Most of these I voted for; some of them, I merely listed as "honorable mentions" instead; some of them, I included on "top 5" lists long after there wasn't even a "music video" category anymore. The ones I voted for that everybody already knows about (e.g. "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth, "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot, etc.) I'm not including. Use these however you want to.
1985:
Fat Boys, "Hardcore Reggae"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vJd3O8EsIlY
Kurtis Blow, "America"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oigj_CvkMkw
Fishbone, "? (Modern Industry)"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YF5RVIrm8go
Ricky Skaggs, "Country Boy"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DguJbzeYS4o
― xhuxk, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)
Don't have any late '80s ballots handy just this second; sorry.
1991:
Precious Metal, "Mr. Big Stuff"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9SyPL09pJq8
Milli Vanilli, Carefree Sugarless Gum commercial
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-shhtEfEWv0
Kix, "Girl Money"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eivyAnydJ5E
― xhuxk, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)
1992:
Calo, "Ponte Atento"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=91DE-JKjohM
Celine Dion, "Love Can Move Mountains"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Y1BxrVB_bk
Sawyer Brown, "Some Girls Do"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=netcxjaDFP8
― xhuxk, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:30 (seventeen years ago)
1993:
Gloria Trevi, "Con Los Ojos Cerrados"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AW4WYBo01CU
(otherwise I just voted for Aerosmith/Dr. Dre/Blind Melon videos that year, how boring)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:35 (seventeen years ago)
1995
Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi, "A Cidade"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VTIC1bWPNjg
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, "Mal Bicho"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wctrVAyefms
Fey, "Media Naranja"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BbEggDNxenA
Mary Chapin Carpenter, "House of Cards"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=i2LFUqK7I5U
― xhuxk, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:40 (seventeen years ago)
did someone cover that Sawyer Brown song recently? Because I've been hearing it a bunch on the radio lately. Though maybe they're playing Country Stampede this year (my current town's big music festival) and that's why it's local new country radio again; haven't checked (too expensive to go).
― Euler, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:42 (seventeen years ago)
1997:
Kid Frost, "La Familia"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P0YmAsTtb6c
Green Day, "Walking Contradiction"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OPYKZCVRBBk
Coolio, "1 2 3 4 (Sumpin' New)"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oNj3IFkKCOw
Nada Surf, "Popular"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P8g_wavcFR4
Dwight Yoakam, "Sorry You Asked"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RGOGNMtSM-w
Selena, "I'm Getting Used To You"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wrfmY8-7yY
― xhuxk, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:47 (seventeen years ago)
Oops, that was 1996.
This is 1997:
B-Rock and the Bizz, "My Baby Daddy"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=U1R4rhY3qZ8
Freak Nasty, "Da Dip"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VHBwDYyyGxs
Peggy Scott Adams, "Bill"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfvqUiuIIq4&feature=related
Trio, "Da Da Da" Volkswagen commercial
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5_s5-R_JE4c
Reel Big Fish, "Sell Out"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I0e6LUTjzX0
Schleprock, "Suburbia"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x1yaAmnP_HU
Erykah Badu, "Next Lifetime"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qnh8BTFiGM0
Pond, "Spokes"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5gUP1_WE2xQ&feature=related
― xhuxk, Thursday, 5 June 2008 19:00 (seventeen years ago)
A way better Fishbone "? (Modern Industry)" link, without their later selves Buttheading around:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ksEySF03u9U&feature=related
― xhuxk, Thursday, 5 June 2008 19:48 (seventeen years ago)
Totally forgot about Pond. Never realized they ended up on a major. Maybe it's just me but their stuff seems a little dated? generic? Anyway it's fun to check these out.
― steampig67, Thursday, 5 June 2008 21:01 (seventeen years ago)
That Dwight Yoakam vid is brilliant. Now I want to find a roller rink with a bar. What a great idea.
― steampig67, Thursday, 5 June 2008 21:08 (seventeen years ago)
best thread.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 5 June 2008 21:25 (seventeen years ago)
Why would Fishbone make a video for that song?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 5 June 2008 21:26 (seventeen years ago)
KUSF still has that logo
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 5 June 2008 21:27 (seventeen years ago)
Imagine if some funky modern indie rock band did a version of that song with all blog names in it.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 5 June 2008 21:29 (seventeen years ago)