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29 Brilliant Music Videos

By Smashing Editorial, January 21st, 2008 in Inspiration | 237 Comments | Forum

Music has always been an excellent source of inspiration. Particularly if you are stuck with some problem you can’t find a workaround for, a beautiful song can give you a new perspective, let you see the problem from a different angle. And sometimes it’s just useful to make a break — for instance, watching some music videos.

In this post we present some unusual music videos for your monday’s coffee break. Some of the videos are thought-provoking, some of them are funny and some are bizarre. While many of them are well-known, you’ll probably find some videos you’ve never watched before. The videos all perfectly to the music which is being played in the background. Hopefully, everyone will find something new and inspiring for himself/herself. Please notice that you might need to watch some videos at least twice to get the idea behind them.

You might want to read the descriptions of the videos — they are provided below every link. The screenshots often don’t reveal that much about the videos they stand for.

Music Videos

Unkle - Rabbit in your Headlights
What is this guy whispering? Who is the guy? And what is he doing in the tunnel? You need to watch this video till the very end. You won’t be disappointed.

Jason Forrest - “War Photographer” (2005)
These freaking vikings are both cool and strange. But it doesn’t make them less sympathetic. And they can play both on drums and guitars pretty well.

Bat for Lashes — What’s A Girl To Do
00:38 is the best moment in the history of music videos. Well, this one is kind of scary. Hares driving on the bicycles and clapping their hands at the same time? A masterpiece from the year 2007.

Nick Cave & Kylie Mingoue — Where The Wild Roses Grow
Probably one of the most beautiful music videos ever made. There is no need for words. Watch it.

Rob Dougan — Clubbed To Death
Incredible editing and directing. So symbolic, so powerful.

Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
What about a music video which is made with thousands of 6-sided dice? Exactly. And the music fits perfectly.

Radiohead – “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” (1995)
The video for this song was shot using different film frequencies, allowing various actions to unfold at different rates within the same frame. The emotional effects of this practice range from silly to unsettling. Try not to watch this video too many times; it begins to feel a little more disturbing each time. [Jeff Shreve]

Sia – “Breathe Me” (Quicktime)
The production of this video clip took several thousands Polaroid photos. The result is… at least unusual.

Music Video Screenshot

Citizens Here and Abroad - You Drive and We’ll Listen To Music
Jason Koxvold’s video pairs crashing cars with crashing guitars. Rock. Very well executed and perfectly edited. Must see.

Moby - Porcelaine
Such a beautiful song. One of the videos you are amazed about once, and you never forget again.

The Strokes - You Only Live Once (Imeem)
With a Hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all? Directed by Warren Fu.

Arctic Monkeys - A view from the afternoon (Quicktime version)
A song about a passion and unstoppable willingness to do what you love. Simple, yet so effective.

“Glosoli” - Sigur Ros
“Glosoli” depicts a young drummer boy gathering up the other denizens of what appears to be an adult-free utopian land, and leading a revolution to freedom. So beautiful and so touching. Don’t miss the last scene.

The Avalanches - “Frontier Psychiatrist”
This is freaky. Sometimes the most obvious concept for a video also turns out to be the best. The ghost choir is the best. Except for the nightmarish old-man turtle, of course. [via PitchForkMedia]

Royksopp - Remind Me
We’ve featured this movie already, but it’s worth mentioning it in this post. You can watch it dozens times and still not catch everything. A day in the life of an average working Jill, broken down into its minutest component parts. The unstated joke: mankind has erected immense, resource-devouring systems of almost incomprehensible complexity just so you can sit in your cubicle.

Blur - “Coffee & TV” (Quicktime)
Actually, this song is about a dancing milk carton. However, its adventures are funny, cute, but with a pleasing streak of cruelty. The milk-carton protagonist even has its own fan site.

Boards of Canada: “Dayvan Cowboy” (Quicktime)
It’s pretty easy to get wrapped up in the grainy, existential pulchritude of this thing and completely miss the cheeky self-reference. So, um, where can one surf in Canada? Directed by Melissa Olson.

Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
That’s weird. And that’s what makes it special. A pixel-based video clip.

Daft Punk - One More Time
Probably one of the most colorful animated music videos of all time. Daft Punk, one more time.

Xploding Plastix - Joy Comes In The Morning
A music video about the world we live in and the world we’d like to live in.

Unkle - Eye For Eye
A haunting track with a creepy animation, which won an award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Nasty weirdness drops from the sky and then moves on.

Vitalic - Poney
Flying dogs in light of a laser and in slow-motion. Nobody has ever done something like this before.

