Favorite music videos of all time?

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1. It's Oh So Quiet- Bjork
2. EBTTRT- U2
3. Sledgehammer- Peter Gabriel
4. All The Small Things- blink-182
5. Learn To Fly- Foo Fighters
 
My my, aren't there alot of polls happening this week?
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In no particular order (and probably not of all time):

1. Fatboy Slim - that one with Christopher Walkin dancing/floating about.
2. U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
3. Duran Duran - Rio
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. Beastie Boys - Sabotage <---my all time favorite!!!

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[This message has been edited by J-Tree (edited 12-09-2001).]
 
Originally posted by J-Tree:
My my, aren't there alot of polls happening this week?
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In no particular order (and probably not of all time):

1. Fatboy Slim - that one with Christopher Walkin dancing/floating about.
2. U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
3. Duran Duran - Rio
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. Beastie Boys - Sabotage <---my all time favorite!!!


I'm a journalist, I like polling people
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My best shot at a list -

One (the Bono-centric version, although I kinda like the drag queen one too)
Numb (Edge + bondage = good!)
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel (classic)
Bye Bye Bye - NSync (say what you want, it's a kick-a** video)
Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins ('cause I love that little bald man, and this video still cracks me up)

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Courtney

"Thank you. It was an amazing night."
- What Bono said to me after the April Dallas show, and what I think every female U2 fan would like to hear.
 
I forgot one!

Spark by Tori Amos, which is one of the creepiest/coolest videos I've ever seen.

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Courtney

"Thank you. It was an amazing night."
- What Bono said to me after the April Dallas show, and what I think every female U2 fan would like to hear.
 
In no real order here....

1)SATS
2)Lemon
3)Please
4)One Headlight - Wallflowers (SEXY!)
5)Asshole - Dennis Leary (So funny!)

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"Never trust a man who tells you it's from the heart, never trust a man smoking a cigar, never trust a cowboy or a man who wears shades..." - Bono
"I would certainly consider myself to be one of the inventors of the mullet." - Bono
"People look at someone like me and think he wants the world to love him. But he probably just wants one person to love him." -Bono
 
Well, you know me, I'll use any excuse to post something I wrote.

I originally posted this on alt.religion.kibology way back in September.


I must confess, I have been having severe personal problems which have
distracted and deadened any reaction I might have had to the HEARLTESS
EVIL TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THIS GREAT GOD-GIVEN NATION OF OURS. I
personally believe what has happened to America, on a per capita
scale, is trivial compared to what goes on in Belfast, Beirut,
Johannesburg, and Sarajevo.

That said, I spent most of my spare time last week watching those
stations which have become notorious as of late for their repetition
and lack of new developments. No, not CNN and C-SPAN, I am talking
about glorious MTV and VH1. On my television dial, MTV, MTV2 and VH1
are adjacent, so I can flip back and forth endlessly. I tend not to do
this, foir the same reason I don't listen to Top 40 Radio, but because
of this tragedy, these stations had foregone their regular programming
in favor of inspirational messages from celebs and fans interspersed
with videos new and old. It was a great chance to reminisce about the
good old days, when the "M" in MTV didn't stand for "Merde."
Unfortunately, all three stations acted like there had only been
twenty videos produced since 1980. It was nice in a bizarre way how
MTV mixed current hits with older videos such as Eric Clapton's "Tear
in Heaven" and Naked Eyes' "Always Something There to Remind Me." The
problem lay in the fact that the variety of videos, even in this
lineup, was still lacking. I was at first overjoyed to see REM's
"Everybody Hurts," a video probably not aired since 1993, but after
four days of watching videos for hours on end, I vowed that if I had
to watch "Everybody Hurts" one more time, I was gonna puke.

I've always been a music video aficionado; I can tell which videos
used a breakthrough technique and which videos are rip-offs of their
predecessors; I can point out actors who later went on to stardom; I
can pontificate endlessly about music video trends, techniques,
timetables, budgets, and popularity.

I'm not proud.

But this "special" programming got me writing down some of my favorite
video moments. This list is not at all comprehensive. Hell, it's
barely comprehensible. I'd be interested to hear other opinions.


