The Chris Isaak video, for one, plus lots of great hip-hop videos, I'm sure.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
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6. “Let Forever Be,” Chemical Brothers (1999)127 points/8 votes/two #1 votesDirector: Michel Gondry
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
xp "Wicked Game" was one of the 1991 nominees
― Josefa, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:05 (two years ago) link
come on, you guys
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:05 (two years ago) link
American MTV didn't even give the Kate Bush videos with movie stars in them much play.
Interesting. In my possibly distorted memory, I feel like she was constantly on Canadian TV when I was a kid, between MuchMusic and other video programmes like Video Hits? I was definitely v familiar with "Cloudbusting", also "Babooshka" and "Army Dreamers".
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:07 (two years ago) link
We need a Stephen R. Johnson DVD so everyone's brains don't get warped by "we put this on at a party and smoked weed" in 2004
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:07 (two years ago) link
Let Forever Be is incredible, the mixing and mirroring of video and practical effects is sublime - is it a technique that's ever been used anywhere else? My #3.
― ledge, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:08 (two years ago) link
The Chris Isaak single came out in July '89, and I assume the video was close behind (think I first heard the song via the video). I can see a one-year delay, but that's weird.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:09 (two years ago) link
if you read the wiki it explains its status as a delayed hit
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
Wicked Game not get attention until Wild At Heart came out. And then he had an even more delayed hit with Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing (5 years!)
― Chris L, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:12 (two years ago) link
"This Note's For You" was kind of a cool choice considering MTV refused to actually play the video. Probably should have been "Express Yourself" though
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
"Right Now" is a garbage video imo
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
i think his love for mirroring probs was best for sugar water but this is a great video
― nxd, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:15 (two years ago) link
"Express Yourself" won "Best Direction" which is usually a far, far better gauge of the Best Video of the Year anyway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award_for_Best_Direction
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:15 (two years ago) link
I'm always seeing these things through the prism of Canada's MuchMusic, and my guess is--just a guess--they were a little more flexible in what they played and when they played it. I'm sure I would have seen the Isaak video, as an example, much closer to its release date.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:16 (two years ago) link
"Drop" was my #5 because it's insane. I think I only voted for things that are "insane."
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:16 (two years ago) link
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5. “Take On Me,” A-ha (1984)136 points/12 votes/one #1 voteDirector: Steve Barron
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
Let Forever Be my number 1, a case where I love the video but the track not so much. My only regret is that it stopped me throwing Star Guitar a vote
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
Voted for two Chems videos, one I expect to place highly. Other probably not, though nothing would surprise me.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
Also, you didn't post 7 or 8, I might have some more "come on, you guys" coming, you guys
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
I understand why people voted for this, I do. It's just another one that drew a "Wow--still?" response from me. (The song was used well in a recent TV show...Might have been The Handmaid's Tale.)
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
the absence of "smalltown boy" from this poll hurts my heart
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link
I didn't rank my votes, but Let Forever Be was on my ballot for sure
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link
Jesus, my mind's just not here right now...Let me put up 7 and 8.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link
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8. “Sugar Water,” Cibo Matto (1996)120 points/9 votesDirector: Michel Gondry
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
pretty good michel gondry poll
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
Which videos won in '88, '91, & '93?
Without checking wikipedia I know 2 of these are "Losing My Religion" and "Jeremy."
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
"Sugar Water" is dope but wow wtf #8 damn yo
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
Whiney, you shoulda voted
Re: "Sugar Water" – I'm not huge on "one shot" stuff, the show-offy-ness of the technique tends to distract me (though it is a cool video)
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
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7. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” Missy Elliott (1996)126 points/10 votesDirector: Hype Williams
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
(xp although I just re-watched an ep. of "You're the Worst" in which each segment of the show is one long shot, or at least made to look that way, and it's so awesome)
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
Sorry about messing up...I'll hold off for a few minutes till #4--hopefully I can manage not to fuck up the top four.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
I’m glad people remember and like “Sugar Water.”
― Chris L, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
I didn't realize/remember how many of these Gondry directed (and I have the DVD); it's kind of insane
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:24 (two years ago) link
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Friday, March 18, 2022 11:21 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
"one shot" (with obvious edits) video i love: scarface "on my block" (which is not placing :( )
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:24 (two years ago) link
"the rain" is hype williams' first and likely only placement on the poll, and i think that sucks way more than "sledgehammer" at 11
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:25 (two years ago) link
The Busta Rhymes videos were Hype Williams’s best.
― Chris L, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
Yeah "Supa Dupa Fly" vs "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" is a close one. Invention of the form vs perfection of the form.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:30 (two years ago) link
I probably should have voted for "Woo-hah," I used to love that. My list of stuff I had intended to vote for came together so fast, I never really looked outside of that.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:32 (two years ago) link
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4. “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” Bob Dylan (1965)144 points/14 votesDirector: D.A. Pennebaker
― clemenza, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
Shoulda used the frame where he holds up the "Pavement" sign ;)
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:34 (two years ago) link
"the perfect kiss" is obv in the top three but what else
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:34 (two years ago) link
also, will the other two videos be by michel gondry
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:36 (two years ago) link
i see respect is still owed to gnr's "estranged"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:36 (two years ago) link
did janet get votesplit out of the top 40 entirely
i have so many questions
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 18 March 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link