# What are the best music videos ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107 "2006-08-03T00:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/61 "2006-08-03T21:48:26Z")
You Might Think - The Cars Susan ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/62 "2006-08-03T22:34:42Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] BTW, there is a DVD that contains many many many of the videos mentioned in here. Not surprisingly it is a Spike Jonze compilation: [Director’s Series, Vol. 1 - The Work of Director Spike Jonze](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6274569) 1. Wax - California (this is the one with the guy on fire) 2. Beastie Boys - Sure Shot 3. The Pharcyde - Drop 4. The Breeders - Cannonball 5. Beastie Boys - Sabotage 6. Daft Punk - Da Funk 7. Fatlip - What’s Up Fatlip? 8. Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song) 9. Fatboy Slim - Praise You 10. Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The Pain 11. MC 900Ft Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain 12. The Notorious B.I.G. - Sky’s The Limit 13. Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice 14. Weezer - Buddy Holly 15. The Chemical Brothers - Elektrobank 16. Bjork - It’s Oh So Quiet There is also another disc of additional features and a booklet. Good stuff. [/QUOTE] Quick, where’s my Netflix queue? OK…shazam! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/63 "2006-08-03T22:53:58Z")
Orbital - **[The Box](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_81Nr3SV2Z8)** Daft Punk - **[Around the World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMpsnDxNbqQ)** and **[Technologic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOI5cE34mD4)** The Wiseguys - **[Start the Commotion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsED_9F4e1E)** Sparks - **[The Rythm Thief](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUIJwhaE1Q)** A classic melodrama. Tom Petty - **[Running Down a Dream](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQYnObuhorM)** and **[Don’t Come Around Here No More](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BorG9TpPFHc)** ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/64 "2006-08-03T23:01:47Z")
I’ll second **November Rain** , if only for the ultra-hotness of Stephanie Seymour. The Chili Peppers animated **Love Rollercoaster** video is fun. Madonna’s had many very memorable videos, I’m just not sure which one I’d put first. Maybe **Like A Prayer**. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/65 "2006-08-03T23:04:45Z")
[QUOTE=wm–] Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime.” [/QUOTE] Any video that is exhibited in the [New York MOMA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_in_a_Lifetime_%28Talking_Heads_song%29) has to be considered, at the least, awesome. ---
**Author:** ![nemesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nemesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nemesis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/66 "2006-08-03T23:06:28Z")
Yup, some good ones listed here… But this one… [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QWKt1YlquA&search=death%20in%20vegas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QWKt1YlquA&search=death%20in%20vegas) Dirt by Death in Vegas totally knocks me out… incredible. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/67 "2006-08-04T00:00:45Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Orbital - **[The Box](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_81Nr3SV2Z8)** [/QUOTE] Dude, I was totally looking for that, but I got Orbital mixed up with The Orb and turned up nothing. Thanks for posting it! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/68 "2006-08-04T06:11:33Z")
**Guns N’ Roses** used to be perennial top-10 entries in the various ‘best videos’ lists, when suddenly they dropped out of sight. But they made some classics: **November Rain** **Don’t Cry** **Estranged** **Don’t Cry** is one of my favorites - just a great video. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/69 "2006-08-04T14:33:06Z")
I nominate for consideration “The World I Know” by Collective Soul. The chorus of the song contains the lines… > [@Collective Soul](#): > > So I walk up on high and I step to the edge to see my world below. > And I laugh at myself as the years roll down, 'cause its the world I know. This chorus rendered in the video as a suicide jumper, stepping up to the ledge of a building, then changing his mind as a bird lands on his outstretched hand. I recall nothing of the video except that moment. The look on the guy’s face before and after the bird’s landing… The anguish before, both at the thought of jumping as well as all that led him to that ledge - then after, the laughing-through-tears look of surprise, relief, and new found appreciation for the beauty of the world… all conveyed in gestures and facial expressions… masterfully done. It’s a image that has lingered these many years since I’ve seen the video. ---
**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 4, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/70 "2006-08-04T20:11:33Z")
Johnny Cash - **Hurt.** The only music video that made me cry. ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/71 "2006-08-04T21:17:45Z")
[QUOTE=Fear the Turtle] I miss the old days when MTV2 played videos ☹ [/QUOTE] You know…in the old _old_ days MTV play videos…_all the time_! I miss _those_ days… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/72 "2006-08-05T04:55:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **gallows fodder** wrote: > I have to mention Tool’s videos, particularly their video for “Prison Sex,” which I’ve always felt hit perfection with its blend of beauty and horror. In the same vein, I nominate Tool’s **Sober**. This quote sums it up best: “Creeping, rusty meat. Truly the heart and soul of death metal.”–Strong Bad ---
**Author:** ![yelimS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/54ee81/32.png) [@yelimS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yelimS)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107/73 "2006-08-05T08:46:28Z")
Although Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice hacks, mangles, and mashes all competition into a pulp, there’s a few more worth mentioning: twisted sister - i wanna rock (especially the part where they bang their heads against the lockers) aphex twin - windowlicker / come to daddy the prodigy - firestarter / breathe / smack my bitch up daft punk - around the world avalanches - since i left you / frontier psychiatrist men at work - land down under pussy cat dolls - don’t cha (she’s so hot, I piss my pants.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-music-videos-ever/367107.md?page=3)