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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:37 am
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
If the fuggin' Eagles or Meat Loaf cracks the top 10 in anything, is it even worth scrolling any further?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:42 am
by Mississippi Neck
I was thinking the same thing about BOudejwin De Groot
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:50 am
by Ken
I haven't had the composure to clicky clicky. I'm still in awe of Jack's enthralling commentary on the top 100.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:33 am
by Fat Bones
Thanks Roach, nice find.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:13 am
by Mikey
Second. Great find.
Only this should be #1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zAUcfGx21w
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:02 am
by Fat Bones
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:03 pm
by Cornhusker
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:28 pm
by Goober McTuber
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:16 pm
by AJ
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:20 pm
by Felix
Money for Nothing at 314......
bullshit, it was at least top 100.....
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:37 pm
by Wolfman
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:12 pm
by quacker backer
this list sucks
Sincerely
Marcus Allen
Music Critic at Large
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:32 pm
by Dinsdale
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:01 pm
by Jay in Phoenix
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
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:07 pm
by Goober McTuber
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:27 pm
by Dinsdale
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:49 pm
by Tom In VA
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
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:13 pm
by Dinsdale
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:15 pm
by Goober McTuber
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:46 pm
by Jay in Phoenix
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:03 pm
by Dinsdale
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...
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:16 pm
by Wolfman
during which I had consumed approximately enough LSD to kill an elephant
thanks for owning up Dins--that explains a LOT !!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:22 pm
by Dinsdale
Oh --
Those were!!!
Crazy days alright!!!
Don't get me wrong...it still wasn't enough dose to make any of your posts entertaining.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:29 pm
by 420
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
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:51 pm
by Wolfman
yup
that's the ticket--
nothing says clear thinking like
a hit of acid !!
OK
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:54 pm
by Tom In VA
Started out like the Jamaican version of Deliverance.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:01 pm
by Tom In VA
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:42 pm
by Jay in Phoenix
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!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:27 pm
by RadioFan
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:55 am
by RadioFan
Another underrated video ...
No. 98 on the first list.
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:01 am
by RadioFan
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.