Martha, My Dear: ILM's All-Time Video-Poll Results Thread

Thanks, enjoyed it. Learned, if nothing else, how much I still love certain videos. (Oh--I also learned, via his ballot, that ILX'or Kent Burt must be Canadian.)

I'm going to spare myself trying to change the formatting for #41-100 to match the first 40. So here's the entire Top 100:

1. “Star Guitar,” Chemical Brothers (2002) - 184 points/12 votes/one #1 vote
2. “Sabotage,” Beastie Boys (1994) - 176 points/19 votes
3. “The Perfect Kiss,” New Order (1985) - 150 points/9 votes/two #1 votes
4. “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” Bob Dylan (1965) - 144 points/14 votes
5. “Take On Me,” A-ha (1984) - 136 points/12 votes/one #1 vote
6. “Let Forever Be,” Chemical Brothers (1999) - 127 points/8 votes/two #1 votes
7. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” Missy Elliott (1996) - 126 points/10 votes
8. “Sugar Water,” Cibo Matto (1996) - 120 points/9 votes
9. “Once in a Lifetime,” Talking Heads (1981) - 114 points/12 votes
10. “Come Into My World,” Kylie Minogue (2002) - 113 points/8 votes
11. “Sledgehammer,” Peter Gabriel (1986) - 111 points/11 votes
12. “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Sinead O'Connor (1990) - 107 points/12 votes
13. “Drop,” Pharcyde (1995) - 104 points/9 votes
14. “Around the World,” Daft Punk (1997) - 100 points/9 votes
15 “Cloudbusting,” Kate Bush (1985) - 97 points/10 votes
16. “Bachelorette,” Björk (1994) - 96 points/7 votes
17. “Protection,” Massive Attack (1994) - 90 points/9 votes
      “West End Girls,” Pet Shop Boys (1985) - 90 points/9 votes
19. “Don't Come Around Here No More,” Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1985) - 88 points/11 votes
20. “All Is Full of Love,” Björk (1999) - 88 points/7 votes/one #1 vote
21. “Vogue,” Madonna (1990) - 87 points/7 votes
22. “Rockit,” Herbie Hancock (1983) - 85 points/9 votes
23. “Freedom! ‘90,” George Michael (1990) - 78 points/9 votes
24. “Ashes to Ashes,” David Bowie (1980) - 74 points/9 votes
25.  “Bastards of Young,” Replacements (1985) - 73 points/8 votes
26. “Unfinished Sympathy,” Massive Attack (1991) - 68 points/8 votes
27. “Oblivion,” Grimes (2012) - 68 points/5 votes
      “Transmission,” Joy Division (1979) - 68 points/5 votes
29. “Wicked Game,” Chris Isaak (1989) - 67 points/7 votes
30. “The Box,” Orbital (1996) - 67 points/5 votes
31. “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Nirvana (1991) - 65 points/7 votes
32. “Groove Is in the Heart,” Deee-Lite (1990) - 64 points/7 votes
33. “Come to Daddy,” Aphex Twin (1997) - 63 points/7 votes
34. “Enjoy the Silence,” Depeche Mode (1990) - 61 points/6 votes
35. “Money for Nothing,” Dire Straits (1985) - 59 points/5 votes
      “Just,” Radiohead (1995) - 59 points/5 votes
37. “Human Behaviour,” Björk (1993) - 58 points/7 votes
38. “Relax,” Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1983) - 57 points/7 votes
39. “When I’m with You,” Sparks (1979) - 57 points/4 votes/one #1 vote
40. “Jocko Homo,” Devo (1977) - 56 points/6 votes
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41. Outkast - B.O.B. - 55/6
42. Michael Jackson - Thriller - 55/5
43. BAMFF - Crevice Tool - 55/2/one #1
44. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity - 54/6
45. Vitalic - Poney Part 1 - 54/5
46. Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution - 54/3/one #1
47. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy - 52/6
    Foo Fighters - Everlong - 52/6
49. Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist - 52/5
50. Laurie Anderson - O Superman - 51/6
    New Order - True Faith - 51/6
    R.E.M. - Losing My Religion - 51/6
53. Fiona Apple - Criminal - 50/5
54. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse - 50/4
    Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph - 50/4/one #1
56. Blur - Coffee and TV - 49/5
57. Madness - House of Fun - 49/4
58. Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria - 49/3/one #1
59. Pulp - Bad Cover Version - 48/6
    Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love - 48/6
61. Prince & the Revolution - When Doves Cry - 48/5
62. Bats for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do? - 48/3
    Radiohead - Paranoid Android - 48/3
64. Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube - 47/6
65. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf - 47/5
66. Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed - 47/4
    Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm - 47/4
68. George Michael - Too Funky - 47/3
69. Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day - 46/5
    Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend - 46/5
71. Aldous Harding - The Barrel - 46/3
72. Art of Noise - Close (To the Edit) (version 1) - 46/3
73. Autechre - Gantz Graf - 45/3/one #1
    Radiohead - No Surprises - 45/3
75. White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl - 44/5
76. Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More - 44/4
    Wax - California - 44/4
78. Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat - 44/3
79. Van Halen - Hot for Teacher - 43/5
80. Adam & the Ants - Stand and Deliver - 43/4
81. Busta Rhymes ‎- Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check - 43/3
    Hot Chip - I Feel Better - 43/3
83. Nine Inch Nails - Closer - 42/5
    Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels - 42/5
85. Cure - Close to Me - 42/4
86. Coil - Tainted Love - 42/3
87. His Name Is Alive - Can't Go Wrong Without You - 41/2/one #1
    Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die - 41/2/one #1
89. Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight - 40/5
90. Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads - 40/4
    Psy - Gangnam Style - 40/4
    Spice Girls - Wannabe - 40/4
93. Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town - 40/3
94. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Summertime - 40/2/one #1
    Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - PONPONPON - 40/2
    Mick Jagger - Memo from Turner - 40/2/one #1
97. Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems - 39/5
98. Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) - 39/3
    Janet Jackson - When I Think of You - 39/3
    Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring - 39/3/one #1
    Portishead - Only You - 39/3

Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die (Heartworn Highways)
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Jonathan Halper - I Am a Hermit (Puce Moment)
Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Don't Look Back)
Suicide Commandos - Burn it Down
Devo - Jocko Homo
Echo and the Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Susanne Sundfør - Accelerate
The Verlaines - Death and the Maiden
X - Because I Do
The Jam - Going Underground
Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
His Name Is Alive - Can't Go Wrong Without You
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - 69 année érotique
Lana Del Rey - Ride
The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)
Garland Jeffreys - Wild in the Streets
Coil - Tainted Love
Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town:
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Alex Chilton - 96 Tears
Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love Song
Yura Yura Teikoku - ゆらゆら帝国で考え中
Jacques Dutronc - Mini Mini Mini
Husker Du - Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
Elisabeth Welch - Stormy Weather (from Jarman's The Tempest)
Sonic Youth - Death Valley 69
Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me ft. Kendrick Lamar
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Bonzo Doo-Dah Dog Band - Hunting Tigers
Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie and Clyde
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Devo - Mongoloid
Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee River Bottomland
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Death Cab For Cutie
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Outkast- Ms. Jackson
Paris Sisters - Dream Lover (from Kustom Kar Kommandos)
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Adam & the Ants - Stand and Deliver
Belfegore - All That I Wanted
Franz Ferdinand - L. Wells
Kate Bush- Cloudbusting
Modernettes - Barbra
Psychic TV - Godstar
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
The Breeders- Cannonball
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot

Ranked:

Autechre - Gantz Graf
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Björk - Bachelorette
Radiohead - No Surprises
A-ha - Take on Me
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming
Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
Flowered up - Weekender
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
New Order - True Faith
Massive Attack - Protection
Sparks - When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'?
Björk - Jóga
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Björk - All Is Full of Love
Björk - Human Behaviour
Cure - Lullaby
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Godley and Creme - Cry
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Queen - I Want to Break Free
Squarepusher - Come on My Selector
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Duran Duran - Wild Boys
Psy - Gangnam Style

Can 100% live with that #1. Surprising and inspired.

my quickly cobbled together ballot subject to massive change

Top 10 (17 points each)

1)Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
ABBA - Take A Chance On Me
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More
Daft Punk - Around The World
Prince - Mountains
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
Alcazar - Crying At The Discotheque
Flowered Up - Weekender
Psy - Gangnam Style

11-20 (11 points each)

Tiga - Hot In Here
Herb Alpert - Rise
Bjork - All Is Full Of Love
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately
Oneohtrix Point Never - Problem Areas
Orbital - The Box
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul

21-30 (7 points each)

Madness - House of Fun
Nightmares on Wax - Aftermath
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
Village People - Sex Over the Phone
Azealia Banks - 212
A-HA - Take On Me
Coldcut and Hexstatic - Timber
Air - Kelly Watch The Stars
Elton John - I'm Still Standing

31-40 (5 points each)

Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Bjork - Pagan Poetry
Beyonce - Single Ladies
New Order - True Faith
The Fall - Hit The North
Bicep - Glue
Madonna - Open Your Heart

thanks clemenza

Yep thanks for running this.

My ballot (15 points each for the first half, 5 for the second):

Adam & the Ants - Stand and Deliver
Beck - The New Pollution
Blue Nile - Stay
Cardiacs - RES
Cibo Matto - Sugar Water
Fall - Cruisers Creek
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
Grimes - Realiti
Guided by Voices - I Am a Scientist
Kiesza - Hideaway
Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law
M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Madness - House of Fun
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Mud - Dynamite
New Order - True Faith
Oneohtrix Point Never - Lost But Never Alone
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Playboi Carti - Magnolia
Prince & the Revolution - Raspberry Beret
Propaganda - p: Machinery
Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube

Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Björk - Bachelorette
Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health
Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Missy Elliott - Beep Me 911
Mondo Grosso - Labyrinth
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs
Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
Pavement - Painted Soldiers
Paramore - Hard Times
Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine
Prince & the Revolution - Mountains
Residents - Hello Skinny
Skepta - Shutdown
Talk Talk - My Foolish Friend
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Van Halen - Panama

Flowered Up - Weekender

Fuck! Somehow never occurred to me to vote for this, despite being the most obvious choice ever

My ballot, with (points, placement in Top 100):

Shura - What's It Gonna Be? (30, dnp) <--the best high school-set music video
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (22, dnp)
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) (20, 97) <--the sexiest Herb Ritts-directed beach-set music video
Owen Pallett - The Riverbed (18, dnp)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Log Driver's Waltz (15, dnp)
Childish Gambino - This Is America (9,dnp)
Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (9, dnp)
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag (9, dnp)
Aimee Mann - Labrador (9, dnp)
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (9, 4)
LCD Soundsystem - Oh Baby (5, dnp)
A-ha - Take on Me (5, 5)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero (5, dnp)
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (5, 47)
Weird Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise (5, dnp)
Replacements - Bastards of Young (5, 25)
Azealia Banks - 212 (5, dnp)
El Debarge - Who's Johnny (5, dnp)
John Prine - Summer's End (5, dnp)
Outkast - Hey Ya! (5, dnp)

Thanks, clem! Actually--double thanks, as you helped me with my scoring as well!

My gf will be thrilled that 'Star Guitar' won. She always make me throw that track on during a particular stretch of the drive to my mom's where we pass a similar trainscape. It syncs up pretty nicely.

