- Michael Jackson: Thriller ( iconic video, MJ turns into monster dance in the street)
- Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer (brand new video technology, many effects used on this video, the artist turns into plastecine)
- A-ha: Take on Me (hand drawn animation, women sucked into comic book)
- Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (old video of band singing/performing)
- Madonna: Like a Prayer (blasphemous video which involves a Jesus like figure)
- Robbie Williams: Rock DJ (trying to catch the DJs attention by taking his clothes off, surrounded by dancers)
- Michael Jackson: Billie Jean ( song launches his career, dancing on a pavement which lights up)
- The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony (walking down a London Road and the artist not caring who he walks in to)
- Madonna: Vogue (portrays certain image, dance moves, and portrays hollywood icons)
- Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (setting fire to school, moshing, cheerleaders)
- Coldplay: The Scientist (backwards video, dramatic crash)
- Michael & Janet Jackson: Scream ( $7 million, most expensive video ever)
- Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall
- Christina Aguilera: Dirrty (highly sexualised video, to show her transformation from a child star to an adult)
- REM: Everybody Hurts (people's emotions in a traffic jam)
- OutKast: Hey Ya (60's pop show)
- Blur: Coffee & TV (tells story of milk carton)
- Beyonce: Crazy in Love (dancing in rain, sexualized)
- Madonna: Material Girl (zeitgeist, men love her giving her gifts)
- Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood (computer art)
- Queen: I Want to Break Free (acted on bands image, band dressed in drag doing household chores)
- Justin Timberlake: Cry Me a River (new dancing, stalking an ex)
- Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time (school girl scene)
- Radiohead: No Surprises (drowning, artists face shown whole way throiugh video)
- Madness: Baggy Trousers (more famous for their videos, school scene, kids run riot)
- TLC: Waterfalls (3d generated art)
- David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes (dressed as a clown, beach with black sky, very interesting abstract video)
- Foo Fighters: Learn to Fly
- Electric Six: Gay Bar (highly controversial video of Abraham Lincoln doing stereotypical gay things and dressed in bondage)
- Weezer: Buddy Holly (set in diner)
- Eminem: Stan (story of obsessive fan, dark video)
- Chris Isaak: Wicked Game (Hawaii artist and beautiful girl on beach)
- U2: The Sweetest Thing (apologizing to wife for missing anniversary, offers gifts)
- The White Stripes: Fell in Love with a Girl (expensive video made in lego)
- Sinead O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2U (emotional video, close up of artist and scenes from Paris)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Give It Away (black and white video)
- Guns N Roses: November Rain (over the top expensive video, layers upon layers, wedding scene, concert, death scene)
- Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice (famous actor begins to do a crazy dance routine in posh hotel )
- Pulp: Common People (Disco scene, shows ordinary people doing ordinary things)
- Missy Elliot: Get Ur Freak On
- The Spice Girls: Wannabe (filmed in St.Pancras hotel scene with them all disturbing the peace of the restaurant, all introduce themselves)
- Bjork: It's Oh So Quiet created by Spike Jones (tyre shop, old fashioned music video)
- Dire Straits: Money for Nothing (performing show on stage)
- Kylie Minogue: Can't Get You Out of My Head (futuristic video that is why it is so successful, futuristic cars/clothes driving through the city)
- Aerosmith: Crazy (mall scene)
- Adam & the Ants: Prince Charming (story of a ball copy of cinderella)
- The Prodigy: Firestarter
- Johnny Cash: Hurt (terminally ill man looks back at his life and looks at what he has become, uses old footage)
- Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity (moving floor)
- Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al (simple video sitting in a white room talking to us the audience)
- Run DMC & Aerosmith: Walk This Way
- Massive Attack: Teardrop (unborn baby in womb made with a lot of technology, the eyes move due to radio signal)
- Wham: Club Tropicana (extravagant filmed in a exotic location drinking cocktails in the pool)
- Daft Punk: Around the World (fancy dress)
- Fatboy Slim: Praise You ( real life video set up of people set up dancing in a cinema)
- Eminem: Without Me (micky take of batman and robyn, humorous video)
- Meatloaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
- The Cure: Close to Me (claustrophobic filmed in a cupboard)
- Abba: Knowing Me, Knowing You ( a lot of heads and faces shown from different angles, can clearly see the words being lip synced and alot of emotion on their faces)
- Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
- The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up (crazy video filmed in
- Blur: Parklife
- George Michael: Outside (contraversial video of George Michael mocking the police after his lude act in the toilet, the video shows George dressed very camp in a police mans uniform and dancing in a disco furnished toilet)
- Bjork: Human Behaviour
- Aphex Twin: Windowlicker (funny video which is a micky take of the archetype RnB video)
- Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues (holding cards with the lyriocs of the song on, this has been copied many times in different medias and is even copied by the band INXS)
- The Beastie Boys: Sabotage
- Madonna: Ray of Light (reinvented herself the video is fast forwarded to show the day and night)
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (highly contraversial video about the cold war where two world leaders are fighting to symbolise the war and surrounded by and cheered on by other nations)
- The Police: Every Breath You Take
- Bjork: All Is Full of Love (lots of visuals and technology used, turns the artist into a robot)
- Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love
- Basement Jaxx: Where's Your Head At? ( tells a story of dance music, monkies with the bands faces on)
- Wu-Tang Clan: Gravel Pit
- Duran Duran: Rio (very extravagant video filmed during the recession of the band spending lots of money and being filmed with beautiful women. Their videos are luxurious and filmed on a beach which is appealing to what all the country wanted at that moment in time)
- The Beatles: Strawberry Fields (emotional film of all members of the band)
- MC Hammer: U Can't Touch This
- Godley and Creme: Cry
- New Order: True Faith
- Radiohead: Just
- Ultravox: Vienna
- 50 Cent: In Da Club
- Shakespear's Sister: Stay
- The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays
- Sid Vicious: My Way
- The Streets: Fit But You Know It
- Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime
- Elton John: I Want Love
- Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight Tonight
- The Pet Shop Boys: Go West (cartoon people, dressed in bright outfits, very futuristic, involving statue of liberty)
- The Specials: Ghost Town
- Herbie Hancock: Rockit (dummies)
- The Rolling Stones: We Love You (tells the story of drug addiction0=)
- Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (Very dramatic)
- The Cardigans: My Favourite Game (car drive)
- So Solid Crew: 21 Seconds (the new crew have 21 seconds to introduce themeselves)
- Cornershop: Brimful of Asha (dancing to the record and the recored sleeve is repeatedly shown)
- Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy (no lip syncing involved in the whole video)
- Supergrass: Pumping on Your Stereo (fancy dress, artists dressed as giant puppets)
- Musical Youth: Pass the Dutchie (court scene story)
Monday, 4 July 2011
100 Greatest Music Videos
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