This Week’s KSK Commenter Draft: Music Videos You Demand Be Placed Back Into The MTV Rotation
As you know, MTV doesn’t play videos anymore. They air shows like “The Hills,” which is half an hour long and has three lines of dialogue. Bill Simmons thinks it’s comic genius. That fact that Music Television is now 100% music-free, combined with the slow death of the music industry due to file-sharing, has all but ended the existence of music videos as an art form. You may still get the occasional big-name artist dumb enough to produce a $500,000 music video that comes out of his own future royalties (read the contract, Kanye), but those are few and far in between.
The Golden Age Of The Video has all but passed us by. And that makes me said, because music videos have long been an excellent source of hearty spank bank material for yours truly. That Big Boi sure knows his way around a big phat azz. A true humanitarian, for sure.
Videos used to be safe haven for chicks who were too untalented to be real actresses but hot enough to deserve camera time of some sort. We have put legions of smoking hot, semi-skanky women out of work. They only work they get now is the occasional Coors Light poster. What’s a Hawaiian Tropic girl to do? It’s not right.
I have two criteria for any music video to be successful. I think you know what they are. That’s right, baby: HOT CHICKS AND HOT LICKS. Which is why it’s odd that my favorite video of all time features neither, and comes from a group that, under usual circumstances, I can’t fucking stand.
Now that’s high art. You can’t go wrong with Nathan Wind as Cochese.
Anyway, your turn. We’re making MTV an all-video channel again and you’re picking the videos that deserve to be in the rotation. THE RULES: Pick one video at a time. Once you pick, YOU MUST WAIT UNTIL TEN MORE VIDEOS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO SELECT AGAIN. And try and provide a link to your favorites if you can, so we can all share in the goodness.
Also, once one video from any artist has been selected, that artist is off the board. That makes your choices a little dicier. Which video from Video Vanguard award winner Tom Petty will you choose? Will it be “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” or will it be nothing? I bet I can guess.
Tags: Big Daddy Drew, ksk commenter drafts, that is why we need a triumphant video, that is why we need Eddie Van Halen
May 9th, 2008 at 10:58 am
“Bastards of Young.”
Boom.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Greatful Dead Touch of Grey, awesome video!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Wicked Game — Chris Isaak.
Never liked the song, but I sure liked masturbating to Helena Christensen.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am
“Cherry Pie” by Warrant. The blonde in that video licking the cherry was the source of one of my first erections.
Horrible song, tho. Just terrible.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Thriller.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:02 am
“Sweet Child o’ Mine” - Guns ‘n’ Roses
May 9th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:05 am
STP - Big Bang Baby
May 9th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Crazy by Aerosmith. Not a fan of the song, but I loved me some Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler back in the day.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:06 am
“Smooth Criminal.” Michael Jackson. The lean. The throw a quarter sixty feet into a jukebox. The crush a cue ball in your hand and blow the dust in someone’s-face. The shoot a gun that sends someone magically THROUGH a brick wall. The hot women in 30s dresses suspiciously not being touched by anyone. The video I actually prefer to “Thriller.”
The (sigh) children.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Beautiful by James Blunt
wait, NO!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Tool- “Sober”
May 9th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Whitesnake- Here I Go Again. Tawny on the Jag before she caught The Crazy.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:08 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8
Sorry, didn’t see the link request
May 9th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Green Day’s Geek Stink Breath. Root canals don’t look fun.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Sorry, Hit Dog, no dice. I took Jacko off the board with Thriller.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am
@ Hit Dog — Jackson’s off the board, ese.
Christina Aguilera — “Dirrty” Please note the second “R”
Xtina in chaps, Xtina in micrskirt dancing like a stripper, foxy boxing, chicks getting soaked in what appears to be a men’s bathroom, and Redman punching a furry.
Fucking AMAZING video.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am
“Everlong” Foo Fighters
Yes, I love some Michele Gondry. Because I’m white.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:11 am
The Notoious B.I.G. - Sky’s the Limit.
Because I’m a pedophile.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Put em on the Glass by Sir Mixalot
May 9th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Go With The Flow, by the Queens. “Little Sister also has lots of silhouetted sexiness.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Smashing Pumpkins 1979
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wrivjzw0RlI
May 9th, 2008 at 11:12 am
“Mind is Playin’ Tricks on Me”-Geto Boys
Who needs rims and booty girls when you have coked-up rapping dwarves delivering flying punches to their own hallucinations in the middle of the street? Not me. Also, one of my favorite songs of all time.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted Snake
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XN-Qq2umKZo
I used to find Paula to be smoking hot. And this video had enough lesbian overtones that I usually would finish by the point where they closed the blinds.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake
The video kicks ass, and there has never been a white guy who can move his hips like JT.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Nice pick westbrook, loved that song.
Christina Agulera “Dirty”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4xD8H_-fqk
Raging hard on: Check
There’s nothing else on the checklist.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
May 9th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Smack My Bitch Up It’s the code I live my life by
May 9th, 2008 at 11:14 am
“You Shook Me All Night Long” - AC/DC
May 9th, 2008 at 11:14 am
“Hot For Teacher” - Van Halen
May 9th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Black Hole Sun- Soundgarden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSkyEyBczU
No good looking chicks, but lots of dark and creepy imagery
May 9th, 2008 at 11:15 am
“Tip Drill” Nelly
Putting that shit on mute.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Metallica - One
May 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
beastie boys - root down
May 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Fuck you CC UM you took my secondary picks…hmmm
Metallica: “One”
Because I’m angry that all the poon is off the board, and sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwW9L_qzqp8
May 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue
May 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Apologies for not including the link last time.
“Bastards of Young” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZO94Mhfzk
Second pick: “Rabbit in Your Headlights” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ClCwcCvdQ
May 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
OMFG, WHAT THE HELL, I CANT GET A PICK IN!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
…its because I keep going to get the links.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Nice work, Glove.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
May 9th, 2008 at 11:17 am
@ paulie3sticks
To think, I almost submitted “Poundcake.” My song is better, but your video is MUCH better.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am
“Karma Police”-Radiohead
Simple, yet fucking awesome.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Take Me On by A-Ha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUod3jGQt0U
/so very gay
May 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am
White Stripes: “Seven Nation Army”
Listen, the first time I saw this video I was so wasted that my toes hurt, this video took me someplace nice and bad at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buIkPVqys1U
May 9th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWncI51ggH8
May 9th, 2008 at 11:19 am
forgot to include a youtube for put them on the glass, Women in bikinis doing a carwash and putting them on the glass
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H-83BJqRl-s
May 9th, 2008 at 11:19 am
@Brodie
I think that one’s off the board.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:20 am
You’re fired, Brodie. Read the goddamn post.
