Stop me before I list again!
May. 27th, 2003 12:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
slipjig3It was boredom and sleep deprivation that led me to list my votes for The 100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time; it was brain damage, though, that led me to try to assign ranks to the suckers:
The List:
1) “Sugar Water,” Cibo Matto
2) “California,” Wax
3) “Bachelorette,” Bjork
4) “Push It,” Garbage
5) “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M.
6) “Close to the Edit,” The Art of Noise
7) “Virtual Insanity,” Jamiroquai
8) “Jeremy (unedited),” Pearl Jam
9) “Sledgehammer,” Peter Gabriel
10) “El Scorcho,” Weezer
11) “Drop,” The Pharcyde
12) “Fell in Love With a Girl,” The White Stripes
13) “Lucas With the Lid Off,” Lucas
14) “Boys of Summer,” Don Henley
15) “Ava Adore,” Smashing Pumpkins
16) “Only You,” Portishead
17) “Billie Jean,” Michael Jackson
18) “One (long version,” Metallica
19) “Trouble,” Coldplay
20) “Around the World,” Daft Punk
21) “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Sinead O’Connor
22) “Stinkfist (a.k. Track 1),” Tool
23) “Everybody Hurts,” R.E.M.
24) “Weapon of Choice,” Fatboy Slim
25) “Street Spirit,” Radiohead
26) “Pumping on Your Stereo,” Supergrass
27) “Monkey Drummer,” Aphex Twin
28) “Need You Tonight / Mediate,” INXS
29) “Freedom ‘90,” George Michael
30) “Protection,” Massive Attack
31) “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” U2
32) “Afrika Shox,” Leftfield
33) “Bastards of Young,” Replacements
34) “Burning Down the House,” Talking Heads
35) “I’m Afraid of Americans,” David Bowie w/ Trent Reznor
36) “Closer (unedited),” Nine Inch Nails
37) “Caught a Lite Sneeze,” Tori Amos
38) “In Bloom,” Nirvana
39) “From Your Mouth,” God Lives Underwater
40) “Oh Father,” Madonna
41) “Come Into My World,” Kylie Minogue
42) “Stupid Girl,” Garbage
43) “Where the Streets Have No Name,” U2
44) “On,” Aphex Twin
45) “Rabbit in Your Headlights,” U.N.K.L.E. featuring Thom Yorke
46) “Freak on a Leash,” Korn
47) “Smack My Bitch Up,” Prodigy
48) “Sixth Avenue Heartache,” The Wallflowers
49) “Just,” Radiohead
50) “Missionary Man,” The Eurythmics
51) “Let Forever Be,” The Chemical Brothers
52) “March of the Pigs,” Nine Inch Nails
53) “Clint Eastwood,” Gorillaz
54) “Cry,” Godley and Creme
55) “Praise You,” Fatboy Slim
56) “This Train Don’t Stop Anymore,” Elton John
57) “Tonight, Tonight,” Smashing Pumpkins
58) “Imitation of Life,” R.E.M.
59) “Head On,” The Pixies
60) “Shock the Monkey,” Peter Gabriel
61) “When I Grow Up,” Michelle Shocked
62) “Smooth Criminal (long version),” Michael Jackson
63) “Pretty Good Year,” Tori Amos
64) “Rock DJ,” Robbie Williams
65) “Teardrop,” Massive Attack
66) “The Box,” Orbital
67) “Leave Me Alone,” Michael Jackson
68) “This Note’s For You,” Neil Young
69) “Never Is a Promise,” Fiona Apple
70) “Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In),” Michael Penn
71) “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” Bob Dylan
72) “Rockit,” Herbie Hancock
73) “All Is Full of Love,” Bjork
74) “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See,” Busta Rhymes
75) “Sleep Now in the Fire,” Rage Against the Machine
76) “Free as a Bird,” The Beatles
77) “Learning to Fly (long version),” Pink Floyd
78) “Sabotage,” The Beastie Boys
79) “For My Culture,” One Giant Step
80) “Mother Mother,” Tracy Bonham
81) “Star Guitar,” The Chemical Brothers
82) “Thank You,” Alanis Morissette
83) “Coffee and TV,” Blur
84) “Big Me,” The Foo Fighters
85) “Longview,” Green Day
86) “Thursday’s Child,” David Bowie
87) “Hush,” Kula Shaker
88) “Airhead,” Thomas Dolby
89) “Manchild,” Neneh Cherry
90) “Untitled,” D’Angelo
91) “Ana Ng,” They Might Be Giants
92) “Least Complicated,” Indigo Girls
93) “The Saint (9-panel version),” Orbital
94) “Short Skirt / Long Jacket (L.A. version),” Cake
95) “No Surprises,” Radiohead
96) “Miss You Much,” Janet Jackson
97) “Shame,” Stabbing Westward
98) “She Drives Me Crazy,” Fine Young Cannibals
99) “Who We Be,” DMX
100) “I Saw the Light,” The The
A few comments:
1) This list is all about the video, not the song. I'm not particularly a techno fan, I've never owned a rap record of any sort, and Kylie Minogue makes me break out in a rash. But the artists all had the sense to work with good directors (as opposed to, say, Wayne "Nothing's Too Good to Plagiarize" Isham or Matt "Where's the Focus Button on This Thing" Mahurin).
2) Yes, the ranking is at least somewhat arbitrary, but that didn't stop me from agonizing over it horribly.
