Battle of the Music Videos: (Nominations closed)

[Spinal]

Oh yes. Oh yes. It's happening.

This thread will pit all of your very favorite music videos against each other in a totally pointless, but hopefully entertaining battle royale! Instrospective indie artists will take on outlandish hair bands! Will you choose your current favorite? Or will nostalgia win the day as you vote with your inner 12-year old?

After a nomination process, the top videos will be placed in a tournament style bracket and face off against each other one-on-one. And then ... votes will be cast, tears will be shed, profanity will be uttered ...

How to nominate a music video:
For these battles, I would like all voters to have the opportunity to quickly watch both videos before casting their vote. Therefore, if you are the first person to nominate a particular video, it must be accompanied by some sort of link where we can watch it. All subsequent nominations for a video that has already been linked can simply occur by listing the title. Again, you only need to provide a link for a first nomination. However, if you think you have a better link for a nominated song, by all means, include it. If you cannot find any such link, the video will NOT be eligible.

The primary focus in your decision making should be the video. You should not simply vote for the best overall song, although the appeal of the music will certainly be a factor. I will ask voters to keep an open mind to new videos they have not previously seen.

All other issues will be resolved by me as we go.

To start with, I will allow 30 nominations from each person, so choose wisely. Ranking will be determined by number of nominations, so yes, it does matter if you mention a video that has already been mentioned. Go ahead whenever you're ready.

[Watashi]

Have to head out soon, but I'll update with links later!

Chicago Bears - The Super Bowl Shuffle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNC3dgreaU)
Feist - My Moon My Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrNCCx2p5U)
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7huh5Egew)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clq01TXQR0s)
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs)
Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b5HHRT8xvw)
Sigur Ros - Glosoli (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFOvdSCOfpk&feature=fvst)
Sigur Ros - Untitled #1 (Vaka) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AZIFmkogY)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khd_DvDfPCw)
Strongbad - Everybody to the Limit (http://www.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.html)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZYqaSc4cU&feature=player_embedded)Fiona Apple - Criminal (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10iow_fiona-apple-criminal_music)
Armi and Danny - I Wanna Love You Tender (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYllzQPQp78)
Tommy Seebach - Apache (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFGzGfym-7Y)
Chris Dane Owens - Shine On Me (http://chrisdaneowens.com/video/Shine_large.html)
Blind Melon - No Rain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlAwvz8uwc)

More to come... I will find away to nominate the Dinosaucers opening credits as some form of music video.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Cool idea.

Does this one count?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbYtqAWDF2U

[Ezee E]

Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up"
Pharcyde "Drop"
Michael Jackson "Scream"
Bjork "All Is Full Of Love"

What's the Radiohead video with the guy on the ground, wanting to say something, and then.....

[Spinal]

Bjork - All is Full of Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA)
Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5ndoBdm0yY)
A-ha - Take on Me (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1749024/a_ha_take_on_me/)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28ksd_tom-petty-dont-come-around-here-no_music)
Talking Heads - And She Was (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSVTdAtNYE)
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25uxm_prodigy-smack-my-bitch-up_music) Warning: Explicit Content
Nine Inch Nails - Closer (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-826914263426142199#) Warning: Explicit Content
Cibo Matto - Sugar Water (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x290q6_cibo-matto-sugar-water_music)
Feist - My Moon My Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrNCCx2p5U)
Feist - 1234 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3vIv1EwO5A)
Bat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3rk1sEUipo)
Madonna - Oh Father (http://www.mtv.com/videos/madonna/14548/oh-father.jhtml)
The Pharcyde - Drop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KTF3eqtxgY)
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Kate Bush - Babooshka
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Garbage - Queer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogk467BZLmc)
Bjork - Big Time Sensuality
Bjork - Triumph of a Heart (http://www.kewego.com/video/iLyROoaftL9K.html)
PJ Harvey - This is Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkU5-PJY6B8)
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson - Say Say Say (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLEhh_XpJ-0&feature=channel)
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWvzZCZF1gw)
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=85968647873056 50660#)
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wbo_van-halen-hot-for-teacher_extreme)
Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALC7kt6iUHY)
Jamiriquai - Virtual Insanity

[Spinal]

What's the Radiohead video with the guy on the ground, wanting to say something, and then.....

Just

[Adam]

The video for 1234 is delightful

Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gug6MxOJTIA)
David Brent - If You Don't Know Me By Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9UvzT-lLck&feature=related)
Eels - Last Stop: This Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVKtXcVFmI)
Flight Of The Concords - Carol Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGoDns8wTA)
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj6SO_yKMe8)
Low - Breaker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmo7tyrtGW0)
Pavement - Shady Lane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY91hVZqhHY&feature=related)
Pulp - Common People (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMg8V3nGNuY)
Pulp - Babies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T_ucNb7GqU&feature=related)
A Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpPkGZ6zhzA)

Actually, I am nominating the Once In A Lifetime video. It's great

Three more for my ballot and then I'm done...

