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Greatest Music Videos of the 21st Century
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"Since TOTP ended I rarely watch music videos lol" I put them on to chill but usually end up dancing around to them  | |||
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"Black hole sun, soundgarden, heart shaped box, nirvana, schism, tool and oh be still my beating heart (not to mention throbbing clit) closer, nine inch nails.. the uncut version ......" | |||
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"Thriller will never be beaten. I remember waiting in a nightclub for the UK 'release' at 1am or something, the build-up was immense. "Your right about that one.. I remember it well  | |||
"Sade ' By your side' it is a stunning video, the colours are amazing and she look incredible." Just found it on YouTube | |||
"Sade ' By your side' it is a stunning video, the colours are amazing and she look incredible. Just found it on YouTube "hope you enjoy | |||
"Black hole sun, soundgarden, heart shaped box, nirvana, schism, tool and oh be still my beating heart (not to mention throbbing clit) closer, nine inch nails.. the uncut version ...... " Surely all 20th century  | |||
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"Take on me AHA was very good" Is 1985 in the 21st century or am I in a time warp  | |||
"Take on me AHA was very good Is 1985 in the 21st century or am I in a time warp "Don't worry about that bit.. Just nice to know peoples tastes  | |||
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"Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer " Big Time and Steam were also amazing songs with equally amazing videos | |||
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"November rain. The bit where stash walks out the church and plays the guitar with his top hat on and a fag hanging out the corner of his mouth "Slash!!! Argh x | |||
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"Marlin Mansion, Tainted love is pure sex.. Great video bad song "Standard issue Hype Williams Low Ang over produced Yank video- a better example of the style is Justin Timberlakes 'Rock Your Body' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVHoHyErBQ | |||
"Marlin Mansion, Tainted love is pure sex.. Great video bad song
Standard issue Hype Williams Low Ang over produced Yank video- a better example of the style is Justin Timberlakes 'Rock Your Body'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVHoHyErBQ"overproduced.. Are you mental?? Its girls in underwear with rabbits heads on hardly overproduced | |||
"Black hole sun, soundgarden, heart shaped box, nirvana, schism, tool and oh be still my beating heart (not to mention throbbing clit) closer, nine inch nails.. the uncut version ...... Surely all 20th century "Got me! But then so are Sade and MJ  | |||
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"Marlin Mansion, Tainted love is pure sex.. Great video bad song
Standard issue Hype Williams Low Ang over produced Yank video- a better example of the style is Justin Timberlakes 'Rock Your Body'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVHoHyErBQ
overproduced.. Are you mental?? Its girls in underwear with rabbits heads on hardly overproduced "I'm talking about production, not subject. Yank videos are often way too clean and over worked in post production- a bit like a lot of Americans really | |||
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"Take on me AHA was very good Is 1985 in the 21st century or am I in a time warp "Just eat your cauliflower and let me enjoy Aha | |||
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I think QOT has given up on the 21st century anyway, yeah Aha's vid was pretty good
I'll also add :-
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH71AAxXmM
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE | |||
" Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE" Another Jonathan Glazer video, very clever use of fixed perspective camera- he's also the guy who did the Guiness 'Surfer' advert | |||
"Eminem and Dido Stan " my vote too | |||
" So? still think Thriller or Bohemian Rhapsody are the best music videos? "Thriller - frankly yes. I have looked at all the links you posted, and as a former creative director myself I still hold the same _iew. You were only 10 of course when Thriller came out, so way too young to have partaken in the immense buzz it created, or have any memory of the direct impact it had upon you and your peers. It was huge, and for that reason, and the phenomenal sales 'success' that followed that went to demonstrate the truth of the worldwide impact of both the track and the video, I still do not think it will ever be matched. I can appreciate the 'Heath Robinson' one take video and the mesmerising nature of Bjork's, but neither have even a tiny a fraction of the impact that Thriller had. We all love different videos for different reasons because of their impact and association for us, not just a 'professional opinion' on the skill of their making. This, for instance is one of my favourites of recent years, not only for it's simplicity, and the fact that it employed two of my favourite dancers, but mostly for those two 'looks' that were captured. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiViJkz10nw | |||
" So? still think Thriller or Bohemian Rhapsody are the best music videos?
Thriller - frankly yes. I have looked at all the links you posted, and as a former creative director myself I still hold the same _iew.
You were only 10 of course when Thriller came out, so way too young to have partaken in the immense buzz it created, or have any memory of the direct impact it had upon you and your peers. It was huge, and for that reason, and the phenomenal sales 'success' that followed that went to demonstrate the truth of the worldwide impact of both the track and the video, I still do not think it will ever be matched.
I can appreciate the 'Heath Robinson' one take video and the mesmerising nature of Bjork's, but neither have even a tiny a fraction of the impact that Thriller had.