(xpost) Another Canadian, camouflages it better than Kent Burt.

(xxpost) If anyone ever does live clips, I'll definitely vote for Mud doing "Tiger Feet" on Top of the Pops in '74--really one of the most insane things I've ever seen.

01. Björk - All is Full of Love
02. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
03. George Michael - Too Funky
04. Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
05. Cibo Matto - Sugar Water
06. Janet Jackson feat. Q-Tip - Got 'Til It's Gone
07. Chet Faker - Gold
08. D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel)
09. Erykah Badu - Honey
10. Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me

Björk - Pagan Poetry
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Madonna - Express Yourself
Massive Attack - Protection
Nine Inch Nails - Pinion
Notorious B.I.G. - Sky's the Limit
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Sigur Ros - Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa
Vitalic - Poney Part 1

alt-j - Hunger of the Pine
Björk - Wanderlust
The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Knife - Pass This On
Lucas - Lucas with the Lid Off
Madonna - Vogue
Missy Elliott - Work It
Pharcyde - Drop
UNKLE feat. Thom Yorke - Rabbit in Your Headlights

DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down for What
Drake - Hotline Bling
Eric Prydz - Call on Me
Erykah Badu - On & On
George Michael - Freedom! '90
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Madvillain - All Caps
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend
Weird Al Yankovic - Fat

Annie Lennox - No More 'I Love You's
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
Outkast - B.O.B.
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love

Ranked ballot.

Danny Brown - Grown Up
Grimes - Oblivion
DJ Format feat. Abdominal & D-Sisive - 3 Feet Deep
Bats for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?
Aldous Harding - The Barrel
Vitalic - Poney Part 1
Jamie XX - Gosh
Supergrass - We Still Need More
Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Daft Punk - Around the World
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
R.E.M. - Drive
The Shins - New Slang
Demics - New York City
Nine Inch Nails - Pinion
Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Feist - 1234
Blur - Coffee And TV
El Guincho - Bombay
Beastie Boys - Sabatoge
Björk - It's Oh So Quiet
A-ha - Take on Me
Hot Chip - I Feel Better
Metallica - One
George Michael - Freedom '90
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
Azealia Banks - 212
Jacque Dutronc - Mini Mini Mini
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Cibo Matto - Sugar Water
Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health
Bee Gees - Idea
Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Beastie Boys - Whatcha Want
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Childish Gambino - This Is America
Connells - '74-'75
David Bowie - Lazarus
Drake - Hotline Bling
Dua Lipa - New Rules
Igorrr - Very Noise
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Massive Attack - Protection
Pharcyde - Drop

There were a couple of posts about vote-splitting, so another list--two lists, the same names reordered. I went through the spreadsheet and looked for people who got votes for four or more videos. There were 33--it was easy to pick them out. Here's a list of those 33 ordered by most total points, and also by most total videos. The points list only includes artists with at least four videos, so A-ha, Cibo Matto, and a few others aren't on there; they had enough points to qualify, but only got votes for three or fewer videos.

Most Total Points (4 or more videos only)

1. Bjork - 368
2. Chemical Brothers - 327
3. Beastie Boys - 243
4. New Order - 242
5. Madonna - 219
6. Radiohead - 218
7. Bob Dylan - 203
8. David Bowie - 197
   Pet Shop Boys - 197
10. Kylie Minogue - 186
11. Janet Jackson - 169
12. Missy Elliott - 168
13. Prince - 164
14. R.E.M. - 156
15. Sonic Youth - 142
16. Devo - 122
17. Rolling Stones - 118
18. Busta Rhymes - 115
19. Michael Jackson - 108
20. Outkast - 103
21. Smashing Pumpkins - 99
22. Weird Al Yankovic - 92
23. Tom Petty - 89
24. Cure - 87
25. De La Soul - 85
26. Oneohtrix Point Never - 80
27. Beck - 74
28. Hot Chip - 69
29. ZZ Top - 67
30. Duran Duran
31. Kraftwerk - 45
32. Rihanna - 43
33. Elvis Costello - 27

Most Total Videos

1. Bjork - 10
2. Madonna - 9
3. Radiohead - 8
   Janet Jackson - 8
5. David Bowie - 7
   Pet Shop Boys - 7
   Prince - 7
   Sonic Youth - 7
9. Devo - 6
   Rolling Stones - 6
11. New Order - 5
   Kylie Minogue - 5
   Missy Elliott - 5
   R.E.M. - 5
   De La Soul - 5
   Beck - 5
   Hot Chip - 5
18. Chemical Brothers - 4
   Beastie Boys - 4
   Bob Dylan - 4
   Busta Rhymes - 4
   Michael Jackson - 4
   Outkast - 4
   Smashing Pumpkins - 4
   Weird Al Yankovic - 4
   Tom Petty - 4
   Cure - 4
   Oneohtrix Point Never - 4
   ZZ Top - 4
   Duran Duran - 4
   Kraftwerk - 4
   Rihanna - 4
   Elvis Costello - 4

i thought i hadn't voted for any chris cunningham videos but i just learned he did portishead's "only you." seems obvious now

Not a lot of surprises in the results, but I tend to like a lot of the videos that rate highly in these kinds of polls - a lot of my ballot placed. But I'd never even heard of that Pharcyde song, cool to watch that

The one I really hoped would place that didn't was Grace Jones' "Slave to the Rhythm". Such a visually arresting video, at least it's on the 41-100 list

I think I might have casually voted for Björk and Madonna tracks that were unlikely to place ("Wanderlust", "Oh Father") precisely because they would *surely* both withstand serious vote-splitting! At least I inflated their total appearances/points tallies there lol.

Thanks for crunching the numbers etc clemenza and viborg. It's been an amusing exercise.