Blur - Coffee & TV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRVX1AKAew)
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12spb_talking-heads-once-in-a-lifetime_music?from=rss)
Violent Femmes - American Music (http://www.mtv.com/videos/violent-femmes/47630/american-music.jhtml)

Two more

Nick Cave - The Weeping Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kQIO7k4cDQ&feature=related)
XTC - Dear God (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk41Gbjljfo)

all right, and I'm echoing these 15

Animal Collective - My Girls
The dbs - Amplifier
Feist - 1234
Feist - My Moon My Man
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Kate Bush - Babooshka
The Knife - Heartbeats
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Outkast - Hey Ya
Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Radiohead - Karma Police
REM - Losing My Religion
Talking Heads - And She Was
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything

[Sven]

Man, I had never seen that Smack My Bitch Up before. Terrible. Just terrible.

And She Was, however, as another completely inexplicable blind spot, was incredible. Just incredible.

[Spinal]

Man, I had never seen that Smack My Bitch Up before. Terrible. Just terrible.

But it's basically just like Crank! :lol:

[Adam]

The And She Was video is pretty great, but it's no Once In A Lifetime (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12spb_talking-heads-once-in-a-lifetime_music?from=rss)

[Sven]

But it's basically just like Crank! :lol:

Hmmmmmm... no.

But that Madonna video and song are both wow-good, to my surprise. Thanks!

[Sven]

The And She Was video is pretty great, but it's no Once In A Lifetime (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12spb_talking-heads-once-in-a-lifetime_music?from=rss)

To be clear, are you adding this to your ballot?

Also, do you think, Spinal, that you are going to include at all entries with only a single nomination?

[Adam]

Oh, I dunno

Not really a great video, I guess, it's just a complete tour de force by Byrne

[Sven]

Post reserved for my entries (watch for announced additions or alterations):

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WVpQ0ZG8Q) (technically a clip from the film Moonwalker, but was directed by a separate individual and is by all accounts given an identity of its own... look at those shapes, check out those moves, one of the best directed videos ever)

The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws_R_GxZX2o) (there's probably a better quality version out there of this one-of-a-kind actualization of that which we all imagine)

Daft Punk - Around the World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HSD_i2DvA) (One of the best things is synchronicity, and here you have a perfect meld of music, dance, film, and narrative... it's enough to make me quiver, and I do)

Morrissey - November Spawned a Monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv8LdKp2Y-8) (I just saw this on the big screen. It was... religious. If you can look me square in the whatever and tell me you do not like this, you will force me to question you - let's save ourselves some grief)

NASA - A Volta (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3D-SCHiVzc) (Horrifying crime saga played out in nightmarimation... absolutely fascinating)

The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INgXzChwipY) (Technically the middle part of Derek Jarman's The Queen is Dead, but stands on its own as one of the most evocative and graceful pieces of film ever compiled... the vertical water surface gets me, Morrissey obscured in light, a ghostly car on fire)

Kate Bush - Babooshka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3cVY1JESQ) (chainmail bikini)

Elton John - This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Jf6znU-r0) (I'm not huge on LaChapelle's party kitsch, but I am huge on one-shot wonders, replete with tableaus and a free-form approach to identifiers)

R. Kelly - Trapped in the Closet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV_N7i-95Nk) (for whatever reason, people don't like this, but I guess it's their loss, choosing to overlook the ebullient tongue-in-cheeky wit and expert delivery. For whatever reason.)

m83 - Kim & Jessie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9yvItZAjfY) (this video makes me feel like a teenage girl. So there's that. I also like choreography and happiness. It all feels very transient somehow, no?)

UNKLE w/Yorke - Rabbit in Your Headlights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ClCwcCvdQ) (amazing, elating use of CG at the end... rarely happens this beautifully)

The Monkees - Goin' Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D1Dzi_in5s) (with Micky Dolenz's fantastic dance moves and a simmering, slow-burning furor, this is a mesmerizing experience.)

The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmyvpJUljy4) (My God, thank you Antoine! I love how this one sets itself up to be a Justice Stress type gritty docu-truth OMG children sensationalist pieces, but instead turns out to be this awesomely evocative tale of the quest for individuality and strength and is ultimately very cathartic. Adore, adore, adore.)

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCVRtzKLslQ) (Another nod to 'toine, who apparently, Sigur Ros aside, has excellent taste. I love the lo-fi, low key creepiness here. Those eyes, the dance, the why...?)

Queen - I Want to Break Free (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hMrY8jysdg) (A very inspiring thing, showcasing Freddie at his most amazing. Hilarious and weird and kinda moving.)

The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back & ABC, performed on Ed Sullivan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSLy9hoXkPM) (Spinal, tell me if this qualifies. I think it should. It is as well directed in demonstrating the appeal of both the songs and the group as any number of things nominated already. Plus, it's too infectious to deny anything. Come on!)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDstAVqNz8&fmt=18) (normally I don't spring for the deliberate movie spin-off videos, but this one is different enough in form and content from Caligari that it is worthy, and boy is it good.)

Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6Qcc6VDo8) (I like continuous action, and I especially like it when continuous lines span time.)

Depeche Mode - Wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsXOcK9_Cw) (I like that it takes you a while to figure out. I also like that it is just flat out terrifying.)

Stephen & the Colberts - Charlene (I'm Right Behind You) (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/59061/february-09-2006/charlene--i-m-right-behind-you-) (Hilarious)

[Spinal]

Also, do you think, Spinal, that you are going to include at all entries with only a single nomination?

