Think of the first music video that comes to mind. What is it?
Think of the first music video that comes to mind. What is it?
I'll start: November Rain
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I... I think I just got Rickrolled by my own brain.
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Bwahaha I love this.
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Take on Me - Aha
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Another great one and very inventive for the time.
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You made me rickroll myself. Never Gonna Give You Up is so iconic online, how could it not be the first thing that comes to mind?
Second one that came to mind was Somebody That I Used To Know.
Frankly, I don't watch music videos, so internet memes are the majority of my exposure to them.
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Literally this - the very first thing that I thought, was well it's obviously going to Never Going to Give you up - before I could even actively start thinking of any other music video, like Zombies for example (it's been on YouTube a lot recently because of people reacting to it).
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Money For Nothing - Dire Straits. All-time classic. 80s CGI knows no comparison. 😩👌
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I just remember the weird Al version from UHF and thinking that was the official version of that song and music video for the longest time as a kid. Lol
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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.
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I love all their videos. so complex and creative.
While you absolutely answered the question correctly, I think this is my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c
WTF? and Obsession are close seconds.
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Thriller (Credits and everything...) - Michael Jackson
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Hah, this is also what I thought of
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g93mzeZ5N4
Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer -
I only read as far as "first music video" before my brain served up the first video on MTV, "Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star."
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Sober by Tool. Very cool video.
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The video is great and creepy.
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Virtual Insanity I have brain rot.
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This is my all time favourite.
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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.
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Probably Thriller, even though my favorite is probably Californication
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Both awesome videos but Californication was more my era and I love how creative and good graphics it was! Really took you on a journey.
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A-HA take on me
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I'd nominate Bjork: All is Full of Love.
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Prodigy Smack my Bitch up (nsfw)
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Radiohead - Paranoid Android
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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.
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Why? Popup Video when I was younger, that's why lol. It was on a LOT.
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I love this song. It sounds upbeat and carefree but it really sad.
Wiki "Fastball frontman Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading articles that described the June 1997 disappearance of an elderly married couple, Lela and Raymond Howard from Salado, Texas,[5] who left home to attend the Pioneer Day festival at nearby Temple, Texas, despite Lela's Alzheimer's and Raymond recently recovering from brain surgery. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route.[6][7] The authorities who investigated the accident believed that Lela, who was driving the car, was trying to locate a place where she had once vacationed.[8]"
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That whole album is fantastic.
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Knights of Cydonia
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I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
It's practically a short film.
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Probably gorillaz, either Clint Eastwood or Dirty Harry
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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.
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I wonder how many of us saw this video when we were too young for it?
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@Mantising wow that's some unexpected cosmic horror right in the groin
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Kenshi Yonezu - KICKBACK
fuck you I'm adding a second, Michael Jackson - Beat it -
Money for Nothing. (posted the less problematic edit)
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Got Rickrolled without a link, good job.
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definitely Take On Me by a-ha.
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. -
I'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.
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Take on Me - Aha
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Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE&abchannel=RobertPalmerVEVO -
Black or White
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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.
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Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
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The Beatles - Mr Blue Sky
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that's by ELO
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That's really dumb. You are right.
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Just by Radiohead
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Radiohead is great. Subterranean Homesick Alien is one of my favorite songs.
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Nicki Minaj - Anaconda.
I have no idea why, I haven't thought about the song in years. And I don't even like it.
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Booty on the mind?
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The Shins - Simple Song
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[Salvatore Ganacci - Step-grandma
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Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
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We're no strangers to love
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Boogie Pimps - Somebody to Love 3
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EVERY DAY I'M SHUFFLING
doot doot doot dut duh doo
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Tonight Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
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The 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
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Nightcrawler - Signs of the Swarm
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Hi Ren. Absolute powerhouse of a song/video.
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Young Rival - Black is Good
It's brilliant when it works for you -
Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DECp8LKurKs
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The haunting David Gilmore video In Any Tongue. "I know sorrow tastes the same on any tongue".
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The cheap retro goofiness is what does it for me.
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I have no idea why this popped into my head, but I used to play a lot of DDR as a kid.
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That song that plays over the last image of the Shining.
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Pain Remains (pt1-3) - Lorna Shore
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Literally came here to say this.
The video is just as epic as the tracks, and together they are very powerful.
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flock of seagulls i ran
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Korn - Freak on a Leash
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Girls not Grey by AFI
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Korn - Freak on a Leash
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Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi
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Moloko's Forever More https://piped.video/watch?v=X9jIreT5yI
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" Spider" In the worst possible quality, but it is also an antique.
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Thriller - the long version
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Lorn's Ghosst(s) music video
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Anything by Cyriak!
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Go Bananas by Little Big
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Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
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Slipknot - duality
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"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.
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Kaisei ft. ill.bell
It's a vocaloid remix with a great singer and a rap bit that's not in the original version.
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- 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').
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I hear you calling - GOB
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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
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Around The World
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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.
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stuck in the sound - lets go
im a sucker for animated music videos
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Genghis Khan by Miike Snow
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.
Goated song and music video