Favorite Music Videos?
 

Usually I like to listen to my music, but sometimes I'll watch a video for a song I don't really care for because the video is so damn good, so, what are your favorite videos, regardless of whether you like the song or not?

My picks are

Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly (The Fighters manage to land a plane after the pilots accidentally drink drugged coffee and can't fly the plane)

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice (I knew Christopher Walken could dance, but I didn't know he could fly)

Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution (I like Todd McFarlane's style, come to think of it....)

Korn - Freak on a Leash (The McFarlane bits, and that bullet thing it had going on was pretty cool)

Pearl Jam Jeremy is also very good.

Bjork - Human Behavior

Aphex Twin - Window Licker

Beck - Loser

NIN - Closer

Hmm does The Wall count? It's kind of like a music video for the full album. If not then, I agree with Weapon of choice I find that video oddly hypnotic and now after thinking about it will probably have to download it again. I'm also fond of the video for Parabola. Though I don't watch many music videos since I have limited access to MTV2 and other stations that actualy play videos.

Kiss - 'Because I'm a girl'
[korean song but you dont need to know korean to enjoy the mv]
beautiful mv, it's not an eye candy type thing at all in fact you never even see the singers, it's just a mini movie with a TRAGIC TRAGIC PLOT...which made me weep, so much. If they made the mv into a movie it'd be a hit because of how GOOD the plot is...nothing is comparable to this mv...NOTHING...

other enjoyable mvs:
Madonna - 'Human Nature'
Geri Halliwel - 'It's raining men'
[i have a thing for dance mv's]

NIN - 'closer'
Garbage - 'Cherry Lips'

and just for the hell of it
Tatu - 'all the things she said' for the delicious pseudo lesbianism

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice

I also enjoy some Van Halen videos that still feature David Lee Roth. There's just something about 'em that's funny.

Beastie Boys-Sabotage

This is a pretty old topic, but I'll go along...

Metallica - One

Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow

Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

Norma Jean - Face:Face

Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads

Metallica - One

Anthrax - Inside Out

Megadeth - Hangar 18

Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon

Ok I'll be showing my age with some of these:

Kate Bush - babooshka (She just looks sooo good)

Most Madness videos - not much money spent but a lot of imagination

Puff Daddy - Come with me - So over the top.

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood - And any other Gorillaz videos

Prodigy - Smack my Bitch Up

White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful (say what you will about the song, but the video is fantastic)

Radiohead - Just

Johnny Cash - Hurt

White Stripes- Seven Nation Army
I think that video is visually stunning. I love it.

Tool videos are all great
I also like NIN/Closer

definitely Weapon of Choice.
i also really love Praise You (also Fatboy).

i also love the Basement Jaxx video´s for Wheres Your Head At? and Romeo.

placebo - bruise pristine

you should check out this minotoba video.. i think that is how it is spelt..

also the faint video is super hot. you can see that at www.mk12.com if you are into design, they are where it's at.

i love the coldplay trouble video, i think that it was beautifully made.

aphex twin videos are hilarious.

Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
Johnny Cash - Hurt

definitely Dire Straits - Walk of life
I also like van Halen - Right now
and Billy Joel - We didn't start the fire

Aphex Twin's Windowlicker and Come to Daddy
AFI - Girl's Not Grey, because I just don't get it.

blur - coffee and tv, it's just so damn cute!
bjork - human behaviour
smashing pumpkins - stand inside your love
metallca - one

Another vote for sabotage.

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychitrist
Blur - Coffee and TV
White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
REM - Imitation of Life

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
Tool - Sober

i forgot about that blur video.. that blur video is quite genius.

Anything by Shania because well, it's Shania.

Those are good videos. And if you like breaking things... Everlasting Gaze by the Smashing Pumpkins. That video got me pumped the first time I saw it!

Also Fell in Love with a Girl. Gotta love the leggo!

I'll agree with that. She's one fine-looking woman.

The T.A.T.U. video where they are all oveer each other in the pouring rain

Faith No More - Stripsearch

great song, awesome video.