“Buddy Holly” by Weezer.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
“To think, I almost submitted “Poundcake.” My song is better, but your video is MUCH better.”
Poundcake is a better song? You’re also fired.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Portishead - Glory Box
May 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Battles - Tonto.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:22 am
No love for Eric Prydz - Call on Me?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-2iwGeZ2O4
Poon-tastic!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Although its definately not as cool as I thought it was in the early 90s, (probably wasn’t then either)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW3aEimWW10
May 9th, 2008 at 11:23 am
The links for my picks, so far:
Sweet Child o’ Mine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oobDQ0vdm8M
You Shook Me All Night Long - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bomv-6CJSfM
May 9th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Ghostface Killah - Daytona 500
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPKJZJITZHw
May 9th, 2008 at 11:24 am
“Unskinny Bop” by Poison. Nothing like Neon titties.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Apologies for being a fucking idiot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF-GvT8Clnk
May 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
“Human Behavior”-Bjork
Great video from my indie-rock crush.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
SNL Feat Justin Timberlake (counts the same way that N*sync would still count):
“Dick in a Box”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg
May 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim
Christopher Walken dancing = awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs
May 9th, 2008 at 11:27 am
@Naptown, Damn you took my next pick. Bravo!
I love that freak
May 9th, 2008 at 11:27 am
would it be inapppropriate to rickroll in a comment list of music videos?
the mars volta — ‘televators’. not as excellent as ’sober’ by tool (listed earlier), but still strangely excellent.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KPeSbITit5U
May 9th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Pussy poppin by Ludacris
May 9th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Johnny Cash, “Hurt”
Look, you masturbate to what you want, and I’ll … no, wait.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Fatboy Slim - Praise you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrDWKq9gGU
May 9th, 2008 at 11:29 am
ODB- Got Your Money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfmKb_RP7U
May 9th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Murder by Death Brother
May 9th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Sorry, hasn’t heard of youtube when I posted earlier. Here’s visual support for the B.I.G. pedophilia bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GFiqKAQaJQ
May 9th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Flight of the Conchords, “Business Time”
May 9th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Damnit.
I took too long finding the damn link.
I fire myself.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Fucking Rock.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3hEuAbuLE
May 9th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Many good picks, but so much epic fail in the hot chicks department… To make up for it I’ll have to take the uncensored version of:
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
May 9th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Electric Dream Machine - Day Man
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sSMza6yWSp8
May 9th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Nice picks BigRicks and EdinCali (would have taken Scar Tissue, meself)
Wu Tang Clan, Triumph, GREATEST RAP VIDEO OF ALL TIME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF62gPPjL-c
May 9th, 2008 at 11:32 am
@ shinons - I love Murder by Death’s little asian bass player. Nice choice.
iron maiden - the number of the beast
I’d pretty much take anything by Maiden, but this would piss MTV off the most. Or maybe Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter…even though that’s a fucking atrocious song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUOpUqni0_g
May 9th, 2008 at 11:32 am
“Nuthin’ but a G Thang”-Dre and Snoop
I spent my high school career trying to throw that party.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Winona’s big brown beaver - Primus
May 9th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Motorhead - Killed by Death
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gV6noHEd6XE
May 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am
“Yankee Rose” - David Lee Roth
Get me bottle of anything and a glazed donut…to go!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Africa by Toto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPT_3PEjnsE
/All 80’s pop today
May 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am
gondry is all over this board, and with that I’ll add
chemical brothers - let forever be
May 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money
it really has it all, IMO…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfmKb_RP7U
May 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Röyksopp - Remind Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o
May 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am
In an ideal world, MTV would play the Greenskeepers’ “Lotion” video all day long.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Madonna - Human Nature
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mJq7-oyEYaY
It’s Madonna when she was hot and filthy. Plus watching the video made me really feel at the time all I needed to do was get in the same room with her and I’d get laid.
I was probably right.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
In case you have bever seen my earlier pick Winona’s big brown beaver video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1CetPq_pkHc
May 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Wormfather, Triumph was already picked… and i dont know if i woulda used the Wu-Tang choice on it
May 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
California Love - 2Pac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrDWKq9gGU
Dre’s in it as well… but I’m gonna try and get away with it anyway.
I might have to fire myself again.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
…except for Cappadonna, that nigga was weak.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Knight of Cydonia linkage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrsMPpW6q2E
May 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Guerilla Radio - Rage Against The Machine, the faux gap ad cold open is worth it in and of itself.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:35 am
link to yankee rose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2mQpYG2POM
it really has nothing to do with the song itself
May 9th, 2008 at 11:35 am
well damn bitten again.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Jon stole my pick. Pussy poppin was all I had to offer.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:37 am
“Mother” - Danzig
It’s sacrilicious. But I think Danzig has a bigger chest than the chick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgSn0SbQJQI
May 9th, 2008 at 11:37 am
I’m not even sure this ever WAS in the MTV rotation (unless it was MTV Tres), but Pa’ La Tumba by Hector el Father. Not only am I a sucker for all things reggaeton, but it’s got Jose Reyes, Robinson Cano, AND Melky Cabrera in it — 3 of the most bangable players in baseball. BOOM.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:37 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi2h5lD4yl8
Gerry Rafferty Baker Street — just try to resist that sex-a-phone
May 9th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Mariah Carey - Honey
I’m sorry, but when she’s “dancing” on the boat, and her tits are falling all over the place, and she’s made the leap after Tommy Motolla gave her the heave-ho. She was hot.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:38 am
“Yankee Rose” - David Lee Roth
I had a deeply redneck roommate my freshman year in college. He thought he’d scored the deal of the century when he bought a used cassette of that album at a garage sale for one dollar. He put it on and was stunned to discover it was the Spanish language version.
