I'm always impressed by a music video that can "yes, and" the song it was made for - one that feels like it was created as an extension or an exploration of the song, rather than an expression of the vibes (though, don't get me wrong, I'm all about the vibes too). I love that this video tells a clear story and puts a pretty fun twist on the lyrics while it does.
Bonus: The actors seem like they were having a blast during filming.
Take on Me - Aha
Another great one and very inventive for the time.
You made me rickroll myself. Never Gonna Give You Up is so iconic online, how could it not be the first thing that comes to mind?
Second one that came to mind was Somebody That I Used To Know.
Frankly, I don't watch music videos, so internet memes are the majority of my exposure to them.
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits. All-time classic. 80s CGI knows no comparison. ๐ฉ๐
There are many other more impressive and even more famous music videos, but this one is THE video I think of when anyone mentions music videos.
Sober by Tool. Very cool video.
The video is great and creepy.
I only read as far as "first music video" before my brain served up the first video on MTV, "Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star."
Turn Down for What - Lil Jon
Directed by (And starring one of) the directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Which makes me feel vindicated for loving this video, so fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU
Probably Thriller, even though my favorite is probably Californication
A-HA take on me
I'd nominate Bjork: All is Full of Love.
Why? Popup Video when I was younger, that's why lol. It was on a LOT.
I love this song. It sounds upbeat and carefree but it really sad.
Wiki "Fastball frontman Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading articles that described the June 1997 disappearance of an elderly married couple, Lela and Raymond Howard from Salado, Texas,[5] who left home to attend the Pioneer Day festival at nearby Temple, Texas, despite Lela's Alzheimer's and Raymond recently recovering from brain surgery. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route.[6][7] The authorities who investigated the accident believed that Lela, who was driving the car, was trying to locate a place where she had once vacationed.[8]"
I wonder how many of us saw this video when we were too young for it?
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE&ab_channel=RobertPalmerVEVO
Knights of Cydonia
Do the Evolution by Pearl Jam
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI
Not even a fan of Pearl Jam, but the song's discordant guitar solo is perfect for its message, and captured brilliantly by the animation. I'm a sucker for late state American animation well-executed like this, too.
Take on Me - Aha
definitely Take On Me by a-h_a._
You want a music video? Any music video? One of the best of the 1980s? One of the best of all time? One of the catchiest songs ever? Something that will never go away?
Take On Me.
Papa Don't Preach by Madonna. We didn't have cable/sat at home and my family went on vacation so I watched MTV as much as possible. They must have played it hundreds of times in a few days.
I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want, I want a redo where my answer isn't Wannabe by the Spice Girls.
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Probably gorillaz, either Clint Eastwood or Dirty Harry
Got Rickrolled without a link, good job.
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda.
I have no idea why, I haven't thought about the song in years. And I don't even like it.
Booty on the mind?
The Shins - Simple Song
We're no strangers to love
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