1. Michael Stipe in REM's "Losing My Religion"
Stipey's spastic dancing wouldn't seem dramatic and poignant anywhere
else. I'm not a big fan of REM's videos, most of them are quite
boring, but this was a definite departure both for REM and for music
videos. Imagery from Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" derived from this
video.

2. The choreography in Madonna's "Human Nature"
Madonna's choreography is always different, but this video stands out
for it's one-of-a-kind imagery. In concept and time of release, it was
smack dab between glaring-white New Wave and latex-and-chrome Hip Hop.

3. Madonna and her gay dancing cowboys in "Don't Tell Me"
Hey, I've always said: Bring on the gay dancing cowboys.

4. Comical torture in U2's "Numb"
Look, when I said I wanted to see the Edge tied up, that's not
exactly....

5. The Police standing on those rotating things in "Don't Stand So
Close To Me '86"
Extraordinarily symbolic of the three men: together in action, but
solitary in situation.

6. The timeline in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Watch the rise and fall of middle class Cold War America through one
family's all-too-typical home. Makeshift basement bomb shelter not
included.

7. The classroom scenes of Pearl Jam's "Jeremy"
Using the old frozen-three-sixty shot years before it became the norm.

8. Madonna dancing in front of the burning crosses in "Like A Prayer"
Singing joyfully in front of the destruction of the western world's
most sacred symbol sealed Madonna's fate as an artist and as a figure
of controversy.

9. Michael Jackson doing ethnic dances with the natives in "Black or
White"
Put away your feelings about Michael's personal exploits, and try to
remember that he's made some of the most revolutionary videos in the
history of the medium. Even if it is only because no one else will
have the budget to do whatever it is he's doing for another ten years.

10. The poor little gray dude in Kenna's "Hell Bent"
This clip reminded me of the Eastern European animation I used to
watch on IFC. Modest and simple but stunning.

11. The camera rotating around the magic window in A-ha's "Take On Me"
Kids today with their CG graphics and blue screens. Back in the day
all we had was "The Last Sarfighter" and this video. And we LIKED it!

12. The animated scenes in U2's "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me"
Somewhere, at some time, the dude from Blur saw this and said, "What a
great idea...an animated band..."

13. Stewart Copeland hitting Sting square on the noggin with a balled
up piece of paper in "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
It cut to another scene right before Sting screams "Die, you wanker,"
rises up from behind the desk, Crouching Tiger-style, does a 360
roundhouse, and separates Stewarts head completely from his body. (The
head was recently sold on E-bay in a package that also included that
dude from Def Leppard's other arm.)

15. Everything Devo ever did
Have you SEEN these guys? Jesus Christ. Everything they did twenty
years ago rappers are doing now. Weird suits, unself-conscious
physical distortion, bizarre sets, paroxysmal dancing, its all been
done before.


-Echo

Video forced the radio star to go to the gym...


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*Echo the Pimpstress* ... Proud Owner of Animatronic Edge!

"Sting, you know I love you but you got a hell of a lot to learn about Rock n' Roll." -Bono

"Bono's stuck! I need something to poke him with! I can't get Bono out!!" - Mona

"Just because he's 40, bald and has five kids doesn't mean he's not adorable!"
- Me, before a LONG silence


Bono-Man! An Epic Superhero Adventure!

The Official PLEBA Glossary: Delicious AND Nutritious!

Go l? neach neamhshaolta do dhiosca crua. - May an alien being lick your hard disk.

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~ Closer - NIN
~ Lemon
~ Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
~ Pyramid Song - Radiohead
~ Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins
~ Devil's Haircut - Beck
~ Caught a Lite Sneeze - Tori Amos

That's all I can think of right now.

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Top 5 U2-

One (bar)
Streets
WOWY
EBTTRT
Walk On Rio(so I have never seen it but the pics are hot!)

all time, some are weird look out!

