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What’s your favourite music video clip?

May 20th 2008 22:59
With the proliferation of music video clips – my mind can’t help but hark back to the very first screening of MTV when I was a teen and of course the now iconic “Video Killed The Radio Star” soundtrack by the Buggles.

Since then of course – up and coming performers have come and gone - but their music clips live on.




From Robert Palmer and his “Simply Irresistable” clip in the early 80’s through to Jamiroquai’s, "Virtual Insanity", Radio Head’s “Just” and my personal favourite , Christopher Walken and Fat Boy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice”, there have been some absolute classics.

Sure – Michael Jackson went a ‘little’ over the top with “Thriller” – and Basement Jaxx might not be quite your cuppa tea – but you’ve gotta take your hat off to those who help visualize the airwaves.
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Comment by Journeywoman

May 20th 2008 23:17


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My personal favourite is Jack Johnson's Sitting Waiting Wishing clip, where everything is done backwards. It's really clever and visually appealing too.

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 20th 2008 23:20


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Journeywoman

I'll check it out. Jack Johnson's a fav in our house - due mostly to his laid back nature and penchant for the surf.

Cheers and thanks for the tip

MNG

Comment by Ayda

May 20th 2008 23:24


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Great topic... Hmm too many videos to count but some of them are:

Fade Out (Street Spirit) - Radiohead
Frozen - Madonna
Love Can Damage Your Health - Télépopmusik
All Is Full Of Love - Björk
Butterfly Caught - Massive Attack
Has Anybody Seen My Baby - Rolling Stones
Pagan Poetry - Björk
Bachelorette - Björk
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
So Pure - Alanis Morissette
Androgyny - Garbage
Keep It In The Closet - Michael Jackson

I'll cut it short here ...

Comment by Damo

May 20th 2008 23:39
Fanfare for the Common Man - Emison Lake and Palmer.
Fade to Grey
Wild Boys - Duran Duran
I Always Close My Eyes - I can't remember who?
Pressure - Billy Jole

Unfortunately these days they seem to be a little bland and less imaginative.

Comment by JohnDoe

May 20th 2008 23:39


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Hi MNG,

Haven't had time to comment on your site for a while, how are things going?

As for music videos The Jackson 5's "Can you Feel It" blew me away as a young un'

Duran Duran's Girls on Film needs a mention too because of its ummm appeal

The Beastie Boys "Sabotage' clip is insane.

Massive Attack's Protection also jumps to mind...tons more but that is three I really dig.

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 20th 2008 23:42


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Hey Ayda

This is going to be sooo much fun checking all these out.

. . . and suprisingly - think there may be more to come!

Boy - certainly beats wading through the crappy stuff - straight to the top shelf I say!

Thanks for the tips.

MNG

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 20th 2008 23:44


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Damo

Only played Emerson Lake and Palmer on my radio program last night - what a co-incidence!

Didn't realise they even had a vid clip - must check it out.

Fade to Grey and Duran Duran - wow - you are an 80's child.

Just waiting for someone to suggest we all start wearing 'Relax' and 'Choose Life' T's next

Cheers

MNG

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 20th 2008 23:46


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Hey JD

Thanks for popping by.

No apologies necessary old boy. Will definitely check these out though. Girls on Film did take my eye when it was first screened way back when.

Hope to be able to make it to the Dolphin and catch up.

Cheers

MNG

Comment by James Rickard

May 21st 2008 00:47


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Wow--great topic! Beastie Boy vids usually crack me up. The Rolling Stones' Undercover (an oldie) was like a movie and really got into that Miami Vice theme/era.

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 00:58


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G'day James

Ouch - the mere mention of Miami Vice sends a pastel jacket and loafer (sans socks) shiver down my spine.

Totally agree about the Beastie Boys though.

Thanks buddy

Comment by Geoff Egan

May 21st 2008 01:18


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Even though I've thought of so many more, I'm sticking with my first reaction

Do the Evolution - Pearl Jam

Awesome clip.

Interstella 5555 which is the movie to Daft Punk's album Discovery is pretty sweet now that I think about it

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 01:26


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Geoff

Nice choice with Pearl Jam - though I have to admit to not being offay with Interstella 5555 - but it's on the list . . . !

Thanks champion.

MNG

Comment by Bryn

May 21st 2008 02:09


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Windowlicker - Aphex Twin
The Chauffeur - Duran Duran
Vienna - Ultravox
Praise Me - Fatboy Slim
Scream - Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

... just to name a few.


Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 02:43


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Bryn

Ultravox and Vienna takes me back a few years - good choice.

Windowlicker and The Chaffeur I'll have to check out.

Always a pleasure.

MNG

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 21st 2008 04:26


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i cant believe noone has said Britney Spears "Toxic"! haha

also Soundgardens "Black Hole Sun" (the plastic smiling people melting) and Blind Melons "No Rain" (the bee girl)

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 04:47


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Hey there Morgan

Me either! Also can't believe no one has gone with the Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown clip or Stayin Alive. Crimes against humanity.

