Favorite music videos of all time?

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I’ve always liked Neil Young’s Wondering, but I’m a Neil Young freak. I second Van Halen’s Right Now and Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer.

Not a music video, but I really liked KT Tunstall’s Black Horse & The Cherry Tree performance on a UK TV show. The song is good, but how she performed it made my jaw drop.

The Total Eclipse of the Heart - literal version is pretty funny. I haven’t checked all of the links in this thread, but since nobody’s complained about Rick Rolls, I’ll just say I’m impressed by the SDMB.

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Bjork - Army of Me

Daft Punk - Around the World

Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Johnny Cash’s cover is also amazing and has been listed upthread.

Dead Can Dance - The Host Of Seraphim
Not a music video per se but this is the piece of video most associated with the track, from the film Baraka.

Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar

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Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Van Halen - Right Now
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

And previously mentioned:
A-ha - Take On Me
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name

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“Thriller” by Michael Jackson set the standard for all future music videos.

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Okay, I love this song, but the video is absolutely horrifyingly bad (in a “it was the 80s and we didn’t know any better” way). So bad, in fact, it’s awesome.

Queensryche - Queen of the Reich

This one was actually really, really good, but also incredibly expensive and time-consuming, and ultimately helped kill the band.

Guns and Roses - November Rain

And, the greatest video footage of anything, ever, which just happens to be a music video:

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice

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My current favorite is a Bollywood parody.

“Game On” by The Guild.

It rocks. And it’s funny. A hard combo to beat.

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Add another vote for A-Ha’s Take On Me.

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Most of my favorites have already been mentioned, but a couple more:

Jack Johnson - Sitting Waiting Wishing

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

Blues Traveler - The Mountains Win Again

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All the ones I wanted to mention have already been taken, but I’d like to re-emphasize just how great a song this is, how cheesily funny the video and costumes are, and what awesome players these guys are. Primus sucks!

:slight_smile:

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Faunts - M4, Part II

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Anarchist tattooed cheerleaders at that. Here’s the video. I especially like that spirited gyration one of them does at 3mins 02secs.

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Oh yes, and anything by OK Go.

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Menomena’s Evil Bee is one of my favorites.

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In case you didn’t catch it in the comments, that song is a cover of this Nine Inch Nails song, which is also quite good in its own right.

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[li]It’s funny how many people cite Sledgehammer is their favourite Peter Gabriel video. I personally always preferred Big Time.[/li][li]Power of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood[/li][li]Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac[/li][li]And, why not link to my blog: Safety Dance - Men Without Hats.[/li][/ul]

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[quote=“GuanoLad, post:55, topic:549391”]

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[li]It’s funny how many people cite Sledgehammer is their favourite Peter Gabriel video. I personally always preferred Big Time.[/li][/quote]

Oh, good point. I loved that one too. But then, I pretty much loved all the PG videos from the 80s, given that I had an enormous crush on him back then.

That is pretty cool! Way more than I wanted to know about that video, but fascinating. Thanks! BTW, I remember looking up MWH around the time the literal video version came out, and finding something about the “Safety Dance” actually being a sarcastic reference to the backlash against slam-dancing/mosh pits back in the early days of punk/new wave. I have no idea where I found that, though, and I don’t have time to go hunt it down right now.

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I was always partial toBlues Traveler - Run Around.