And speaking of the 41-100 list, that "Crevice Tool" song and video are something, certainly new to me

After helping every step of the way, the minute I started the countdown, Viborg completely vanished. He may not actually exist--I may be going through a Fight Club thing.

LOL, glad that Bamff almost made it. I would never have heard of it if wasn't for one of the Canadian contingent drawing my attention to it some years ago.

Lol I thought of making a ballot just to vote for it.

You could have pushed it into the top 40! (Probably deserves to be there.)

Just watched most of it. That almost made the Top 40.

My ballot. Unranked, in alphabetical order:

Toni Basil - Breakaway
Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Breeders - Safari
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
Devo - Jocko Homo
J. Geils Band - Centerfold
The Go-Go’s - Our Lips Are Sealed
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Elton John - I’m Still Standing
Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
Prince - Kiss
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Bobby Vee - The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

*would've voted for "Subterranean Homesick Blues" if I'd thought of it
*probably would've voted for "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA if I'd thought of it

Apologies to everyone for not voting for a Michael Gondry video... I didn't realize that was a requirement.

Gondry directed “Centerfold” (little-known fact)

As if!

It was directed by Paul Justman, brother of the guy who wrote the song, Seth Justman, the keyboard player in the band

I did an unweighted 50-vid ballot where the only reasoning was they were the first 50 I liked alot that I thought of Monday night.

Replacements: Bastards of Young
Devo: Beautiful World
Tupac: California Love
Garbage: Only Happy When It Rains
Sparks & Jane Wiedlin: Cool Places
Golden Earring: Twilight Zone
Dwight Twilley: Girls
Blue Oyster Cult: Take Me Away
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Grateful Dead: Hell In A Bucket
Pretenders: Middle of The Road
Nick Lowe: Cruel To Be Kind
Michael Nesmith: Rio
ZZ Top: Gimme All Your Lovin'
Ice Cube: It Was A Good Day
Sonic Youth: Bull In The Heather
Go-Gos: Our Lips Are Sealed
Wall of Voodoo: Mexican Radio
Chemical Brothers: Let Forever Be
Beck: Devil's Haircut
Duran Duran: A View To A Kill
Robert Plant: Burning Down One Side
Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer
Pulp: Bad Cover Version
PJ Harvey: Man-Sized
Lou Reed: I Love You Suzanne
Rolling Stones: Undercover of The Night
David Lee Roth: Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
Herbie Hancock: Rock-It
B-52's: Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland
Neil Young: Wonderin'
B-52's: Song For A Future Generation
Garbage: Stupid Girl
Nirvana: In Bloom (I don't know if it matters, but this is for the DGC/Faux Variety Show clip)
ZZ Top: Burger Man
Beastie Boys: Hey Ladies
Talking Heads: Burning Down The House
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Devo: Love Without Anger
Cyndi Lauper: She-Bop
Butthole Surfers: Who Was In My Room Last Night
Ministry: Jesus Built My Hot Rod
Blue Oyster Cult: Joan Crawford
New Pornographers: Moves
Yeah Yeah Yeah: Maps
New Pornographers: Crash Years
Donald Fagen: The New Frontier
Free: Wishing Well
Spice Girls: Wannabe
Kinks: Come Dancing

I have a friend who does great music video TwitchStreams, usually on Tuesday nights, and yup, the next night I was reminded of like five vids I should have voted for (including "The Perfect Kiss", but that case worked out anyway).

(Oh--I also learned, via his ballot, that ILX'or Kent Burt must be Canadian.)

Uh oh - secret's out. What can I say - we had some nifty/absurd videos... ("Apple Strudle Man" by Jolly Tambourine Man, anyone?)

Glad to see some post-rollout "Crevice Tool" love. MuchMusic used to play that frequently in the late 80s. BAMFF featured members of art punk/new wave icons UJ3RK5.

Thanks for the poll!

whoa, it's over? looking forward to poring over this, and guess it's time I see "Star Guitar"!

missed a lot of the poll, but felt compelled to blurb my (hasty, unranked) ballot:

Bjork - Joga — feels a bit wrong to go with a relatively Bjork-less Bjork vid, but her computerized form at the end was like an artist dreaming themselves limitless, and I believed it at that moment if I didn’t already. also the camera movements (stumbling, sweeping, stumbling again), blocks of digital earth… simply etched in my head.

Janet Jackson - Go Deep — what is a music video if not the artist partying at your house? love the specific quality of the images (like early MTV off-the-cuff creativity on late 90s cameras) and contrasting them with the rest of the Velvet Rope run to remember how visually controlled she’s always been.

Black Box Recorder - Child Psychology — makes a bigger impression when you’re 11 and haven’t heard of Night of the Hunter yet, but its windblown cattails and face constellations aren’t any less beautiful as homage.

Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You — somehow blended this in my mind with Les Rhythmes Digitales’ “(Hey You) What’s That Sound?,” had to remember which video was which. both still great, but this one has video watching as a narrative element (always important!) and thus a sorta “Cloudbusting”-redux finale, except it’s the artist up there in the clouds.

Massive Attack - Protection — what if all those boxes you’d seen were stacked up into a building, but instead of containing bands they contained you, and also Tracey Thorn?

De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays — if you’re gonna make a video you go where people are, and if you wanna find people, you go to the roller rink, then the park.

Possum Dixon - Radio Comets — cool images remembered from movies, the singer play-acting with lyrics as script, the band performing in a white room: this checks all the boxes.

Sonic Youth - Little Trouble Girl — “Bull in the Heather” and “Sunday” were formative, but sorta glad I was spared this one til recently, I’d still be trying to unpack my childhood through its prism.

Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See — did for curtained hallways what “Joga” did for landscapes (as I hadn’t seen Twin Peaks yet).

