# 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:** 3
**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, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/41 "2013-08-08T10:35:06Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > A best music video competition isn’t complete without a little [Electric Six](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4gyJsY0mc) That is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/42 "2013-08-08T13:06:03Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I’m not the biggest Madonna fan… but [Walk Off The Earth’s cover of "Material Girl"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpnHhii3ZIk)is at least the best of that particular band’s videos, I think, and one of the best music videos on YouTube. You wouldn’t believe some of the instruments used - and it was shot in one take. Was she, like, 11 months pregnant when they shot that? ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/43 "2013-08-08T14:38:41Z")
I could swear she’s not due for another month or so. It doesn’t seem _that_ long ago I saw her and Gianni announce she was pregnant on their channel. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/44 "2013-08-09T07:41:15Z")
It actually took me about a quarter way through the Mumford video before I realized why it was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/45 "2013-08-09T12:27:50Z")
[Simply irresistible](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrGw_cOgwa8). ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/46 "2013-08-09T13:52:06Z")
[Weapon of Choice](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7z57qrZU8). ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/47 "2013-08-09T13:54:21Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > [You want to talk cameos?!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdgLMslbDuY) Stretching the definition of both “music video” and “cameo”, but this fun [BBC ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN90xB7DswE) has a ton. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/48 "2013-08-09T23:07:41Z")
Call me crazy, but I love [How Do You Do](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QXyqk9flwk), between Maggie MacNeal’s gorgeous smile, Mouth looking stoned out of his gourd (like he is in [this version),](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44yh2KZjl4Q) the crowd getting into it, the creepy doll, the cute kid at the end, just a lot of fun. ---
**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 10, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/49 "2013-08-10T00:05:46Z")
> [@Lubricious\_Integument](#): > > [Simply irresistible](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrGw_cOgwa8). The best thing about that video is that those women have the worst rhythm I have ever seen. But something tells me the men admiring those women aren’t worrying about counting the beat. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/50 "2013-08-10T05:43:32Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I was about two minutes in before I realised what was going on. About 90 seconds in I was in a coma. Does something actually happen? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/51 "2013-08-10T06:17:40Z")
OH I see now. I heard those guys made a video making fun of MAS. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/52 "2013-08-10T10:25:44Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > The best thing about that video is that those women have the worst rhythm I have ever seen. But something tells me the men admiring those women aren’t worrying about counting the beat. And [this music video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78l0K8JM9H8) shows you what the Robert Palmer video models do to unwind after work. (Actually, this video came first.) Don’t get alarmed by the few seconds of white screen at the beginning, there is nothing wrong with your computer. You’ll see why it’s there. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/53 "2013-08-10T13:27:50Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > The best thing about that video is that those women have the worst rhythm I have ever seen. But something tells me the men admiring those women aren’t worrying about counting the beat. Are we sure they could hear the music? A lot of the time, there’s no music playback during filming if they aren’t shooting a choreographed production number. ---
**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 10, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/54 "2013-08-10T14:22:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [Build Me Up, Buttercup](http://youtu.be/HeP1Klmk0ng). Amateur ukulele with a cool reveal at 1:10. Didja see it coming? Wow, thanks for this. I have now watched it ten times. I am mesmerized. Seriously! I \*love \*the minimalistic display of raw talent. No electronics, no gimmicks. One-take. Just a girl with her instrument. She reminds me of Joni Mitchell in the late 1960s. Musicians will spend tends of thousands of dollars on a music video, yet most don’t come close to the awesomeness of this video, which was probably produced for nothing. It’s the definition of true talent. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/55 "2013-08-10T15:27:35Z")
“[I Wanna Be Sedated](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjfcggmk9MU)” by The Ramones ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/56 "2013-08-10T23:19:52Z")
A good one by a band nobody has heard of - [Please Take My Scissors Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlAC42LIao) by The Singing Loins. And a couple by Richard Thompson - [I Feel So Good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdvi8cB2Pt8) and [Let it Blow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VR3mubp1eA) (Directed by Henry Kaiser) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/57 "2013-08-14T04:56:13Z")
I can’t choose just one. “Weapon of Choice” by Fatboy Slim with Christopher Walken: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu86_bZAvXM) “Ne me quitte pas” by Regina Spektor: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BWXWivwhi14/hqdefault.jpg "Regina Spektor - "Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)" Official Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXWivwhi14) “Sabotage,” Beastie Boys: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/z5rRZdiu1UE/maxresdefault.jpg "Beastie Boys - Sabotage") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE) “Hurt”–Johnny Cash version of Nine Inch Nails song: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3aF9AJm0RFc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGH8gWSgsMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA0j0BJY_ClOqb7YGd7tpa9ALTCdw "Johnny Cash - Hurt") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aF9AJm0RFc) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/58 "2013-08-14T05:14:19Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Are we sure they could hear the music? A lot of the time, there’s no music playback during filming if they aren’t shooting a choreographed production number. Yes. For lip synching at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/59 "2013-08-14T05:32:42Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > [Sorry, you’re both wrong.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0zlkB-s_Vk) > (NSFW but YouTube is going to force you to sign in to view the “explicit content”, so I think that qualifies for the “two click” rule) Dead link. Since you gave no hint about who or what you were talking about, your post was a complete waste of everybody’s time, including yours. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345/60 "2013-08-14T05:47:41Z")
And my favorite is [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JQiEs32SqQ) for _Savin’ Me_, which would make a pretty good _Twilight Zone_ episode. Yes, it’s Nickleback. So sue me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-possibly-the-best-music-video-ever/665345.md?page=4)