Soundgardens clip always reminded me of the Michael Jackson video where people morphed into one another - don't ask me why.

Must check out the Blind Melons clip though.

Stay well.

MNG


Comment by Jarrah

May 21st 2008 05:23


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SO many.

I love Foo Fighters 'LEarn to FLy' classic funny stuff.

AN any 80's hairband clip.
JBJ - Blaze of Glory...

- Jarrah

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Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 05:26


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Jarrah

No arguments with the Foo Fighters.

Hmmm - let me see - guess that means you're a fan of a Flock of Seagulls - huh - followed closely by Hazee Fantazee?

Cheers

MNG

Comment by Kim L

May 21st 2008 05:36


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Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' was a good one.. so was Regurgitator's 'Black Bugs'...

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 05:47


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Howya doin Kim L

It was a shame Peter Gabriel kinda went a little off the tracks musically and emotionally after Sledgehammer - but it was certainly a good last hurrah.

The animinations and computer work in Black Bugs was pretty cool from memory - and pretty colourful.

Cheers

MNG

Comment by RubySoho

May 21st 2008 05:53


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I second John Doe with the Beastie Boys Sabotage, directed by Sophia Copolla. Also, Michel Gondry directing Kylie Minogue on the streets of Paris in Come Into My World. And Spike Jonez's tribute to 'Happy Days' with Weezer's Buddy Holly. (What's with these homies dissing my girl?).



Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 06:07


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Ruby

Keep em comin'.

I must be the most backward of music video watchers.

I'll add all these to the list tonight. Boy you guys are certainly aficionados!

Cheers

MNG

Comment by tlcorbin

May 21st 2008 06:23
The Holly Dolly Song by Ms Hippo MNG, yea, that's the one.

Raven

Comment by Jarrah

May 21st 2008 06:53


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I said HAirband
not gayband

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 06:58


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Raven

Ranks right up there with that damned Crazy Frog thang!

Double ouch!

Cheers champion

MNG

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 07:00


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Jarrah

Oopps




Comment by Morgan Bell

May 21st 2008 07:12


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hang on ive got more . . .

Fatboy Slims "Weapon Of Choice" where Christopher Walken dances around

Paula Abduls "Opposites Attract" where she has a duet with a cartoon

Billy Oceans "Get Out Of My Dreams" also goes half cartoon with fishes swimming around him

Chers "If I Could Turn Back Time" straddling the navy cannon

Billy Joels "We Didnt Start The Fire" where he sums up all the events of modern history in one room

i hope you know this post has caused me to play bad 80s film clips all arvo lol

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 07:15


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Morgan

Fatboy (see my post) was right up as a personal fav - Walken is outrageously good.

Now as for Cher - and the phallic nature of the whole cannon thing . . . I think there's real issues here.

And ain't it fun checking em all out!

Great to have you call on by.

MNG

Comment by RubySoho

May 21st 2008 07:18


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we didn't start the fire...when i was in my early teens, if you knew all the words to that song, you were almost as cool as if you knew all the words to that Macdonalds ad "ill have a big mac, quarter pounder, fillet o' fish...."

and that's all i can remember.

but i love that line "jfk, blown away, what else do i have to say?"

just cracks me up for some reason. what a way to summarise the death of one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century.

nothing, billy. don't say anything...

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 21st 2008 08:10


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haha Ruby i was just watching it on youtube and finding the whole thing pretty shocking! i dont even know the point of that song? but i loved it at the time!

oh no MNG you DID already say "Weapon Of Choice" and i somehow overlooked it . . . my reading skills are going seriously downhill! lol

it is an absolute classic though hey! i heard Christopher Walken didnt even know who the band were when he was approached about the project . . . i love Walken, hes a cool dude!

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May 21st 2008 08:37


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Call me horney if you want. But I like that Ta To film clip with the two girls kissing. it seems hot.

Comment by Cheryl J

May 21st 2008 08:59


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There are so many really good ones out there. I love the cuteness of Bjork's It's Oh So Quiet. Plus it was directed by Spike Jonze!

Comment by Damo

May 21st 2008 09:30
I left off one by mistake.

Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel (the concert version)

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 13:14


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Ruby

Must be old - but never really thought much of the song - clever as it was - and the clip - well a nice 3 minute history lesson.

Judging by the public acclaim - I'd say I was in the minority.

Cheers

MNG

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 13:17


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Morgan

I was at a trivia night just last weekend - and guess what came onto the big screen - yep . . .

. . . and guess who know the tune, the artist and the actor.

Yay for me!

Hmmm - that's a little pathetic isn't it?

LYW

MNG


Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 13:18


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Peter

I'll reserve judgement til I take a good look

Cheers

MNG

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 13:19


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Damo

Shock the Monkey - now that takes me back.

Dug that one up from the recesses of your mind - nice work.