OK Go - Here It Comes Again

Justice “D.A.N.C.E.” (Quicktime)
Sometimes even T-Shirts can speak. For instance, in this music video. “D.A.N.C.E.” was nominated for “Video of the Year at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. On the first of November Justice received the “Video Star” award at the European Music Awards in Munich.

Forss - “City Ports”
The visualization fits perfectly to the music.

Radiohead - Just
What could the man on the street possibly have said?

Prodigy - Out Of Space
Prodigy’s “Out of Space” is probably one of the weirdest videos ever created. Welcome back to the 90s — this is how some videos looked like then. The song which was * for the whole generation.

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
A video everybody has seen. And everybody would see again.

RJD2 - Work It Out
This guy just want to have some fun with his crooks and his skateboard. A one-shot-video from 2007.

Published in Inspiration, January 21st, 2008
Tags: inspiration, music, video

1.

dave (January 21st, 2008, 7:59 am)

awesome collection!
2.

Juan Manuel Lemus (January 21st, 2008, 8:02 am)

Very cool. Now in Smashing Videos. Good collection.
3.

Conner (January 21st, 2008, 8:03 am)

Thanks for this! We were searching like idiots for the song writer and title of Nick Cave & Kylie Mingoue — Where The Wild Roses Grow. Finally I can put it on my favourite songs list!
4.

Timothy Long (January 21st, 2008, 8:28 am)

good list. it really is.
but i can’t help but always feel a little bit giped after the monday inspiration.
aren’t you guys do for a super-duper best of 2007 MEGALIST?!
5.

Michael (January 21st, 2008, 8:31 am)

Brilliant collection.
Now get Rob Dougan’s ‘Clubbed to Death’ on there ;)
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robojiannis (January 21st, 2008, 8:37 am)

Great stuff! Surprised that TOOL videos aren’t included. They are really peculiar.
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Dustin Brewer (January 21st, 2008, 8:37 am)

The bat for lashes video is so weird, everytime I see it posted somewhere I have to check it out because it is so strange.
8.

Bdesign (January 21st, 2008, 8:53 am)

Nice collection. I like especially Royksopp - Remind Me .
9.

mata (January 21st, 2008, 8:59 am)

I like Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of choice and Slash dot dash not is really good too!
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David Hildreth (January 21st, 2008, 9:01 am)

Great collection. Though I’m a little surprised, not a single Spike Jones video?
11.

mikemike (January 21st, 2008, 9:03 am)

Just a bunch of EMO trash.
12.

Shnalla (January 21st, 2008, 9:10 am)

Another cool collection.
RJD2 - Work It Out helped me a lot this monday…thanks!
13.

Peter (January 21st, 2008, 9:12 am)

Maybe I’m just getting too old ( I barely recognize the names of the artists mentioned ), but personally I’m all for keeping record production costs - and thus album prices - down by forgoing expensive & extravagant video clips. IMHO they rarely contribute anything to the artistic value and more often than not the prohibitive costs have to be repaid by the artist to the record company. Horror stories are all over the web …
Just release your album privately without signing future earnings away, promote it by vigorous touring and the usual suspects on the web ( YouTube, MySpace etc. ).
Pay your dues and build a fan base solely on your artistical prowess instead of trying to get rich & famous overnight. Selling a mediocre album based on the false promise of an over-engineered video clip will get you nowhere in the end.
The crux of the matter is : can you sing & play any good live ?

Call me old-fashioned if you like, but I’ll take this :

Link [www.youtube.com]

over any example mentioned in the post above anytime …
14.

bala (January 21st, 2008, 9:24 am)

it’s missing Otherside by RHCP, which is pretty a proper excercise of style
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sirjorge (January 21st, 2008, 9:30 am)

uh…some of these aren’t amazing at all.
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Stevie K (January 21st, 2008, 9:40 am)

I know it’s always difficult to pick a shortlist and you’ll always miss something but, I think it is a bit of an oversight not to include anything from Michel Gondry on the list. Something like Hardest Button to Button is genius. Especially since the video from Fujiya & Miyagi seems a little to close to White Stripes’ “Fell in Love with a Girl”.
17.

Feri Macfričkins (January 21st, 2008, 9:40 am)

Great stuff
and what about Praise You, from Spike Jonze, or this Link [www.jarisonline.net]?
18.

Vanilla (January 21st, 2008, 9:43 am)

I usually enjoy your “Monday Inspiration”, but this list is pretty random, IMHO. This said, I’d like to add some more:

Massive Attack - Teardrop
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
some videos by Tool, especially “Schism”
19.

mikesub (January 21st, 2008, 10:23 am)

wrong link at RJD2 (linked to ‘just’ by radiohead instead)
20.