I'm not exactly sure yet. It seems likely that there will be a ton of them. On the other hand, I like to be generous, so odds are they'll have a good shot.

[Ezee E]

Hmm... Kylie Minogue Come Into My World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQCirTog0cs)

[Spinal]

Please put all of your nominations in a single post. Adam, I merged your two posts. Thanks.

[Sven]

I suppose it is worth asking whether or not sequences from musicals should count. Or, like, concert footage. Or internet features. And stuff.

[Spinal]

I suppose it is worth asking whether or not sequences from musicals should count. Or, like, concert footage. Or internet features. And stuff.

Ehhhhh ... out-of-the-box entries are ok. But they should be fairly iconic in that case.

Dick in a Box would be ok. The video with Bowie and Bing singing Little Drummer Boy would be ok. If it's concert footage, I'm probably not going to include unless it is a widely accepted classic moment, or if there is some other exceptional quality. But you are free to make an argument.

[Watashi]

Everybody to the Limit will win the whole thing.

[Derek]

This competition begins and ends with Apache (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viL3E_1zqU4&feature=related).

[Spinal]

This competition begins and ends with Apache (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viL3E_1zqU4&feature=related).

Way to make the whole thread obsolete, dude.

[Winston*]

Pulp - Common People (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMg8V3nGNuY)
Pulp - Babies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T_ucNb7GqU&feature=related)


Why would you choose these two over this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmP4_SC43-E)?

"Hey, I went to college once but all they found was rats in my head."

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

This competition begins and ends with Apache (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viL3E_1zqU4&feature=related).

I'll call your Apache and raise you this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPeHk4WMWpY)

[ledfloyd]

i was coming in here to nominate kylie minogue and daft punk. i've been beaten to the punch. and nobody has nominated the best music video of all time, OF ALL TIME!

Grizzly Bear - The Knife (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuYZbYtAl9A)
Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothin' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSpCf8-AE94)
Beastie Boys - Sabotage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE)
Fatboy Slim - Praise You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULVQOneeZE)
R Kelly - Trapped in the Closet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV_N7i-95Nk)
The White Stripes - The Denial Twist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DodG8IcnOZk)
Bjork - Human Behavior (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuwiYq50gwA)
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srgi2DkDbPU&feature=player_embedded)
Jay Z - 99 Problems (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etl9kkIGaHo)
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg&feature=related)
AHA - Take on Me (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10z1c_ahatakeonme_music)
Weezer - Buddy Holly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiIC5qcXeNU&feature=channel)
St Vincent - Marrow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9prpAv6kvo)
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXO3OMGKPpw)
Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LmHnCzeFJI) (you know why)
Blind Melon - No Rain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlAwvz8uwc)
Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
Daft Punk - Around the World
Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
Feist - 1,2,3,4
Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet
Michael Jackson - Thriller

may add more later.

[Adam]

Why would you choose these two over this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmP4_SC43-E)?


Maybe I just have bad taste?

[Sven]

i was coming in here to nominate kylie minogue and daft punk. i've been beaten to the punch.

Hey, remember, the more nominations the better. So really, nominate them even if they've already been mentioned.

[ledfloyd]

Hey, remember, the more nominations the better. So really, nominate them even if they've already been mentioned.
doh, just read the rules.

[Sven]

I have ten posted. Will post more later.

[Ivan Drago]

The All-American Rejects - Move Along (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbGur1dz9k) (I know, I know)
Beck - E-Pro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi6iuZPZxvw)
Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F444CELomo)
Coldplay - The Scientist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmjPrdTNxQ0)
Daft Punk - Da Funk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQUIBJ_jYTU)
Daft Punk - One More Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-0s0pRleg)
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
Feist - 1234
Foo Fighters - Long Road to Ruin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ba6koGhrO4&feature=related)
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8599862440596789573&ei=y7gMS7icGKPKqwKnlKWIBg&q=Take+Me+Out+Franz+Ferdinand# )
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w)
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j-CjgSMtcs)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=related)
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfqL7bwx9fs)
Kanye West - The Good Life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su_zrW9WBVk)
Korn - Freak on a Leash (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz6jm_korn-freak-on-a-leash_music)
MGMT - Time to Pretend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns9kXzjhUdU&feature=related)
My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJaB0xTH0Q8)
Nine Inch Nails - Only (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgt_WDjbO0o)
Passion Pit - The Reeling (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x91lxn_passion-pit-the-reeling_music)
Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nz6Rq1Pvh0)
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lliA2Av8dd8)
Radiohead - Karma Police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYWYWPc9HU)
Radiohead - No Surprises (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzeqwhNTDk)
Radiohead - Paranoid Android (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHiGbolFFGw)
Radiohead - There There (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQSLozK7aA)
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EyI4p0yjDQ)
The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5zm6h_the-ting-tings-shut-up-and-let-me-g)
Weezer - Buddy Holly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiIC5qcXeNU)
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27BfBkRHbs)

[Spaceman Spiff]

I'm allowed 3o, right? First 10 off the top of my head:

Bob Dylan - SuBterranean Homesick Blues
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy5iQubfV5s)
Beastie Boys - Shadrach (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFolUn88q-o)
The Replacements - Bastards of Young (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xow41_the-replacements-bastards-of-young_music)
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
A-HA - Take on Me
Radiohead - Karma Police
Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet
Bjork - All is Full of Love
White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
Einsturzende Neubauten - Sabrina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TssuSYrxVI)

[Adam]

I was gonna say Bastards of Young, but then I felt like that would've been too smuggish of me

[Spinal]

Kate Bush - Babooshka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3cVY1JESQ) (chainmail bikini)


Ah, I like this choice. Might have to second it.

