# Quite possibly the best music video ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345 "2013-08-04T19:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/21 "2013-08-07T06:23:05Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > Mumford and Sons wins the Internet > > [Hopeless Wanderer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rId6PKlDXeU) Yep, that’s a [Mumford Band.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as4O2ZorKP8) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/22 "2013-08-07T14:57:49Z")
Everyone knows the correct answer is the very NSFW [“Smack My Bitch Up”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvDt57Dr_WY) by Prodigy. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/23 "2013-08-07T16:22:50Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > Mumford and Sons wins the Internet > > [Hopeless Wanderer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rId6PKlDXeU) I was only half watching for the first minute so I totally didn’t even notice the joke until the part where Andy from the Office turns dramatically to Jason Bateman. I lost my shit. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/24 "2013-08-07T16:42:22Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I like it when the song and video are conceived together. My favorite: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_8GtVwBQWtc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8GtVwBQWtc) . Loads of cameos. I haven’t seen this video in years. I had totally forgotten about it. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/25 "2013-08-07T16:52:47Z")
I think it’s pretty well established that [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9KQ1Mub6Q) is the best video ever. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/26 "2013-08-07T17:59:23Z")
I came in here expecting “Gangnam Style” ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/27 "2013-08-07T18:37:10Z")
I can’t believe it’s gone this long without a mention of [Knights of Cydonia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Yc3HhSl1Q) by Muse (as mentioned in these music video threads [1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=619008), [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=690894), [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573679), [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538261)) ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/28 "2013-08-07T18:54:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [Build Me Up, Buttercup](http://youtu.be/HeP1Klmk0ng). Amateur ukulele with a cool reveal at 1:10. Didja see it coming? A “reveal”? I didn’t see anything revealed. Her friends, most of whom unfortunately can’t sing very well, joined in, but I don’t see how that’s a “reveal” or how anyone would expect (or not expect) it. I thought it was gonna’ turn out that it was someone else’s hands playing the uke. That would have been a “reveal”. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/29 "2013-08-07T19:50:21Z")
Um, hello! The answer is obviously [Rio](http://youtu.be/e3W6yf6c-FA), by Duran Duran ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/30 "2013-08-07T20:43:00Z")
You’re all wrong. None of these can compete with Little Big’s insightful dissection of the Russian soul, “Every Day I’m Drinking”. [THIS IS RUSSIA, BITCH!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrU1hZxSEXQ) (Spoilered because of language, creepy clowns, simulated bearsuit sex, veiled references to Catherine and the horse, tracksuits, balalaikas, little people, vodka…) More seriously, The Red Paintings’ recent video, “[You’re Not One of Them](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6NSmhxn9V0)” is pretty damn good. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/31 "2013-08-07T20:44:14Z")
Yo, beagle. I’m really happy for you. I’mma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4m1EFMoRFvY/maxresdefault.jpg "Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Video Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/32 "2013-08-07T20:58:11Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _Tool_ and _Foo Fighters_ have the best videos ever. Sober: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8) Prison Sex: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5sIXUbMgF0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5sIXUbMgF0) Be Amazed! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/33 "2013-08-07T21:21:06Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Sober: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8) > Prison Sex: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5sIXUbMgF0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5sIXUbMgF0) > > Be Amazed! I still remember seeing the video for Sober when I was but a wee monkey, up late one night watching Headbanger’s Ball on the little 9 or 13 inch TV in the kitchen. My jaw hit the counter–I had never seen (or heard) **anything** even remotely like it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/34 "2013-08-08T01:30:29Z")
The real answer is Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” rivaled only by Ke$ha’s “Blow” and “C’mon.” ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/35 "2013-08-08T01:55:49Z")
No. No, no… no no no. My grasshoppers… the best music video is [Elektronik Supersonik](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_PIjc2ga4). You can thank me later. 5… 4… 3… 1… blast off!!! ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/36 "2013-08-08T02:02:00Z")
Oops, never mind. This is the best music video: [spoiler][The Loophole by Garfunkel and Oates - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ZF_R_j0OY%5B/spoiler%5D) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/37 "2013-08-08T02:37:28Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I was about two minutes in before I realised what was going on. I still don’t get it. It’s an OK video, but what’s so great about it? Also I reply with [This John Hiatt song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_diKw9F6t3U) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/38 "2013-08-08T03:25:13Z")
A best music video competition isn’t complete without a little [Electric Six](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4gyJsY0mc) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/39 "2013-08-08T03:53:38Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I still don’t get it. It’s an OK video, but what’s so great about it? They play it straight for a while, then it becomes clear that none of them are the actual band members, they’re all [comedy actors](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/jason-sudeikis-jason-bateman-forte-ed-helms-star-mumford-sons-music-video-article-1.1418029), like Jason Bateman and Ed Helms, and they then all go just a bit silly. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/40 "2013-08-08T04:18:03Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Yo, beagle. I’m really happy for you. I’mma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY) Not gonna lie. That is one of the dopest videos of all time. Bey got it in for that one. Ok, let’s do this thing: [Sugar Water](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN9auBn6Jys) [Smooth Criminal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceU4ANZKdOM) Grimes was mentioned, but I would have gone with [Genesis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FH-q0I1fJY) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345.md?page=3)