Kevin (January 21st, 2008, 10:35 am)

One of the best video’s ever is also from the prodigy, but probably not suited for this list due to it’s R-rated content… here in the Netherlands the clip was only shown after 11pm due to its graphic nature, all this aside it’s a very good clip… The song I’m talking about is ‘Smack My B*tch up’…
21.

syed (January 21st, 2008, 11:08 am)

Add this
Bjork - Anything!
Portishead - Glorybox
Jamiraquai - dude have style, no?
Beasty Boys - Any old skool videos with fake moustach and polyester trousers.
22.

Alex (January 21st, 2008, 11:29 am)

Great collection and a lot of good bands and music.

Two radiohead videos plus Thom Yorke/Unkle.

Anyone knows where the quotes in that song come from??? Just a little quiz…
23.

Evandro Guedes (January 21st, 2008, 11:41 am)

GREAT COLLECTION!!

ps. the hi-res link of “Unkle - Rabbit in your Headlights” is broken!
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miqcie (January 21st, 2008, 12:04 pm)

Very surprised Pearl Jam’s “Do the Evolution” wasn’t included.
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madriaza (January 21st, 2008, 12:40 pm)

What??? Star guitar is not on this list??????????
26.

Dirk (January 21st, 2008, 1:05 pm)

Excellent Choice!
Thanks
27.

taha (January 21st, 2008, 1:10 pm)

again, good collection
28.

Ill (January 21st, 2008, 1:39 pm)

Where is Tool?
29.

pyros (January 21st, 2008, 1:53 pm)

some additions:

Björk | Bachelorette
Peter Gabriel | Sledgehammer
Pearl Jam | Do The Evolution
Johnny Cash | Hurt
Aphex Twin | Come To Daddy
Foo Fighters | Everlong
Metallica | One
30.

Daniel Holter (January 21st, 2008, 2:08 pm)

The Sigur Ros video is possibly the most stunning visual I’ve seen online to date. Link [www.danielholter.com] back in 2005.

GREAT list, guys!
31.

Yeni Setiawan (January 21st, 2008, 2:12 pm)

I agree that “Where The Wild Roses Grow” is a great song with great video clips. I watch it many times when first time I saw.
32.

Morgante (January 21st, 2008, 3:11 pm)

What? No Paranoid Android by Radiohead? Brilliant cartoon music video.
33.

Matty (January 21st, 2008, 3:22 pm)

Awesome list guys!
34.

Pierre (January 21st, 2008, 3:48 pm)

Sweet selection!

I did a similar post on my blog a while ago:
Link [www.thejuicycow.com]

My selection was:
1. Pearl Jam: Do the Evolution
2. Chemical Brothers: Star Guitar
3. Timo Mass ft. Brian Molko: First day
4. Gym Class Heroes: Cupids Chokehold / Breakfast in America
5. Bob Marley feat. Lauryn Hill: Turn your lights down low
6. Kylie Minogue: Come Into My World
7. The Prodigy: Smack my bitch up
8. Missy Elliott: Teary Eyed
9. Michael Jackson: Thriller
10. Smashing Pumpkins: 1979
10+1. Harvey Danger: Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitt
35.

ak (January 21st, 2008, 3:52 pm)

This is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING collection. Definitely the best post so far!
36.

Evan (January 21st, 2008, 3:58 pm)

We’re missing some Chris Cunningham vids in there…

Bjork “All is Full of Love”
Leftfield “Afrika Shox”
Portishead “Only You”
Aphex Twin “Windowlicker” & “Come to Daddy”

to name a few…
37.

Michael (January 21st, 2008, 4:05 pm)

White Stripes, Fell in Love with a girl (Lego animation) and The hardest button to button (clever duplication of band and equipment)
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Jon (January 21st, 2008, 4:35 pm)

This list is very good.

I was making a video web site for a while but gave up. During testing I packed it with a load of cool videos.

There are still quite a few there, it’s at Link [www.vidplayr.com]

Some of the best ones I found were:

Alex Gopher - “Child”
Air - “Sexy Boy”
Bjork - “Triumph of a Heart”
Royksopp - “Remind me”
39.

Hades (January 21st, 2008, 5:36 pm)

RadioHead y Street Spirit , gran video, me encanta
Por otro lado muy buena lista, Saludos.

—

Radiohead, Street Spirit . Great video, I love it.
Nice list!
40.

dani (January 21st, 2008, 5:40 pm)

Sound is great to :-) nice post!
41.

aravind (January 21st, 2008, 6:27 pm)

Hei.. this is not a comment -> the link in your ’side blog’ >>Icons Speed Drawing — learn how to design professional
42.