Eels - Last Stop: This Town — basically the greatest thing I’d ever seen at the time, and I still find the way carrot-man’s progress and the song’s structure work together to be pretty magical. plus I find E weirdly hot in this.

Fugees - Killing Me Softly — everyone was so young! what is a music video if not proof of youth? also love the ambiguity of the images this sold-out crowd is so increasingly absorbed by, and the idea of singing “Killing Me Softly” to a movie.

Cornershop - Brimful of Asha — see “Go Deep,” except the artist stays one step removed, stuck inside their records. the kid doesn’t care though — I think that was me.

Erasure - Stop! — Andy twirls, never freer; Vince mans the gadgets, never cooler.

Scritti Politti - Absolute — dreamy Green and vid-dom’s most enchanting dance party.

Anita Baker - No One in the World — ha, figures that Spike Lee would cast himself in the two-minute prologue. but the idea of a post-war Baker performance at the Apollo is well imagined, even if the core of it, the performance (beautifully filmed), doesn’t really need any context. also this has a genuinely unsettling/haunting final shot of an artist stranded, easy to miss as it comes right when the camera goes wide, makes way for the little corner credits, the next video.

"Apple Strudle Man" by Jolly Tambourine Man, anyone?

I don't know it, but we must be from the same place and time--they were big on Queen St. when I started writing for Nerve in the mid-'80s.

De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays — if you’re gonna make a video you go where people are, and if you wanna find people, you go to the roller rink, then the park.

Nice. I imagine the two or three people who voted for "Roller Skating"--I almost did--get exactly the same thing out of that that I get from "Summertime." (There was another song from the same time just like those two that I liked a lot too...kind of vague, I know.)

I broke the Michel Gondry Rule too, I think--too much work to wade through his videography to be sure.

Oh yeah, "Music Sounds Better With You"! Much like "Rockit", I'd have found a way of squeezing that onto a ballot if only it had occurred to me.

I voted for these from the top 100. I guess I largely steered clear of Gondry, quite unconsciously.

3. “The Perfect Kiss,” New Order (1985) - 150 points/9 votes/two #1 votes
4. “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” Bob Dylan (1965) - 144 points/14 votes
9. “Once in a Lifetime,” Talking Heads (1981) - 114 points/12 votes
13. “Drop,” Pharcyde (1995) - 104 points/9 votes
25. “Bastards of Young,” Replacements (1985) - 73 points/8 votes
26. “Unfinished Sympathy,” Massive Attack (1991) - 68 points/8 votes
27. “Oblivion,” Grimes (2012) - 68 points/5 votes
39. “When I’m with You,” Sparks (1979) - 57 points/4 votes/one #1 vote
40. “Jocko Homo,” Devo (1977) - 56 points/6 votes
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43. BAMFF - Crevice Tool - 55/2/one #1
59. Pulp - Bad Cover Version - 48/6
64. Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube - 47/6
93. Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town - 40/3 [The Kriv Stenders version!]
98. Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring - 39/3/one #1

I find the last two insanely affecting. #98 is an order of magnitude better than "West End Girls" IMHO. No surprise it got a first-place vote.

I should've voted. I only know a limited selection of videos and figured there'd be a lot I've never seen before, but pretty much all of these are pretty familiar.

Other stuff I might've voted for but didn't place: a lot more Talking Heads ("Burning Down the House," "Road to Nowhere," etc.), more Beastie Boys ("Intergalactic," "Body Movin'," etc.), the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" and "Strawberry Fields Forever," Elvis Costello's "Accidents Will Happen," Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," Madonna's "Like a Prayer" and "Express Yourself," R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion," Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box," Bruce Springsteen's "Brilliant Disguise," Nine Inch Nail's "Closer," Kanye West's "Touch the Sky," Johnny Cash's "Hurt," Tom Waits's "I Don't Wanna Grow Up," The White Stripes' "Hardest Button to Button," Beck's "Devils Haircut," David Bowie's "Blackstar" and "Lazarus," Childish Gambino's "This Is America," Beyoncé's "Formation"

Also Prince's Batman videos which aren't his best work but I enjoy them more than any of the Batman movies.

The Massive Attack “Protection” video was always a disappointment to me… I don’t know how you could possibly capture the atmosphere of that song, but what they ended up with felt like more of a busy distraction.

Missed the rollout, just catching up.

Thanks for running the poll, clemenza - great results even though very few were new to me, and i might have voted for some others on a different day. My ballot (bolded placed):

23 points:
Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
My Chemical Romance - Helena
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
Cibo Matto - Sugar Water
Radiohead - Just

13 points:
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Wednesday Campanella - Jeanne D'Arc
Blur - Coffee and TV
Squarepusher - Come On My Selector
Foo Fighters - Everlong

11 points:
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
2NE1 - I Am the Best
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Happy House
FKA Twigs - sad day
A-ha - Take on Me
Björk - Hyperballad
charisma.com - HATE
Kate Bush - Breathing
Daft Punk - Around the World

9 points:
Madonna - Vogue
Orange Caramel - Catallena
Pissed Jeans - False Jesii Part 2
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Grimes - Oblivion
Roger Sanchez - Another Chance
Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
New Order - True Faith
Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution

7 points:
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Big Bang - Fantastic Baby
K. Will - Please Don't
Zebra Katz & Reddd Foxxx - Ima Read
Mondo Grosso - Labyrinth
M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Cardigans - My Favorite Game
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Charli XCX - Boys

5 points
School of Seven Bells - I L U
The Golden Filter - Kill Me
Utada Hikaru - Hikari
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By
DJ Zinc - Show Me
Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend
Janelle Monae - Q.U.E.E.N
T.O.P. - Doom Dada
Sakanaction - Yoru No Odoriko
Ronika - Never My Love

Made a playlist of the Top 40, for easy viewing: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP-ajiMFDEG6R2Nmw3aYqeagS7gcoJS8y

regret not voting for "B.O.B" after seeing where it ended up :/

I should've voted for "Relax" too.

