Best Music video ever!

Archvillain

first of all i'm not sure if this is the right board, but this is film making after all. Talking about Gondry made me think... which is the best?
COuld it be his 'fell in love with a girl' for the white stripes, completely out of lego??

ebowdia

Chicane - Saltwater

Kone

Aphex Twin - Windowlicker!


No questions!

Draupnir

D-Side Pushin Me Out

wait and see folks

sionnach

cliff richard - wired for sound
dexy's midnight runners - come on eileen

amazing stuff

tman

the chemical brothers - star guitar

no contest

oh yeah, music/radio would seem to be a more suitable forum for this thread...

ambasite

David Hasselhoff 'hooked on a feeling'

'hooked on a feeling'

Draco

and off to music/radio you go

Kersh

Korn - freak on a leash.
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Depeche mode - Enjoy the silence.

kaimera

Benni Bennassi: Satisfaction

Doctor J

Korn - Got the life. Not a big fan of the band or the song but the video is really really well done.

Manach

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Boonie Tyler
"It's coming home" - Frank Skinner and Co.

Agent Orange

Leonard Nimoy - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

Link

What I think makes it so great is its finely tuned sense of humour.

projectmayhem

anything directed by spike jonze

Caesar_Bojangle

The Beastie Boys - Sabotage.

Creamy Goodness

weezer - buddy holly (directed by spike jonze)

stay tuned for more happy days

dabhoys

The Beastie Boys - Sabotage

All the way for me

i_am_dogboy

Originally posted by Kone
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker!


No questions!

I preferred Donkey Rhubarb, there's just sonething about the big teddy bears.....

Best video ever was probably legacy by mansun, can anyone remember the dolls?

0utshined

Best video ever was probably legacy by mansun, can anyone remember the dolls?

Yeah, it was a top class video.

Heartwork by Carcass had a good video too.

Asok

Prodigy - Smack my bitch up.

Zoton

Foo Fighters - Big Me/Everlong/Learn to Fly
Tenacious D - Tribute/F**k her gently
Metallica - Hero of the Day
Radiohead - Street Spirit
Queen - Innuendo/Kind of Magic
Tool - Parabola

conZ

Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (found easily on Kazaa)
Richard Ashcroft - Song For Lovers (If anyone has this/knows where to get it, contact me)
The Strokes - Reptilia

Cork

Frank and Walters "This is not a song"
A House "Endless Art"
Auto Da Fe "Man Of Mine" featuring Phil Lynott

Civilian_Target

The best music video of all time is Hurt by Johnny Cash. It's very emotional, it's very sad. Watch it.

http://oquinns.com/cash_h.mov

radiospan

Bjork - All is Full of Love
Autechre - Gantz_graf

Anyone see the new Beastie Boys video, "Ch-Check It Out"? Reminds me a lot of "Sabotage". Great video, it's on MTV2 very often now.

Civilian_Target

Just watched Windowlicker. The tunes **** but the video is quite disturbing.

daveg

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
The Beastie Boys - Sabotage.

Agreed. Others I like:

Foo Fighters - learning to fly
Soundgarden - black hole sun
Duran Duran - Girls of film (uncensered version)

Executive Steve

the unofficial video for adam freeland " we want your soul" (ed rush and optical remix)

it was done by this guy on another forum i post on, he got a vcr and a tape and taped one hour of daytime tv footage, it suits the music perfectly, he all edited it together timed it to fit the music and so on..

coldcut and hexstatic's "timber" is amazing too.. its a lament for the rainforests, the video was made at the same time as the music, they got loads of snippets of video footage of trees being cut down etc and played them, using the sound of a chainsaw as the main riff and the drums coming from axes etc chopping into trees, and then theres a melody sung by this amazon indian...

the ninja tune video dvd is out, a mate of mine lent it to me its amazing cutting edge graphical stuff...

Wacker

Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution. Never has a video suited a song more.

joe_chicken

chemical brothers - star guitar
bjork - all is full of love
pearl jam - do the evolution

...all been mentioned...all good
(star guitar in particular)

that pharcide video by spike jonze is pretty damn good too

Giblet

Add n to x - Plug me in.

Porntastic.

bus77

dunno what the best vid is but theres a Bob Marley vid goin around the p2ps,
the songs called Jammin and it's well worth a download

girella

do the evolution-pearl jam
tool-sober
rage against the machine-renegades
peter gabriel-sledgehammer

Jim

Massive Attack - Teardrop

Most Radiohead videos.

superconor

Sleep Now In The Fire - Rage Against The Machine
Excellent video, a parody of Who wants to be a millionaire.

Holy Smoke - Iron Maiden
They rip the absolute piss out of themselves, brilliance.

polarbelly

radiohead - just
unkle - rabbit in your headlights

and most of sigur rós' vids

Lainey

[Holy Smoke - Iron Maiden
They rip the absolute piss out of themselves, brilliance. [/B]

yes.. def a class video.. was in school when it came out.. deadly

WetDaddy

joe_chicken, was that "Drop" by The Pharcyde you were talking about?