Bob Jones (January 21st, 2008, 6:46 pm)

I’m just glad your RSS feed has the categories in it. I will now filter “Monday Inspiration”.
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Armando (Caracas, Venezuela) (January 21st, 2008, 7:39 pm)

I would add Madonna’s “Ray Of Light” and almost anything by Björk
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nycchi (January 21st, 2008, 8:04 pm)

How can you not post Prodigy - Smack my Bitch Up?!

Amazing video

Link [www.youtube.com]

WARNING NOT SAFE FOR WORK
45.

AnDrEsZ (January 21st, 2008, 8:52 pm)

What about Linkin Park… I really like their music and their videos. A lot f art on both of them.
46.

Zee Man (January 21st, 2008, 9:20 pm)

You forgot a really great video, based on a really great short story. Very artsy feel to it.

Man That You Fear - Marilyn Manson
Link [www.youtube.com]
47.

James (January 21st, 2008, 9:47 pm)

Hahaha, you like Moby.
48.

jimmy (January 21st, 2008, 10:33 pm)

what about muse - knights of cydonia?!
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Jeff (January 22nd, 2008, 12:06 am)

I agree, Michel Gondry should be in there and Tool as well.

Radiohead’s Just was a mind blowing video when it came out, and 15 years later, no one still seems to know what the guy says. Well I do! He says “you do it to yourself.” As in, your messed up life is your own damn fault. All your problems are because of things you’ve done. So if everyone lays down and does nothing, they cant mess up their lives anymore. It’s the whole point of the song.

Its really not that difficult to figure out.

Great list though, thanks
50.

Librarian PL (January 22nd, 2008, 12:09 am)

OK, but where is SIgur Ros?
51.

Myke Cave (January 22nd, 2008, 12:48 am)

Nice list!

Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar and Bjork - Joga definitely should be on the list. Both directed by Michel Gondry. Heck, anything directed by Michel Gondry should be on the list.
52.

Tom (January 22nd, 2008, 12:56 am)

It is OK go - here it GOES again ;)
53.

MiSc (January 22nd, 2008, 1:37 am)

I also like the video for ‘Crazy’ by Gnarls Barkley (video by Robert Hales).
54.

lukn (January 22nd, 2008, 3:03 am)

My #1: Clubbed To Death by Rob Dougan - awesome production :)
55.

dharma (January 22nd, 2008, 4:02 am)

Metallica | One, Metallica | One, Metallica | One, Metallica | One, Metallica | One :)
56.

Dennis Petersen (January 22nd, 2008, 4:17 am)

I wrote a similar post a while back on my blog.
So check it out if you want to: Link [djl-commercials.dk]
57.

Janos (January 22nd, 2008, 5:03 am)

Where’s Pearl Jam’s “Evolution”?
58.

Leandro Corrêa (January 22nd, 2008, 5:43 am)

None from Michel Gondry = not a good list.
End.
59.

bbx (January 22nd, 2008, 5:59 am)

I also think that at least one music video of Michel Gondry should have been included. The guy’s a genius!

Hardest button to button (The White Stripes)
Bachelorette (Bjork)
Come Into My World (Kylie Minogue)
Let Forever Be (Chemical Brothers)
Around The World (Daft Punk)
…

Or maybe, you should make a list of all his videos, they’re all awesome.
60.

dbohea (January 22nd, 2008, 6:07 am)

What? No Chris Cunningham?

This is poor. Stick to web design Smashing….
61.

Helen (January 22nd, 2008, 8:25 am)

Nice! I love The Verve’s song!

Thought I would add Snow Patrol’s “Open Your Eyes” and Coldplay’s “Scientist” ones :)
62.

j450n (January 22nd, 2008, 2:17 pm)

Bjork “All is Full of Love” still gives me the shivers when I watch it years later. best video ever IMHO.
63.

deniar (January 22nd, 2008, 5:40 pm)

I do like the Video of “Blur - Coffee & TV”, the cute milk box and his advanture. It’s awesome!
64.

Quakeulf (January 23rd, 2008, 2:08 am)

So awesome to see Norway represented twice with Röyksopp and Xploding Plastix! Makes me proud to be one. :3
65.

maller (January 23rd, 2008, 3:06 am)

I like Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal!
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Kunal (January 23rd, 2008, 6:10 am)

Awesomo!!!
67.

Zeh (January 23rd, 2008, 7:16 am)

Ditto. Where’s “Crazy” ?
68.

Sam (January 23rd, 2008, 7:34 am)

Great Collection to test on my New Woofer :-)
69.