Eyes wide, mouth open, for like a full minute. It was like he’d seen Ronald Reagan blowing a dude.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Ahh, BigRicks: curse you for taking Muse off the board!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I hate myself for the song, but I love myself for the video.
Stacy’s Mom, Fountains of Wayne
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nVJmwYKy7eM
May 9th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Afghan Whigs - Honky’s Ladder
May 9th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Land Down Under by Men at Work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew&NR=1
May 9th, 2008 at 11:41 am
The Divynals — I Touch Myself. It seems so obvious that I can’t believe it lasted this long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTneO6UgRuM
May 9th, 2008 at 11:41 am
@dick_gozinia - yeah she definitely looks hot in that video. Interesting you mentioned Iron Maiden with her - she has an electric cello that’s covered in Iron Maiden sticker art.
My next choice is Blind Melon’s No Rain. Long live the dancing bee girl.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Shakira - “La Tortura”
lots of booty shaking
P.S. I used to be able to time my orgasms in “Hot for Teacher” according to which teacher I felt like climaxing my viewing experience with. In this age of youtube, this is truly a dead art.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Black Eyed Peas - Fallin’ Up
From their first album, before the cunt joined the band and ruined them. Good song which also negates any other shitty BEP songs from being picked. I’m pretty sure this also negates any Fergie, but I’ll need a ruling on that from the gay mafia overlords. Thats strategy, holmes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD-u4mSE3Zo
May 9th, 2008 at 11:41 am
“Once in a Lifetime”-Talking Heads
David Byrne is the coolest geek ever.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:41 am
smaaron, don’t hate yourself for enjoying some Fountains of Wayne, they craft perfect pop songs the way Grossman throws interceptions, with stunning consistency.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:42 am
@otto - you took Yankee Rose and not “Just a Gigolo”? You fool.
Once again, my aforemention “timing” skills were honed to perfection with this video.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:43 am
@otto man…Yankee Rose is taken…my fix for ethnic humor and spandex beat yours out…
May 9th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Duran Duran. Rio. Cuz I’m a chick and I (still) dig Euopeans of questionable sexuality.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I once climaxed to “Rio” when it was just on the radio.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The Pain
Bonus points for a sports-related video.
<a href=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=lyQtZsS9e1Y”
May 9th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Ummm, GNR - Don’t Cry. A Stephanie Seymour catfight? Yes, please…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ns59Bmqpms
May 9th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Afghan Whigs - Honky’s Ladder
Awesome pick. Though I might have gone with “Gentlemen.”
One time I saw the Whigs play and Dulli and the bass player actually got into a fist fight in the middle of a song. They rolled off stage as the other two kept playing, and then came back and finished the song. Dulli! You magnificent bastard!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Maroon 5 “This Love”
Say what you will, but the chicks are always hot in they’re videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_CqMFKak1c
May 9th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Go With The Flow, by the Queens. “Little Sister also has lots of silhouetted sexiness.
Absolute brilliance BDD. That was my choice.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Mystikal - Shake Ya Ass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjnYKweT1-Q
May 9th, 2008 at 11:46 am
I know GNR is off the board but Stephanie Seymour wasn’t so I stand by the pick.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:47 am
The Cult - Edie
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=5221&vid=16394
For the song I’d rather pick Sweet Soul Sister, but this video is slightly better
May 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am
@otto man…Yankee Rose is taken…my fix for ethnic humor and spandex beat yours out…
Right. Which is why I cited your pick before telling my Grandpa Simpson-esque tangent of a story.
@otto - you took Yankee Rose and not “Just a Gigolo”? You fool.
If I were going with anything Roth related, it would’ve been “Hot for Teacher” or, volume off, his breastacular “California Girls.”
Funny, I don’t feel tardy.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am
For some reason Mr. T Experience’s …And I Will Be With You creeps the hell out of me…
May 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am
My fault on not providing a link on the RATM Video
Guerilla Radio is a link to a page on
this Web site.
For my next pick I choose
Fronteir Psychiatrist by The Avalanches
May 9th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Birdman - 100 Million Dollars.
No better example of the notion that indeed artists are still spending boku bucks on videos despite the fact that MTV doesn’t play them anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOtT4fJZoXY
/did they just blow up a conversion van filled with cash? Oh man, yes, they did.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w
No hot chicks, but it’s trippy.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:49 am
@otto - I stand corrected. It was “Calilfornia Girls” I was thinking of.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Virtual Insanity
May 9th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg
May 9th, 2008 at 11:50 am
“Simply Irresistible” - Robert Palmer
The moment when the girl licks her lips.
Teenage spanking gold.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Vanity 6 — Nasty Girl
Yes, their music was godawful. I don’t care.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Birdman video I submitted sucked a donkey doo, sorry. Check this one out if, you know, you enjoy rap cinematography: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-swDEBV3ZY&feature=related
May 9th, 2008 at 11:51 am
@otto man…ah, hence the italics…me read bad today, sorry.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Twisted Sister: We’re Not Gonna Take It
Dee Snyder assaulting Neidermeyer - classic!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:52 am
@futuremrs: I call shenanigans - all of those guys play for NY teams, and two of them are Yankees. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Next pick: Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do Without You
Three words: Antonio. Sabato. Junior.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufaw7OWu4EU
May 9th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Otto Man: “Gentlemen” was my runner-up. I actually missed The Gutter Twins a while back (in favour of the Pogues), but my brother went and confirmed that Dulli is still a mad genius on stage. Lanegan, however, may actually be a functioning catatonic.
And while I’m here: The Dismemberment Plan - Time Bomb. This is actually kind of a shitty video for a great song, but I do enjoy the technician setting the computer to ROCK.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Not only is this song absolutely iconic (especially the bass line), but the video might just induce seizures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DWoJBHibhM
May 9th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All/Love Is All Around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1sYN0PuRs4
Estimated cost of video: $15.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:53 am
See this is problematic, this draft that is. There are so many great bands who never had great videos, as well as great bands who had like 10 great videos (RHCP come to mind), but just about all the good bands with good songs that made good videos are taken. So now we’re left with crappy artists who made a good video. With that said…
Pink: You Make Me Sick
Not going to link it, but the concept was pretty good.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:54 am
U2 - Bloody Sunday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFM7Ty1EEvs
Too many U2 videos out there, but this was one of the first videos that stuck with me politically.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Weird Al - Fat
When I was a kid, I thought his shit was funny. Bedrock Anthem, Headline News would be acceptable replacements.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Shit, I want to take my last pick back.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl. Christie Brinkley was super duper hot.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:59 am
The Formula - The D.O.C.
