I'm always impressed by a music video that can "yes, and" the song it was made for - one that feels like it was created as an extension or an exploration of the song, rather than an expression of the vibes (though, don't get me wrong, I'm all about the vibes too). I love that this video tells a clear story and puts a pretty fun twist on the lyrics while it does.
Bonus: The actors seem like they were having a blast during filming.
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits. All-time classic. 80s CGI knows no comparison. 😩👌
There are many other more impressive and even more famous music videos, but this one is THE video I think of when anyone mentions music videos.
Thriller (Credits and everything...) - Michael Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g93mz_eZ5N4
Peter Gabriel SledgehammerI only read as far as "first music video" before my brain served up the first video on MTV, "Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star."
Turn Down for What - Lil Jon
Directed by (And starring one of) the directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Which makes me feel vindicated for loving this video, so fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOUVirtual Insanity I have brain rot.
A-HA take on me
I'd nominate Bjork: All is Full of Love.
Prodigy Smack my Bitch up (nsfw)
https://vimeo.com/144850907Knights of Cydonia
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
It's practically a short film.
Papa Don't Preach by Madonna. We didn't have cable/sat at home and my family went on vacation so I watched MTV as much as possible. They must have played it hundreds of times in a few days.
Probably gorillaz, either Clint Eastwood or Dirty Harry
I wonder how many of us saw this video when we were too young for it?
Kenshi Yonezu - KICKBACK
fuck you I'm adding a second, Michael Jackson - Beat itRadiohead - Paranoid Android
Take on Me - Aha
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE&ab_channel=RobertPalmerVEVOI'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want, I want a redo where my answer isn't Wannabe by the Spice Girls.
Money for Nothing. (posted the less problematic edit)
Black or White
definitely Take On Me by a-h_a._
You want a music video? Any music video? One of the best of the 1980s? One of the best of all time? One of the catchiest songs ever? Something that will never go away?
Take On Me.Got Rickrolled without a link, good job.
Do the Evolution by Pearl Jam
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI
Not even a fan of Pearl Jam, but the song's discordant guitar solo is perfect for its message, and captured brilliantly by the animation. I'm a sucker for late state American animation well-executed like this, too.
Why? Popup Video when I was younger, that's why lol. It was on a LOT.
The Shins - Simple Song
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
We're no strangers to love
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
Takes me right back to the summer between 5th and 6th grade. Fun fact: the International and US versions are different and while this was third single on their debut US album, it was their lead single on their second international album.
[Salvatore Ganacci - Step-grandma
I have no idea why this popped into my head, but I used to play a lot of DDR as a kid.
The cheap retro goofiness is what does it for me.
That song that plays over the last image of the Shining.
Young Rival - Black is Good
It's brilliant when it works for youThe first that popped into my head in the moment was "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera. No clue why that one comes to mind first, maybe because it freaked me out as a kid. lol
Nightcrawler - Signs of the Swarm
Moloko's Forever More https://piped.video/watch?v=X9j_IreT5yI
Tonight Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
Hi Ren. Absolute powerhouse of a song/video.
Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DECp8LKurKs
Girls not Grey by AFI
Korn - Freak on a Leash
Korn - Freak on a Leash
flock of seagulls i ran
EVERY DAY I'M SHUFFLING
doot doot doot dut duh doo
Boogie Pimps - Somebody to Love <3
Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi
The haunting David Gilmore video In Any Tongue. "I know sorrow tastes the same on any tongue".
Slipknot - duality
Anything by Cyriak!
Lorn's Ghosst(s) music video
"Writing on the Walls" by Underoath
This was before I cared for anything heavy and it was an introduction to a style that I was told was bad for so long.
I remember watching VH1's "You Oughta Know" or something like that in the early morning and this video coming on and there's this kid who was just swinging around on a pummel horse for the entire thing. Apparently, that kid was a machine and just wouldn't stop IRL.
stuck in the sound - lets go
im a sucker for animated music videos
Around The World
R.E.M. - Orange Crush was the first that popped up to mind. No idea why. Haven't even thought of that song in like ten years.
" Spider" In the worst possible quality, but it is also an antique.
There were some images flashing in my mind but I quickly lost what I was seeing, but the next thing was Avenged Sevenfold's A Little Piece of Heaven: https://youtu.be/KVjBCT2Lc94
I hear you calling - GOB
- The first which came to my mind was the fan video of 'the Lord of the Rings', accompanied with 'Ghost Love Score' music.
- The second was the Lucie Bílá song 'Láska je láska' ('Love is love').
Thriller - the long version
Kaisei ft. ill.bell
It's a vocaloid remix with a great singer and a rap bit that's not in the original version.
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Go Bananas by Little Big