Andrew Hime (January 23rd, 2008, 8:13 am)

Just a bunch of emo trash

I don’t think that means what you think it means…
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Andrew Hime (January 23rd, 2008, 8:16 am)

This list IS pretty poor, especially the 2007 choices. I cannot understand the obsession with Bat For Lashes. The RJD2 video is nice for its one shot thing, but other than that, meh. And the Fujiya & Miyagi? As I’ve noted previously and someone else did above, that’s basically just a ripoff of Gondry’s video for “Fell In Love With A Girl” by White Stripes.

And ignore the calls for Tool videos, seeing shit pushing through a pipe is not inspiring.
71.

Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz (January 24th, 2008, 3:39 am)

Thank you for your comments.

To all users who complained about “poor” list: please notice that this wasn’t supposed to be the ultimate list of best videos of all time. The main intention here was to give provide our readers with some inspirational music videos. And this list is probably subjective, as we haven’t asked a panel of the best music experts to take part in compiling this list.

It should be pretty clear that some videos are missing, and there are definitely some better videos which aren’t in this list - so please let us know about them! Please appreciate our efforts and good intentions.

Thank you for all videos mentioned in the comments!
72.

Stevie K (January 24th, 2008, 8:10 am)

Forgot to mention before, kudos on including the UNKLE’s vid for Eye for an Eye, Shynola are fantastic, they also did Radiohead - Pyramid Song and Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the Flow.
73.

M MI MICH MICHELL (January 24th, 2008, 11:39 am)

totally, a coool list, that screams “where is gondry?”
useful link for mv buffs…the IMDB OF VIDEOS:
Link [www.mvdbase.com]
horrible design, but excellent library
74.

Kreso (January 24th, 2008, 5:40 pm)

Daft punk - around the world… revolution! :D
75.

Mpleet (January 25th, 2008, 2:10 am)

I’m not such a fan of her music but my wife absolutely loves Bjork
She’s got a whole lot of insane videos that seriously blow my mind

I think Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine, Science of Sleep) has done a few of her videos.
I’d recommend you check em out.
76.

Sugar (January 25th, 2008, 3:09 pm)

I’m glad I see two Unkle videos in there - I love Unkle.

That said, it’s a shame not to mention the video clip for Burn my Shadow from their latest album, War stories.

The song is so haunting and the video clip is just amazing.
77.

Mike Hunt (January 26th, 2008, 7:22 pm)

awesome? but for the lack of North of Ping Pong, What Goes Up Must Come Down. this list is not yet complete.
78.

Rudi de Groot (January 27th, 2008, 7:34 am)

Gondry makes the best videos so this list is definitely not complete
79.

JackL (January 28th, 2008, 2:49 am)

How could ou miss Royksopp - What Else Is There ?!!!
80.

teebee (January 28th, 2008, 6:27 am)

kox’s video for the citizens is simply stunning
81.

Ev (January 28th, 2008, 12:43 pm)

Some cool Vid’s smash. (y)
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Sal (January 30th, 2008, 11:24 am)

i understand this isn’t supposed to be a definitive list, but these are some really weak videos. you mention the daft punk video but not matthew sweet’s girlfriend? what about the video for “only” by nine inch nails directed by david fincher. it tops all these listed here. where’s the spike jonze directed videos? you want inspirational videos, at least put the directors up that have inspired others.
83.

gidi (February 2nd, 2008, 1:22 am)

The name of the OK Go song is “Here It Goes Again”.
84.

Leo Klein (February 2nd, 2008, 1:57 am)

Sorry to come late to the party but you missed possibly the greatest video made in the past ten years:

Link [www.youtube.com]
85.

Daemon (February 6th, 2008, 10:08 am)

You are missing SABOTAGE from Beastie Boys - best video ever =)
86.

Nana C™ (February 6th, 2008, 10:10 pm)

youtube.com/mcadavieco

Playlist: videoclips.

I’m adding the ones on this list right now.
87.

jd (February 8th, 2008, 7:19 pm)

Best video “Rabbit in your Headlights”, best song “Porcelain”
88.

Raziel Gardel (February 8th, 2008, 10:40 pm)

Amazing Collection!!!

“Clubbed to death” by Rob Dougan is one of the most stunning, impressive song I’ve ever heard.

Also, I think you’ve missed a video.

“Exhibit 13″ by Blue Man Group

Preety dramatic. The most beautiful way to remember 9/11.
89.

John Mitow (February 12th, 2008, 4:39 am)

You have a great taste in music. Especially UNKLE, Radiohead and Sigur Rós are amazing music clips.
Great collection.
Best wishes
90.

Matt (February 26th, 2008, 11:23 am)

Where are the White Stripes? Fell in Love with a Girl, Seven Nation Army, The Hardest Button to Button? They are all amazing videos!

