Greatest music video ever ?

horseofstone · 08-06-2018 7:02pm #1

For me its November Rain by guns n roses.it tells the story very well, well acted and a great song, plus its quite long and really grabs the attention ! Can ye beat that folks.

Donnielighto · 08-06-2018 7:02pm

Hello by Martin solveig I like.

evolving_doors · 08-06-2018 7:05pm

horseofstone wrote: »

For me its November Rain by guns n roses.it tells the story very well, well acted and a great song, plus its quite long and really grabs the attention ! Can ye beat that folks.

I'll see your november rain pastiche and raise you a Bohemian Rhapsody.

EPAndlee · 08-06-2018 7:09pm

Has to be the Avalanches - Forntier Psychiatrist. The old mans head on the turtle gets me everytime

verycool · 08-06-2018 7:10pm

Pfffffft... it's obviously Beastie Boys - Sabotage!

rednik · 08-06-2018 7:11pm

Always loved this, a great song too.

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

Tom Mann Centuria · 08-06-2018 7:11pm

Jimmy Eat World - The Middle.

Senature · 08-06-2018 7:14pm

One by Metallica is pretty thought provoking

sxt · 08-06-2018 7:16pm

Aha take on me

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

Sam Quentin · 08-06-2018 7:17pm

sxt wrote: »

Aha take on me

I second that.

SEPT 23 1989 · 08-06-2018 7:17pm

Bob Dylan subterranean homesick blues

callaway92 · 08-06-2018 7:19pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6HSlZBNwUQ

Lorelli! · 08-06-2018 7:34pm

I've always loved this video. It's nothing special but it was one you'd always sit to watch through.

CrankyHaus · 08-06-2018 7:35pm

No love for Windowlicker?

Gets a laugh from me every time. Skip to 04.30 if you're finding the intro a bit long.

weemcd · 08-06-2018 7:43pm

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

^Perhaps not the best ever but one of my favourites

friend and foe · 08-06-2018 8:00pm

I've always loved this song and video, always brings a smile to my face..

bodhrandude · 08-06-2018 10:21pm

Not a charting one but made by the fine people of the Old Grey Whistle Test.

Pawwed Rig · 08-06-2018 10:23pm

Thriller by Michael Jackson was epic in its time.

CalamariFritti · 08-06-2018 10:26pm

The man himself and his masterpiece?

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

After that I'm with A-ha, Take on Me

smurf492 · 08-06-2018 10:38pm

R.E.M. Find the River is a masterpiece of song and video in my opinion... Beautiful lyrics and imagery in the video... Sorry i didn't link the video due to phone restrictions...

ZV Yoda · 08-06-2018 10:47pm

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

This was a staple on Vincent Hanley's MT USA every Sunday afternoon. A cheesefest from the 80's... the decade that defined the music video.

"Music Television... music never looked better"

Grandeeod · 08-06-2018 10:50pm

The question is greatest music video ever.

They come in all shapes and forms and in more recent times they are just ****. But as for a music video, I don't think they come better than this one. Thriller by Jackson was up there but this particular one was awesome. Only A-Ha's animated stuff stood out afterwards. All that said, it's a dead trade of creativity now.

Enjoy. This is the short version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M43wsiNBwmo

RTT · 08-06-2018 10:50pm

Back when I was a young teenage lad I'd have said Britney Spears, "Hit me Baby one more time." But I think I'd have to go with Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai.

Lorelli! · 08-06-2018 11:00pm

I liked a lot of the Pet Shop Boys ones like Heart, Domino Dancing, Rent and What Have I Done To Deserve This.

Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy..

Jimbob1977 · 08-06-2018 11:04pm

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Air - All I Need

Daft Punk - Da Funk

Roger Sanchez - Another Chance

BorneTobyWilde · 08-06-2018 11:21pm

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

BorneTobyWilde · 08-06-2018 11:43pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0

10-06-2018 8:57am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpKCqp9CALQ

At the time, 20 years ago, it was significant.

Generally its hard to seperate ones liking of a song from the video.

