The Best Music Videos of All Time

[PanthersATL]

 

[OceanPanther]

May all time favorite music video,, DEVON,, Billy Idol , Rock The Cradle of Love.  Not my favorite song, artist , etc,, just video.

 

 

[SBBlue]

You know the list is good when it includes this one at 80:

link: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Edited August 4, 2021 by SBBlue

[Happy Panther]

Not a bad list. The top 50 was pretty good and the top 10 was even better even though I haven't heard of #1.

[Happy Panther]

I wonder if Thriller was disqualified for being a short movie more than a video.

[PanthersATL]

45 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

I wonder if Thriller was disqualified for being a short movie more than a video.

The intro to the piece suggested that Thriller would qualify, they just didn't pick it.

That said, here's the Rolling Stone "best video" list from 1993:
http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/rsvideo.htm 

1     "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel (1986)    Peter Gabriel - So

2    "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana (1991)

3    "Losing My Religion" - R.E.M. (1991)

4    "This Note's For You" - Neil Young (1989)

5    "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinéad O'Connor (1990)

6    "Right Now" - Van Halen (1992)

7    "Subterranean Homesick Blues" - Bob Dylan (1967)

8    "Leave Me Alone" - Michael Jackson (1989)

9    "Take On Me" - a-ha (1985)

10    "Express Youself" - Madonna (1989)

11    "Walk This Way" - Run-D.M.C. & Aerosmith (1986)

12    "Beat It" - Michael Jackson (1983)

13    "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" - Janet Jackson (1991)

14    "Don't Come Around Here No More" - Tom Petty & Heartbreakers (1985)

15    "Once In A Lifetime" - Talking Heads (1980)

16    "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (1983)

17    "Been Caught Stealing" - Jane's Addiction (1990)

18    "Kiss" - Prince (1986)

19    "Bastards Of Young" - The Replacements (1985)

20    "Like A Prayer" - Madonna (1989)

21    "Gett Off" - Prince (1991)

22    "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper (1983)

23    "The Boys Of Summer" - Don Henley (1984)

24    "Borderline" - Madonna (1983)

25    "Give it Away" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)

 

[Paa Langfart]

Wowzer.  lot of mediocre and downright horrible music in that list.  Most not even making the best of the selected artists imo.  

[Anybodyhome]

Oh, and I'm in this somewhere.... filmed onboard the USS Missouri at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in June 1989. I pulled rank, drove up to LB and was in the crowd somewhere.