Fatboy Slim, Weapon of Choice? Its Chistopher freakin’ Walken dancing around a hotel lobby! It doesn’t get any more amazing then that.

Crystal Method, Name of the Game. Where is it? A guy break dancing with a giant nose for a head is pretty amazing.

And finally, you included a Prodigy video that somehow wasn’t Smack My Bitch Up. Thats almost ridiculous.
91.

Andrew (February 26th, 2008, 8:24 pm)

what, no beck - black tambourine?
92.

joshua (February 27th, 2008, 8:26 am)

yeah this is a grat collection but you all forgot Brand new’s sic transit gloria glory fades
93.

Ian (February 27th, 2008, 9:59 am)

Nick Cave & Kylie Mingoue — Where The Wild Roses Grow — the words for it are, well it was released very shortly after Isobel by Bjork, it copied the video.
94.

Patrick Corbett (February 27th, 2008, 2:56 pm)

Nice list but no Chris Cunningham can’t have ‘em all
95.

Ian Clement (February 28th, 2008, 1:45 am)

You Missed out “Fell in Love with a Girl” by the white stripes…
96.

Conor (February 28th, 2008, 6:24 pm)

I liked a lot of the songs on here. But was hoping to see an incredible video for Kenna’s “Hell Bent”.

It was an incredible video with a great concept. And i agree that Fell in Love With a Girl and any Tool video should be on there.

And of course Chris Walken in Weapon of Choice is incredible.
97.

Vertig0 (February 29th, 2008, 12:56 am)

interstellar 5555, the movie that “one more time” the daft punk video is from is really really cool. I would recommend it to anyone who likes the ” one more time” video.
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andytee (March 8th, 2008, 9:29 pm)

Good list - one glaring missing video, though, is Unfinished Symphony by Massive Attack:
Link [youtube]

Not only wholesale ripped offed by the Verve for the video, but the actual track as well! One shot brilliance - and the last 10 seconds where the camera lifts off has to make the list….

ooh, and Bjork “Its oh so quiet” should be their as well:

Link [youtube]

Not a dis, just my 10 cents!
99.

Sinner (March 9th, 2008, 11:14 am)

You’re missing Knights of Cydonia by Muse. It’s the most hilariously epic music video I’ve ever seen.
100.

Wooff (March 11th, 2008, 7:54 am)

no michael jackson????
your list is suxxx!!!
101.

Merridiah (March 17th, 2008, 3:17 pm)

Very nice list. The Daft Punk mention makes me want to watch Interstella 5555 again.
102.

marty (March 19th, 2008, 5:22 pm)

Strange Days or Weapon by Matthew Good.
103.

jimbo (March 26th, 2008, 1:51 pm)

I just read 103 comments, and nobody mentioned badly drawn boy. I know he’s not really popular, but have you seen his videos? As far as uplifting goes, they are all really funny and upbeat, and if you haven’t seen them, you should check them out.
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Brad (April 3rd, 2008, 7:41 pm)

wonderful collection for sure! buuuuut. no gorillaz? just had to ask. ^^
105.

spotch (April 5th, 2008, 3:36 pm)

This page is dope. I’ven’t watched a music video in years.
106.

junlai (April 7th, 2008, 8:04 am)

needless to say that it sucks ass hard that you have the daft punk video in there but
the superb video to qeens of the stoneages “go with the flow” is missing……
so lame dude……………………………………….
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Noelle (April 7th, 2008, 11:56 pm)

SEARCHING;
I saw an awesome video the other night and I didn’t get the name. In it there was a man standing alone in a theater. As the video went on his face became the megaphone and he had a crank on his right ear. It was an incredible video with a woman singing. It was kinda hip-hopish.
ANY HELP
Link []
108.

stever (April 16th, 2008, 8:04 pm)

My favorites include

The Scientist - Coldplay Similar to the Clubbed to Death video, but better in my opinion. (He had to memorize the whole song in reverse!)

Something Good 08′ - Utah Saints Funny video, good song, surprise ending. “It was the freshest move I’ve ever seen…”
109.

Me-again (April 24th, 2008, 12:11 am)

I saw this music video at an airport once… it was in Sweden, so I doubt anyone has heard of it, but I’m really curious as to what it is.
It had a bunch of men in bear costumes, all of which with the same creepy smiling expression, dancing. That’s all I really remember.
Does anyone know of it??
110.

James (April 29th, 2008, 5:07 am)

who can tell me what the guy in Radiohead’s “Just” said … ?
111.