[Spinal]

Drago, I assume you're gonna return and give me links for those, right?

[Spaceman Spiff]

I was gonna say Bastards of Young, but then I felt like that would've been too smuggish of me

Smuggish would be listing 10 different Beastie Boys videos and another 10 Bjork vids.

Bastards of Young's video is great.

[Spinal]

Actually, the hardest part of this exercise is not making my list 50% Bjork.

[Adam]

Smuggish would be listing 10 different Beastie Boys videos and another 10 Bjork vids.

Bastards of Young's video is great.

Hmmm, I wasn't calling you smuggish, I was just commenting on my own self consciousness

The video for Bastards of Young is great, but it's also the preeminent anti-music video and it felt out of place to me in a battle of everything it's taking a stand against

[Ivan Drago]

Drago, I assume you're gonna return and give me links for those, right?

Already given.

[ledfloyd]

it would be very easy to list nothing but gondry and spike jonze videos. thought trapped in the closet is clearly the frontrunner.

[Ivan Drago]

Is Trapped in the Closet really that good, or is it "so bad, it's good"?

[Spinal]

The Weird Al parody of Trapped in the Closet is better than Trapped in the Closet.

[Watashi]

Are we actually counting Trapped in the Closet?

[Dead & Messed Up]

The Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Bjork - "All Is Full of Love"
Bjork - "Joga" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BML2JAFUIaw)
Blink 182 - "Always" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUDCEzfPxw4)
The Chemical Brothers - "Let Forever Be" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmpxsk3dHaA)
Daft Punk - "Around the World"
Depeche Mode - "Wrong" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsXOcK9_Cw)
Foo Fighters - "Everlong" (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtwbt_foo-fighters-everlong_music)
Foo Fighters - "Learn to Fly" (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-1130125511/foo_fighters_learn_to_fly_offi cial_music_video/)
Green Day - "Holiday" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Nt5mEZ2r0)
Johnny Cash - "Hurt"
Kanye West - "Can't Tell Me Nothin'"
Kylie Minogue - "Come Into My World"
Live - "Lightning Crashes" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQbAz-cgDR8)
Madonna - "Frozen" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXFHf8xZ1CA)
My Chemical Romance - "Helena" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCyoocDxBA)
Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
Outkast - "Hey Ya!" (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x42l3_outkast-hey-ya_events)
The Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight"
The Smashing Pumpkins - "Disarm" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQtLoJlQD6E&feature=fvst)
TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTy-e6qEWRE)
Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
Weird Al Yankovic - "Fat" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqz1ojIQTBk)
The White Stripes - "The Hardest Button to Button" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLESpHrtvxs)
The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"

And I'm spent.

[B-side]

The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
Outkast - "Hey Ya!"

Above for quoting/nominating, below for my choices:

Blink 182 - "I Miss You" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfaJS-8sijQ&feature=channel) (Amazing video. Goth romance meshed with Soviet montage. Believe it.)
My Chemical Romance - "The Ghost of You" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OL6QM_mMyA&feature=PlayList&p=B2271AC8C389FE02&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4) (In a particularly brilliant shot, the ocean's waves and the war takes over the dance floor)
Brand New - "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKDc2lkt_mE) (A slightly unnerving tale of mimicry and sexuality)
Aphex Twin - "Come to Daddy" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe-XNav5mWU&feature=related) (Critique of hive-mind mentality and commercialization meets David Cronenberg)

And the 2 greatest videos I've ever seen...

Tool - "Schism" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjG47gtMCo) (Tool is fascinated with the human body)
Tool - "Parabol/Parabola" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiV_ue-PbL4&feature=related)[And that fascination very much continues here, with a brilliant feel for the spiritual]

[B-side]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28ksd_tom-petty-dont-come-around-here-no_music)

Ha. Nice. God, I love Tom Petty.

[Watashi]

I Wanna Love You Tender (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYllzQPQp78)

[Watashi]

C'mon Sven, I can't believe I'm the only one to nominate Shine On Me (http://chrisdaneowens.com/video/Shine_large.html).

[Spinal]

Are we actually counting Trapped in the Closet?

If I thought I could avoid it, I would.

[Stay Puft]

I'm nominating:

Animal Collective - "My Girls" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE&feature=fvw)
Animal Collective - "Peacebone" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxvGHQHiY70&feature=channel)
The Knife - "Pass This On" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhjaGRhIYU)
The Knife - "We Share Our Mother's Health" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=617ANIA5Rqs)
Radiohead - "Pyramid Song" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VzLn6DMCE)
Les Rita Mitsouko - "C'est Comme Ça" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BggXhzUhZ94)
Röyksopp - "Only This Moment" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fem4m_Jf_Oo&feature=related)
Röyksopp - "Remind Me" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o)
Sigur Rós - "Sæglópur" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjurf5d6X0)
Sparks - "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'?" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvatys8vP3s)
Wolf Parade - "I'll Believe in Anything" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G1eLTV89dM&feature=related)
Wolf Parade - "Modern World" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nMHGyR_i8g)

I'm echoing:

a-ha - "Take on Me"
Daft Punk - "Around the World"
Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
Grizzly Bear - "Knife"
m83 - "Kim & Jessie"
Radiohead - "Just"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Otherside"
Tool - "Parabol/Parabola"
Tool - "Schism"
UNKLE - "Rabbit in Your Headlights"

[Ezee E]

I like it and all, but I really hope that "Thriller" doesn't win this thing.

