Shannon was so big in Miami that LTMP's third single earned airplay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSaOxK_kTKU
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 March 2022 13:54 (two years ago) link
I hope nobody minds this digression, but the Shannon talk reminds me that Miami had a freestyle station before the legendary Power 96, namely WHQT Hot 105. That was where you heard Shannon in 1985 (I was a high school listener). In about the summer of 1986 the two stations traded formats, with Power 96 assuming the freestyle sovereignty all the way to the end of the era.
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:02 (two years ago) link
I have some physio at 10:40, but I'll post the first couple before I leave--I'll pick up again around 11:30.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:06 (two years ago) link
https://phildellio.tripod.com/video-40.jpg
40. “Jocko Homo,” Devo (1977)56 points/6 votes Director: Chuck Statler
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:07 (two years ago) link
Images were much harder for me this time than with previous polls I've done. Neil Young and Yo La Tengo were easy. The two film polls (discounting an early one, when I didn't put any thought into them), road films and political films, even when I hadn't seen something, I had a reasonably good sense of the film to pick something that worked. (I remember not having a clue about the John Landis film Into the Night--that was the rare exception.)
There are a lot of videos among these 40 I'd never seen before. And--I'll say stuff like this periodically, and it's never directed at people who voted for them--there are a number I don't like. So I'm sure with some of them, if it's a video you love, you won't care for the image; I'll have missed whatever it is that makes the video memorable for you. (I would skim those videos quickly, but I didn't have the patience to watch them all.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:11 (two years ago) link
i kinda dig that they're gonna be thumbnails with youtube UI included
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:12 (two years ago) link
― Josefa,
Excellent post. Hot 105 exists as the adult R&B station; these days I occasionally tune in for the quiet storm show.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:13 (two years ago) link
(xpost) That was something that looked good to me, and I figure 97% of video viewing now happens on YouTube anyway; the two have basically verged. (I have one Vimeo image for the one Björk video I couldn't get on YouTube here.)
And, of course, not cropping that stuff out was easier, and also keeps the original ratio there.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:16 (two years ago) link
Verged = merged...
https://phildellio.tripod.com/video-39.jpg
39. “When I’m with You,” Sparks (1979)57 points/4 votes/one #1 voteDirector: Brian Grant
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:18 (two years ago) link
Devo restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk1DNzg0LWs
― billstevejim, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:20 (two years ago) link
sorry i'm bad at remember how not to embed lol
― billstevejim, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:21 (two years ago) link
I suppose the first two define the earliest days of video--be as weird as possible. I very much doubt that Brian Grant and Chuck Statler, when they directed these, ever thought anyone would be looking up their names in 2022.
(Not a big Devo fan, but I did vote for "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize," primarily because of how much I love the song.)
Back in an hour.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:21 (two years ago) link
Ah, sorry I missed that--that version looks much cleaner. (The not-clean version does look more primitive, though, which is apropos.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:22 (two years ago) link
i hadn't seen either of these but they're fantastic, particularly the sparks video
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
Damn, I meant to include non-embedded links in the info...I'll start doing that when I get back.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
i didn't realize i'd seen the music video for "jocko homo," but now i'm realizing that i saw it as part of a short film called 'devo-lution,' which i saw during college at an ann arbor film festival. it's an incredible amount of fun, and the "jocko homo" part is definitely the highlight. would've voted for it if i'd known it was a free-standing video
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
Shannon was so big in Miami that LTMP's _third_ single earned airplay.📹
I hope nobody minds this digression, but the Shannon talk reminds me…
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:34 (two years ago) link
seeing Sparks tomorrow, never seen this before. thanks, Clemenza!
― bulb after bulb, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
"Jocko Homo" was one of the first videos I saw as a kid, probably on the pioneering CityTV program The New Music, which predated MTV. It's amazingly grotesque, even from the perspective of the 70s, but I prefer the faster album version of the song too much to vote for this version.Though I'm a Sparks fan, I hadn't heard "When I'm With You" till this year. I voted for it just for Ron's smile.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:45 (two years ago) link
I forgot about the Sparks ventriloquist video. It's a bummer how much 80s Russel Mael looks like Tucker Carlson.
