# What are your favorite music videos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090 "2005-03-24T21:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/21 "2005-03-29T21:02:55Z")
Jeez, when anyone asks me this question, one video springs instantly to mind. I guess it must be just me. The best video of all time is Don’t Come Around Here No More by Tom Petty. If I were him I would wear that top hat at all times. It’s also a great song, and I love the part when Alice the cake is sliced up and passed out to all the freaks. Honorable mention: Silent Running by Mike and the Mechanics. Anything by Cyndi Lauper is also good. That’s right, I haven’t watched a music video since 1989! So what! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/22 "2005-03-29T21:05:42Z")
Whoops, I just remembered that I _have_ watched a couple of music videos within the past decade, and I really liked Two Become One, by the Spice Girls. It even made me like the song. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/23 "2005-03-29T21:16:16Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > That’s right, I haven’t watched a music video since 1989! So what! Jeez, I was just going to say I feel envious you didn’t have to see all the suckyness of the 90s videos. You don’t have to shout. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/24 "2005-03-29T21:28:09Z")
Sorry. We oldsters can get a little crotchety. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/25 "2005-03-29T23:15:27Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Frank Zappa: Don’t remember the song but the video was claymation on acid (or was that me?) I didn’t know there was a music-video-sized version of it, but the movie _Baby Snakes_ features quite a bit of claymation in that style. It’s available on DVD, by the way. My favorites: A second for _Weapon of Choice_ _Fucking An Animal_ - GWAR _Breathe_ - Prodigy _Dope Hat_ - Marilyn Manson _Girl U Want_ - Devo (the Devo music video DVD is in the mail! Whee!) _Amerika_ - Rammstein ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/26 "2005-03-29T23:58:33Z")
/old fart rant/ They still make videos? /end of old fart rant/ \*Don’t Come Around Here No More \* by **Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers**. When I was in Cleveland in January I had a day to kill and went to the rock and roll hall of fame. They had the giant top hat under glass. I thought that was so cool. \*Take on me \* **A-Ha** and \*\*ZZ Top’s \*\* _Sharp Dressed Man_ round out the list. IIRC That was the introduction of the coupe. (also at the RRHoF) Yes I’m a child of the 80’s and stopped watching MTV around 1988. Mostly due to a commitment to Uncle Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/27 "2005-03-30T00:19:45Z")
I like a lot of the ones mentioned here: “Weapon of Choice,” “Everybody Hurts,” “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” and the Gorillaz videos. (And I was five in 1989, so I saw most of these _long_ after the fact.) Two of my favorites not mentioned are [Walkie Talkie Man](http://www.uemedia.net/CPC/designinmotion/article_6710.shtml) by Steriogram and [Losing My Religion](http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/ar-261307-videos--R.E.M.) by REM. You can watch both videos at the links provided. The Steriogram one features a stop-motion animated _knitted_, giant bodyguard. It is so fantastically awesome. There’s a music video by Metallica that features a woman dressed as a snake and bunch of different mythological creatures. I can’t remember the song title, but that video had some of the best costuming I’d ever seen in a music video. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/28 "2005-03-30T00:30:32Z")
I always liked Pearl Jam’s “Do the Evolution” animated by Todd McFarlane. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/29 "2005-03-30T01:45:12Z")
Steve Barron was the all-time best director of music videos, making terrific three-minute mini-movies. Here’s a [videography](http://www.bogodir.com/Director/Steve+Barron/) for him. Some of the highlights: **Joe Jackson** Steppin’ out **Michael Jackson** Billie Jean **Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole** Unforgettable **A-Ha** Take On Me **Dire Straits** Money For Nothing **Thomas Dolby** She Blinded Me With Science There should be a permanent video room in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just for him. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/30 "2005-03-30T01:51:21Z")
