Favorite Music Videos of all time

[Bono's shades]

come on people, what about "sabatoge" from the beastie boys?

I can't believe I forgot that one! Just about every Beastie Boys video is too funny for words.

 

[Jack In The Box]

I forgot Do The Evolution by Pearl Jam

 

[greenlight7-11]

R.E.M. - Low
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug
U2 - Please
Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes
Tori Amos - Spark
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Beck - Where It's At
Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Jeff Buckley - So Real
PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Garbage - Stupid Girl
Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby

 

[Sweet Tart]

ok let me see...

fatboy slim - weapon of choise (piss myself laughing at this everytime i see it) and praise you
badly drawn boy - disillusion (actually fell off the sofa laughing at this one)
the verve - bittersweet symphony
radiohead - street spirit/just/there there
beastie boys - sabatage/hey ladies/body movin
rem - everybody hurts/imitation of life
coldplay - the scientist/trouble
outkst - hey ya
u2 - sweetest thing
supergrass - pumping on your stero (too )
blur - coffe and tv (also too )
jamiroquai - virtual insanity
lauren hill - doo wop (that thing)
michael jackson - thriller
the chemical brothers - let forever be

disturbin videos...
basement jaxx - where's your head at? (not liking the creepy monkeys)
tom petty - i can't remember the name of the song off hand but it's the video with the alice and wonderland theme. i get creeped out by the cartoon anyway and the video makes it worse.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

johnny cash - hurt
fiona apple- criminal
audioslave - cochise
beck - devil's hair cut
(above all done by mark romanek)

gnr - november rain
pearl jam - jeremy
pearl jam - do the evolution
david bowie - i'm afraid of americans
u2 - sometimes you can't make it on your own

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

supergrass - pumping on your stero (too )

Is this that one I saw a really long time ago with those people playing the instruments against a black background or something like that, and the people were really stretched out and stuff?

Originally posted by Sweet Tart
blur - coffe and tv (also too )

Haha, I remember that one-haven't seen that one in ages. It was cute.

Originally posted by Sweet Tart
jamiroquai - virtual insanity
lauren hill - doo wop (that thing)
the chemical brothers - let forever be

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Originally posted by Sweet Tart
tom petty - i can't remember the name of the song off hand but it's the video with the alice and wonderland theme. i get creeped out by the cartoon anyway and the video makes it worse.

LOL, that would be the one for "Don't Come Around Here No More". I remember Tom saying in a "Behind The Music" episode that the band were doing some serious drugs at that time, so that would explain things (seriously, bands have a habit of doing that-"You know, such-and-such story isn't twisted enough, let's make it even more twisted!" . That was how it was today-I saw a video from Greg Kihn for his song "Reunited", and it was a really weird take on "The Wizard Of Oz". It was funny, but very, very strange).

On the topic of disturbing videos...I've seen a couple of Aphex Twin videos that were pretty fucked up, and Tool's "Sober" is rather creepy, too. And then there was Prodigy's "Smack My B!tch Up"...that one was weird, too.

Angela

 

[alia612]

Don't watch too many music videos (product of the videoless generation -- what do you expect?) but I like The Cure's "Close to Me" and Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers" for a start...

 

[beli]

U2- Please
Duran Duran - Rio
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Police - Every Breath You Take
Pink Floyd - The Wall
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
The Cure - Close To Me (or Love Cats or Why Can't I Be You)

 

[dandy]

typically, i'm not a big video fan. i find most videos to be uninspired, self-indulgent fluff. my favourites, off the top of my head (and partially inspired by the previous responses):

u2 - streets
pearl jam - do the evolution
beastie boys - sabotage
david bowie and trent - i'm afraid of americans
the cure - love cats
fatboy slim - weapon of choice
radiohead - no surprises

videos that were just fun and happy:

b-52s - love shack
dee-lite - groove is in the heart

i did also rather enjoy weird al's 'smells like nirvana'

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

videos that were just fun and happy:

b-52s - love shack
dee-lite - groove is in the heart

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Originally posted by dandy
i did also rather enjoy weird al's 'smells like nirvana'

LOL, Weird Al's made some great videos. I get a kick out of the one for "Like A Surgeon" .

