The Best Music Videos Ever

Got the idea after seeing AberdeenSteve's "Weirdest/Worst Music Video" thread.

Which music videos have impressed you / made you laugh / made you think / inspired you / or simply entertained you the most?

Enya - Orinoco Flow

Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love

Queen - I'm Going Slightly Mad

A-Ha - Take On Me

Men At Work - Down Under

Toto - Africa

The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian

Skid Row - 18 and Life

Duran Duran - Wild Boys, The Reflex, Union of the Snake, Girls on Film

Madonna - Vogue, Open Your Heart, Like A Prayer, Material Girl, Express Yourself, Like A Virgin.

Sade - Ordinary Love

Michael Jackson - Beat It

Adam Ant - Prince Charming

Visage - Fade To Grey

U2 - Stuck In A Moment (the football game version)

Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring

Michael Jackson-Thriller.

MJ was really one of the main people behind the growth of music videos.

Thomond wrote:Michael Jackson-Thriller.

MJ was really one of the main people behind the growth of music videos.

So were Duran Duran. Girls On Film was 1981 and that was the first feature length promo video (to be promptly banned/censored). They also had their videos done by Russell Mulcahy (Mad Max film director) in the early '80s who did a feature length video promo film for them. It was made in 1984 but i'm not sure if was out before or after Thriller. Madonna was another who used the medium of video to establish herself at the same time too.

The Black Keys - Tighten Up, Howlin For You

Bullet For My Valentine - Your Betrayal, Tears Don't Fall

Papa Roach - Hollywood Whore, I Almost Told You That I Loved You

Muse - Knights of Cydonia

Green Day - Basket Case, Minority

Paramore - Monster, Decode

Money For Nothing - Dire Straits

I seem to recall hearing somewhere that this was the first ever video shown on MTV.

Dyre - no, that song would've been about three years too late. The first video ever was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by Buggles followed by one Pat Benatar.

REBECCA BLACK - FRIDAY

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (It's a cliche I know, but it's still a good video for the time)

Busta Rhymes Featuring Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue and Californication

Foo Fighters - So many good videos. Learn To Fly, Big Me, Best Of You, Everlong, My Hero...etc

Ian Brown - FEAR

Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger

Good choices there Celtic.

Mark Ronson - Stop Me
Unkle - Rabbit In Your Headlights
Radiohead - Just
Kylie - Come Into My World
Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl

Beastie Boys - Sabotage.

Christina Agagagagagagaguilllola (however you spell her poxy name) - Dirty

Robbie Williams - Rock DJ (Awful song, awful stoat of a man but good video)

Sir. badgerhands wrote:Beastie Boys - Sabotage.

Christina Agagagagagagaguilllola (however you spell her poxy name) - Dirty

Robbie Williams - Rock DJ (Awful song, awful stoat of a man but good video)

Weird...as I read this comment Ms Aguilera - Dirty comes on the radio.

Good shout on Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl too.

Cari wrote:Dyre - no, that song would've been about three years too late. The first video ever was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by Buggles followed by one Pat Benatar.

All hail Cari - the 606v2 music guru!

King Beer, hand in your manhood please.

Also this video for You! Me Dancing is incredibly weird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj6SO_yKMe8

It's that song from the Budweiser ads.

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Just out of interest where did Swagger Jagger get in the charts?

If it reached number one it truly is end of days and I shall be packing tinned goods and relocating my wife and baby badger to a hut in Siberia!!

@Celtic Warrior:

Sledgehammer is a great video and Learn To Fly has to be one of the best of all time!

Got a few more:

Duran Duran - Wild Boys
Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (Shirley Manson posing and pouting in a little blue dress!)
Def Leppard - Love Bites
Def Leppard - All I Want Is Everything
Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle
Alice In Chains - Your Decision
The Hooters - Satellite
MC Lars - Guitar Hero Hero

King Beer wrote:Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger

Consider yourself duly slapped with a wet trout!

Sir. badgerhands wrote:Just out of interest where did Swagger Jagger get in the charts?

If it reached number one it truly is end of days and I shall be packing tinned goods and relocating my wife and baby badger to a hut in Siberia!!

It got to number one.

And so it was written if Swagger Jagger dost thou reacheth number one, the dead shall rise, cats will fornicate with dogs and the sun shall be forever stricken from the heavens.

Time to pack up those tinned goods.

It's not that bad, is it?

dyrewolfe wrote:

Cari wrote:Dyre - no, that song would've been about three years too late. The first video ever was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by Buggles followed by one Pat Benatar.

All hail Cari - the 606v2 music guru!

Dyre - I am a massive music nerd. Used to avidly read the music papers and listen to the radio all the time. I worked in a record shop for years as well. You had to be a bit of a nerd then cause you'd get people coming in going "Oh, I heard this song on the radio right, and this was bloke singing about finishing with his girlfirend cause she couldn't help him? Something about going mad...."

Having said that, I'm a bit lost on modern music, because I haven't worked in a record shop for years now, and don't really follow it as much as I used to.

King Beer wrote:It's not that bad, is it?

Just wait until cats start humping dogs, then you'll see. Mark my words!!

Queens of The Stoneage - No One Knows
Queens of The Stoneage - Go With The Flow

For controversy....Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up is an interesting video with a good twist.