Thorben (May 1st, 2008, 10:02 am)

Somehow I miss Daft Punk with “Around the world” …
112.

x (May 12th, 2008, 9:38 pm)

rubber johnny aphex twin. go with the flow queens of the stone age.
113.

x (May 12th, 2008, 9:39 pm)

star guitar chemical brothers
114.

xyzfyou (May 12th, 2008, 10:05 pm)

last attempt grr
star guitar chemical bros
closer directors cut NIN
115.

tru cu tu (May 17th, 2008, 9:19 pm)

i would definetly have to add the nothing song / sigur ros
a nuclear winter!
it has to get to you
sigur ros rocks :F
116.

Marduk (May 19th, 2008, 11:53 pm)

I miss some Vids from Aphex Twin. -> Windowlicker & Come to Daddy
117.

rahiel (May 29th, 2008, 8:00 am)

veeeeeeeeeeery good
118.

Rae (June 1st, 2008, 9:10 am)

Even though a million other people are suggesting videos,
1:618 by BT is one of the most amazing music videos I’ve seen, ever.
119.

Paulo (June 3rd, 2008, 7:46 am)

hey, nice list, i got very excited because i thought i was about to find a video i’m looking for about 5 years, all i remember it’s made in cartoon style and it tells the story of a boy who landed in a strange planet, this boy was always running around and bursting flames from the feet, so the locals build this wheel machine where he could run to escape their planet. any1 knows the song/artist/album name??
120.

fergflannery (June 9th, 2008, 8:48 am)

suprised noone has mentioned the new bjork minimovie/music video for wanderlust.
Simply Awe inspiring. Amazing use of production.
Link [media.ghostrobot.net]
121.

Theophilus71 (June 11th, 2008, 6:32 am)

I don’t know if any1 will read this but you guys or webmasters will.
How about i suggest this great FAV
David Guetta - Love Don’t Let Me Go
Sophie Ellis-Bextor- Me and My Imagination
122.

Tza (June 11th, 2008, 6:24 pm)

Very cool list, thanks. One of my all-time favourite videos is “Breaking the Habit” by Linkin Park. Then again, i’m really into that kind of style and theme.
123.

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124.

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125.

orkun (July 14th, 2008, 8:51 pm)

rammstein’s videos aren’t here!? :/
126.

Larissa (July 23rd, 2008, 11:32 pm)

My son loves this video clip I will try to describe it best I can. It has about 3 or 4 guys walking in a grayish rocky looking place with rock like thinks attached to their heads. They sort of multiply then go back to one as they walk along. Does any one know the band?
127.

Ika (August 3rd, 2008, 2:44 am)

Larissa. maybe it`s the presets -My People?
Link [www.youtube.com]
adore the imagination of these guys. guess that they suggest their ideas to the video directors, because all of their clips are kinda interesting

to add this list: the Knife strange videos)
128.

SM (August 5th, 2008, 5:09 pm)

I think Windowlicker by The Aphex Twin, Wicked Game by Chris and Sleep Now In The Fire by RATM need to be added IMHO
129.

Markol (August 6th, 2008, 1:16 am)

Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the Flow. Probably the best matched video and song ever produced.
White Stripes - 2 or 3 of theirs
130.

pitpawten (August 7th, 2008, 7:31 am)

FinkBase did a great independent vid for HighTide:

Link [www.fink-base.com]
131.

Matt (August 19th, 2008, 10:56 am)

Where is 1234 by feist??!?!?!?!?
132.

santi (August 19th, 2008, 12:08 pm)

hmm what about something from Tool? Or for something completely different, Land of confusion from Genesis with the spitting image puppets.
133.

Mel Newton (August 21st, 2008, 12:13 am)

I have a small sports bar and restaurant and would like to have a good veriety of popular music
134.

Mel Newton (August 21st, 2008, 12:16 am)

i have a small restaurant and bar and would like to buy a nice colection
135.

coskun (August 21st, 2008, 1:54 pm)

thats all….thanks for stumble :)

Link [www.rikkat.net]
136.

ESTEBAN (August 25th, 2008, 2:35 pm)

virtual insanity - jamiroquai
what else is there - royksopp
137.

jeff topping (September 2nd, 2008, 7:04 am)

a band called Wintersleep has some amazing videos as well.. for anyone whos intersted.

Jaws of Life Link [www.youtube.com]

Dance macombre Link [www.youtube.com]

Fog Link [www.youtube.com]
138.

Dirty Kicks (September 2nd, 2008, 11:34 pm)

More fantastic video’s:
- Link [www.youtube.com] (Youtube)
- Link [www.youtube.com] (Youtube)
139.