― Chris L, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link
Wow, I voted for both of these. I was the #1 vote for Sparks. A somewhat strategic boost!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
Interesting too that the countdown begins with two brother acts!
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 March 2022 14:59 (two years ago) link
First two placings suggest a really fun rollout, I'm here for this
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
That Devo doc containing the "Jocko Homo" video is, curiously/appropriately, included on the Criterion disc of Island of Lost Souls (1932).
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:06 (two years ago) link
i kinda like the slowed version of “jocko” from the video
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:06 (two years ago) link
https://phildellio.tripod.com/video-38.jpg
38. “Relax,” Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1983)57 points/7 votesDirector: Bernard Rose
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yem_iEHiyJ0
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:16 (two years ago) link
One I do remember, and "Two Tribes." I like the long "Relax" sequence in De Palma's Body Double (pretty sure Holly Johnson appears).
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:18 (two years ago) link
xps also a voter for Jocko Homo, could have voted for all of those early Devo videos, arresting genius.
a partial Chuck Statler videography (he doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry, wth?):
1976 Devo: Jocko Homo (Music Video)1976 Devo: The Truth About De-Evolution (Short)1976 Devo: Secret Agent Man1977 Suicide Commandos: Burn it Down1978 Devo: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Music Video)1979 Devo: The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise (Music Video)1979 Elvis Costello & The Attractions: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (Music Video)1979 Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Oliver's Army (Music Video)1979 Madness: One Step Beyond (Music Video)1979 Nick Lowe: Cruel to Be Kind (Music Video)1980 Devo: Whip It 1980 Elvis Costello & The Attractions: High Fidelity (Music Video)1980 Elvis Costello & The Attractions: I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down (Music Video)1980 Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Love for Tender (Music Video)1980 The Cars: Panorama (Music Video)1980 The J. Geils Band: Love Stinks (Music Video)1981 Devo: Beautiful World 1981 Devo: The Men Who Make the Music (Video)1981 The Time: Cool (Music Video)1983 Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Let Them All Talk (Music Video)
― bulb after bulb, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:21 (two years ago) link
fuck, why didn't i vote for "relax"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
why not link the videos?
― beepy fridges (sic), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
Get this: my parents didn't get cable until 2000. Growing up, I depended on Friday Night Videos and my friends.
Get this: I've never had cable.
― beepy fridges (sic), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:25 (two years ago) link
At least a half-dozen of those got votes.
I like the screenshots better--whatever polls I've done, the fun I have creating the images are really the main reason. You can click on the link easily enough if you want to watch the video.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:26 (two years ago) link
https://phildellio.tripod.com/video-37.jpg
37. “Human Behaviour,” Björk (1993)58 points/7 votesDirector: Michel Gondry
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0mRIhK9seg
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:27 (two years ago) link
how many times do y'all think gondry will place on this poll
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
123
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link
The answer to that question...amazed me.
I might have had some dim awareness before starting this that Björk was considered an important video artist. But because her music has never meant anything to me, the videos haven't either. Think I may have seen this one once--I vaguely remember the giant insects--the other two that placed, never.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
i think i was avoiding putting gondry on my ballot bc i knew he'd be overrepresented here and then i belatedly realized he did the chemical brothers video i voted for ("star guitar")
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
"star guitar" is the greatest visual representation of how it feels like the landscape syncs up with the music in your headphones when you're staring out the window of a train
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:32 (two years ago) link
Never seen that Sparks video - otherwise not surprised by the first few results.
You mind bolding the text in the results entries, clemenza? Helps for those of us with images turned off, thanks
― Vinnie, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
I can do that, yes--you mean the text right under the image, right?