Loved the hell outta that song. And the Intro.
“I’m MC Mallet”
“Yeah”
“And this is .45″
“Yeah”
And you tube is blocked at work - go figure.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Easter Sunday 1985, my sister records three hours of MTV on a VHS tape (because we didn’t have cable back then). This is the crown jewel of that VHS tape.
I submit to you… “Run Runaway” by Slade
May 9th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Beautiful Liar with Beyonce and Shakira
May 9th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
@wormfather - Regretting a pick that featured booby tape?
May 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Wait…I’m mixing that up with that other Pink song…my bad…
May 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
No, but three great videos just popped in my head.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Jay-Z feat. UGK - Big Pimpin’…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plUy7Me_fZQ
R.I.P. Pimp C
May 9th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Anyone take George Thorogood yet?
No?…Good, just checking. Fuck that guy.
(I realize I spelled his name wrong, maybe if he didn’t suck so bad I’d google his ass and get it right)
May 9th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRmIbf0MPbw
Guadalcanal Diary - Watusi Rodeo
The lovely Nina hosts “Basement Tapes” in 1983….
May 9th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
“Smooth Criminal” got nullified. Fuck it. Let’s go for ridiculous visual trickery. The Pharcyde- “Drop.” They recorded this whole video with them walking backwards and rapping reversed phonetics of their songs, then played it forward. Ill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0
May 9th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1228817505185494583
May 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Gwar’s cover of
Schools Out would suit me just fine thank you
May 9th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
The Cranberries: Ode to my Family
OK here me out, I could have gone with Zombie, but I liked this song more, less angry and more reflective. And she looks pretty pretty when she’s not yelling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xf5ZlTlrgw
May 9th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Master P- Make Em Say Ugh
basketball, tanks, dunking off tanks, priceless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-04ZvceLY
May 9th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLFmVwbxro
I repeat Beyone and Shakira. How does it get better?
May 9th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
My last pick is Yes We Can. Hee haw.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
“When the Last Time” by The Clipse
May 9th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Nirvana- <A href=http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ
Dave Grohl doing something hes good at.
Anarchist cheerleaders.
Teenagers destroying the high school gym.
Kurt Cobain.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ
May 9th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
“lapdance” by n.e.r.d. The uncensored version.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
7 Days - Craig David
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg1Xm6HwnG0
May 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
@wormfather - good call!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
LIT - My Own Worst Enemy
It always made me wish real bowling was that exciting
http://youtube.com/watch?v=my9zJF6fZ9I
May 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehl_VQuKRTc&feature=related
May 9th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Nirvana- “Smells like Teen Spirit”
Dave Grohl doing something hes good at.
Anarchist cheerleaders.
Teenagers destroying the high school gym.
Kurt Cobain.
AMEN.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Guys guys…Unforgiven, Metallica
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5cGvzApDZKI
May 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Sugar - Helpless. This is one of those high-concept videos where the band laughs a lot while looking off camera. Wait second, those umbrellas are upside down! You kidders!
Also notable for the lack of hot girls — particularly surprising coming from a reknowned pussy hound like Mould.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Minus the Bear — ‘knights’. saw it stoned the first time. highly recommend.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I’m staying over in the EU and taking Oasis with Wonderwall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAPtTS0TYtU
I’ll be back with the sexy for my next pick.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Y&T - Summertime Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b2SVxOPwww
May 9th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
king missile - detachable penis
music videos used to be so awesome.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
hell, this is the MtB vid
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VMBclpjkEcY
May 9th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
That Big Boi sure knows his way around a big phat azz. A true humanitarian, for sure.
OutKast - The Way You Move. PHAT AZZ AT ITS FINEST. Thanks for the hint BDD.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
You Are What You Is - Frank Zappa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ay5S6hWJI
Ronald Reagan in an electric chair? Yes please!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I get around - Digital Underground
There must be 10,000 chicks in bikinis
May 9th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Jesus I am on crack it was suppose to be 2pac
May 9th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
“New England, The Pat’riots and We…” by New England, the Pat’riots and We.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INBayZpjeSY
What’s with the apostrophe? What text is it taking the place of? Fuckers should get some film of a second grade English class.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J9rTZJBmw
May 9th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
November Rain - Guns n’ Roses
Just one of the coolest/biggest videos ever, and a good song.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Lush — Nothing Natural
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9T1iyuBv3M
Great song, and to this day I’ve never gotten over my crush on Miki Berenyi.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpmWIyjilQo
While White Wedding is a (much, much) better song, this video has a hexagon of fire, women being doused with water and sneering. A triumph of the form.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I said I’d bring sexy back and here it is
No Doubt: “Hella Good”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiCMFd2XXT0
Absolut steal this late.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
“Possum Kingdom” - Toadies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Cf5OusjrQ
What other video shows a guy dranging a body bag through a swamp? Plus the song is fucking awesome.
Also BDD, I love the QOTSA pciks, but how can you neglect the beautiful fuckupedness of the “No One Knows” video?
May 9th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
In keeping with the latina obsession that I established last draft I pick
Gasolina by Daddy Yankee
Interesting note, I live in Spanish Harlem which has lead to many stoned Chicken and Egg type discussions with my roomates (who are a married midwestern couple) about whether I developed my taste for the spanish girls after moving to SH or whether I moved there because I like them so much. As of right now this discussion is still unresolved.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
“Southern California” by Wax
(Jogger on fire… now you remember)
May 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
The Roots- What they Do
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CdWOoL31IJc
May 9th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
@Wormfather: Fuck that fucking song and fuck that fucking band
May 9th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Los Angeles is Burning- Bad Religion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxoD9zWY9Rg
May 9th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
@JJTB: I used to live in Washington Heights and believe me, the taste for the Spanish girls was only HEIGHTENED after moving there. I already had it and moving there just confirmed what I already knew. But I have to say that Reggaeton is shit (no offense to your pick tho).
For my pick…I’m going back to pick the hip-hop video that started the trend of having bikini-clad chicks in videos showing off that sweet, sweet azz.
