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.