The Greatest Hit 2.0 - One song and why - The Bear and Badger

Escape

Coopers Green wrote:

Beastie Boys/ Spike Jones - Sabotage has to be near the top of the list...

Also a nod for...

davyK

Escape wrote:

Minus points for Alex James and Keith Allen, but aye.

+1 for the lovely girl in yellow.

Coopers Green

Been thinking about this. Need to add more to the list right now (there's loads)

Weezer/Jonez - Buddy Holly
Orbital / ? - The Box pt. II
FOO Fighters / Michel Gondry - Everlong
Bjork / Chris Cunningham - All is full of love

Honestly, there's fucking tonnes of amazing videos out there. Michel Gondry, Spike Jonez, a lot of Bjork, Radiohead, Squarepusher, Prodigy, Aphex Twin stuff is top notch... I used to watch MTV in the 90s and record the best ones on VHS.

Coopers Green

My god. I might have to actually put together a top 100 channel on YouTube this weekend. I LOVE this topic.

Diluted Dante

RedDave2 wrote:

Best Video for a Song - i.e. a Music Video that is so hand in hand with the Song it represents it actually enhances the whole package?

I feel like we've mostly ignored Dave's actual suggestion, and just gone with Music Videos Wot Are Gud.

Coopers Green

Fucksake, your man Gondry is a genius:

White Stripes - Fell in love with a girl
White Stripes - Hardest button to button

poprock

In the days before YouTube I bought those Directors Label DVDs, and the Gondry one was outstanding.

poprock

Diluted Dante wrote:

RedDave2 wrote:

Best Video for a Song - i.e. a Music Video that is so hand in hand with the Song it represents it actually enhances the whole package?

I feel like we've mostly ignored Dave's actual suggestion, and just gone with Music Videos Wot Are Gud.

Okay, back to the point - videos that enhance the song.

My pick remains Bitter Ruin - Trust, but here’s some more.

Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Björk - All is Full of Love
Apex Twin - Windowlicker
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
A Perfect Circle - Judith
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
DJ Shadow/Run the Jewels - Nobody Speak

Hmmm. A lot of late ’90s in that list.

regmcfly

I have the Gondry, Jonze and Cunningham ones of those.

poprock

regmcfly wrote:

I have the Gondry, Jonze and Cunningham ones of those.

The classic three. I think the second batch was much less of a big thing at the time.

LivDiv

Some faves, limited myself to one per artist but some could be whole categories on their own.

Leave Me Alone- MJ
Hurt- Johnny Cash (actual tears every time)
I want to Break Free- Queen
Just- Radiohead
This is America- Childish Gambino
Stand and Deliver- Adam Ant
Weapon of Choice- Fatboy Slim
Everybody Hurts- R.E.M
California Love- Dre and 2Pac
Beastie Boys- Make Some Noise
Heart Shaped Box- Nirvana
Bitter Sweet Symphony- The Verve
Unfinished Sympathy- Massive Attack
Come to Daddy- Aphex Twin
Get Your Freak On- Missy Elliot
Gimme Some More- Busta Rhymes
Metallica- Time to Disappear
The Prodigy- Firestarter
Too Funky- George Michael
You Could Be Mine- Guns n Roses (The end bit where the Terminator identifies Axl Rose as a waste of ammo)
Blue Monday- New Order

Coopers Green

@poprock
Yeah, same!

@Dante
That's the way I rate the ones I've chosen. The visuals enhance the audio, help tell a story. Or maybe theres some synesthesia going on (check Rez by Underworld / Tomato).There's some songs you can't but think of the video now when you listen; I can't be the only one who shoulder shuffles like Christopher Walken when Weapon of Choice comes on!

But your point re: just a good video. There's loads I'd leave off the list even though they're very watchable (e.g Alex Gopher - The Child) because it doesn't necessarily make the music BETTER.

Coopers Green

God damn some amazing choices here.

I'd go for Freedom 90 over Too Funky... for reasons...

Coopers Green

Good shout by pop for Judith - directed by Fincher. Looks like the musical interlude that was cut from Seven.

poprock

LivDiv wrote:

This is America - Childish Gambino

Excellent shout. That’s a real contender.

Coopers Green

Aw that one is actually art. The whole thing.

nick_md

RedDave2

Diluted Dante wrote:

RedDave2 wrote:

Best Video for a Song - i.e. a Music Video that is so hand in hand with the Song it represents it actually enhances the whole package?

I feel like we've mostly ignored Dave's actual suggestion, and just gone with Music Videos Wot Are Gud.

Yeah, a bit. I fell buddy Holly is the best example. It's a perfect synergy of song and video , with the added impact that the "stay tuned for more happy days" bit before the bridge feels more in place than out, to the point I miss it when listening to the album.

I guess it's tricky to explain but it's not just good videos it's videos that sync up with the music and the lyrics perfectly.

Coopers Green

@nick
Is that what we mean when we say "enhance"?

@reddave
I could debate this with you but need to work. I think I know what you mean, though I'd say it's not simply a literal syncing of sound and vision, but a synergy. Reptilia by Strokes a good example of that - great photography, a masterclass of editing to music but not in the pantheon of the GREAT videos. Though it is pretty fucking good.

RedDave2

Coopers Green wrote:

Is that what we mean when we say "enhance"?

In truth, I could have described it better and some of the calls here are great. Sabotage is one that fills a good fit and even though it wasnt written by him, the hurt Video by Johnny cash is really fitting for both artist at the latest point in their life and the overall tone of the lyrics.

It's nearly as good as the original by Leona Lewis.

Coopers Green

I've changed my mind. Reptilia IS in the pantheon.

LivDiv

RedDave2 wrote:

Coopers Green wrote:

Is that what we mean when we say "enhance"?

In truth, I could have described it better and some of the calls here are great. Sabotage is one that fills a good fit and even though it wasnt written by him, the hurt Video by Johnny cash is really fitting for both artist at the latest point in their life and the overall tone of the lyrics. It's nearly as good as the original by Leona Lewis.

Actual lol

poprock

nick_md wrote:

Call on Me video

Since a mate made this, I have never been able to watch the original in the same way.

poprock

Age restricted? Hahaha. Here’s a link.

nick_md

I didn't realise until earlier in the year that the tune's a recreated version of a Bangalter and Falcon tune they only played in live sets. They didn't want to release it but every record company was saying 'lads release it, it's a banger'. Eventually someone got Eric Prydz to club it up a bit and release it as Call on Me.

Video, may interest. Headline's a bit OTT tho:

Yossarian

A lot of my list has now been mentioned, although despite all of the Gondry talk, for my money, we’re still missing his best:

optimark_prime

Radiohead’s videos during The Bends and OK Computer era, were excellent (LivDiv already mentioned Just)

Yossarian

Another from my list:

No Surprises is up there too.

A great Radiohead-adjacent video is this one:

Radiohead-adjacent not just for the Yorke cameo, but because the director, Jonathan Glazer, considered it to be a companion piece to his earlier Karma Police video.

Yossarian

Going back to this for a second:

Diluted Dante wrote:

Best Video for a Song - i.e. a Music Video that is so hand in hand with the Song it represents it actually enhances the whole package?

I feel like we've mostly ignored Dave's actual suggestion, and just gone with Music Videos Wot Are Gud.

I’m not sure there’s any actual difference. Music videos wot are gud do go hand in hand with the song and enhance the overall package, if they don’t, then they aren’t good videos.

Escape

No Surprises is like a Davros origin story.

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