The "Top 2000" Music Videos...

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:37 am

If the fuggin' Eagles or Meat Loaf cracks the top 10 in anything, is it even worth scrolling any further?

Mississippi Neck · Post by **Mississippi Neck** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:42 am

I was thinking the same thing about BOudejwin De Groot

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:50 am

I haven't had the composure to clicky clicky. I'm still in awe of Jack's enthralling commentary on the top 100.

Fat Bones · Post by **Fat Bones** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:33 am

Thanks Roach, nice find.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:13 am

Second. Great find.

Only this should be #1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zAUcfGx21w

Fat Bones · Post by **Fat Bones** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:02 am

found this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biG5CNlu ... ed&search=

Cornhusker · Post by **Cornhusker** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:03 pm

Mikey wrote:Second. Great find.

Only this should be #1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zAUcfGx21w

I respectfully disagree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuUhZxkr194

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:28 pm

Cornhusker wrote:
Mikey wrote:Second. Great find.

Only this should be #1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zAUcfGx21w
I respectfully disagree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuUhZxkr194

You’re not serious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1rYUzUCgGY

AJ · Post by AJ » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:16 pm

From my hometown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTo7BXlqcHs

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:20 pm

Money for Nothing at 314......

bullshit, it was at least top 100.....

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:37 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjuGIVyP4Q

just sayin'

quacker backer · Post by **quacker backer** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:12 pm

this list sucks

Sincerely
Marcus Allen
Music Critic at Large

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:32 pm

quacker backer wrote:this list sucks

Sincerely
Marcus Allen
Music Critic at Large

Excellent time for a MA reset...since freaking ABBA is in their top 50.

Buncha dancing queens up in this thread.

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:01 pm

For a decidedly different take on the Top 100 music videos (hey, they have the Replacements "Bastards of Young" at #6 -- cool) Stylus Magazines offers their list, including commentary and video.

Stylus Magazine Top 100

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:07 pm

Jay in Phoenix wrote:For a decidedly different take on the Top 100 music videos (hey, they have the Replacements "Bastards of Young" at #6 -- cool) Stylus Magazines offers their list, including commentary and video.

Stylus Magazine Top 100

Some of the write-ups are better than the videos. Too bad that some of the videos are no longer available. Better watch #4 while you've got the chance.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:27 pm

Take On Me was a reasonably gay tune, but the video was unique and groundbreaking in its day, to the point of being "cute."

So while you won't catch me getting my groove on to it, I'll begrudgingly give it its all-time props.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:49 pm

Thanks for the link Jay.

Cool shit.

074. Aphex Twin – “Come to Daddy”
(Dir. Chris Cunningham, 1997)

Who knew that the world’s collective nightmares involved Richard D. James’ face grafted on to hoards of crazed schoolchildren? When this was released, Australia was yet to enter the era of 24-hour music television, so my exposure to “Come to Daddy,” was limited almost entirely to its appearances on Rage, a late-night music program broadcast by the government-owned ABC. There is little more terrifying than waking up at 3 a.m. after falling asleep on the couch, and being confronted by a run-down tenement echoing with the digital shrieks of a fiend emerging from a television set. If Aphex Twin wanted your soul, Chris Cunningham’s video was surely the means of taking it.
[Jonathan Bradley]

Same deal, woke up still half drunk semi-dream state I guess and this was on and I was all like ... "What the fuck ....."

But I had to see it again. And again. Something about the demonic incessant screaming that seems like it's going to go onto infinity.

whew

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:13 pm

The first time I ever saw Genesis' Land Of Confusion, it was after very long night, during which I had consumed approximately enough LSD to kill an elephant.

Good times.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:15 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Take On Me was a reasonably gay tune, but the video was unique and groundbreaking in its day, to the point of being "cute."

So while you won't catch me getting my groove on to it, I'll begrudgingly give it its all-time props.

I was quite serious about watching it. If you really want to get your groove on, you could turn down the volume on the video, and play your WHAM!'s Greatest Hits CD.

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:46 pm

047. Fatboy Slim – “Weapon of Choice”
(Dir. Spike Jonze, 2001)

After a brief Wikipedia venture, I was elated to find that Christopher Walken actually helped choreograph his dance moves in this Fatboy Slim video. The whole thing smacks of Gene Kelly, but Walken’s dour expression, coupled with a few choice funk-inspired moves (check out his version of “Thriller” at 2:13) make the video anything but derivative. Highlights include Walken’s “I’m-gonna-git-ya!” advance toward the camera during the line “Walk without rhythm / And you won’t attract the worm,” his foray through the hall of mirrors, and the absurdist and majestic leap-into-flight from the second floor toward the end. Still, the thing that always sticks with me in this video is Walken’s depressing return to business-as-usual. The smile he sports during his romp is so unexpected and refreshing that the moment he sinks back into despondency, I can’t help but respond with empathy. It’s a strangely melancholic ending to such a silly video.

I had forgotten about this one. Christopher Walkens loopy choregraphy and grim deadpan were just so effin' weird.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:03 pm

Here's another site that features some good music...probably best to not open it at work, though.

http://www.limmy.com/playthings/xylophone/

Yeah, I'm easily entertained...

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:16 pm

during which I had consumed approximately enough LSD to kill an elephant

thanks for owning up Dins--that explains a LOT !!

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:22 pm

Oh --
Those were!!!
Crazy days alright!!!

Don't get me wrong...it still wasn't enough dose to make any of your posts entertaining.

420 · Post by **420** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:29 pm

Wolfman wrote:during which I had consumed approximately enough LSD to kill an elephant

thanks for owning up Dins--that explains a LOT !!

I use to take that shit once a week in high school to get normal... can't have teachers like you trying to program us with their bullshit now can we?

It's never to late old man.

By the way, nice find Roach.

Ah, 10cc... now that brings back some memories.

Never saw this video, but it's a fun campy tune.

Dreadlock Holiday

or this one... but the song did get me laid a lot.

I'm not in Love

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:51 pm

yup
that's the ticket--
nothing says clear thinking like
a hit of acid !!

OK

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:54 pm

420 wrote: Never saw this video, but it's a fun campy tune.
Dreadlock Holiday

Started out like the Jamaican version of Deliverance.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:01 pm

Wolfman wrote:yup
that's the ticket--
nothing says clear thinking like
a hit of acid !!

OK

psyche = mind

deloos = to manifest or to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

Human history and ergo religion is riddled with hallucinatory experiences, fasting was one method of bringing about these hallucinations.

There's a difference between use and abuse.

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:42 pm

Tom In VA wrote:There's a difference between use and abuse.

Not if you know what you're doing...

Sin,

Oh wait...nevermind.

Fuck you Morrison, that's my line! Asshole.

Did you say "What's my line? Oh, it's on, U&L bitch!

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:27 pm

Nice find. I don't agree with the rankings (no Don Henley "Boys of Summer?" in the top 20, WTF?)

RACK the FUCK out of this, btw:

The Cure - A Forest, from "In Orange" Amazing venue, in France. I've had this VHS for many years now. Still waiting for it to come out on DVD.

This vid doesn't have the sound quality of even the VHS, but check out the first 2 mins or so to at least see where they are playing. Looks like some sort of Roman ruins/facade with a theater built around it. If I had a time machine, this is one of the concerts I would be attending in 1984.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:55 am

Another underrated video ...

No. 98 on the first list.

U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:01 am

420 wrote:or this one... but the song did get me laid a lot.

I'm not in Love

That gets a RACK. Guilty pleasure for cheesebagness, ala Gary Wright, The Dream Weaver album. Roughly the same time period.