Favorite Music Videos of all time

[learn2kneel]

The imitation of life thread inspired me...

Mine are (in no particular order)

A-Ha - Take on Me
Weezer - Buddy Holly
R.E.M. - the song mentioned above
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
Korn - Freak on A Leash
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
The Cars - You Might Think
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of Choice
Devo - Whip It
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

That's all i can think of, i'm a big music video fan

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

i'm a big music video fan

So am I. In fact, I've been making a list of my all-time favorite videos, and I've got quite a few. Some of my personal favorites include:

"The Sweetest Thing" & "Where The Streets Have No Name"-U2
"Hourglass"-Squeeze
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" & "Don't Come Around Here No More"-Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
"Jeremy"-Pearl Jam
"One Step Ahead"-Split Enz (just love the whole look of this one)
"Land Of Confusion"-Genesis (brings back funny childhood memories)
"Runaway Train"-Soul Asylum
"Everybody Hurts"-R.E.M.
"Smalltown Boy"-Bronski Beat
"Weapon Of Choice"-Fatboy Slim
"Once In A Lifetime" & "Nothing But Flowers"-Talking Heads
"Wilbury Twist"-Traveling Wilburys
"Closer"-Nine Inch Nails
"One"-Metallica
"Thriller"-Michael Jackson (say what you will about his music and him and everything, but I gotta admit, this was a neat video)

Angela

 

[u2popmofo]

This will take me a while to think of, but I'll put down a few on my head now:

U2 - 'Lemon'
U2 - 'Electrical Storm'
UNKLE - 'Rabbit In Your Headlights'
Coldplay - 'Trouble'
Radiohead - 'Street Spirit'
Hope of the States - 'Black Dollar Bills'
Beta Band - 'Assessment'
Talking Heads - 'Once In a Lifetime'
Dresden Dolls - 'Coin Operated Boy' and/or 'Girl Anachronism'
Outkast - too hard to choose
Michael Jackson - 'Thriller'
Dream Evil - 'The Book of Heavy Metal'

 

[IWasBored]

korn - freak on a leash

if i were to watch it now, i'd have to turn the sound off, but as i remember it was a pretty cool video.



i thought that backwards coldplay one was pretty cool.

 

[u2valleygirl]

Penny Lane-Beatles
Strawberry Fields-Beatles

These were both shown on Ed Sulivan. I don't know if they are the best videos. But they certainly were important because they were the first. The Beatles were way ahead of their time.

 

[IWasBored]

Penny Lane-Beatles
Strawberry Fields-Beatles

These were both shown on Ed Sulivan. I don't know if they are the best videos. But they certainly were important because they were the first. The Beatles were way ahead of their time.

even earlier were promo videos they did for "rain" and i think "paperback writer" (or "day tripper" or one of those other revolver-era singles). i think this was the case anyway....it's been a while since i've dug out my beatles anthology tapes and watched them.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

korn - freak on a leash

if i were to watch it now, i'd have to turn the sound off, but as i remember it was a pretty cool video.



i thought that backwards coldplay one was pretty cool.

Agree with both of these (heh, listening to Coldplay right now, actually-not the song that went with the video you mentioned, but...) .

Angela

 

[IWasBored]

Agree with both of these (heh, listening to Coldplay right now, actually-not the song that went with the video you mentioned, but...) .

Angela

which song was that? i really can't remember, i only saw it once.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

which song was that? i really can't remember, i only saw it once.

"The Scientist".

Good song, imho .

Angela

 

[IWasBored]

seeing as i'd call that my favorite coldplay song (with close competition only coming from "amsterdam" intro), i really should have known that.

now that would definetly be on my list for your thread about cool music in songs.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

seeing as i'd call that my favorite coldplay song (with close competition only coming from "amsterdam" intro), i really should have known that.

'Tis okay .

Originally posted by IWasBored
now that would definetly be on my list for your thread about cool music in songs.

Couldn't say I'd disagree with that one.

Angela

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Manic Street Preachers - 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next'

everyone should see this at least once in their lifetime

 

[Aardvark747]

U2:-
Stay
Sometimes...
Lemon
One (Bar Vid)
Numb

Natalie (whatsername) - Torn (I just love that video somehow!
Queen - Breakthru/Innuendo/Its a hard life/These are the days...

 

[Dutch Partygirl]

Genesis - Land of Confusion
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
Queen - Save Me/These Are the Days.../One Vision
U2 - One (all the versions) / SYCMIOYO / Stuck in A Moment (both versions)

I had a whole list in my head that I've completely forgotten now... Great...

 

[learn2kneel]

Penny Lane-Beatles
Strawberry Fields-Beatles

These were both shown on Ed Sulivan. I don't know if they are the best videos. But they certainly were important because they were the first. The Beatles were way ahead of their time.

This isn't official but I always thought the first music video was Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, it was a single shot a man with cue cards that went along with the song.

