Pitchfork's P2k: The Decade in Music

video #50. what a way to start.

ahahahaa #29 I <3 u

gonna be disappointed if i scroll through this and trapped in a closet doesn't win :(

it doesn't

Eh, 2nd is fine.

Are you surprised by her tears? Strong women also cry...strong women also cry.

lol'd

lol @ "flashing lights" being on that list, wtf

Hm, I'm rarely aware of videos, but that one seemed to be a big deal when it came out.

lots of Kanye videos were big deals that weren't hollow 'artsy' excuses for big tits bouncing in slow motion that cut off the last 1/3rd of the song to build suspense for a part 2 that never existed.

"Dear Justin and Kanye, you know how you were 2 of the biggest pop stars of the decade and millions and millions were spent on your video spectacles that were in heavy rotation on every video channel? Well, your videos only mattered if they were directed by Spike Jonze, featured an indie rocker lip syncing your song, featured you lip syncing a classic rocker's song, or were SNL skits."

But everyone who saw one of those videos went out and formed a band. Uh.

it's not like a lot of their proper big budget videos weren't shit anyway, but it's kinda like doing a list of '80s videos and ranking "Eat It" over any Michael Jackson vid

music videos in being shitty shocka

get yourself and egg and beat it

hollow 'artsy' excuses for big tits bouncing in slow motion

fwiw this trumps most music videos in my book

Kanye's video for "Best I Ever Had" is the apotheosis of this style.

If, for some reason, I magically become a famous pop musician, I vow to make videos of nothing but big tits bouncing in slow motion.

If, for some reason, I magically become a famous pop musician, I vow to make videos of nothing but big tits bouncing in slow motion.

I nominate Dan for "famous pop musician." Now go make "music" videos, plz.

yeah but if we're rewarding outstanding achievements in video hoedom we coulda at least gotten "tip drill" up in this list somewhere

shit, we didn't realize millions and millions of dollars were spent on those other videos, that does make them more impressive and important somehow. p.s. what video channels?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmyATEHzEDk

lol like i said it's not like i think the alternative was all that great -- i'm just saying it's funny how you chose to represent the videographies of kanye and justin! xpost

i mean "rock your body" >>>>>> desperate attempt to get people to watch an elton john video

shit, we didn't realize millions and millions of dollars were spent on those other videos, that does make them more impressive and important somehow. p.s. what video channels?

― scottpl, Monday, August 31, 2009 11:16 AM (55 minutes ago)

no, but it might mean that more people actually saw them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jJWQkVgDs4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unBACOHFXes

Yeah, I'm kind of depressed that the zach galifianakis version of that Kanye video is on there at all. Not funny.

I'm shocked at how bad that video list is.

The video for "Y Control" is like 8 million times better than the video for "Maps."

No "99 Problems" NO FUCKIN CRED

Also "Prime Time Of Your Life" and the Sigur Ros video with the 2 gay kids..

both are a million times better than watching some dude fall out of an airplane.

"Pork And Beans" is terrible. TERRIBLE

ok i'm done.

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imho, this is when you need to step back from reading Pitchfork lists

imho, you're trying to reason with makeitpop

got me there

"Dick In A Box" is better than "Rubber Johnny" ??

No, you're right Pitchfork.. I'm just a retard. What do I know?

The thing is, "Dick In A Box" IS better than "Rubber Johnny".

Shut up

Why? He's right.

Dick In A Box was funny the first time, whereas I would watch Rubber Johnny again.

I don't care if you think I'm wrong.

Something that is entertaining once > something that was never entertaining. "Rubber Johnny" is basically what happens when Hot Topic goes to film school.

He doesn't care if you think he's wrong, he just thinks you're calling him retarded if you disagree.

look, I'm not the one who put that on the table

Do music videos for indie tunes actually help the bands sell any records? Because I can't remember the last time I actually found out about a significant amount of the music I love from music videos.

I used to watch MTV obsessively from, say, 1997-2003ish, but now I barely, if ever, watch a music video. With YouTube, I've mostly watched live footage. Why are bands still making these things?

to advertise their new music, and to re-enact the act of putting one's joke in a box

AFAIK it's in their budget the labels take out of their earnings so they don't have that much of a choice

er, putting one's junk in a bix

box

What else would Pitchfork readers have to get all indignant about this week?