Metallica- One
Foo Fighters--Learning to Fly
Beastie Boys--Sabotage

apart from Aphex twin's 'Windowlicker', it sounds gay but chris isaak's 'wicked game'. i like it!

I will have to agree with some people here

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Blur - Coffee and TV
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So
Gorillaz - 19-2000 and Clint Eastwood
Rage Against the Machine - Freedom (an awesome tribute to Leonard Peltier)

Oasis - Wonderwall

Massive Attack - Teardrop

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Daft Punk - Da Funk

Chemical Brothers - Elektrobank

Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution is the greatest video ever. There's really no comparison. Other good ones...

Audioslave - Show Me How To Live
Foo Fighters - Big Me (Pat Smear is great in this)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

And this isn't really a music video but the video of Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins playing Stairway To Heaven on Kilborn is awesome. Dave forgets how the song goes and it's halarious.

OK, so one of the elevators in the building where I work has been out of service for some time and it was finally up and running as of yesterday. The repair company left coffee and donuts in the lobby to say "sorry" I guess. A coworker mentioned that if the quality of the donuts was any indication of the quality of their repairs, that elevator was going to be nothing but a nonstop fiery ride into hell...

Which brings me to my point.

I immediately had to go find Dio's "Last in Line" video. That got me to thinking about the delicious cheesiness of Leppard's "Rock of Ages" video and I was spinning off on bad, but-you-love-to-watch-them-now, early videos.

Fun stuff. Dio's "Mystery" was awful in the best kind of way, too. Remember Quiet Riot's "Metal Health"?

Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" was actually a good one from the early days. A real classic, but cheesy by today's standards. "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE???"

This topic will always remind me of Beavis and Butthead watching Judas Priest's "Breakin' the Law" video and Butthead commenting, "you know...I still like Judas Priest and all, but.......... this sucks!"

That _was_ pretty funny, but it was pretty obvious he didn't forget a single word, he was messing it up on purpose. You should have seen the shit-storm from angry Zep fans on the Foo message boards for the week or two afterwards - that's where the real funny of that event was.

If you can find it *cough*on Kazaa*cough*...check out Dave doing "Tiny Dancer" also on Kilborn's show. It was after the summer when Almost Famous came out and funny as hell.

Any tool video.

Hawkeye had it right with Johnny Cash's remake of Hurt.

I showed my wife that video and she actually teared up. It's an amazing vid.

#1 of all time imo: Primus - Wynona's got a big brown beaver

#2: Bloodhoung Gang - ballad of chasey lain

#3: Christina Aguilera - dirrty - for obvious reasons :)

How could I forget about that one. That video is awesome.

a-ha - Girls on Film, for very many obvious reasons!

I would have to go with weapon of choice by fatboy slim and an obscure video for daft punk called around the world. My penis would like me to mention anything with shakira in it :)

pearl jam - jeremy and metallica - one because they're two of the most intense videos i've seen.
guns n roses- november rain because not only is it an awesome video in all other respects, but i love music videos with plotlines.
michael jackson - thriller ... wonderful cheesy horror film plot and you can't beat the zombie dance. plus its made like a fucking feature film and you gotta give him extra points for that much effort.
michael jackson - beat it, because the choreography's pretty awesome in that, too.
metallica - until it sleeps
beastie boys - fight for your right to party, because its just a whole lot of fun.
van halen - hot for teacher because its a classic all around.
and i have to say date rape by sublime because the charisma from brad nowell is awesome, its put together extremely well, its funny as hell and i love the colors.

i know i'm forgetting lots and lots of things.


and fugue_life, i've only seen that video once out of the corner of my eye but i love that song...

Metallica - One

A soldier in WWI has his arms and legs blown off, loses his vision, and his ability to hear or speak

basically he's a vegetable

It shows his struggle to try to understand whats going on and then pleads for people to kill him

it's powerful shit, watch it

I know they've been said a bunch of times already, but Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim is spectacular, as is The Reasons by The Weakerthans, for similar reasons. However, when it comes to music videos, The Beastie Boys take the proverbial cake. Not only is Sabotage the undisputed master of all music videos, but there's also Intergalactic, Body Moving, and a variety of others, including their latest hit, Ch-Check it Out. They are, beyond any shadow of a doubt, the ultimate music video force on the planet.