Thanks for running even though I totally forgot to vote

Pass This On by The Knife would have been my number one by a million miles

Surprised Windowlicker didn't make the top 40

Being on the boomer/Gen X cusp, and neither fully one nor the other, I lean towards the boomer-ish re. videos, preferring to visualise the music inside my own head. That said, if I'd voted, it would have included Gong "How To Stay Alive", Dry Cleaning "Scratchcard Lanyard", Billie Eilish "Hostage", Tom Jones "Talking Reality Television Blues", The Blaze "Territory", John Grant "Glacier".

Of the videos mentioned upthread which didn't make the Top 40, I'd have boosted The Knife "We Share Our Mothers Health", Johnny Cash "Hurt", Blur "Coffee & TV", Madonna "Like A Prayer", R.E.M. "Man On The Moon", David Bowie "Lazarus", Elton John "I'm Still Standing", Feist "1234", Fatboy Slim "Weapon Of Choice", Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy".

The major reason for the absence of Thriller has only just occurred to me.

Thanks for the playlist, Roz. There must be a second video blocked in Canada besides the Bjork--I only get 38. Didn't encounter that, so either it was just blocked or it's a second version of one I could access. Anyway, that's great.

xp yeah, John Landis the murderer

Lol

I was working on something else and just belatedly discovered this. Had no idea it existed--would have voted for it for sure, not as art but as memory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XonFZjuyc6E

Missed the rollout as well. Thanks to the poll runners. I've got lots of new things to check out as only 9 of my votes placed. My ballot was based on watching early MTV (Our Lips Are Sealed, Cruel Summer and She Blinded Me With Science were robbed!) and then kinda random videos I saw much later on youtube.

Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
Everything but the Girl - Five Fathoms
Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
Low - Canada
Massive Attack - Protection
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Pulp - Common People
Slowdive - Alison

A-ha - Take on Me
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Miranda Lambert - Vice
New Order - The Perfect Kiss (Jonathan Demme!)
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me with Science
Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die

Bananarama - Cruel Summer
De La Soul - The Magic Number
Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
Hurray for the Riff Raff - St Roch's Blues
Joy Division - Transmission
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Miranda Lambert - Mama's Broken Heart
Run-DMC & Aerosmith - Walk This Way

David Bowie - Let's Dance
Garbage - Stupid Girl
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes
Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
Weird Al Yankovic - White and Nerdy
White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl

The kid playing drums is the only thing I remember about "Boys of Summer." Not sure why it's eligible for "lock thread start over."

one of the positive things i can say about the list is that nothing by jonas akerlund placed

His videos are generally overrated but I do love "Paparazzi" and "I Miss You."

I hadn’t seen “Drop” in a long time and now wish I’d voted for it. Seems kinda proto-Jackass now in a way.

imo It's a huge bummer that "Bombay" and "Y Control" are not considered canon. Two of the most-impressive/least-discussed I've seen.

Young Thug "Wyclef Jean" and Thundercat "Tron Song" are also very fun and underdiscussed 2010s videos. The Grimes video is better than I thought it would be but not an especially great choice for best of the decade. It's not better than "Sticky Drama."

El Guincho - Bombay 30
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control 27
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box 25
Smashing Pumpkins - Today 24
Pharcyde - Drop 22
Radiohead - Paranoid Android 20
Sigur Ros - Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa 19
Young Thug - Wyclef Jean 19
Guns N' Roses - Don’t Cry 17
Thundercat - Tron Song 15
Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat 14
Wax - California 13
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous 13
Nirvana - In Bloom 13
Outkast - Bob 12
My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay 12
Oneohtrix Point Never - Sticky Drama 12
Notorious B.I.G. - Sky's the Limit 12
Ludacris - Get Back 11
Earl Sweatshirt - Earl 10
RMR - Rascal 9
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Talk About the Blues 8
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House 7
Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs 6
Jay-Z - 99 Problems 5
Rihanna - B*tch Better Have My Money 5
Replacements - Bastards of Young 5
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube 5
Björk - Bachelorette 5
Björk - Human Behaviour 5
Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized 5
Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone 5
Beastie Boys - Sabotage 5
Rihanna - We Found Love 5
Metallica - One 5
Sex Pistols - My Way 5
Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba 5
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More 5
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime 5
Beastie Boys - Whatcha Want 5
Pulp - This Is Hardcore 5
George Michael - Freedom! '90 5
Beach House - Wishes 5
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World 5
CSS - Alala 5
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher 5
Squarepusher - Come On My Selector 5
Cibo Matto - Sugar Water 5
Air - All I Need 5
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya 5

Not sure why it's eligible for "lock thread start over."

Because the poster was bored, and he wanted to entertain everyone, and he did an excellent job with the joke he repeated 37 times.

"Don't Cry" >>> "November Rain" >>> "Estranged"
They're all really good but I mean come on.

I'm noticing a lot of people nominated and voted for videos where some band from the 70s or 80s performs in a nondescript setting and it just kinda looks like 1000 other videos and nothing happens and then the video ends.

Like idk even the Joy Division video. Granted they look very cool and it's mesmerizing watching them play but conceptually it might as well be "Working For The Weekend."

Idk about that vid in particular, but I’d argue that a video doesn’t have to be high-concept to be great (any more than a song does).

a nondescript setting and it just kinda looks like 1000 other videos and nothing happens and then the video ends

Guilty as charged, probably, although mine were more from the '60s. But I voted for promotional clips by Cream, Melanie, and Nico that more or less fit your description, as does the Badfinger clip I posted just above. I love these songs, and I just like the idea that there's something video-like out there for them.