Rump Shaker by Wreckx-N-Effect.
All I wanna do is zooma-zoom-zoom-zoom in the boom-boom. INDEED.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Minutemen - This Ain’t No Picnic
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tzyzVZZfUfM
May 9th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Memphis Bleek - Is That Your Chick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utC80Mr0TJE&feature=related
Oh and to whoever to Justin Timberlake in the early rounds, Cry Me a River is a great video no doubt, but in Like I Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hokOGnjKTfw
…fast foward to the 3:10 mark and watch those titties shake around. It’s only for like 3 seconds, but fuck that’s more than enough.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I’m just not even particpating in this today. How many times will a song by the same artist be taken? At least twice since that is against the rules. Oh, and I’ll be sure tto post again two posts later…
May 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
new order - true faith
May 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
@ randball - if husker du ever made a video for “something i learned today” that would be my pick, but I like the way you’re thinking.
@ hit dog - Damn…Pharcyde was my next pick.
Nikka Costa - Like A Feather
She’s not particularly attractive, but she can move in ways that make “my special purpose” tingle. The video is sexy as hell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiI_caFfquA
May 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Taking Back Sunday - You’re So Last Summer
Where else will you see an emocore band hanging out with Flavor Flav under the Brooklyn Bridge….
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-952344027366362504&q=you
May 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Hey-o!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
@Grimey, what did the song do to you man?
May 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
@ Jackin’4beats
Nice throwback with the Wreckx-N-Effect.
Next pick: Garbage, Only Happy When It Rains
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zdodc1Eu1nA&feature=related
My first upskirt!!!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Nice pick, Jackin’. I’ll go a little deeper and earlier into New Jack Swing and give you the song that may have irrevocably brought rap and RnB together, much to the death of ears everywhere. Still, it’s dope, and there sure is ass around this video. Bell Biv Devoe. “Poison.”
Love the opening quote on the video too.
“Our music is mental.” –Bell Biv Devoe
If you say so, boys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6blgjF6UkU
May 9th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Pepper.
Butthole Surfers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4WUlNSx_Wk
May 9th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
“Tainted Love”, Marilyn Manson. Chyler Leigh going goth in a hot tub? Yes, I believe I will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzE6yhrLfwk
May 9th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Telescopes — Flying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGWPpoIf4A&feature=related
Yeah, I’m a shoegazer, what about it?
May 9th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
NORE - Oye Mi CantoFuck it, I am nothing if not consistant. Plus these last two picks are pretty much the soundtrack to the second Sunday of June every year. Man I love that day. Lots of ladies, lots of booze and bud and all the police are instructed to keep an eye out for only three things, Property Damage, Sexual Assault and Violent Crime, everything else you get a free pass.
/checks calendar
May 9th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Freak of the Week by Ron Jeremy. Its got chicks going for it, the song is horrific
May 9th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
At first reaction this is probably pretty gay, but considering the list of hot almost naked ass in this video circa 1990…
Naomi Campbell
Linda Evangelista
Christy Turlington
Tatjana Patitz
Cindy Crawford
…I think an exception can be made…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTugeLRZ6GI
May 9th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Ramones - Psycho Therapy
May 9th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Boom -P.O.D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-1Ga_ZBhnc
Rap-core and Ping-Pong. Can life get any better? I submit that it cannot!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
INXS ‘Not Enough Time’.
Hot chicks for me and the dead lead singer for best girl.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
@John John: I prefer a different NORE song
May 9th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Journey - Separate Ways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQbZRMLKozk
May 9th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjyB8EMw4w
Mentions menstruation, rocks sick.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
http://www.vh1classic.com/view/artist/14481/9700/Prince/When_Doves_Cry/index.jhtml
Kick ass video, great song.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Sour Girl - STP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUimElsi8Ag
Sarah Michelle Gellar. Fuck and Yes.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
@MRubio Metallica was taken a long time ago (One)
May 9th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
@ Junker: Thanks for ending the madness. How did we forget Journey for so long? Though I would have picked the vid for “Lights.” Steve Perry in tight pants is the tits.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Freek-A-Leek by Petey Pablo this song sucks but the video is definate spank bank material, plus J4B is right, Reggaeton is only palatable in small doses
May 9th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Da Butt by E.U. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwTkwyBa__U
Sponsored a dance craze that even the white girls tried to mimic
May 9th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Joey D = FAIL
May 9th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Motion City Soundtrack - This is for real….
Nerds and rednecks in a bowling alley…
May 9th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Kicking it old school
Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srgi2DkDbPU
May 9th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
“Apache” by Tommy Seebach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFGzGfym-7Y
Take that, everyone else in the world.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
lucas - lucas with the lid off
Like XMas Ape, I’m white. Therefore, I also loves me some Michel Gondry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5HOsnq_2j4
May 9th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
The Pretenders - Message of Love
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wt6_fuVo0W0&feature=related
May 9th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Satyricon - Mother North (NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzNrfsPe_i4
Swords and axes? Check.
Ridiculous musican costumes? Check.
Headbanging music? Check.
Naked strippers getting sacrificed to Satan? Check!
What else would one want from a video?
May 9th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNHcaIJETZo
Some crazy mohawk big-boobed chick walking around licking ice cream cones?
Fuck and Yes
May 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Trick Daddy- Nann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8sF5FZ78U
May 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Styx - Come Sail Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARLfUmyBJA
May 9th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Come To Daddy - Aphex Twin just try not to have a nightmare now.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
+10 for John John. I haven’t listened to Aphex Twin in a long, long while.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
slum village - raise it up
RIP Jay Dee aka J Dilla
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P5MsfvX5-dA
May 9th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Excellent pick on one of the first music videos ever, “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” It almost inspired me to go old school myself and pick one of the Beatles early “music films,” but instead, why not lob all their symbology together in one video for an adequate song in its own right. More an ELO song than Beatles, but whatever. “Free As A Bird.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D196-oXw2k
May 9th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I Stay Away by Alice in Chains. The claymation creeps me out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMOU7qZVwJs
May 9th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Way late, but because it was on constantly as a kid
Come on Eileen- dexy’s midnight runners. Still the undisputed world champion for armpit hair in a music video.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
At like age 6, this was good enough to freak me the f*ck out yet also make me bust a move. A friggin’ classic…
Herbie Hancock - Freakit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7dAxvj2mlU
May 9th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Poe - Hey Pretty
She is the epitome of “underrated hotness”. This video just oozes sex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zN2MqiYjug
May 9th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Devin the Dude: Lacville ‘79 (a subject matter everyone on this blog should identify with…)
“Like my electrical rear view mirror don’t move like it ‘posed ta
Even the objects in that mothafucka need to be closer”
Some one find the video for me because my work sucks and wont let me find it…
May 9th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
and finally…
Blondie - Dreaming
http://youtube.com/watch?v=95AEzyWZX8I&feature=related
Deb is 62…..yeesh
May 9th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Redman - I’ll Bee Dat
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kc9JOiyfy14
fat chicks, but hilarious
May 9th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Let’s Get Rocked by Def Leppard. Always thought it was cool… and loved the song.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
citizinKane, I took STP off the board WAY early.