We all love different videos for different reasons because of their impact and association for us, not just a 'professional opinion' on the skill of their making. This, for instance is one of my favourites of recent years, not only for it's simplicity, and the fact that it employed two of my favourite dancers, but mostly for those two 'looks' that were captured.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiViJkz10nw"It'll never be matched because it occurred at a unique moment when MTV was born and the internet and having 100's or even 1000's of channels available 24/7 365 on demand anywhere was just a distant dream, plus the music industry was an entirely different animal and the budgets were ridiculous and the music video was still finding its feet and reserved for the big boys and those the industry deemed financially viable- now you can get a half decent video made for less than a grand by advertising on various sites as every media student has their oen camera or access to some really good kit and the desire to build a portfolio, so they'll work for nothing. trying to compare then to now is pointless and its not really an indication of is the video good, more did it stand out at the time and did it have a 7 figure production and marketing budget. I certainly wouldn't call the 24 hour time lapse with its meticulous planning 'Heath Robinson', its not like you can just pop outside with your camera phone and knock out a similar thing with 5 minutes planning? | |||
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" So? still think Thriller or Bohemian Rhapsody are the best music videos?
Thriller - frankly yes. I have looked at all the links you posted, and as a former creative director myself I still hold the same _iew.
You were only 10 of course when Thriller came out, so way too young to have partaken in the immense buzz it created, or have any memory of the direct impact it had upon you and your peers. It was huge, and for that reason, and the phenomenal sales 'success' that followed that went to demonstrate the truth of the worldwide impact of both the track and the video, I still do not think it will ever be matched.
I can appreciate the 'Heath Robinson' one take video and the mesmerising nature of Bjork's, but neither have even a tiny a fraction of the impact that Thriller had.
We all love different videos for different reasons because of their impact and association for us, not just a 'professional opinion' on the skill of their making. This, for instance is one of my favourites of recent years, not only for it's simplicity, and the fact that it employed two of my favourite dancers, but mostly for those two 'looks' that were captured.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiViJkz10nw"thriller is SHITE pure shite the "video" was a joke the more money you got supposbly the better video cant disagree more plus bohemia rhapsody was also shite alot of cheep video effects on a dodgy song.. | |||
" So? still think Thriller or Bohemian Rhapsody are the best music videos?
Thriller - frankly yes. I have looked at all the links you posted, and as a former creative director myself I still hold the same _iew.
You were only 10 of course when Thriller came out, so way too young to have partaken in the immense buzz it created, or have any memory of the direct impact it had upon you and your peers. It was huge, and for that reason, and the phenomenal sales 'success' that followed that went to demonstrate the truth of the worldwide impact of both the track and the video, I still do not think it will ever be matched.
I can appreciate the 'Heath Robinson' one take video and the mesmerising nature of Bjork's, but neither have even a tiny a fraction of the impact that Thriller had.
We all love different videos for different reasons because of their impact and association for us, not just a 'professional opinion' on the skill of their making. This, for instance is one of my favourites of recent years, not only for it's simplicity, and the fact that it employed two of my favourite dancers, but mostly for those two 'looks' that were captured.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiViJkz10nw
thriller is SHITE pure shite the "video" was a joke the more money you got supposbly the better video cant disagree more plus bohemia rhapsody was also shite alot of cheep video effects on a dodgy song.. "To be fair to the director of BR, it was a last minute thing as Queen were due on a big tour and unavailable for shows like TOTP so the video was shoehorned into the band schedule. And it was the 70's so visual effects were pretty minimal without having huge pots of cash and time to plan and implement it | |||
"Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Big Time and Steam were also amazing songs with equally amazing videos "Steam is brilliant, love the vid, love the song (miss) | |||
" It'll never be matched because it occurred at a unique moment when MTV was born........... " Exactly my point, at the time it was momentous, and that 'greatness' has never been equalled IMO. And I was not dissing the Heath Robinson, on the contrary it was the one I watched right through. Just not in the same league as Thriller IMO. | |||
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" It'll never be matched because it occurred at a unique moment when MTV was born........... Exactly my point, at the time it was momentous, and that 'greatness' has never been equalled IMO. And I was not dissing the Heath Robinson, on the contrary it was the one I watched right through. Just not in the same league as Thriller IMO." but that was my point, you can't judge one against the other on unequal terms. you can judge them equally on artistic merit, inventiveness, suitability to the music/narrative....things that don't change. Thriller might have been bigger than most other music videos but it was little more than a big budget extension of John Carpenters previous production, An American Werewolf in London- he was just given a film budget for a music video which is too often overlooked. Now if he'd managed to knock that out on a £5-10k budget which is about average for a music video now (outside of the 1Direction/Elbow/Kylie type acts which average around the £30-60K range) it might have been more impressive. | |||
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Pure wank material  | |||
" but that was my point, you can't judge one against the other on unequal terms. you can judge them equally on artistic merit, inventiveness, suitability to the music/narrative....things that don't change. Thriller might have been bigger than most other music videos but it was little more than a big budget extension of John Carpenters previous production, An American Werewolf in London- he was just given a film budget for a music video which is too often overlooked. Now if he'd managed to knock that out on a £5-10k budget which is about average for a music video now (outside of the 1Direction/Elbow/Kylie type acts which average around the £30-60K range) it might have been more impressive." But thread was 'greatest', not best value for money or anything else!! | |||