IllusiaX (September 5th, 2008, 12:49 am)

Great list! I’d also add Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz and Jesus of Suburbia - Greenday oh and Welcome to the black parade - my chimical romance oh yeah and Narcotics - Liquido and my own worst enemy by kit and I better stop now or I’ll just keep on going….
140.

IllusiaX (September 5th, 2008, 12:50 am)

I mean my own worst enemy by lit not kit
141.

L7D (September 23rd, 2008, 8:57 pm)

ROYKSOPP - What else is there ?!!?!?! what, why isn’t it on this list?!!! it’s amazing…
142.

weezyfan23 (November 16th, 2008, 7:53 pm)

re: boards of canada - dayvan cowboy
Actually, British Columbia has some pumping point breaks.
143.

Simon (November 16th, 2008, 10:26 pm)

there are 2 videos that I would add:
Link [www.youtube.com]
and
Link [www.youtube.com]
144.

Scott (November 20th, 2008, 7:25 pm)

Justice - DVNO
I oogled at the logo designs for more than a 1000 times!!
145.

mattress (November 21st, 2008, 12:06 pm)

i love this, great post!
146.

nils (December 1st, 2008, 2:04 pm)

the videos on here are all quite excellent, but how on earth do you manage to make a list of awesome, shocking videos without mentioning a single one by three of the genre’s absolute greatest: chris cunningham, spike jonze OR michel gondry?

BLASPHEMY I SAY!
147.

Dvir (January 4th, 2009, 2:25 pm)

Skazi mix to Out Of Space Link [www.youtube.com]
is the better then Prodigy - Out Of Space
148.

scytalevsbijaz (January 5th, 2009, 3:51 pm)

Link [vj-vizuale.blogspot.com] really good clips here too …
149.

mannloon (January 25th, 2009, 2:33 am)

not a bad list. I am not a huge video fan, but Anton Corbijn has done some stuff for various bands I like quite a but.

personal favorites:
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (Anton Corbijn)
Weezer - Buddy Holly (Spike Jonze)
Covenant - Bullet
David Bowie & Trent Reznor - I’m Afraid of Americans
Prozzäk - Sucks to be You
Nerf Herder - Van Halen
Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn

mind you there is nothing ground breaking about the bloodhound gang or nerf herders videos, i just like them.

Many other already mentioned videos I agree are awesome.
150.

Meela (February 13th, 2009, 1:24 pm)

it should be Here It Goes Again, not Here it Comes Again.

p.s. great video. i think it won an award for greatest low budget music video.
151.

Mushex Antaranian (February 15th, 2009, 4:30 pm)

yea, its nice, thanks
@IllusiaX I think same, man, Feel Good Inc. or Clint Eastwood must be included.. maybe also Sing or Closer by Travis and Four To The Floor by Starsailor
152.

mark yates (March 2nd, 2009, 5:05 pm)

AHA - Take on Me (no-ones mentioned this?!!!)
Lots by Michael Gondry are awesome and genious!
Daft Punk - nods at the Interstellar 999 quartet of videos! Beautiful videos…
November Rain - Guns n Roses (great, epic video)
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal and many others.
U2 Mysterious Ways.
REM - Everybody Hurts.
Moby (either one with the cute aliens!)
153.

mark yates (March 2nd, 2009, 5:11 pm)

oh… and Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer / Digging in the Dirt.
154.

Digger (March 19th, 2009, 7:45 am)

Must say: Ian Brown - F.E.A.R. Link [www.youtube.com]
155.

Sam (April 5th, 2009, 1:26 am)

Lots of awesome Muse videos: Knights of Cydonia; Supermassive Black Hole; Hysteria; Sing For Absolution are all great.
Coldplay also have some great ones: The Scientist; Life In Technicolour II; Violet Hill (Dancing Politicians); Talk; Yellow.
Arctic Monkeys: Leave Before The Lights Come On; Brianstorm
Radiohead: No Surprises
Supergrass: Pumpin’ On Your Stereo
Feeder: Just A Day; Shatter
Franz Ferdinand: Take Me Out
Tenacious D: Tribute
QOTSA: Go With The Flow
Kings Of Leon: Four Kicks
Foo Fighters: The Pretender; Learn To Fly; Everlong
Massive Attack: Unfinished Symphony
The White Stripes: Fell In Love With A Girl; Seven Nation Army; Hardest Button To Button; The Denial Twist
Blur: Coffe And TV
Gorillaz: Feel Good Inc.; Clint Eastwood
RHCP: By The Way; Dani California; Give It Away; Can’t Stop; Californication

Well, I think that’ll do for now! Oh, and that Aphex Twin song with the Monkey Drummer. That’s awesome.
156.

svitla (May 2nd, 2009, 11:35 am)

Joy Division - Atmosphere