Yeah, those aren’t really music videos

Was just thinking why didn’t the music video poll results start… was it ever posted in the nomination thread?

Anyway these results are not what I was expecting at all. I think only a couple of mine placed and I’ve only seen like ~ten of the top forty…

Here was my ranked ballot:

Korn - Freak on a Leash
Busta Rhymes ‎- Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Kiesza - Hideaway
Pharcyde - Drop
Ice cube - it was a good day
Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly (ft 8ball & MJG)
Xzibit - what u see is what you get
Caroline Polachek - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings
My Chemical Romance - Helena
De la soul - ooohh
2pac - Smile
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Redman - ill be dat
Wu tang - click click
TLC - Aint 2 Proud 2 Beg
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Naughty by nature - feel me flow
NORE - superthug
Beck - E-Pro
Master P - Make em Say Ugh
Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Scarface - my block
Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
Outkast - BOB
Dmx - ruff ryders anthem
Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
ZZ Top - Rough Boy
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But a G Thang
Janet Jackson - thats the way love goes
Roots - dont say nuthin
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Rema - dumebi
UGK - International Players Anthem (I Choose You)
Ludacris - Get Back
P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis
Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Health skeltah - operation lockdown
Jay rock - kings dead
Fatlip - Whats up fat lip
Rihanna - Rude Boy
Dem Franchise Boyz - Lean Wit It
Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - Sunday Candy
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Juvenile - Ha
Tyler The Creator - Yonkers
Slipknot - Before I Forget
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario

good list!!!

Thanks, apparently I completely forgot to add November rain which is a top 3 for me.

you:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/62/63/aa62635e5e738f0201b122f0386c9fab.gif

Haha yup

as for which use your illusion video is superior, i think i was put here on this earth to advocate for music videos featuring heavy cgi dolphin content

it also starts off making you believe it's a concert video! but it absolutely isn't! it just grows increasingly bizarre! and i love that

I suppose I was born to advocate for drunk Axl in the graveyard blizzard, bottle in one hand gun in the other
https://i.gifer.com/YIJx.gif

ok so i accidentally posted my ballot in the voting thread, here it is for posterity

my ballot. hastily assembled after a perusal of the noms list. obv many things i forgot, but the only one i left out that would've been in my top ten is the pharcyde's "drop."

ranked
Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
Madonna - Vogue
Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You
David Bowie - Blackstar
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Busta Rhymes ‎- Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
Hot Chip - I Feel Better
Bat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?
UGK - International Players Anthem (I Choose You)

unranked
2 Chainz - Birthday Song
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Beyoncé - Formation
Björk - Human Behaviour
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion - W.A.P.
Danny Brown - Grown Up
Dmx - Ruff Ryders Anthem
Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - Sunday Candy
E-40 - Tell Me When to Go
Fiona Apple - Criminal
George Michael - Freedom! '90
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
Jay-Z - 99 Problems
Kanye West - All Falls Down
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
King Von - Took Her to the O
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Mariah Carey - Fantasy (Remix) ft. Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Mclusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Radiohead - Just
Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend
Rosalía - Malamente
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Slick Rick - Children's Story
Soul II Soul - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
Weird Al Yankovic - White and Nerdy
White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
Young Dolph - Get Paid
ZZ Top - Rough Boy

you and i def had some crossover

you picked a lot that i cut, like that ludacris video and yonkers

Unranked list

5 UNLISTED:

Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Madonna - Open Your Heart
Annie Lennox - Walking onBroken Glass
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6

45 Main List (unranked)

2Pac + Dre - California love
A- Ha Take On Me
Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
beastie Boys - sabotage
beyoncé - formation
bjork - all is full of love
blink 182- all the small things
chris sisal - wicked game
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Dre - nuthin but a g thang
duran duran - hungry like the wolf
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Garbage - Queer
George Michael - Freedom! '90
George Michael - Too Funky
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
Jay-Z - 99 Problems
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Talk About the Blues
Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
Lonely Island - Ras Trent
Madonna - Vogue
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Paula Abdul - Straight Up
Pavement - Range Life
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Prince & the Revolution - When Doves Cry
Replacements - Bastards of Young
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
Roots - Don’t Say Nuthin’
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
Tool - Sober
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
Wax - California
Weird Al Yankovic - Fat
ZZ Top - Legs

just rewatched 2pac/scarface 'smile' and was curious who directed it.

Paul Hunter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hunter_(director)

forgot about usher 'my way'. also that black eyed peas 'joints and jams' was a fav of mine at that time.

paul hunter videography genuinely ridiculous

truly. we shoulda just polled him and hype williams videos.

Forgot another early one that I really enjoy: the Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash, though there are a few variants. It got a restoration that looked awesome when I saw it at MoMA's program celebrating the Stones' 50th anniversary, but I don't think it was officially made available for home viewing outside of its usage in the so-so Crossfire Hurricane documentary. The only place I can find it online is on Facebook, though you don't need an account to view it.

My unranked ballot:

Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Yo La Tengo - I'll Be Around
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
Ann Steel - My Time
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy
Autechre - Gantz Graf
Beck - Deadweight
Björk - Human Behaviour
Björk - Triumph of a Heart
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria
Carly Simon - Why
Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Cibo Matto - Sugar Water
Cléo - Les Fauves
Cure - Close to Me
Daft Punk - Around the World
De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
Fall - Eat Y'Self Fitter
France Gall - Laisse tomber les filles
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (trees version)
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (trails version)
Kraftwerk - Musique Non-Stop
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
Lio - Sage Comme Une Image
Lucas - Lucas with the Lid Off
Madonna - Frozen
Mick Jagger - Memo from Turner
Moloko - The Flipside
Pet Shop Boys - Heart
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Portishead - Only You
Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - 69 année érotique
Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie and Clyde
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound
Sparks - When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way’?
Sparks - When I'm With You
Talking Heads - Love for Sale
Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Moloko - Fun for Me
Oneohtrix Point Never - Problem Areas
Boards of Canada - Everything You Do Is a Balloon
Trans-X - Living on Video
Ronika - Wiyoo
Stice - Ollygoshawda
Scott Walker - Epizootics!

