learnedax ([personal profile] learnedax) wrote2006-10-07 12:08 am
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What's your favorite music video?

Sledgehammer? Right Now? Take on Me? Birdhouse in Your Soul? (Conveniently, everything's on YouTube to refresh your memory.)

Just please don't say Thriller. Billy Jean would be acceptable.
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[identity profile] rufinia.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Thriller scared the crap out of me. Yes, I am a huge wuss.

We didn't have cable during the days when MTV played... well, music. So my knowledge of music videos is sadly related to Pop Up Video.

[identity profile] herooftheage.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Weird Al Yankovic's Beverly Hillbillies. Not actually my favorite song of his, but the blending of live footage and animation is pretty nifty.

[identity profile] oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
I really was impressed with Take on Me when it came out, and it became my all time favourite. In more recent years, I haven't seen nearly as many videos as I did in the 80s. So, while Take on Me is still my favourite, I'll concede there may be something newer out there I'd like better, if I saw it.

[identity profile] antoniseb.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I think "Sledgehammer" really impressed me simply knowing what was involved making it. Similarly "Money for Nothing" kind of got me when it came out, as did that Michael Jackson one with all the faces blending into the next (the song was unmemorable to me (Black or White?)

Yet for some reason the ones that stick in my mind are "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo, and the concert footage of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".
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[personal profile] tpau 2006-10-07 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
i was a fan of "Black or white" and also the Take on Me one. Also liek the Whie and NErdy new one

[identity profile] gyzki.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You Can Call Me Al. Hands down, no question.

[identity profile] mpgalvin.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Run DMC - christmas in hollis

it's just a fun video.

[identity profile] msmemory.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
A-ha, "Take on Me." (Agreeing with [livejournal.com profile] oakleaf_mirror) The song isn't much, but the animation is brilliant.
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[personal profile] laurion 2006-10-07 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Thriller was actually pretty good when it came out, especially for a live action video. The animation greats in Take One Me, Sledgehammer were good too. I especially liked Dire Straits' Money For Nothing for animation though. For entertainment value, I like You Can Call Me Al. For tying in with the song itself, I like We Didn't Start The Fire.

I haven't really watched any music videos since the late 80's, maybe early 90's, so I can't comment on anything more recent, but the ones I've seen in the electronics stores do seem to be less avant-garde.

[identity profile] doozer4200.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)


My nostalgic favorite is definitely "Take On Me." I also had a great fondness for Janet Jackson's "Rythm Nation" videos (the title song, "Miss You Much." More recently, I love, love the video for Dave Matthew's Band "Everyday," because it has the greatest cameos.

But alas-- who gets to see videos anymore? @#!@ MTV doesn't play them, so you have to go online.

[identity profile] baronessv.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Right now it's UNKLE - Rabbit in Your Headlights, mostly because I watched it for the first time yesterday and was captivated.
Pretty much all the videos that came out of the Beastie Boys Ill Communication are hilarious and awesome.
Madonna has also done some great ones, including "Frozen" and "Bedtime Story"
And of course I have to give a shout out to Madlife's "I Want War", even though the song makes me insane, because it's the only music video I've ever worked on :D (I made the funky goggles worn by the doctors and the weird "science helmet" that can't be seen very well.)

[identity profile] devoken.livejournal.com 2006-10-07 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Buddy Holly by Weezer is a good one. They made the song into an episode of Happy Days. There are others in the top tier, of course, but I'm at work and really shouldn't spend lots of time going through my Launch ratings to remind myself of them.

The Good Life, also by Weezer, is great, too, but has less "hey! Check out this cool thing they did!" appeal. It just fits the song really well.
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[identity profile] alexx-kay.livejournal.com 2006-10-08 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't Come Around Here No More" -- I've always been a fan of Alice-iana :-)

[identity profile] new-man.livejournal.com 2006-10-08 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Weapon of Choice" with Christopher Walken. Fucking brilliant.
"Wild, Wild Life" by Talking Heads. Wonderful self-parody.
"Run Around" by Blues Traveler (a lovely Oz pastiche)
Anything with Robert Palmer's all-clone band
"You Can't Hurry Love" Phil Collins backing up Phil Collins.
and this one

[identity profile] londo.livejournal.com 2006-10-09 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Music comes in video form now?
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[personal profile] jducoeur 2006-10-10 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Gut reaction (could be different in ten minutes): Missionary Man. But that's in large part because I am so fond of the song...

[identity profile] oakenguy.livejournal.com 2006-10-24 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
A Million Ways by OK Go, and War Photographer by Jason Forrest.

And if two videos could be any more different, I'd like to see them.
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