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:40 (two years ago) link
https://phildellio.tripod.com/video-35b.jpg
35. “Just,” Radiohead (1995)59 points/5 votesDirector: Jamie Thraves
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
https://phildellio.tripod.com/video-35a.jpg
35. “Money for Nothing,” Dire Straits (1985)59 points/5 votesDirector: Steve Barron
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0
I prefer the G-rated laser-version "Relax" video just for the close-up of Paul Rutherford going "Ooh Yeah! Ooh Yeah!"
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
eww
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
First tie.
I was really surprised the Dire Straits video showed up. Again, no criticism of anyone who voted for it...I thought, if nothing else, the one line would have kept it out. I had an antipathy to it long before that became a story. I can't get past the song itself, and there was always something kind of, I don't know, self-serving about the concept for both the artist and MTV.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
the computer graphics were the attraction to me as a kid, moreso than the song. didn't vote for it though. my version of voting for "money for nothing" was voting for "right now"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:49 (two years ago) link
the one line would have kept it out
Yeah, how did they get away with "blister on your thumb"?!?
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:49 (two years ago) link
i mean, the video came out two years before i was born but it still looked kinda cool whenever i ended up seeing it (prob around '98, pop-up video?) xp
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
Unfortunately I can't remember how 'groundbreaking' the money for nothing video seemed to 12 year old me, but I threw it a vote, guess I forgot about the one line.
― ledge, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
Bob Roberts did it a few years after INXS iirc
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
The Maxell advert is one of the best TV adverts of all time. There’s another one which uses Desmond Dekker’s ‘Israelites’ along same lines to diminishing returns.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 18:55 (two years ago) link
That would be this, then. As with “Into The Valley”, I could never hear the track the same way again.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KShjB5jyjM
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 23:57 (two years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lucero
realized while watching the video for the odb remix of "woo-hah got you all in check" that i love this dude's work, always creative if on a more modest level than say a hype williams, sucks he died so young. tha alkaholiks video he did ("the next level") is pretty much as good as "'93 til infinity"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 15:11 (two years ago) link
oh yeah thats a good videography. he loved him some contrast.
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 18:38 (two years ago) link
kush is a GREAT video
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 18:39 (two years ago) link
this one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5xJBKVGTGs
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
always loved the song/video for xzibit's "paparazzi"
xp lol
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
this is making me want to do a poll for just hip-hop music videos
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 20:45 (two years ago) link
would participate
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 March 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
after i finished my ballot i made a youtube playlist of it, then i had the bright idea to expand it to 100 places, so here's the finished product:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRIBtlBJdQ_IZV5yzhr1MnbzHhjbes9-
pretty proud of it, very rewarding project! i've wanted to do something like this since youtube first came into existence and now a majority of the videos have hd upgrades
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 March 2022 16:20 (two years ago) link
that link doesn't work because of the weird hyphen at the end, so here's the real link:
brad's all-time top 100 favorite music videos ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 March 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
Good selecting. I'm happy anyone else has seen and loves "Y Control."
― billstevejim, Thursday, 24 March 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
nice brad! lots of crossover with my favs
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Thursday, 24 March 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
Totally forgot something I'm almost certain I would have voted for: Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard." I think it was made a couple of years after Graceland; it starts with Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie. When Mickey Mantle shows up, it's as sublime a moment as Paul McCartney in "They Don't Know"--obviously Paul Simon's dream as a kid, to be pitching to Mickey Mantle, and suddenly there he is. Near the end, another sports icon.
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 March 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
I didn't vote in the Broadcast poll, because I really only remember (and love) "Echo's Answer," but I wish I'd known about this for the video poll.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEz1eZmUco
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 June 2022 01:03 (two years ago) link
AV Club predictably making some eye rolling choices. https://www.avclub.com/50-greatest-music-videos-ranked-1850820669/slides/52
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:42 (one year ago) link
Very quickly scanning, but yeah. If you could generate a Masterpiece Theatre equivalent of a greatest-videos list, this would be it. (Which is not to imply that most of the famous ones here are boring but good--they're boring and bad.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link