Thanks Clemenza, Viborg, anyone else with a role, co-voters! A sign of a comprehensive and significant poll is that some people are a bit miffed with the results. (If it wasn't comprehensive they wouldn't have heard of it; if it wasn't significant they wouldn't have cared.)

I will probably go through all of the top 100 at some point in the next month. Grateful that an all time video list finally happened here, and just as I was hoping, the stuff I haven't seen yet (so far) is all really bizarre and interesting. I wouldn't call a lot of these worthy of an all time list, but for me that's not really the point.

I totally forgot about that Hot Chip video. But it also reminds me of the Beach House video with Ray Wise that I was so sure would place.

I know the song, and I figure I must have seen some of the video at some point, but the revelation of the poll for me was "Unfinished Sympathy".

I was a #1 vote for "Sabotage" btw, didn't see the email. Given that my son makes me play him that video over and over again, it definitely has legs.

I feel like I could make a separate list of "movie scenes that I wish could be music videos."

Andy Warhol's Vinyl for Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' "Nowhere to Run"

James Benning's 11 x 14 for Bob Dylan's "Black Diamond Bay" (two scenes actually)

Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and GoodFellas for "Then He Kissed Me," "Mickey's Monkey," "What Is Life," "Jumping Jack Flash," "Atlantis" and probably many others

Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising for "He's a Rebel"

etc.

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" in this list is one example.
I feel like part of the attraction of scenes like that is that they're not independent works; the songs come in, blend with the movie and leave. Watching them on their own feels like it's inflating them somehow.

I've written a book on the subject (pop music in films), and my interest in the two subjects is connected I'm sure. (Another voter has also written a book on the subject...I won't link to his without checking.)

But then Kenneth Anger's use of the Paris Sisters' "Dream Lover" in Kustom Kar Kommandos strikes me as a special case because it's not an excerpt from the film, it's the entire film. I didn't vote for it bc I was trying to honor the distinction between that and videos that were made to promote a record, but I guess that is the principal difference between that and, say, Bruce Conner's film for "Mongoloid" by Devo.

the subterranean “video” has surely been seen by far more people than the entirety of don’t look back, and certainly passes the iconicity test (based on how often it’s been parodied and imitated)

it’s a bit different from scenes from narrative films that prominently use a song

To me, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" works fine as a (legitimate) standalone video. If Don't Look Back didn't exist, but MTV had existed in 1965, I could see where Dylan would have come up with exactly the same thing as his idea of what a video should look like.

(The "Like a Rolling Stone" video that I voted for, which was probably done six or seven years ago, I would love to know the extent of Dylan's involvement with that. Other than commissioning and ultimately approving it, my guess is nil--I just can't imagine him coming up with anything like what materialized.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2af69xt0VKE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gib916jJW1o

I think Bob Roberts came out before "Subterranean" became an "official" video, so I vaguely remember being thrilled just to see the Don't Look Back sequence referenced. (Didn't care for the film at the time, got better when I watched it years later.) Looking at it now, it's just weird that the women look like the Robert Palmer women--reference overload.

Bob Roberts did it a few years after INXS iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4

The Maxell advert is one of the best TV adverts of all time. There’s another one which uses Desmond Dekker’s ‘Israelites’ along same lines to diminishing returns.

That would be this, then. As with “Into The Valley”, I could never hear the track the same way again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KShjB5jyjM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lucero

realized while watching the video for the odb remix of "woo-hah got you all in check" that i love this dude's work, always creative if on a more modest level than say a hype williams, sucks he died so young. tha alkaholiks video he did ("the next level") is pretty much as good as "'93 til infinity"

oh yeah thats a good videography. he loved him some contrast.

kush is a GREAT video

this one too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5xJBKVGTGs

always loved the song/video for xzibit's "paparazzi"

xp lol

this is making me want to do a poll for just hip-hop music videos

would participate

after i finished my ballot i made a youtube playlist of it, then i had the bright idea to expand it to 100 places, so here's the finished product:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRIBtlBJdQ_IZV5yzhr1MnbzHhjbes9-

pretty proud of it, very rewarding project! i've wanted to do something like this since youtube first came into existence and now a majority of the videos have hd upgrades

that link doesn't work because of the weird hyphen at the end, so here's the real link:

brad's all-time top 100 favorite music videos ever

Good selecting. I'm happy anyone else has seen and loves "Y Control."

nice brad! lots of crossover with my favs

Totally forgot something I'm almost certain I would have voted for: Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard." I think it was made a couple of years after Graceland; it starts with Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie. When Mickey Mantle shows up, it's as sublime a moment as Paul McCartney in "They Don't Know"--obviously Paul Simon's dream as a kid, to be pitching to Mickey Mantle, and suddenly there he is. Near the end, another sports icon.

I didn't vote in the Broadcast poll, because I really only remember (and love) "Echo's Answer," but I wish I'd known about this for the video poll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEz1eZmUco

AV Club predictably making some eye rolling choices. https://www.avclub.com/50-greatest-music-videos-ranked-1850820669/slides/52

Very quickly scanning, but yeah. If you could generate a Masterpiece Theatre equivalent of a greatest-videos list, this would be it. (Which is not to imply that most of the famous ones here are boring but good--they're boring and bad.)