Monster Magnet - Space Lord
Hard rawk AND titties. Can’t go wrong there.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
ZZ Top - Legs
Back when three old men with facial hair could get record-setting album deals.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I can’t believe the first video to pop in my head while reading Drew’s post was actually the very first video taken (Well done Stitchface!). I’ll try to go a level more obscure and hipstercentric and pick Superchunk’s “Fishing”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKSIRHcElXc
May 9th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
The video that started it all.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Invincible by CNN Whats that you say? I already picked NORE? Well this is a group he is a solo artist. Whats that? AND1 Mix Tapes don’t count? Get off my back guy. Let me enjoy one of my top 5 favorite songs.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Because I wish I could’ve started and been in such a badass band…
Joy Division - Transmission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZwMs2fLoVE
May 9th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
“I’ll Bee Dat” is a hilarious video. I miss the days when Redman was still relevant. Then again, I miss “Meth and Red” on FOX as well. These are contradictory impulses.
Here’s “Lacville ‘79,” Big Trev. Went to a Devin show a couple weeks ago. First time the performer himself ever gave me a contact high at a rap show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_2TE6C56Y
May 9th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Nelly Furtado’s Promiscuous
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SIM4DCn7AlE
Really, great videos all around. High fives to everyone. I have done zero work today, but I am so fulfilled right now.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
Infamous as hell…also NSFW as hell!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNrhmbc0y_8
May 9th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly
It was funny when I was 10.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Good Job Hit Dog, Is your ICON Cee-Lo? I saw him Live at the Forty Acres fest on Texas campus, i was close enough when I yelled “CELL THEREPY” he looked down and said “Ok big man” and the DJ hit the beat and he wrecked the whole verse. fucking awesome.
2nd Pick:
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Texas Flood
No chicks but SRV doesnt need chicks… he has a Fender.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I’m sure some of you old Beavis and Butthead fans remember Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe, by Whale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa5SiU2U5_k
May 9th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
KISS: “Forever”
I would have put up “Domino,” their best post-makeup song and a wonderful ode to Gene Simmons’s love for underage poon, but I think it’s best to remind the KISS Army that the band’s last real chart hit was co-written by Paul Stanley and Michael Bolton and therefore may be the gayest song ever.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Dammit, I’m late to the party,
but I’ll choose a video where the singer is a chick… is a hot chick… AND rocks the whole fucking time.
Lennon - “Brake of Your Car“
May 9th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Hype’s opus work - Biggie, Hypnotize:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S1fUyW6riE
May 9th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Primus - Winona’s Big Brown Beaver Man I loved watching that video stoned.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
@smaaron: Nice pick with Promiscuous. There’s something for everyone in that video.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
MTV might not play music videos anymore, but they have multiple extra channels that are devoted solely to videos: MTV Hits, MTV Jams, and then a bunch of VH1 channels too. i actually flip to these channels all the time during commercials. MTV Jams is an absolute joke.
one of my favorites is the “I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper) Remix” particularly R. Kelly’s part (fast forward to a little after the 3:00 mark). he proposes marriage to a girl’s ass and actually says he wants to put his whole head in it (while making the motion of putting his head in it). how is this guy not in jail yet?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P9Ng64rwUqM
May 9th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
A Perfect Circle - Judith
Great song with a video directed by David Fincher. Plus, lots of nice looks at Paz Lenchantain’s legs…and that ain’t a bad thing boy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23eZMdixAuk
May 9th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
How does Prince make it this far?
Prince - Cream. Can’t recall the song, but I loooooved the eye candy.
don’t think I’ve seen any george michael videos either, I seem to recall he had one with like 20 hot chicks in it. but since I dislike him I don’t remember the song …
May 9th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
not sure if it has been picked yet but.. Queen Bohemian Rhapsody…..EPIC
May 9th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
@Hit Dog: Yes Poison was definitey hype back in the day, with Kool G Rap and his lisp on the hook. “You’re driving me outta my miiiiind, that’s why it’s hard for me to find…” Those were the days.
For my next pick after lunch… I’ll take Q-Tip and Vivrant Thing. Trust me you need to see the chicks in this video.
I’ll also take Breathe and Stop too since it was just basically a continuation of Vivrant Thing.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
@ steelerspride… Freedom ‘90 was the George song and yes, it was picked already.
One last (illegal?) pick before I have to run…
Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights
Light Brights are cool!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzNrYRqH35Q
May 9th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Steelerspride, prince was picked a while ago
May 9th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Sorry, Steelers, someone already picked “When Doves Cry.” (Same goes for “Hypotize,” Micro, since “Sky’s The Limit” was the early Biggie pick.)
Big Trav, it’s actually Mo Vaughn on the icon. Similar body shape and hairstyle than Cee-Lo, though.
