# Really good music videos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568 "2008-04-09T04:10:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/61 "2008-04-09T21:15:54Z")
Between Music and a video medium “Je ne sa quois” that affects me at a very basic and primal emotional level… [The Time is Now](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8mpAvTm_Y) [Missing You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswjG_rTBEM) [Caifornia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feol0-5hGak) [Burnin’ for You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo2Aypi0R2c) [Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2GtrGnAIRk) [Wildflower](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yLVufAfby0&feature=related) [99 Luftballons](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/62 "2008-04-09T21:29:44Z")
The intricacy and sheer length of this continuous shot choreography always amazes me. And it never comes off contrived. Roisin is an objet de art. [Forever More](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obe8ipLIAy8) Roisin Art and sex, with the right videographer she (Moloko) was made. [Sing it Back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBG_uDp8Qc&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/63 "2008-04-09T21:44:26Z")
Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne The only music video that I can watch over and over and still pick up new things at laugh at them ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/64 "2008-04-10T01:13:52Z")
I’ve always been partial to [All Around the World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhW8NKW-978) by Oasis. ---
**Author:** ![exclamation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@exclamation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exclamation)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/65 "2008-04-10T01:39:46Z")
[QUOTE=Pollux Oil] Tool does some pretty awesome videos too, my personal favorite is the one for [Schism](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjG47gtMCo&feature=related). [/QUOTE] Seconding Tool. My guy friends made me watch [Parabola](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiV_ue-PbL4) at least once a week for 3 or 4 months. It’s so well put-together and creepy I can’t watch it without getting the ick-shivers. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/66 "2008-04-10T01:56:43Z")
[QUOTE=mshar253] _Paranoid Android_, Radiohead _Sabotage_, Beastie Boys _Triumph_, Wu-Tang Clan [/QUOTE] It took 11 posts to mention Sabotage? The greatest video ever? And no mention of: [Buddy Holly by Weezer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEg95LwYvoE) [Stacy’s Mom by Fountains of Wayne](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVJmwYKy7eM) [Jeremy by Pearl Jam](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gskAeWgEExk) [Schism](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjG47gtMCo), [Sober,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8&feature=related), [Prison Sex](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5sIXUbMgF0&feature=related), and [Stinkfist](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07pLGIgyfjw&feature=related) by Tool with their creepy-ass fucking muppets [Smells like Teen Spirit by Nirvana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ) [Sledge Hammer by Peter Gabriel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0) [Southern California by Wax](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPT7q825gwI) (directed by Spike Jonze) [Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs) (featuring Christopher Walkin) [California by Dre and 2 Pac](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37wSwAJ98Zk) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/67 "2008-04-10T02:01:15Z")
I see now people did manage to mention some of those videos in the time it tool me to find all them links. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/68 "2008-04-10T03:17:20Z")
I ran across this old Cab Calloway video and thought it was just great. [Reefer Man.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44pyeEvhcQ) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/69 "2008-04-10T03:48:41Z")
Ian Hunter’s “[All Of The Good Ones Are Taken](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3S9XDkMDEI)” always made me smile. The butler is priceless. And we shouldn’t forget Thomas Dolby’s “[She Blinded Me with Science](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fI8834iCgo&feature=related).” “Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto, you’re beautiful!” ---
**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:** [April 10, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/70 "2008-04-10T03:57:09Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] And we shouldn’t forget Thomas Dolby’s “[She Blinded Me with Science](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fI8834iCgo&feature=related).” [/QUOTE] With the cameo vocal (and video) performance from the legendary [Dr Magnus Pyke](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Pyke). ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/71 "2008-04-10T06:32:33Z")
Where’s the effin’ Weird Al in this thread? (Top 5 in order of IMO greatness) [White N’ Nerdy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw) [Smells Like Nirvana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixyTNd-Ln38&feature=related) [Amish Paradise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY&feature=related) [I’m Fat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Zt8mn14hY) [I Lost On Jeopardy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAPcagtoaMs) ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/72 "2008-04-10T08:07:17Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Respectively, those are “Virtual Insanity” by Jamiroquai, “Thriller,” and Metallica’s “One.” By the way, anybody who RickRolls in this thread will be drawn and quartered. 😉 [/QUOTE] my very delayed apologies, I have been working my ass off, so my usual habit of posting while sleepy is even worse. thanks for fixing those ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/73 "2008-04-10T13:57:06Z")
[Punkrocker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIiP-aAaupA) featuring Iggy Pop. Catchy, dark, and short. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/74 "2008-04-11T22:34:17Z")
[Silent Shout](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7EYiFzNohU) by The Knife is a cool one. It’s more of a mood piece than a story. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/75 "2008-04-14T20:51:29Z")
[Supreme Beings of Leisure - Never the Same](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRtDilPtAMA) Another fun cinema-esque video. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/76 "2008-04-14T22:36:56Z")
As a case study in First Amendment issues, your collection should include Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”. The video features a group of scantily-clad dancers, gyrating lewdly. Who are not half as obscene as the stop-motion animated lemons and apricots. I don’t know how the animators managed that, but they did. It is breathtakingly crass. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/77 "2008-04-14T22:54:59Z")
The Replacements - Bastards of Young [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_tZO94Mhfzk/hqdefault.jpg "The Replacements - Bastards of Young") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZO94Mhfzk) ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/78 "2008-04-15T00:05:26Z")
[Guns N Roses-November Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBoLc9vxac) 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/79 "2008-04-15T00:20:09Z")
Okay, I gotta agree with the posters that said Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy”, Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage”, and My Chemical Romance’s “Ghosts of You”. The one that sticks out in my mind most is Modest Mouse’s “Oceans Breathe Salty”. It flips back and forth between the real world and what it’s like through the eyes of a kid. It’s a little sad, but I like it because it reminds me of what the world seemed like when I was little and makes me a little nostalgic for more innocent times. I’d post a link but for some reason YouTube crashes the computers here at my work (God I hate macs). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568/80 "2008-04-15T02:30:28Z")
One of my all-time favourite videos and songs - [Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNGgCraSvbo) He hit that magic sweet spot where the video and the song make each other more together than they are separately. One of my husband’s favourites - [“Doesn’t Really Matter” by Platinum Blonde.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4SOnBDe7qs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-good-music-videos/444568.md?page=5)