Berlin- No More Words (Bonnie and Clyde theme)
Buggles- Video Killed the Radio Star (start the revolution!)
Bon Jovi- Blaze of Glory (Oh the panoramic scenery- including him!)
Poison- Nothin' but a Good Time- cool, hilarious!
Skid Row- 18 and Life (cool, good message)
 
Let's see mine are:

1.Jamiroquai-Virtual Insanity...This video just kicks arse I mean it's my all time favourite video, I go nuts when I see it lmao.

2.Micheal Jackson- Thriller...Ok I saw this video when I was 4 and it was so good, so realistic that i'm still traumatized by it today (I can't watch that video in the dark without getting freaked out lmao). But the dancing and the make up everything. Just kick arse
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3.Madonna- Vogue...This is also my favourite Madonna song but just the way they were dancing, the black and white video, just beautiful work. Also I think that's when Madonna looked the prettiest
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4.Radiohead- Karma Police...IT's a great piece of art. A weird video but just so different. Thom sitting in the back, chasing after some dude..lol I dunno but I love it
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5.U2- One...The Drag version or the Bono in the bar version...also both beautiful works of art, not to mention the guys look feckin hot
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Meeting Larry:
*MG shows Larry poster*
*Larry reads poster*
*Larry smiles and says "Thank you that's very nice of you"*
*Larry signs paper, shakes MG's hand*
*MG almost dies then sees tearaway pants and gets bad ideas*
 
echo's a madonna fan! echo's a madonna fan! are you in denial, or have you admitted it!?
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some fave videos:

U2- "one" (bono in bar)
U2- "one" (boys in drag)
U2- "...streets..."
U2- "pride" (dublin)
madonna- "like a prayer"
madonna- "vogue"
madonna- "bedtime story"
madonna- "express yourself"
pearl jam- "jeremy"
guns and roses- "november rain"
tom petty- "last dance with mary jane"
rem- "losing my religion"
michael jackson- "smooth criminal"
michael jackson- "remember the time"
peter gabriel- "sledge hammer"
nirvana- "spells like teen spirit"
beastie boys- "sabatoge"
2 pac and dr. dre- "california love" (don't laugh, it's a great hip hop video!)

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Happy Hannukah!

"Revolution starts at home, in your heart, in your refusal to compromise your beliefs and your values." - Bono

"And I wear gray underwear." -Bono

Love,
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You hurt yourself, you hurt your lover, then you discover what you thought was freedom is just greed...
 
It's difficult to separate music from video for me anyway but my 5 top ones(at least at this particular moment would be)

1. Pink Floyd - the Wall, excellent
2. Dire Straits - I Want my MTV, at the time unique and innovative
3. The Smiths - How Soon is Now, again excellent(well I loved the song)
4. A HA - take on Me, again innovative
5. U2 - THBAO - what can I say those cartwheels were fabulous and the coat was perfection!
 
This is TOO HARD!! I would have to really search the archives of my mind to come up with my true favorites. As far as U2 goes of course the bar One with Bono, I do love the castle Pride and Two Hearts! Any video where Bono has hair and you can see his eyes (hey I'll even take the Fly shades!) is hot to me!

Others- oh dear- there have been so many that have come and gone. I do like Berlin's No More Words Tracie, and Icelady I love AH-HA too- that was way ahead of its time! I have to admit I kinda gave up on MTV as it progressed later into the 90's because it became dominated by rap and pop and crap. VH-1 was cool for awhile but is slowly sinking.

I will also comment that I HATE Michael Jackson's Thriller! It's just too overplayed. Good Lord. You younger girls have NO idea how sick I am of it! I was sick of that back in its day! They overplayed it out the ass, along with "making of" over and over again! And they are STILL DOING IT!! ARGH!! I am twice as sick of it now as I was back then. It's bad enough to have to put up with the same 7 minute video but its 30 minute tribute too was too much. I just think it's hopelessly overrated and overplayed. I might not have hated it if it had been treated like a regular video. Cheers to Weird Al for all his parodies, Michael and others.
 
I saw a video by The Cure recently... never heard much from the cure but the video and the song was cool. I believe it's called "Lullaby" or something.... + I really dig their singer Robert Smiths makeup!

If we're talking U2-videos I'll go with either Lemon or Numb.

a new one: Mick Jagger's "God gave me everything I want". Cool video, cool song.
 
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