Great Music Videos for Great songs

AndyBoBandy

So, There have been some classic music videos over the years ever since MTV used to play music videos. (I'm aware music videos existed before MTV).

Some absolute classics, some groundbreaking, some funny, and some just bizarre!!

What are your favourite music videos? - where the quality of the video matches the quality of the song.


Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star - Where it all started, the first music video played on MTV (keep an eye out for Hans Zimmer on keyboards)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs

Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltP7L16A8Hs

Peter Gabriel has a lot of amazing videos, but Sledgehammer is probably one of the best known. Simply Iconic. (Diging in the Dirt also gets an honourable mention)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q

Next up is Metallica's One, this was quite disturbing for me as a kid watching it!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw

Then we have Ireland's own Aphex Twin with Windowlicker.. Truly out there, but a lot of his videos were out there.. somewhere....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MBaEEODzU0

Then we have Blur's Coffee & TV. Great song and a great video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk

The Prodigy had had quite a few brilliant videos, but Smack My Bitch Up gets the nod here..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRECVdWGEmA

The Chemical Brothers - Elektrobank - again, have an excellent catalogue of great videos, but the Elektrobank video is just brilliant, and goes so well with the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dxByaPWhM

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing. Very 80's, very iconic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0

Dirty Vegas - Days Go By - love this song and loved this video..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLCduDJVksc

Guns n Roses - November Rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE

Massive Attack - Teardrop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K72X4eo_s

Radiohead - Street Spirit. Radiohead could have a number of videos on this thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc

Rage Against the Machine - Freedom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_vQt_v8Jmw

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE

Beastie Boys - 3 MC's & One DJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflfiylNNXY

Aha - Take on Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914

Michael Jackson - Thriller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcHKOC64KnE

There are hundreds and hundreds thousands and thousands more, so go on, share away your favourite music videos....

The Princess Bride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLvFbBR4XOg

one that instantly crossed my mind when I saw the thread. Beautiful song too.

tdf7187

Don Henley - Boys of Summer

Everything about this is perfect - the way the lyrics, the video and the music combine to create an atmosphere.


Suede - The Wild Ones

This was Suede at their most imperial.


Saint Etienne - Avenue

Probably not as well known as some of the others in this thread, but I think this is great.

BOSTIK

Loved the song before I first saw the accompanying video on MT USA.

AndyBoBandy

BOSTIK wrote: »

Loved the song before I first saw the accompanying video on MT USA.

Funnily enough I was actually going to post this in the OP, but it was probably already way too long at that stage!! Great song and great video.

BOSTIK

Depeche Mode "Barrel of a Gun". 1997

Great song, great album, great band, cool video.

UrbanSprawl