November Rain by GNR is a bit of an epic too

Sir. badgerhands wrote:

King Beer wrote:It's not that bad, is it?

Just wait until cats start humping dogs, then you'll see. Mark my words!!

Or even badgers mating with foxes?

Cari wrote:

dyrewolfe wrote:

Cari wrote:Dyre - no, that song would've been about three years too late. The first video ever was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by Buggles followed by one Pat Benatar.

All hail Cari - the 606v2 music guru!

Dyre - I am a massive music nerd. Used to avidly read the music papers and listen to the radio all the time. I worked in a record shop for years as well. You had to be a bit of a nerd then cause you'd get people coming in going "Oh, I heard this song on the radio right, and this was bloke singing about finishing with his girlfirend cause she couldn't help him? Something about going mad...."

Having said that, I'm a bit lost on modern music, because I haven't worked in a record shop for years now, and don't really follow it as much as I used to.

Greetings fellow nerd!

I haven't really got a clue about mainstream music as I stopped listening to Radio 1 or caring about the charts since Top Of The Pops went off air.

That said, I am a regular reader of music mags like Classic Rock and Metal Hammer. Those and the free CDs that come with them are good way of finding new bands. A lot of it is rubbish but theres usually the odd gem in there. DAB radio stations like Planet Rock and Absolute, as well as internet stations like Totalrock.com are good for keeping up with what new in genres other than rap, R&B and X-Factor rubbish.

I listen to Radio 2 in work which isn't as bad as Radio 1 in that they play new stuff from different sources, not just the usual charty guff. Sometimes I've accidentally come across a new band or track through TV or a friend on Facebook. Only two mags I subscribe to now too - Rugby World and the Radio Times. Geez I must be getting old!!

Dire Straights money for nothing was the first music video on MTV Europe.

Mickado wrote:Dire Straights money for nothing was the first music video on MTV Europe.

Ah yeah - we got it a lot later than the States...one point to Dyre cause he was sort of correct.

Cari wrote:

Mickado wrote:Dire Straights money for nothing was the first music video on MTV Europe.

Ah yeah - we got it a lot later than the States...one point to Dyre cause he was sort of correct.

I think the part at the start of the song where Sting sings "I want my MTV" was added when they found out it would be the first vid. Cracking tune.

Best video i've seen in ages is the Black Key's - howlin' for you
It's done like a movie trailer, very good.

Celtic Warrior wrote:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

I love this shout - that video is just summer personified. But desolate and quite eerie at the same time.

I liked By the Way and Can't Stop too

Mickado - the video looks really dated now though doesn't it? They did a better one for Brothers In Arms . I haven't seen that Black Keys one, that'll be another to check out on You Tube.

In all honesty, the best videos this year have to be:

Kanye West & Jay-Z - otis

Chris Brown - yeah *3

Jessie J - price tag

Pink - F*ckin Pefect

Chris Brown - look at me now

Kanye West - all of the lights

Lady Gaga - born this way

Wiz Khalifa - black and yellow

Adele - rolling in the deep

Cee-lo - f**k you.

Also Beyonce - run the world. Not the best I know but deserves a mention for the choreography.

Video director of the year is Collin Tilley no doubt. He has 3 videos up for VMAS, and the videos he has directed have a total of 200+ million views. Only 23 years old as well.

Muse - Hysteria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7la0SndoCI

Cari wrote:Mickado - the video looks really dated now though doesn't it? They did a better one for Brothers In Arms . I haven't seen that Black Keys one, that'll be another to check out on You Tube.

True, the Money For Nothing video does really look its age now, but I still think its cool for its uniqueness. Was also revolutionary for its time.

Also chuffed at being at least partly right.

A Day To Remember - I Am Made of Wax Larry, What Are You Made Of?

If you don't like the music, mute it. The video is epic!

Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAhHNCfA7NI

Awesome

Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man



Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Any anime / cartoon fans on here will love this one.

Weezer!

Weezer videos are legendary.

The Happy Days tribute for Buddy Holly with stock footage?The video for Say It Ain't So with the slow motion hackey sack scene over the guitar solo? The meme tastic Pork 'N Beans?

Come on!

Beat me to it Notch.

I was gonna put up Weezer's Buddy Holly this very day. For some reason Microsoft included a copy on their Windows 95 CDs.

What about Ok Go!
They've two songs where the video is so good you hardly listen to the music.

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You wish Richard, thats far too big.

Teardrop by Massive Attack.
Smack My B**ch Up by Prodigy.
Enter Sandman by Metallica.
World In Motion by New Order.

dyrewolfe wrote:Beat me to it Notch.

I was gonna put up Weezer's Buddy Holly this very day. For some reason Microsoft included a copy on their Windows 95 CDs.

Legendary

Remember they had that, and a trailer for the film Rob Roy. Not a classic!

Almost too many to list for Weezer. I like this one its, nice and paranoid;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0OVpyvey4U&ob=av3e

Oh! Oh! Hash Pipe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9BGLtqqkVI&feature=relmfu

Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk&ob=av2e
Blink 182 - The Rock Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7hhDINyBP0

The Kylie Minogue one when shes wearing the white dress - I cant get you outta my head.

Paul Simon - You can me Al
Jamiriqui?? - Virtual Insanity
Queen - Show must go on & The Miracle
Foo's- Learning to fly
Some of Eminems vids are funny, can't recall the titles tho...