Okay most of these were already mentioned...

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonite, Tonite
Blur - Coffee and TV
Radiohead - Just
Radiohead - Knives Out (so friggin' weird man...)
Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs

MxPx - Chick Magnet

My friends and I love this video and crack up everytime we see it.

UNKLE – Rabbit in your headlights

There are many more, some great ones mentioned here.

Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes.

Great video. Of course, I think videos suck these days...too dark.
BB

PS - Yes, I'm old. I prefer to call myself, "experienced."

MC Hammer- Cant touch this.
tightest. video. ever.
if only i had moves like that.

I found this video by accident on a .mac site about a week ago. I thing it's just awsome.

Not sure how long my bandwidth will last ;)

Without further ado (sp?), I present

ELECTRIC SIX - "Danger! High Voltage"

oh my god. november rain by guns'n'roses.. and of course epic by faith no more.

Prodigy - Smack my bitch up

Thats some sick shit.

And:
Rammstein - Du reichts so gut.

In no particular order:

Radiohead - Just and Paranoid Android

Millionaire - Champagne

Nine inch nails - Closer

Prodigy - Smack my bitch up

Just off the top of my head!

--jaded

Toby Keith......."I'm just talking about tonight"

R.E.M........Losing my Religion

Tom Petty........Don't come around here no more" (Alice in wonderland version)

Oh ya......Guns and Roses......November Rain

Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
Radiohead - Street Spirit

any Michael Jackson video and the songs up to the Dangerous album.

Big & Rich - Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy

Trace Adkins - One Hot Mama

Some more

Blur - Coffee & TV.

also Blur - The Universal (yah the stole if from Clockwork Orange but it's still cool).

I rather liked

Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At

Defn have to agree with you on that one. Its my all time fave.

I also like Dirty Vegas: Days go By

RHCP - Can't Stop
Nirvana - In Bloom
Johnny Cash - Hurt
the first 3 i could think of

I know that I'm gonna be nailed with rotten tomatoes for posting 2 of the 5 but ah well...

Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Mandy Moore - Cry (She is so hot in this video)
Black Flag - TV Party
Lila McCann - I Wanna Fall In Love (the wink at the end does it every time)
AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long

Ok, let em fly boys! :p

Any Aphex Twin, Rammstein, or Tool video.

I gotta go with
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet, with an animated squirrel terrorizing people.

You can download it at http://www.shynola.com/movies/j_s/j_s_download.htm for free too


I'll also second the votes for Sabotage, which is just an awesome video.

Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of Choice

Talib Kweli - Get By

Tool - Schism

So kick ass...

Massive Attack - 'Teardrop' is the one that pops into my head, too. I'm sure there's others that I'll remember when I don't have a tequila hangover.

SHOCK THE MONKEY

http://www.solsburyhill.org/scrapboo...eties/8034.jpg


- Peter Gabriel

Everyone must see this at some point in their lives.

check out the video for satisfaction by benny benassi

it won an award at some dance music show on trio

not sure if this link works...
http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=850

perhaps you can find a better source

Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up.

A classic that fits the awesome track perfectly.

Michael Jackson - Thriller (revolutionized music videos IMO)

Prodigy - Smack my Bitch up (Nice twist at the end of that video)

Word to that!

Faith No More - Midlife Crisis: Twisted video that perfectly portrays the darker tones of the Angel Dust album. A HUGE change from what they (or any other band) normally did at that point. That point, to me, was THE best progression or change that a band went through that I've ever seen... I think it might've even topped NIN going from Pretty Hate Machine > Broken > The Downward Spiral. Totally blew me away. Even to this day, that song, that album.. wow.