Originally posted by beli
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

The thing that I find interesting about this video...it's filmed in a really odd manner. The colors are all funky and everything. Good mention (like the others in your list, too) .

Angela

 

[Muggsy]

mine:

smashing pumpkins- tonight, tonght
U2 - stay (faraway... so close!)
Emilie Simons - Flowers
Blur- Coffee and TV
Korn - Freak on a Leash
Metallica - One
Metallica - Hero of the Day
NIN - Closer

 

[meegannie]

Johnny Cash -- Hurt
Blur -- Coffee and TV
Ed Harcourt -- Apple of My Eye
Idlewild -- Live In a Hiding Place
U2 -- Stay
Coldplay -- The Scientist
Jamiroquai -- Virtual Insanity
Cornershop -- Brimful of Asha

 

[gareth brown]

Radiohead - Just
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Devo - Whip It
Polysics - Black Out Fall Out
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
U2 - Lemon
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

 

[SkeeK]

Blur - Coffee & TV
UNKLE - Rabbit in Your Headlight
Fatboy Slim - Gangster Tripping
Radiohead - Just
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
Pulp - Bad Cover Version
Bjork - Bachelorette
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Daler Mehndi - Tunka Tunak Tun
Andre 3000 - Hey Ya

and the best music video of all time:
UNKLE - Eye 4 an Eye

 

[beau2ifulday]

U2 - Stay
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Idlewild - American English
Madonna - Frozen/Ray of Light
Coldplay - The Scientist

 

[Zoomerang96]

radiohead - street spirit

man that's an amazing video.

also like there there, and no surprises.

stars - ageless beauty

broken social scene - stars and sons, almost crimes

there's lots of others too that i can't really remember right now.

 

[unosdostres14]

U2 - Stuck in a Moment

You know it brings a smile to your face whenever you watch it!!!

 

[Zoomerang96]

no. not my face anyway.

 

[thesuburbskill]

just saw some vids i forgot i really like...
dinosaur jr. - feel the pain
suede - the drowners (soapsuds version), the wild ones
gene - sleep well tonight (american version)
jesus and mary chain - just like honey

 

[alia612]

jesus and mary chain - just like honey

I'd forgotten about that one. And the one for... April Skies, was it? Is that the one where they're in the barn? I like their videos.

 

[Bonochick]

*bump*

I just saw the video for Brendan Benson's "Cold Hands, Warm Heart"...and it is definitely one of my favorite videos ever.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Ooh, good thread to bump .

I'd like to add Neil Finn's "She Will Have Her Way" video. It's cute.

The Internet is a wonderful place .

Angela

 

[Zoots]

Radiohead - Just

Did nobody mention this one yet?

I didn't go thru all the replies so forgive me if somebody did.

 

[meegannie]

*bump*

I just saw the video for Brendan Benson's "Cold Hands, Warm Heart"...and it is definitely one of my favorite videos ever.

I love those little people, and the clouds. They look like Don Hertzfeldt's animations but sadly aren't.

 

[lmjhitman]

radiohead - street spirit

man that's an amazing video.

also like there there, and no surprises.

stars - ageless beauty

broken social scene - stars and sons, almost crimes

there's lots of others too that i can't really remember right now.

looks like we like the same videos, too.

add bss - lover's spit, and the list is complete.

 

[claytons edge]

Discotheque,you just have to laugh and wacko jacko with thriller if were being serious considering it was 22 year's ago

 

[TheQuiet1]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Beautiful, simply beautiful and poignant video.

 

[learn2kneel]

my current favorite is

men without hats - safety dance
the midgets, the carnival, the magic, its all classic.

honorable mention -
the verve- bittersweet symphony
r.e.m.- everybody hurts
the postal service- we will become sillohuettes (ND director!)

 

[00Kevin]

discotheque-u2
vertigo-u2
californiacation-chili peppers

 

[Tilli]

Beasties - Sabotage/Body Movin'
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away
Aha - Take on Me
Fatboy Slim - Praise You