 

[thesuburbskill]

sometimes a music video can ruin a song for me i.e. interpol’s ‘evil’, but when done right, it makes me love the song that much more

u2 has never been a great music video artist imo (I’d love to see them work with a director like jonathan glazer or chris cunningham), but they have had some pretty cool ones…
some u2 favs are: even better than the real thing (first time I saw this, I thought it was the coolest thing ever)
mysterious ways
one (brown version)
stay

some of my fav music videos:
the clash – radio clash
air – kelly watch the stars, sexy boy
breeders – cannonball, saints
unkle – rabbit in your headlights
bjork – human behavior (her first, and one of her best), hidden place
nine inch nails – down in it
pulp – this is hardcore
supergrass – late in the day
orbital – style
pavement – rattled by the rush, shady lane
depeche mode – enjoy the silence
rufus wainwright – april fools
sebadoh – ocean
beck – devil’s haircut
the doves – there goes the fear
jon spencer blues explosion – 2 kindsa love
blur – beetlebum
gus gus – believe
lo fidelity allstars – battleflag
pj Harvey – down by the water

in other words, if I could pick which videos would be playing on mtv’s old show ‘120 minutes’, those would be the ones id choose
I do some videotape trading, so I get to see a fair share of videos heh

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

unkle – rabbit in your headlights
bjork – human behavior (her first, and one of her best)

Both very, very strange, freaky videos, but yet both very, very cool ones, too .

Speaking of strange videos...I also like the one for Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun", even though the demented grins the people make in the video freak me out somewhat.

Angela

 

[smooshcat]

U2- The Sweetest Thing, Stay,
Idlewild- These Wooden Ideas
Bjork- Bachelorette
Feeder - Just A Day
Garbage - Push It, Queer
Franz Ferdinand - This Ffffire
White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
ummmm.....there must be more that I just can't think of at the mo...

 

[Bono's shades]

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Joe Strummer - Redemption Song
A-ha - Take On Me
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out, This Fire
Neil Young - This Note's For You
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (because he's shirtless in it and I'm shallow
U2 - One, Stay, WOWY, Streets, Electrical Storm, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, The Sweetest Thing, Numb, Lemon, European version of Stuck, Mysterious Ways, etc. I love U2's videos - I think they have done a lot of great ones and it's a truly underrated aspect of the band

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Ooh, yeah, that's a good one, too.

Originally posted by Bono's shades
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out, This Fire

I've only seen a very small portion of "This Fire", but I do like the "Take Me Out" one . And on similar musical terrain, I rather like the video for the Killers' "Mr. Brightside".

Originally posted by Bono's shades
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (because he's shirtless in it and I'm shallow

LOL, well, hey, if we're going down that path, then my vote for favorite video based on looks would be "Desire" .

Originally posted by Bono's shades
U2 - One, Stay, WOWY, Streets, Electrical Storm, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, The Sweetest Thing, Numb, Lemon, European version of Stuck, Mysterious Ways, etc. I love U2's videos - I think they have done a lot of great ones and it's a truly underrated aspect of the band

Agree wholeheartedly with this as well (still haven't seen the "Sometimes..." video, yet, though).

Angela

 

[financeguy]

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire & Stay (Faraway so Close)

Duran Duran - Ordinary World

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer & Games Without Frontiers

 

[Lancemc]

I am a strong supporter that The Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" is the greatest music video ever created. Great pick!

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer & Games Without Frontiers

. Peter Gabriel makes some really funky, good videos .

The Talking Heads one, I get a kick out of it, 'cause, like I've said before, David Byrne looks like he's having a seizure in it. Although I found out recently that Toni Basil actually did the choreography for that one, so she's behind his bizarre dance.

"Burning Down The House" is another good video by them.

Angela

 

[ClaytonMan]

Imitation Of Life - REM
One - U2
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
The Scientist - Coldplay
Hit That - Off spring (not particulary fond of them but video is well cool)
Take On Me - A Ha
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Come Into My World - Kylie (loads of Kylie Yeah)
Virtual insanity - Jamiroquai
Cofee and TV - Blur (one of my faves of all time)
Californiacation - RHCP

WHAT DO YA THINK???

 

[Lancemc]

I think people should stop typing in CAPS LOCK.

 

[Jack In The Box]

Bjork - Bachelorette (director: Michael Gondry)
Bjork - All Is Full Of Love (director: Chris Cunningham)
Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice (director: Spike Jonze)
Sigur Ros - Untitled 1 (director: Floria Sigismondi)
Unkle - Rabbit In Your Headlights (director: i don't know)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (director: Mark Romanek)

etc., actually, anything by Michael Gondry, Spike Jonze, Floria Sigismondi, Mark Romanek, Chris Cunningham or Coppola family

 

[GibsonGirl]

I think people should stop typing in CAPS LOCK.

 

[trevster2k]

OK here we go

U2 - Numb
U2 - One (bar version)
U2 - Until the End of the World
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
U2 - Stay
Radiohead - Just
Pearl Jam - Alive
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
Van Halen - Right Now
R.E.M - Everybody Hurts
R.E.M - Imitation of Life
Matthew Good Band - Load Me Up
Matthew Good Band - Apparitions
Matthew Good Band - Hello Time Bomb
Matthew Good Band - The Future is X-Rated
Matthew Good Band - Strange Days
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Coldplay - The Scientist
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Chris Issak - Wicked Game
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Talk Talk -It's My Life
Outkast - Hey Ya
Bjork - It's Oh so Quiet
Bjork - Big Time Sensuality

 

[JOFO]

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

 

[u2popmofo]

I forgot 'Hurt' by Johnny Cash and 'Nature Anthem' by Grandaddy.