Noo · 10-06-2018 9:05am

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

lardzeppelin · 10-06-2018 10:25am

A few spring to mind...
1, Steven Wilson / harmony korine (filmed and imagined by Lasse Hoile, based on French impressionist cinema of the 60s)...
2, the soundtrack of our lives / 'big time', the Swedish Oasis pull off the most freaked out video since Zappa's work with Bruce Bickford...
3, Herbie Hancock / Rocket, once the most played video in the early days of MTV, and if I'm not mistaken, produced and directed by Kevin Godley of 10cc...
4, which brings me neatly to Godly & Creme (10cc) / Cry, or better know as the face changer video, done way before computer morphing, a total genius labor of love...
5, Michael Jackson / Thriller, MJ dancing, zombies, John Landis directing, Vincent Price guest vocal, Quincy Jones producing, ah dammit, sign me up...
6, Kevin Gilbert / Kashmir, that rare thing, a fan made video (along with 'tea for one') with production values that belie its origins...a truly dark look at 80s and 90s Americana in all its forms...
7, Johnny Cash / Hurt, there's not a lot I can say about this, but that it should melt the hardest heart, a perfect video tribute to a legendary performer...
8, Dire Straits / money for nothing, should be up there for being one of the great early live videos, not forgetting the animations and a really great song...
9, The Prodigy / Spitfire, Keith Flint 'in your face' , and I don't know whether I prefer the music video or the Guinness commercial video...
10, and to round it up, Aphex Twin / Come to Daddy, still makes me want to go out in the garden and smash up televisions... Stone cold classic in any language...

Wailin · 10-06-2018 10:27am

The Scientist from Coldplay is pretty cool in how it was shot backwards.

Lorelli! · 10-06-2018 11:30am

Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U was a very memorable and moving video.

The_Honeybadger · 10-06-2018 11:31am

EPAndlee wrote: »

Has to be the Avalanches - Forntier Psychiatrist. The old mans head on the turtle gets me everytime

Absolutely love that video it’s epic

PopTarts · 10-06-2018 11:39am

Viva Forever by The Spice Girls was magical. Still is almost 20 years on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wkuqRFXNvI

facehugger99 · 10-06-2018 11:44am

Obviously it's Lionel Richie's Hello.

Where the blind girl makes a clay bust of Mr Richie including his 'Soul-Glo' hairstyle.

RocketRaccoon · 10-06-2018 11:46am

This thread makes me sad for music nowadays, is there any proper classic videos made in the last 10 years?

honeybear · 10-06-2018 11:48am

sxt wrote: »

Aha take on me

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

Loved it!!!

Bowlardo · 10-06-2018 12:00pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

This thread makes me sad for music nowadays, is there any proper classic videos made in the last 10 years?

No

Noo · 10-06-2018 12:15pm

Dont know about the greatest....but always a favourite....

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

Basq · 10-06-2018 12:21pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwFS69nA-1w

Always loved this video!

donspeekinglesh · 10-06-2018 12:23pm

As a motor racing fan, Love Supreme by Robbie Williams is fantastically well made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULTtWUZhD9c

Anesthetize · 10-06-2018 12:25pm

I think MTV is the worst thing to ever happen to music, and I generally don't care about music videos for the most part. Most music videos are just used as promo tools, rather than as an artistic statement in its own right.

One video I do like is Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin, because he uses the video medium as another outlet for his twisted creativity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4agXcHLySs

My favourite music video ever is for Bastards of Young by The Replacements. When they signed to a major label in the mid-80's, their label pressured them into making promo videos, which the band didn't want to do. The bands response was this video, which raises a middle finger to MTV and the whole concept of music videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-s16P1bl0

RocketRaccoon · 10-06-2018 12:29pm

People should check out videos by Chris Cunningham, he is responsible for some belters(aphex twin, bjork).

There was a dvd release of the videos he directed years back which I have sitting around in a box somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvxbFWY2Hsc

That's a personal favourite.

glynf · 10-06-2018 12:32pm

The Aphex Twin videos done by Chris Cunningham are masterpieces, I still love this one:

pjohnson · 10-06-2018 12:35pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

This thread makes me sad for music nowadays, is there any proper classic videos made in the last 10 years?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

BorneTobyWilde · 10-06-2018 1:52pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsKbwR7WXN4

Lorelli! · 10-06-2018 2:24pm

I liked how they used the rocking chair to represent Roy Orbison.

monkeysnapper · 10-06-2018 3:21pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOTQsdwEdk8

I was watching this the other day , a video well before it’s time (1994 WOW) , if I remember it correctly it was crazy expensive and possibly most expensive at that time . A really good video, song is ok but video deserves a mention.

Edit.... that took me a crazy amount of time to figure out how to put that YouTube clip in after all these years on here , that deserves a thanks :