MNG

Comment by Damo

May 21st 2008 13:21
Peter Gabriel swing on a rope over the audience.
That was pretty cool.

Comment by RubySoho

May 21st 2008 13:32


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MNG, I was young and susceptible to peer pressure.

Morgan, you loved it at the time? Weren't you like 6 or something?

It is actually a pretty clever song, I think the point is that the overall fate of the human race was determined long before anyone who is alive today was born. Humans seem condemned to make the same mistakes over and over. We inherited a mess and a mess we will pass onto our children.

Basically we are screwed. But somehow in the midst of war and tragedy we find a way to live and take comfort in celebrity, art, sport, literature etc.

Dunno, that's what i get out of it. i just watched the video for the first time in almost two decades. How funny is he when he turns the table over?

I love how it's "rock n' roll and cola wars" that tip him over the edge.

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 21st 2008 14:15


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haha ruby actually i was eight and a half . . . i was a child genius and i was always rockn out to rage!

OH I KNOW!!!! turning the table over was so funny . . . did you cringe? its so bad its good!

a cheery little tune isnt it . . .


MNG that is probably one of the nerdier things ive heard today . . . oh wait i just acknowledged i rocked out to rage as a toddler and have been watching billy joel all arvo . . . i think i may go watch it again right now . . .

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 22:37


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Ruby/Morgan

Could be worse.

You could admit to being soooo old that you occasionally watched 'Countdown' and Molly Meldrum - oops - did I let that slip?

OUch!

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 21st 2008 22:39


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Damo

Anyone swinging over an audience with a rope is pretty cool.

Cheers buddy

Comment by Cibbuano

May 22nd 2008 03:15


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I don't think this is a real music video - it's just a fanmade one, but it's one of the greatest dance compilations I've seen - all taken from Soul Train:

The Sound of Philly

yes, that's MC Hammer and Rosie Perez. Wild!

Comment by Cibbuano

May 22nd 2008 03:22


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ah, I just finished watching that clip again. It makes me want to dance right now, and the women are so incredibly sensual. I'd love to recreate it...

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 22nd 2008 04:07


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If you can dream it . . . you can make it happen!

Now, who said that again?


Comment by Mr Nice Guy

May 24th 2008 12:30


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Mis

Just returned from the rugby - Waratahs (NSW) vs the Sharks (Sth Africa) so looking for a little mellowing out.

Will check out these - though might pass on Cyndi Lauper if you don't mind - not quite my cuppa tea.


Comment by Anonymous

July 1st 2008 13:41
This is one of my all-time faves:

Laibach - Life is Life

Comment by Two Guys Sports

July 10th 2008 09:11


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LOL, OK, I can't believe with this place being mostly Australian that I (the one sitting in the middle of America...seriously I am about 100 miles from the very center.) am the first one to say most of Men At Work's videos should be on the list. Probably leaning toward Be Good Johnny or Down Under being at the top of their list.

Also, I am going with the ones that were at the "cutting edge" of the music video era.

Almost all Duran Duran videos, Van Halen(Hot For Teacher (Which by the way was one of my wedding songs, I married a 4th grade teacher. Sadly she wouldn't get married in an outfit like Wayne Gretzky's wife wore in that video.)Panama, Dreams, Right Now), David Lee Roth solo stuff (Going Crazy, Yankee Rose). Many hairdbands on the list. Especially anything by Def Leppard. Headbangers Ball ruled! Metallica's, "One". That morphing Michael JAckson video you mentioned, Black or White. "She's A Beauty" by The Tubes.
Lick It Up by KISS (no makeup debut, even if it was just Vinnie Vincent, and Eric Carr instead of Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss.)

and I leave you while flipping cue cards with random things written on them to the ground, as I am also the first to mention INXS videos.

Gene

Comment by Lilla

September 4th 2008 23:57


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Hi MNG,

Gosh I don;t know if it's just my age or what? Perhaps it all began back in the late 80's when I first switched the TV off and stopped watching the Satruday monring music video clips regularly ... but for me there are no more good ones left.

The few times I have switched the TV on to "catch up' on trends (no use being out of touch completely), *chuckle* well you tell me...? each song is represented by a mini porn film, often with no bearing ont he actual lyrics or meaning of the music at all???

What's with that?

..and no it;s not just me, my teenagers don't like that stuff either.

Maybe we are just weird, but Thriller did just that, at least (back then) they tried to make music cinematically interesting and mentally stimulating?

Video certainly killed the music in my eyes, and especially Crap... oops I mean wrap. Yo bro, shake it shake it, baby putti' that ting in dere, baby, baby grabbin' your booty...

Yuk.!

Lilla ...

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if you take a look back to a time when music video's were a relatively new idea, I think the two artists that come to my mind are Kate Bush and David Bowie. I love Kate Bush's "running up the hill" and "sat in your lap". she was amazing. As for Bowie, I love the clip to "john I'm only dancing" and "life on mars". I think he was way ahead of his time.

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