kinda cool. It’s a robbery that’s neatly planned out, but we don’t know that from the start, so we just see some super-hot chick get hit by a car, then all sorts of crazy stuff happens. It kind of reminds me of Ocean’s Eleven. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/2 "2004-09-22T15:00:22Z")
“White Wedding” – Billy Idol “Stay the Night” – The Beach Boys “I’m on Fire” – Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/3 "2004-09-22T15:35:12Z")
“Smack My Bitch Up” by Prodigy “Sober” and “Schism” by Tool “Praise You” by Fatboy Slim There are so many others; I’m sure I’ll be back soon. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/4 "2004-09-22T16:06:23Z")
**Tool** videos are creepy. I’ve got to throw in **Soundgarden** ’s _Black Hole Sun_, and that last Britney video because it was effing hot. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/5 "2004-09-22T16:21:07Z")
Now and forever, there can be only one … A-Ha, _Take On Me_. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/6 "2004-09-22T16:32:23Z")
Not to besmirch the greatness of “Take on Me” or “Weapon of Choice”, bu you’re all forgetting Offspring’s “Pretty Fly for a White Guy”. or Weird Al’s “One More Minute.” Or pretty much anything Peter Gabriel ever did. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/7 "2004-09-22T16:36:09Z")
There was a Frank Zappa video that I once saw, don’t remember the song, but the video was basically claymation on acid. It was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/8 "2004-09-22T16:37:17Z")
Oh, and Weezer’s “Buddy Holly”. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/9 "2004-09-22T16:59:31Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Now and forever, there can be only one … > > A-Ha, _Take On Me_. “Take On Me” was directed by Steve Barron, the greatest director of music videos there ever was. His videos were perfect three-minute mini-movies, not an eyeball-rolling slicing and dicing of individual frames of video. Some of his other classics: Michael Jackson, “Billie Jean” Human League, “Don’t You Want Me” Thomas Dolby, “She Blinded Me With Science” (with Dolby) Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing” Eddie Grant, “Electric Avenue” Madonna, Toto, ZZ Top, Bryan Adams and perhaps his greatest, Joe Jackson’s “Stepping Out” He fit his style to the video, not vice versa, so you can’t immediately identify his work as his. It’s all worth seeking out, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/10 "2004-09-22T17:01:09Z")
Tom Petty’s Don’t Come Around Here No More and lots of others from the eighties. Too bad it’s unlikely I’ll ever see them again. When I’m listening to the radio with the kids, I’m always saying, “Oooh! Great video for that, I wish you guys could see it.” Damn, I love Tom in that hat. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/11 "2004-09-22T17:40:47Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > There was a Frank Zappa video that I once saw, don’t remember the song, but the video was basically claymation on acid. It was pretty cool. I’m willing to bet it was _Baby Snakes_. I got the _Baby Snakes_ DVD and it was like you described, only a full concert. I’ve got to admit, though, it was kind of odd seeing Zappa on stage for the first time. I knew what he looked like, and how he sounded, and I’ve seen him moving around in _200 Motels_, but until then I never had the full Frank experience. And I’ve been a Zappa fan for at least 12 years. Now, my favorite videos: Rammstein - _Amerika_ Fatboy Slim - _Weapon of Choice_ (It’s Christopher Walken dancing. How can you _not_ like it?) Devo - Anything, particularly _Peek-A-Boo_ and _Girl U Want_ Marilyn Manson - _Dope Hat_ ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/12 "2004-09-22T17:51:22Z")
Ever since it was out (1994 I think), I’ve always immediately responded _ **Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden** _ to this question. It’s also one of those where the song just doesn’t seem complete without the video playing. Also: Army Of Me - Björk (surreal) Without Me - Eminem (funny) Girl From Mars - Ash (works really well with the song) (You’ll laugh at this one) Fever For The Flava - Hot Action Cop ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/13 "2004-09-22T17:55:34Z")
I always thought Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” was massively overrated. While there’s no denying that it was a tremendous technical achievement, I just didn’t enjoy watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/14 "2004-09-22T18:14:11Z")
Mesh, “Leave You Nothing” Tears For Fears, “Break it Down Again” Radiohead, “There There” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/15 "2004-09-22T18:16:14Z")
I can’t remember the song, but I liked the U2 video shot on a rooftop in LA. The police shut down the production right at the end of the song, or at least it’s edited to appear that that’s the timing. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/16 "2004-09-22T18:29:05Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > I can’t remember the song, but I liked the U2 video shot on a rooftop in LA. The police shut down the production right at the end of the song, or at least it’s edited to appear that that’s the timing. Where the streets have no name. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/17 "2004-09-22T18:30:53Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > I can’t remember the song, but I liked the U2 video shot on a rooftop in LA. The police shut down the production right at the end of the song, or at least it’s edited to appear that that’s the timing. The police told the band they were going to shut things down, but granted the band enough time to get through the song a couple of times and amass enough footage for a decent video. ---
**Author:** ![The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_world_s_most_deadliest)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/18 "2004-09-22T18:46:43Z")
Radiohead, “Just”. Mr. Suit-n-tie lays down in the middle of a busy sidewalk. People notice. People trip. People ask if he’s OK (subtitles only, the only audio is the song). He just wants to be left alone. People start screaming at him to tell them whats wrong. He says they don’t want to know, and can’t they please leave him alone? A large crowd has formed. Crowd demand he tell them what’s up. “God forgive me,” he says, and tells them. But _you_ don’t find out what he says, all you see are his lips moving, with no subtitles. Cut to the band, then cut back to an overhead view of the sidewalk. _Everyone_ is laying down. :eek: Its the only video I ever bothered to search out and download off the net. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/19 "2004-09-22T20:32:28Z")
**I’m a Slut** …er… **Slave For You** by Brittney. I can’t stand the song, but I’ll be damned if she isn’t smoking hot in that video. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478/20 "2004-09-22T20:45:36Z")
Radiohead - Just Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice U2 - Where the streets have no name Beastie Boys - Sabotage There is a creepy Tom Petty video that I like, maybe someone can help me out? A weird Alice and Wonderland thing is all I can remember. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-music-video/265478.md?page=2)