[Thirdmango]

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
Blur - Coffee & TV
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Kylie Minogue Come Into My World
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

DJ Format -- We Know Something You Don't Know (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhZt4i92aSA)
Lucas -- Lucas With The Lid Off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY5zaDZq0sc)
Squirrel Nut Zippers -- Ghost Of Stephen Foster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJzWGkgFcTU)
Gorillaz -- Feel Good Inc. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Np4yq0VJs)
Radiohead -- Just (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls)
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Can't Stop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfOdWSiyWoc)
Kutiman -- Mother Of All Funk Chords (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA)
Plane Geometry -- Angle Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqIki33mTgs)
Linkin Park -- Faint (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYYH_WKNwlw)
The Chemical Brothers -- The Boxer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu99_ulxyFI)
The Village People -- Do The Milkshake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsxqOQhEIi4)
30 Seconds To Mars -- The Kill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPIKNbvMuFg)
Cut Chemist -- 1st Big Break (http://vodpod.com/watch/965234-cut-chemist-1st-big-break-on-vimeo)
DJ Shadow -- Six Days (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQIzjbnDKXg) (directed by Wong Kar-Wai)
DJ Format -- The Hit Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc2mbfilFFs)

[B-side]

Röyksopp - "Only This Moment" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fem4m_Jf_Oo&feature=related)

Ooh. I like this one. Already dug the song, hadn't seen the video.

[Russ]

Sammy Stephens - Flea Market Montgomery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3oHpup-pk)
Devo - Beautiful World (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.indi vidual&videoid=660340)
The Residents - One Minute Movies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYvAIqexGZE)
The Residents - Third Reich 'n Roll (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve0XrTiFiwo&NR=1&feature=fvwp)
Kid 606 - Sometimes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZlnozV5Azo)
Laurie Anderson - Sharkey's Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJwEB-qjrM)
Talk Talk - It's My Life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fntl0mK3fzY)
Monty Python - Every Sperm is Sacred (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk&feature=related)

and can't forget that classic old skool: Malcom McLaren - Buffalo Gals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SgvJY9xxcA)

plus! my favorite song about suicide: The dB's - Amplifier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEqGcES4Xw)

I debated including this one; it's stupid, crass, and cheesy..and perfect for this competition! Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vNZcQseWtU&feature=fvw)


I'm probably not going to do a top 30. But if there's any one that I hope makes it to the top, it's this one:

Renaldo and the Loaf - Songs for Swinging Larvae (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3m70cSgAI0) (woo-hoo! child abuse ftw!)

[chrisnu]

Daft Punk - Around the World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HSD_i2DvA)
Madonna - Bedtime Story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSaFgAwnRSc)
Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You"s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxTKzBMPfE)
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0)
Michael Jackson - Scream (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIoCkk7JY58)
Nine Inch Nails - Closer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VAv8y2hHM)
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0)
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrivjzw0RlI)
Fiona Apple - Criminal

[dreamdead]

Sigur Ros - Glasoli
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Röyksopp - Only This Moment
Bat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Jay Z. - 99 Problems
St. Vincent - Marrow
Unkle - Rabbit in your Headlights
Bjork - It's Oh so Quiet
Beirut - Elephant Gun
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Bat for Lashes - Sleep Alone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1vtr9fXdg8&feature=related)
Metallica - One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgGTTtR0kc)
Beirut - Nantes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2s0AhdFE4)
REM - Losing my Religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d04ePATBH0E)
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0s5UOVsMDg)
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK7Ai9dWrRQ)
Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka9mCmx9Jhs) a little sacharrine but still so good with the single take
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Helpless Corpses Enactment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELyco68w5ks&feature=related)
Agalloch - Not unlike the Waves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYMaIzFq1Iw)
Iwrestledabearonce - Tastes like Kevin Bacon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFTR9fucr8)
Tomohawk - God hates a Coward (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt856_nRxQk&feature=related)
Lily Allen - The Fear (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c&feature=channel)
Dead Can Dance - The Carnival is Over (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtNFQ7RJbaQ)
Regina Spektor - "Us (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fczPlmz-Vug)"
Mad Season - "River of Deceit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vdHdxk1YZo)"
Opeth - "Porcelain heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfT1A5Caq84)"
Sonic Youth

[Watashi]

Does this count Spinal? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNC3dgreaU) Cause I'm totally nominating it.

[Spinal]

Does this count Spinal? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNC3dgreaU) Cause I'm totally nominating it.

Of course!

[Watashi]

Of course!
Godliness!

We may have already found our champion.

[thefourthwall]

To be edited as I think of more...