3) By jeezum crow, I really do have a Michel Gondry fetish, don't I?
The List:
1) “Sugar Water,” Cibo Matto
2) “California,” Wax
3) “Bachelorette,” Bjork
4) “Push It,” Garbage
5) “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M.
6) “Close to the Edit,” The Art of Noise
7) “Virtual Insanity,” Jamiroquai
8) “Jeremy (unedited),” Pearl Jam
9) “Sledgehammer,” Peter Gabriel
10) “El Scorcho,” Weezer
11) “Drop,” The Pharcyde
12) “Fell in Love With a Girl,” The White Stripes
13) “Lucas With the Lid Off,” Lucas
14) “Boys of Summer,” Don Henley
15) “Ava Adore,” Smashing Pumpkins
16) “Only You,” Portishead
17) “Billie Jean,” Michael Jackson
18) “One (long version,” Metallica
19) “Trouble,” Coldplay
20) “Around the World,” Daft Punk
21) “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Sinead O’Connor
22) “Stinkfist (a.k. Track 1),” Tool
23) “Everybody Hurts,” R.E.M.
24) “Weapon of Choice,” Fatboy Slim
25) “Street Spirit,” Radiohead
26) “Pumping on Your Stereo,” Supergrass
27) “Monkey Drummer,” Aphex Twin
28) “Need You Tonight / Mediate,” INXS
29) “Freedom ‘90,” George Michael
30) “Protection,” Massive Attack
31) “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” U2
32) “Afrika Shox,” Leftfield
33) “Bastards of Young,” Replacements
34) “Burning Down the House,” Talking Heads
35) “I’m Afraid of Americans,” David Bowie w/ Trent Reznor
36) “Closer (unedited),” Nine Inch Nails
37) “Caught a Lite Sneeze,” Tori Amos
38) “In Bloom,” Nirvana
39) “From Your Mouth,” God Lives Underwater
40) “Oh Father,” Madonna
41) “Come Into My World,” Kylie Minogue
42) “Stupid Girl,” Garbage
43) “Where the Streets Have No Name,” U2
44) “On,” Aphex Twin
45) “Rabbit in Your Headlights,” U.N.K.L.E. featuring Thom Yorke
46) “Freak on a Leash,” Korn
47) “Smack My Bitch Up,” Prodigy
48) “Sixth Avenue Heartache,” The Wallflowers
49) “Just,” Radiohead
50) “Missionary Man,” The Eurythmics
51) “Let Forever Be,” The Chemical Brothers
52) “March of the Pigs,” Nine Inch Nails
53) “Clint Eastwood,” Gorillaz
54) “Cry,” Godley and Creme
55) “Praise You,” Fatboy Slim
56) “This Train Don’t Stop Anymore,” Elton John
57) “Tonight, Tonight,” Smashing Pumpkins
58) “Imitation of Life,” R.E.M.
59) “Head On,” The Pixies
60) “Shock the Monkey,” Peter Gabriel
61) “When I Grow Up,” Michelle Shocked
62) “Smooth Criminal (long version),” Michael Jackson
63) “Pretty Good Year,” Tori Amos
64) “Rock DJ,” Robbie Williams
65) “Teardrop,” Massive Attack
66) “The Box,” Orbital
67) “Leave Me Alone,” Michael Jackson
68) “This Note’s For You,” Neil Young
69) “Never Is a Promise,” Fiona Apple
70) “Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In),” Michael Penn
71) “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” Bob Dylan
72) “Rockit,” Herbie Hancock
73) “All Is Full of Love,” Bjork
74) “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See,” Busta Rhymes
75) “Sleep Now in the Fire,” Rage Against the Machine
76) “Free as a Bird,” The Beatles
77) “Learning to Fly (long version),” Pink Floyd
78) “Sabotage,” The Beastie Boys
79) “For My Culture,” One Giant Step
80) “Mother Mother,” Tracy Bonham
81) “Star Guitar,” The Chemical Brothers
82) “Thank You,” Alanis Morissette
83) “Coffee and TV,” Blur
84) “Big Me,” The Foo Fighters
85) “Longview,” Green Day
86) “Thursday’s Child,” David Bowie
87) “Hush,” Kula Shaker
88) “Airhead,” Thomas Dolby
89) “Manchild,” Neneh Cherry
90) “Untitled,” D’Angelo
91) “Ana Ng,” They Might Be Giants
92) “Least Complicated,” Indigo Girls
93) “The Saint (9-panel version),” Orbital
94) “Short Skirt / Long Jacket (L.A. version),” Cake
95) “No Surprises,” Radiohead
96) “Miss You Much,” Janet Jackson
97) “Shame,” Stabbing Westward
98) “She Drives Me Crazy,” Fine Young Cannibals
99) “Who We Be,” DMX
100) “I Saw the Light,” The The
A few comments:
1) This list is all about the video, not the song. I'm not particularly a techno fan, I've never owned a rap record of any sort, and Kylie Minogue makes me break out in a rash. But the artists all had the sense to work with good directors (as opposed to, say, Wayne "Nothing's Too Good to Plagiarize" Isham or Matt "Where's the Focus Button on This Thing" Mahurin).
2) Yes, the ranking is at least somewhat arbitrary, but that didn't stop me from agonizing over it horribly.
3) By jeezum crow, I really do have a Michel Gondry fetish, don't I?