I’m going with the beauty of early 80s music videos, with their cheesy but entrancing graphics, and some mind-blowing Japanese electro pop. If Kraftwerk were Japanese and existed in the Atari era, they would be Yellow Magic Orchestra. This is they, with “Rydeen.” This shit will make you laugh until you realize you’re actually loving it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk6o4GWFIV8
May 9th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
@ Big Trav - You inspired me. “Closet Freak” - by Cee-Lo. This will give you seizures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAHMj2qFxE
I miss solo Cee-Lo.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Benny Benassi - Who’s Your Daddy (ummm…NFSW - unless you work in Europe)
All techno should be accompanied by similar visuals
http://www.offuhuge.com/media/9138/Benny_Benassi_Whos_your_daddy_Uncut/
May 9th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Nice choice DHSC, I hear Cee-Lo has been working on some solo stuff on his own label…
May 9th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
More shoegazing. I’ll take Time Baby III by Medicine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nALfIvqONtE&NR=1
You’ve got clips from The Crow. You’ve got Beth Thompson wearing nothing but a bra up top. You’ve got a kickass song. What more could you want?
May 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
“Learn to Fly” by the Foo Fighters.
Hilarious plot, a cameo from Tenacious D before they got famous, and the three guys from the band playing multiple characters. Not a bad song either.
November Rain would totally have been my first choice though.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
The 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers: “The Baseball Boogie”
I know this is a football site, but we can all appreciate Orel Hershiser trying to do a white-boy strut alongside a probably coked-out-of-his-mind Pedro Guerrero (whom you may remember from his drug trafficking case, where his attorney tried a Chewbacca defense by essentially saying that Pedro had a Forrest Gump-level intellect and could scarcely figure out how to pay for a lunch let alone set up a coke deal.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW7q0JzWaoY
May 9th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
closet freak is in my top 5 videos, it totally slipped my mind… im disappointed in myself so thus I follow this mess up by picking…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TSmbmHHrNs
The Block is Hot - Lil Wayne
just a reminder that weezy f. used to really really suck
May 9th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Living Color
“Cult of Personality”
Reid shredding….BOOYAH!
May 9th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Had just gotten into the Beatles when Lennon was gunned down. This video got me even more pissed off at that asshat Chapman and brought back good memories.
George Harrison
“All Those Years Ago”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7DUfjlFyqA&feature=related
May 9th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
…i think cream had hotter girls than when doves cry. and was a better song too.
Shania Twain still on the board?
Man I feel like a woman was pretty hot.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Ain’t no fun (if my homies can’t have none)
Love the title and this song in general. And Nothin’ but a G Thang was on Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” Album so even though Snoop is on there he wasn’t taken because this is solo Snoop…SO THERE!!!
May 9th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Jay-Z … 99 problems … I WIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVqI1M2yh98
May 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
What, no 2 Live Crew???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0oALRL7uyY
Heroic, indeed.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
big pimpin was already picked as the Jay-Z representer
May 9th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
“It’s Not Too Late” by Throwing Muses. great song and I always thought Tanya Donelly was hot.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1bxCokNyBv4
May 9th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
/threadjack
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/09/corpse.abuse.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
this is some crazy shit
May 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Adina Howard
Freak Like Me
and let the copycats try to match
May 9th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
And finally….The Plasmatics! Wendy O. Williams would rip it off and feed it to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBd26f1XoyY
May 9th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
You guys have mentioned some great ones. I don’t think I’ve seen “Legs” by ZZ Top. That video had some gorgeous women.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
OK - 1 more
Iggy & the Stooges - ‘Burning Up/Ray of Light’
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GaQ4bQmTILA
May 9th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
a lot of good ones have been taken, but I’ll go with Bloodhound Gang’s bad touch.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iTW8oUV8Aq0
May 9th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Sam Kinison: Wild Thing
And that will close out my day.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Wow, no one grabbed this one eh?
Mine all mine
Electric 6 - Gay Bar
http://youtube.com/watch?v=q54LJ5RsqRw&feature=related
May 9th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
The Breeders- Cannonball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RiJMZQXa2o
May 9th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Gin and Juice - Snoop Dogg
I don’t think anyone picked it. Its definitely my favorite video of all time.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Benny Banassi - “Satisfation”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQtcpDGWx0w
You’re all welcome.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
@smurphette - I heard the song just a short time before making the pick. I remembered that the video doesn’t discriminate in it’s sexuality. It loves all.
To all - how big of a cable bill do you have to put out to get MTV Hits and the rest? My Comcast channel group includes HBO and more, but not those channels.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
@ Da Great White Hype: I won’t pick it because you cleared them off the board but “The Next Movement” is a superior Roots video in my humble opinion.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Nobody has picked “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0
May 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Scarface - My Block I highly recommend the video, very interestingly made and tells a clear narative.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
@smaaron - MTV Hits is on my digital tier and it’s only $10 more a month than regular cable (i.e. Channels 1-80). I’m on Time Warner Cable though.
More indie rock smugness: Ride - “Vapour Trail”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0tOjAESwSY
May 9th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Squarepusher - Come On My Selector
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxEb2FrQUbE
May 9th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
“All These Things That I Have Done” by The Killers
May 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3FMenn7vrY
Sie is Weg (She is gone in German) - Fantastischen Vier
You wont understand a word they say (unless you know German but very cool vid none-the-less), but it is a cool video….
May 9th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Fast Life Kool G Rap ft. Nas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6E1jHc6hM
May 9th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
God Lives Underwater - No More Love
This band wrote great song but got no mainstream love. I almost went with “From Your Mouth” because the video is cool, but “No More Love” is the better song.
No More Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxEb2FrQUbE
From Your Mouth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9itgAyS4KKs
May 9th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Wow, this is a great party, but I’m really comming in late so most of the groups and videos I had in mind are off the board. Here’s one: Lou Bega’s “Mambo Number Five”. It’s full of hot chicks and (I don’t care what you say) it’s a good song.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
This is like a wonderful collection of terrible cassingles drew once owned!
May 9th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
@ dick_gozina
The first video I had in mind when I read this post was Iron Maiden’s “Can I Play with Madness?”. This vid has Monty Python’s Graham Chapman as the uptight art teacher who goes on a Metal journey. I figured this would be a safe pick, but dammit, you took Maiden way before I could. Well played, sir.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I’ll kick off the inevitable run on foreign language videos with a smokin’ hot Pole: Virgin’s “Szansa” ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WX_wN9zMB0 ), the only thing worthwhile from my 3-week stay in Armenia. No clue what she’s saying, but I think it might be better this way.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Since I’m comming in late, I’ve been awarded some supplemental picks:
1) The Pogues & The Dubliners’ “Irish Rover” video.