Quote Unquote - Mr. Bungle

All NIN/Tool (especially Pinion/Happiness in Slavery.. totally fucked up vids)

Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (especially the part where the band is standing in that blurry shot and the candles look like devil horns coming out of his head as his face is morphing into this distorted smile - very awesome effect)

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box/Come as You Are/In Bloom (hard to decide, they're all kick ass)

Foo Fighter videos are well done :D

Queen - I want to Break Free
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher

AHA - Take On me ......I absolutely LOVE this video
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal and Billy Jean
Dave Matthews Band - Crash
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
The Cure - Pictures of You
Goureya Tenshi
Dune - Dark Side of the Moon
All of the Daft Punk Videos.


and once again. AHA - Take on me.

Greatest music video ever :)

Tool- no doubt about those
Pearl Jam: Do the evolution
Van Halen: Dream's/ Blue Angles 40th anniversery Video

I have 2 childhood favorites that I can still picture clearly in my head:
The Twisted Sisters - We're not gunna take it
Blackstreet - No diggity ( the puppets used to crack me up :) )

Disturbed-Prayer, It's just a wicked video, especially during the chorus.
REM-Everybody Hurts, At the end when the entire freeway is full of empty cars.
Radiohead-Just, Just a kick ass video, no other words are needed.

Faithless - Weapons of Mass Destruction

Did a-ha redo that song? or is that a different one from Duran Duran's version?

Here's another vote for GNR November Rain
Here's one to show my age...Krokus Screaming in the Night gosh I loved that video
Def Leppard Me and My Wine (the remake)
Bon Jovi- In and Out of Love
Ratt-Lay it Down

Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
Beastie Boys - Sabatoge
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario
K-OS - B-Boy Stance
K-OS - Superstar Part Zero
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - The Blast

probably more, but those are just off the top of my head.

I'd have to put a vote for Electric Six - High Voltage, not sur eif anyone else has mentioned....but check it out, sooooo funny

prodigy--- smack my bitch up--- messes with ur head
korn----- yall want a single---they smash the hell out of a cd store and give cool stats about the recording industry

oh yeah and just about any christina video....there even better with the sound off

Interpol- Obstacle 1
Great vid but oddly depressing

Radiohead- There There
My god what a creepy style, sort of a stop animation meets sleepy hollow type thing

U2- The Ground Beneath Her Feet
A beautiful U2 song with Milla Jovovich in the video, almost brought me to tears the first time around.

Sick of it All - STEP DOWN. I learnt all my moves of it download it all you will all be doing picking up the change for years to come

UNKLE - Rabbit in your headlights has to be my favourite, i dont think it got around as much as a lot of other vids but i love it
Aphex twin windowlicker/come to daddy are all good too

Whitesnake - Here I go again.........TAWNY KITAEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

Megadeth - Sweating Bullets..............I like all of the repeating images of Dave in the mirror.

Nine Inch Nails - Closure..............unedited version

Nickleback - Someday

Linkin Park - Crawling

Push it in the Bush, I have no idea who the group is.

Dirty Vegas - Days go by

Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
ACDC - Thunderstruck
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Metallica - One (probaly my favourite, very moving. I recommend people watch it!)

Beck - Sexx Laws
Robby Williams - Rock DJ
Tool - Lateralus
Blur - Coffee & TV
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
Beastie Boys - Sabatoge

A Perfect Circle - The Outsider

Music video?

Hoobastank - The Reason & Hoobastank - Same Direction
:) They caught the jewel thiefs :P

Ash - Starcrossed .. so touching

Isn't that "I Wanna Rock"?

I could be wrong. It was a long time ago.

I remember the uncensored Duran Duran video had topless nudity and erotic dancing. That's probably what he's referring to.

choose your own adventure: the thread
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?p=1769929

i like the royksopp remind me video. never saw it until a month ago.
http://www.sputnik7.com/servlet/asxp.../rorm/file.asx

also m83 run into flowers is interesting
http://www.sputnik7.com/servlet/asxp.../m8rf/file.asx

WOW, SURPRISED THAT I'M THE FIRST OUT OF 94 RESPONSES TO MENTION WEEZER'S "BUDDY HOLLY" VIDEO. THAT HAPPY DAYS SHIT SPIKE JONZE PULLED OFF STILL CRACKS ME UP 10 YEARS LATER...

it was "I wanna rock"