I was just thinking about this, because I got the [Michel Gondry Director’s Series DVD](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000DBJ9J/qid=1112147762) recently. The video for [Star Guitar](http://www.thechemicalbrothers.com/disco/videos/star/) by the Chemical Brothers just knocked [Weapon of Choice](http://www.astralwerks.com/fbs/woc/) out of the top spot. The bit that gets me is that I actually watched the whole video and thought “Hmm, that was something,” before I understood what was going on in it. (In my defense, I was watching it online, and the sound didn’t sync with the video too well.) Now that I get the gimmick, I have absolutely no idea how he made the video. Other favorites: [It’s Oh So Quiet](http://www.clipland.com/Video/924818336/) by Bjork/Spike Jonze [I Miss You](http://www.bjork.com/videogallery/) by Bjork/John K. [Bachelorette](http://www.bjork.com/videogallery/) by Bjork/Michel Gondry [One More Time](http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/daft_punk/audvid.jhtml) by Daft Punk/Leiji Matsumoto [Around the World](http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/daft_punk/audvid.jhtml) by Daft Punk/Michel Gondry [Fell In Love With a Girl](http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2422360?htv=12) by The White Stripes/Michel Gondry [Body Movin’](http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/beastie_boys/audvid.jhtml) by The Beastie Boys (although I like the version of the song on the album a lot better than the one in the video) “And She Was” by Talking Heads “Love for Sale” by Talking Heads ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/31 "2005-03-30T02:49:13Z")
> [@HeadNinja](#): > > REM - Everybody Hurts. \ I’ll back this up. But I don’t really think it’s so sad. When everyone just ups and leaves I find it incredibly empowering. **Placebo** - Pure Morning. Brilliant. The look on the singers face when he doesn’t fall is perfect. **Nirvana** - Smells Like Teen Spirit. Sums it up and starts the 90s right there. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/32 "2005-03-30T04:52:09Z")
1985-Bowling for Soup. It’s like a tour of 80s videos. Girls, Girls, Girls-Motley Crue. Not that they showed it on MTV… Living in Repatition-Green Day. It’s so true. Cool to Hate-The Offspring. I’ve always wanted to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/33 "2005-03-30T05:03:32Z")
“The Wall - Live at Berlin” by David Waters. So much better than the movie, it really gives you the sense of what Pink Floyd was trying to convey to the world. Very under-rated and unappreciated in its time. This one is a real sleeper that will become a must see classic. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/34 "2005-03-30T12:55:32Z")
That would be Roger Waters, or David Gilmour. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/35 "2005-03-30T19:46:55Z")
Just Roger Waters. Gilmour, Wright and Mason were totally divorced from Waters by then. The Wall Live at Berlin is an excellent video classic; I agree with you **Si Amigo**. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/36 "2005-04-03T22:25:50Z")
**Losing My Religion** by R.E.M. **Wicked Game** by Chris Isaak I think they are both beautifully shot. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/37 "2005-04-03T22:37:33Z")
I like the original, the one that popped the MTV cork: Buggles-Video Killed the Radio Star and… in no particular order: Twisted Sister-I Wanna Rock Was, Not Was-Dance the Dinosaur Paula Abdul-Straight Up Peter Gabriel-Sledgehammer Am I sufficiently dated now? ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/38 "2005-04-03T23:21:42Z")
Back when one of my old fogie buddies and I were talking about how there’s nothing new on video… You must understand, we meant nothing new in the sense of the cutting-edge, rebellious feel that original videos had… We came across one that made us smile. I remember not the band, or even the song, but in essence, the video begins with one of the members of the band talking about the budget that they got from the record company to make their video. They then get a few cameras, and go out on the streets and spend the money on such things as: New clothes and a haircut for a homeless man, a bunch of t-shirts for anyone who wants them, an impromptu skate-party (where the skaters jump over the band’s van a few times), and it all culminates with them taking wads of cash and just throwing it off a rooftop to people. It wasn’t art, but dangit, if I had that kinda money for a video, it’s probably what I’d want to do with it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weaver_of_Nightmares)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/39 "2005-04-03T23:45:00Z")
**By the Way** - Red Hot Chili Peppers. **Take on Me** - A-ha. **It’s my life** - No Doubt. **I can’t dance** - Genesis. Just saw that one, I found it funny 😃 I like the AAF-version of **Smooth Criminal** too. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090/40 "2005-04-04T00:10:58Z")
Post 6: > [@Me](#): > > Taaaaaaaaakkkke onnnnnnnn meeeeeee! I’ll beeeee gooooneee…By A-ha. Post 26: > [@Mr. Goob](#): > > \Take on me A-Ha\ Post 29: > [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > Steve Barron was the all-time best director of music videos, making terrific three-minute mini-movies. > > Here’s a [videography](http://www.bogodir.com/Director/Steve+Barron/) for him. > \ > **A-Ha** Take On Me > \ > There should be a permanent video room in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just for him. And now, post 39: Weaver of Nightmares says that Take On Me is one of his favorites. It’s true, the 80s’ ruled. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-music-videos/296090.md?page=3)