Affirmations:
Fatboy Slim "Weapon of Choice"
Tom Petty "Don't Come Around Here"
White Stripes "Fell in Love with a Girl"

Nominations:

Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)
Beirut "Elephant Gun" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWSz_PAfgNc)
Blur "To the End" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZFjaN0GXrc)
Genesis "Land of Confusion" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oepXF2B5NK4)
Madonna "Express Yourself" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boCZRhblbcU)
OK Go "Here It Goes Again" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI)
OK Go "A Million Ways" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bav63MWNUKg)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give It Away" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8pAYLJa6do)
REM "Everybody Hurts" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pudOFG5X6uA)
Regina Spektor "Us" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fczPlmz-Vug)
U2 "Where the Streets Have No Name" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ-mwocSpMA)

[Stay Puft]

Updated, up to twenty videos. I'll return to this later.

How long are these nominations open?

[Lasse]

I like animated music videos, it seems.

Kashmir - Rocket Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9qeL0usEE)
Kashmir - Surfing The Warm Industry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D0Gnv-JLUU)
Royksopp - Remind Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xhdy9zBEws)
Mew - 156 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFjKALF454g)
Mew - Special (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krduw4Uzs9g)
Malk De Koijn - Fågt Op I Skalle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npj0scBta90)
Suspekt - Amore Infelice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvO5ZrFhnY)
Suspekt - Fuck Af (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dGOQ5cRXlM)
Suspekt - Proletar (Hvor Jeg Står) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51qjXzNi3BE)

[Spinal]

How long are these nominations open?

For at least a week. Maybe more. I think I started too early with the TV Theme thread and didn't give enough opportunity for things to pop into people's heads over time.

[Ezee E]

Does this count Spinal? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNC3dgreaU) Cause I'm totally nominating it.
That's hilarious. I was thinking about this in the car today actually, and figured it had already been nominated.

Yes, I am that sad.

[Mysterious Dude]

Stupid Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLY0X_eY3OY) (Garbage)
Jeremy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hyGtHqQDY) (Pearl Jam)
Criminal (Fiona Apple)
Closer (Nine Inch Nails)
Doo Wop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6Qcc6VDo8) (That Thing) (Lauryn Hill)
Tonight, Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins)
At Your Funeral (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0q65VIas) (Saves the Day)
Hurt (Johnny Cash)
Glósóli (Sigur Rós)
untitled 1 [Vaka] (Sigur Rós)
All Is Full Of Love (Björk)
It's Oh So Quiet (Björk)
Bachelorette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HURUYhCQO4E) (Björk)
Coffee & TV (Blur)
Smack My Bitch Up (Prodigy)
Bitter Sweet Symphony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLhekr0cJe0) (The Verve)
Across The Universe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLvhtf09V4g) (Fiona Apple)
Take On Me (a-ha)
Let Forever Be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7nOdOw9msc) (The Chemical Brothers)
Galvanize (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmyvpJUljy4) (The Chemical Brothers)
Zombie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E9MaBKRhkg) (The Cranberries)
You Oughta Know (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8IwrpqTfEY) (Alanis Morissette)
Rockit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Npdtd62vbM) (Herbie Hancock)
Otherside (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDstAVqNz8&fmt=18) (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Scream (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIoCkk7JY58) (Michael & Janet Jackson)
Boys Don't Cry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCVRtzKLslQ) (The Cure)
Mad Season (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0bgmucAQXk) (Matchbox 20)
The Boys of Summer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41zDpASSzn8) (Don Henley)
I'm Not Okay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9x65NcJDWk) (My Chemical Romance)
Sixteen Military Wives (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mbhd4LGR-g) (The Decemberists)



You have no idea how close I was to nominating "Stacy's Mom."

Also, I am not nominating this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc4QUblcBTw), but I am posting it to demonstrate that Michel Gondry is a fucking psycho.

[ledfloyd]

i forgot about sixteen military wives. that's a great video.

[B-side]

I'm seriously disappointed in the lack of praise for the Blink 182 video I posted. It's brilliant. Watch it.

[Thirdmango]

I'm seriously disappointed in the lack of praise for the Blink 182 video I posted. It's brilliant. Watch it.

We will, once it's in the competition. I'm not watching most of them since about 3/4ths of them I haven't seen.

[B-side]

We will, once it's in the competition. I'm not watching most of them since about 3/4ths of them I haven't seen.

I thought that was the point? They might not make it in the first place if they're not voted on more than once.

[Sven]

I'm seriously disappointed in the lack of praise for the Blink 182 video I posted. It's brilliant. Watch it.

I liked the video, but the song was terrible.

[Russ]

I'm seriously disappointed in the lack of praise for the Blink 182 video I posted. It's brilliant. Watch it.
I watched it. Didn't care for the song or the video. Maybe I'm in the minority.

[Sven]

i forgot about sixteen military wives. that's a great video.

Why would I watch that and not just watch Rushmore? How annoying.

[Sven]

Otherside (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDstAVqNz8&fmt=18) (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

You're going to be responsible for a good portion of my own ballot. Thanks.

[Spinal]

You're going to be responsible for a good portion of my own ballot. Thanks.

Have you watched "Don't Answer Me" yet?