2) The Traveling Wilburys’ “End of the Line”. They filmed it right after Roy Orbison died and he’s represented in the video by his portrait and one of his guitars sitting in a rocking chair that’s moving by itself.
3) James Brown’s “Living In America”
Late round value picks!
May 9th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
@ smaaron
love the Nelly pick, if for nothing else than I think she’s the only person that my wife would consider inviting into our bed with us… then agian, maybe that’s just my imagination
May 9th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
No love for “Coffee and TV” by Blur? I’ll take it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUil383us4
May 9th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Billy Idol - Rock the Cradle of Love
May 9th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Steal of the draft…
Wrong Way–Sublime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqCOXH-nMM8
May 9th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Drew mentioned Tom Petty at the end of the post, but I don’t think anybody has actually selected him yet. So I’m drafting “Running Down A Dream”. Petty’s made several great videos, but the animated “Dream” is my favorite.
If Comish says that’s an illegitimate pick, then I’ll take Billy Ocean’s “When The Going Gets Tough”. It has scenes from “Jewel of the Nile” plus Danny Devito, Michael Douglas and a still-hot Kathleen Turner dancing in white tuxedoes. For me this song is a secret guilty pleasure.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
No, THIS is the steal of the draft
Genesis - Land of Confusion
I have to say, I’m satisfied with my draft. I got both my favorite bands with my bookend picks, and two sleepers in the middle.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
@Westbrook Is My Anti-Drug
Good call on the “Land of Confusion”. I was never much of a Genesis fan but I always liked that video, made by those British Puppeteers. For the most part, Genesis made good, memorable videos back in the ’80s. I’m glad you didn’t draft “Another Day In Paradise”, though.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Dude, that’s Phil Collins solo. Aside from “In the Air Tonight” he’s liquid ASS as a solo artist.
My backup pick for Genesis would have been “Illegal Alien,” just so I could apply the “a rittre lacist” tag to my comment.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Daft Punk - “Da Funk”
Like “Sabotage”, another Spike Jonze classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZQ_vSDXXXI
May 9th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
@Westbrook
You are indeed correct, sir. I didn’t remember that Genesis and Phil Collins (as a solo artist) are vastly different things when I wrote that comment. Now that I think about it, Genesis in their prime was a lot better than I’ve given them credit for. I think my casual memory of them was sullied by Phil Collins’ solo Disney shit. The guy from Mike and the Mechanics was better.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
If MTV started a new channel that played nothing but old episodes of 120 Minutes back to back, 24 hours, I’d shell out for that.
Big ups to Peb for taking Vapour Trail.
My final pick. Frente — Ordinary Angels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov7BAXBJWp0
May 10th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Genesis in their prime, at least to me, was when Peter Gabriel sang lead and they performed songs about hogweeds and lighting shit on fire.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:36 am
The Clash - ‘Rock the Casbah!’. I fuckin’ LOVED that armadillo growing up.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:09 am
@ Westbrook Is My Anti-Drug
Don’t forget what Bart Simpson said when he became a Jazz drumming prodigy and then hurt his hand and couldn’t bang the skins anymore: “I used to be a great drummer. Now I’m useless- like Phil Collins. “
May 10th, 2008 at 7:30 am
As long as I’m at it, I’ll make another selection: Dschinghis Khan’s “Moskau” That’s German Historical Disco at its finest. It was six people (four guys, two girls) who dressed up in silken costumes from the orient and sang about Russia and Mongolia while doing elaborate dance routines. I first saw them on TV when I was a kid. We had Cinemax and at the time (mid-late ’80s) the channel had a weekly feature called “Friday After Dark”, in which they showed poorly-dubbed soft core European porn. Big Fatty Drew has riffed on these Skin-emax flicks, like the “Emmanuelle” series, before.
Dschinghis Khan performed a song (and, thank God, nothing else) in a German movie of this ilk. When I saw it, I was thinking “Get those weirdos off the stage and and make the Fräuleins get naked!” Twenty years later, I found this group accidentally on youtube.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Whale - Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S2sVF5JR1c
May 10th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Modern Blues + Taking Laser Tag too seriously + Strange Times ~ The Black Keys
A video so bad, it’s good from the best band no one has heard of…
May 10th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
That should have read “Modern Blues + Taking Laser Tag too seriously = Strange Times ~ The Black Keys”. Instead of lame, it turned to teh suxor.
Apologies.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Matthew Good Band -Apparitions linky
May 10th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
hmm I suck. try THIS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t7X1ZoYq3k
May 11th, 2008 at 3:48 am
For the video really…
Bonnie Heart - Total Eclipse of the Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nTwg5NIPM
A significant number of people had to take acid and/or nearly OD on coke to get this video on the air. It’s a classic.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Again, I’m late on this one, so there’s no way there’ll be many more picks. I’ve got just one more to drop and I’m done: George Harrison’s “I Got My Mind Set On You”
Yeah, it’s utterly cheesy and the whole ’sole dance routine’ has an uncomfortability factor of +11, but for Christ’s sake, the grandfather clock is dancing in this video! And the rhino head is singing along! The whole goddamn cabin is alive!! ALIVE!!
May 12th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Hakim,
I haven’t picked in a couple days, but somebody has already taken George Harrison. I remember this because I wanted to make the same selection you did. Thing is, I like the other version- the one with the kid trying to win the pretty girl a porcelain ballerina in an arcade. But still, the squirrel playing a pipe-shaped saxophone in your version is pretty cool.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I just thought of two other videos that I absolutely love….
Unsane - Scrape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dy7Cg36qfY
Chromeo - Needy Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXuESUaESHY
Sorry for the late posts, but this may be my favorite mock draft ever.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I’ve heard the term “Steal of the Draft” thrown about rather casually here, but this is the equivalent of getting Brady and Tomlinson as undrafted free agents:
The 1985 Chicago Bears - “Super Bowl Shuffle”
I win.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I can’t believe no one picked one of my favorite videos on MTV ever. Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
May 13th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
North Star, your MGB pick is FAIL because “Hello Time Bomb” is where the hotties are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nfW7Q2J3g
That being said, for my pick, which I cannot believe is still available given the inherent love for Anime that many on this board have to have, consists of Matthew Sweet’s “Girlfriend”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9aWPTCc2r0
How a song in GHII hasn’t been picked yet escapes me.