While we're on the topic, I used to be big into hip-hop back in school (just the music, not the clothes etc!) and I always liked Busta Rhymes' videos. "Gimme Some Mo" was nicely done. He designs all the own costumes for the videos, and they're just so damn blahzay...

Hmmm, what else...

Well, since we're talking about videos and not the actual bands or music, I *suppose* it's safe to say "The Scientist" by Coldplay. Wouldn't be a fan of the band, but as with the whole backward theme in The Pharcyde's "Drop" I think it works well.

Has anyone mentioned "Fell In Love With A Girl" by The White Stripes?

Sure there's 100's more, but I just can't think of them. Oh to have Sky Digital and all those music channels! I know they show the same stuff over and over but all I have is "Music" Television and that's joke in itself.

MTV's turned into "Pop Culture TV". Can't remember the last time I saw more than about 3 videos in one hour.

Civilian_Target

This one will have you fighting off the tears.

It's Johnny Cash's video for Hurt and it's excellent. Its mentioned further up, but it's worth mentioning twice. It's really is the best music video ever.

http://oquinns.com/cash_h.mov

Exit

Originally posted by Civilian_Target
This one will have you fighting off the tears.

It's Johnny Cash's video for Hurt and it's excellent. Its mentioned further up, but it's worth mentioning twice. It's really is the best music video ever.

http://oquinns.com/cash_h.mov

Agreed! It's even more emotional for me I'd imagine, because as well as the sadness of the video and the death of the man himself, my dad passed away a few years ago and he was a really big Johnny Cash fan, so I grew up listening to him around the house. It brings the tears out in me.

Thanks for the link!

Superman

yes, this seems to have turned into more of a "what video you like" post rathewr than the envisaged "Best Music video ever!" (with an exlamation mark forks!)


yeah I'd defo put down:

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Kylie - Locomotion
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
White Stripes - 6 Nation Army (and the other one)
Dr. Dre - Gin and Juice
Tears for fears - Everybody wants to rule the world


There's Countless others, but the title goes to (drumroll please!):
RATM - Sleep Now In the Fire

and a close second (mainly due to timing of release):
Johnny Cash - Hurt

cartman

dirty vegas - days go by
radiohead - paranoid android

WetDaddy

yes, this seems to have turned into more of a "what video you like" post rathewr than the envisaged "Best Music video ever!" (with an exlamation mark forks!)

Are they not one of the same? I mean, if someone thinks a video is the "best ever", then it's obviously gonna be their favourite...

But I think it might be that it's tough to remember all the really good videos. In cases like these, you always end up going "Oh yeah! I forgot about [whatever]"...

One of my earliest recollections of a music video was "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel. My vote could possibly go to a video with stop motion animation in it... Which Michael Jackson video was it that had that? He was in a sort of rollercoaster thing.

Surprised people haven't mentioned more of his videos. What about Thriller? That must be a forerunner too.

I'm babbling.

Would be interested to see the "We Didn't Start The Fire" video. What's it like?

Wacker

Deathfunk, I disagree with you.
For instance, I love the video for Short Skirt, Long Jacket by Cake, but I'd never say its the best video ever.
I like it because it appeals to my sense of humour, and I know that most people find different things funny than I do.

Washout

I have two favorites

Peter Gabriels - SledgeHammer
and
Radiohead - Paranoid Android

WetDaddy

Wacker, I see what you mean.

So it's more of a mass appeal best video kind of thing, as oppose to "my favourite video"?

That A-Ha video just came into my head now! I don't think it's "Take On Me", but it's the one where the girl meets the band but jumping into a magazine or a newspaper or something.

Hmmm... Actually it sounds pretty lame in description, but for the time it was visually quite cool.

da_deadman

I think that was "take on me", and I cant remember the name of the michael jackson video but I remember the video, and the chorus was "leave me alone", it was about the press or was what the children were shouting at him...

My favourite video ever has to be Hurt by Johnny Cash too. Its amazing and powerful ands very memorable.

Radiohead, Foo Fighters, and white stripes always make good videos too.

_sheep

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
The Beastie Boys - Sabotage.

joe_chicken

Originally posted by Wacker
Deathfunk, I disagree with you.
For instance, I love the video for Short Skirt, Long Jacket by Cake, but I'd never say its the best video ever.
I like it because it appeals to my sense of humour, and I know that most people find different things funny than I do.

best video of all time means the video you think is the best of all time therefore the video you like the best (of all time) and therefore YOUR FAVOURITE VIDEO.... there really is no other way of putting it ... you either like something or you dont

taste is everything!

I don't think it's "Take On Me", but it's the one where the girl meets the band but jumping into a magazine or a newspaper or something.

I think it is "Take On Me" ... and it still looks good.... not that its my favourite video

as mentioned before my favourite video would be a tie up between "Star Guitar" by Chemical Bros. or that Pharcyde video by Spike Jonze (I think its called "Drop")

p.s. sorry i only saw your first post now deathfunk....

Ragamuffin

Originally posted by Kone
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker!


No questions!

lol that video is so fu<ked

Kunst

rem - imitation of life

and

daft punk - around the world