[Sven]

Have you watched "Don't Answer Me" yet?

Just now. It's quite nice. I like that the narrative is essentially a sentence long. I also loved the illustrated APP at the end. I think what would keep me from nominating it is, although I like the song and the video, they don't really seem to work together. At least not right away.

[Sven]

Mad Season (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0bgmucAQXk) (Matchbox 20)

It won't be on my ballot, but I thought I'd express how, despite my strongest efforts not to like this, I found myself loving it quite a lot. It gets good in the last half. For sanitized 90s alternative radio pop, I think Matchbox 20 is probably the least offensive.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I'm seriously disappointed in the lack of praise for the Blink 182 video I posted. It's brilliant. Watch it.

You should be more disappointed in the lack of praise for Shadrach in the video I posted.

*shakes fist*

[Sven]

I'm at 20 now, Spinal, in case you haven't been keeping up with my gradual updates.

[Watashi]

I'm at 20 now, Spinal, in case you haven't been keeping up with my gradual updates.
You best be including Chris Dane Owens.

[Russ]

You best be including Chris Dane Owens.
Well done, Wats.

Words fail.

[B-side]

I liked the video, but the song was terrible.

Yeah, well, your face etc.


I watched it. Didn't care for the song or the video. Maybe I'm in the minority.

:frustrated::sad:

[Kurosawa Fan]

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oaHHrNQVrg)

What can I say? It was my favorite video as a teenager.

[Winston*]

DJ Format - We Know Something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhZt4i92aSA)
Fatlip - What's Up Fatlip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgfmvMcOi4&feature=related)
Pulp - This is Hardcore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ukcPaOu804)

Will add more when I think of them.

[Mysterious Dude]

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCVRtzKLslQ) (Another nod to 'toine, who apparently, Sigur Ros aside, has excellent taste.
Aw. :)

I've spent several hours over the last four days doing research. I'm also somewhat well-prepared because I made a thread for my top 50 music videos back at the Axis Archives, although that was before YouTube! I can hardly believe there was ever such a time.

I also want to say that if there is a hell, it is this video:


Tool - "Schism" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjG47gtMCo)

[B-side]

I also want to say that if there is a hell, it is this video:

:lol:

[Dead & Messed Up]

I'm seriously disappointed in the lack of praise for the Blink 182 video I posted. It's brilliant. Watch it.

It's good, but the Blink one I posted is better. Love how it disconnects and fuses back together in all those bizarre ways.

[Spinal]

The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back & ABC, performed on Ed Sullivan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSLy9hoXkPM) (Spinal, tell me if this qualifies. I think it should. It is as well directed in demonstrating the appeal of both the songs and the group as any number of things nominated already. Plus, it's too infectious to deny anything. Come on!)



I'm ok with this.

[EyesWideOpen]

I don't watch homestarrunner so I guess I'm not in the know but that Strongbad video is horrible.

Saves the Day - Freakish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eE-SnlkE3M

Bjork - Human Behaviour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuwiYq50gwA

Xzibit - What You See Is What You Get
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CiC_BV0TE

Weezer - Island in the Sun (animal version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlWvOSYXfcM

Eminem & Dr. Dre - Guilty Conscience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGnUstuLuGs

[Mysterious Dude]

Among Flash animation music videos, the only true champion is Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bunny).

(Please note: this is not a nomination.)

[B-side]

It's good, but the Blink one I posted is better. Love how it disconnects and fuses back together in all those bizarre ways.

Eh. It's alright, but the gimmick wears a bit thin. I just love the montage in the video I posted.

[Acapelli]

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
Busta Rhymes - Dangerous
Belle & Sebastian - Jonathan David (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sc9f-qwbCc)
Kanye West - Flashing Lights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEccxPPwXmI)
The Knife - Heartbeats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUGyFYUlquo)
UGK - International Player's Anthem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGU_v_GAdvg)
Daft Punk - Around The World
Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emig_w4vk9A) / Keep It Going Louder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfEcKJn87zQ)
MGMT - Kids (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otjSmlAeBb4)
Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvxsHjjef_E)
Vitalic - Poney Pt. 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F52dx9Z0L5k)
Supercar - Be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mf6WcjEl5k)

will be updating

[Spinal]

I have done an inital tally and in order to keep this to a manageable size, I'm going to need to cut off nominations pretty soon. I'm going to go ahead and give you one more day to make any final edits.

From now on, please make any edits to your ballot in a new post. I am not going to go back and look at the nominations prior to this post. Any edits to posts earlier than this one will not be counted.

Thanks.

[Thirdmango]

How many do we have currently? How many will probably end up being cut out?

[Spinal]

How many do we have currently? How many will probably end up being cut out?

Over 200 and ... I'm not ready to make any promises, but let's just say that I like to be inclusive.

[Stay Puft]

Okay, final ballot (new edits/additions marked with asterisks):

I'm nominating:

Animal Collective - "My Girls" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE&feature=fvw)
Animal Collective - "Peacebone" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxvGHQHiY70&feature=channel)
The Knife - "Pass This On" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhjaGRhIYU)
The Knife - "We Share Our Mother's Health" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=617ANIA5Rqs)
Radiohead - "Pyramid Song" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VzLn6DMCE)
Les Rita Mitsouko - "C'est Comme Ça" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BggXhzUhZ94)
Röyksopp - "Only This Moment" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fem4m_Jf_Oo&feature=related)
Röyksopp - "Remind Me" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o)
Sigur Rós - "Sæglópur" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjurf5d6X0)
Sparks - "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'?" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvatys8vP3s)
Wolf Parade - "I'll Believe in Anything" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G1eLTV89dM&feature=related)
Wolf Parade - "Modern World" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nMHGyR_i8g)

*capsule - "Portable Airport" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT1K7gWvNGE)
*capsule - "Space Station No.9" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUG_ifQtXzM&feature=related)
*capsule - "soratobu toshikeikaku" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0biV9Ph6QM0&feature=related)
*RIP Slyme - "Galaxy in the Groove" (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTkwNDkyNA==.html)
*Röyksopp - "49 Percent" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUGh_3UYtIk)

I'm echoing:

a-ha - "Take on Me"
Daft Punk - "Around the World"
Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
Grizzly Bear - "Knife"
m83 - "Kim & Jessie"
Radiohead - "Just"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Otherside"
Tool - "Parabol/Parabola"
Tool - "Schism"
UNKLE - "Rabbit in Your Headlights"

*Depeche Mode - "Wrong"
*Passion Pit - "The Reeling"
*Regina Spektor - "Us"

[Watashi]

Still no Shine on Me nominations. :sad:

[Sven]

Still no Shine on Me nominations. :sad:

I never thought I would put my opinion of that video into words, but here goes: that video is no good. Too long. And the song sucks.

[Acapelli]

T-Pain & Lil' Wayne - Can't Believe It (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-1759709839/t_pain_cant_believe_it_featuri ng_lil_wayne_official_music_vi deo/)
Jay-Z - 99 Problems (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etl9kkIGaHo)

eh, that's all for now i guess

edit: here's a few more

Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49esza4eiK4)
Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zo1-XlazvY)
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzNTCxOJK3g)
Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6Ewqx3PMs)
Robbie Williams - Rock DJ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9VVhtU-n4)

double edit: and a few more

Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDgpQBaziy0)
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnC1Xzm5uKM)

[Watashi]

I never thought I would put my opinion of that video into words, but here goes: that video is no good. Too long. And the song sucks.
But.. but... the alligator! It's so random!

[B-side]

FINAL BALLOT:

The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
Outkast - "Hey Ya!"

Above for quoting/nominating, below for my choices:

Blink 182 - "I Miss You" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYEM68HIm0Y&feature=PlayList&p=5C221F57722860E1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19) (Amazing video. Goth romance meshed with Soviet montage. Believe it.)
My Chemical Romance - "The Ghost of You" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OL6QM_mMyA&feature=PlayList&p=B2271AC8C389FE02&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4) (In a particularly brilliant shot, the ocean's waves and the war takes over the dance floor)
Brand New - "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKDc2lkt_mE) (A slightly unnerving tale of mimicry and sexuality)
Aphex Twin - "Come to Daddy" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5LCk3ka9G8) (Critique of hive-mind mentality and commercialization meets David Cronenberg)
Tool - "Schism" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjG47gtMCo) (Tool is fascinated with the human body)
Tool - "Parabol/Parabola" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiV_ue-PbL4) (And that fascination very much continues here, with a brilliant feel for the spiritual)

[Sven]

I have ten slots left. I will try to fill them by 5 pm. I am getting into I-can't-think-of-what-else-to-nominate-but-Gondry-videos territory:

IAM - Je Danse le Mia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J94NYeES68) (More continuation. I love the part in this video starting at 2:23 with the DJ shout outs. So rad.)

Bjork - Hyperballad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGpLMNnhLFo) (I love the suggestion of a digital dreamworld. I like how the video evocatively and creatively captures the concepts in the song. Gondry is good at that.)

Bjork - Declare Independence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOWR_-BXJU) (This video is so cool. As I mentioned above, I like it when the video actually addresses what's going on in the song, which feels like a rare thing. Gondry's DIY-ness is in full expression mode right here.)

Bjork has way too many entries in this thing.

Michael Jackson - Rock With You (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-1456297275/michael_jackson_rock_with_you_ official_music_video/) (What's with online videos all featuring advertisements these days? So annoying. Anyway, here, before he got all arty and ambitious with his videos, MJ demonstrates his King of Popitude a little conventionally, but not without panache. Love it. Have watched it who-knows-how-many-times. And that outfit!)

Dethklok - Hatred Copter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce3664OkewA) (I think Brendan Small is a genius and I dig what he's done with Dethklok. The design on these videos kills me. Kinda cool song, too.)

[Kurosawa Fan]

I never thought I would put my opinion of that video into words, but here goes: that video is no good. Too long. And the song sucks.

Boo. That song/video is hilarious. Though, since it's "so-bad-it's-good" territory, it doesn't deserve a nom.

[dreamdead]

I had wanted to post the Claire Denis' "Disintegrate" video by Sonic Youth as my 30th slot, but instead I'll go toward that oh so catchy and kitschy Freaxxx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucGFSusDXKQ) video by Brokencyde.

I apologize, world.

[Spinal]

Bjork has way too many entries in this thing.

No.

[dreamdead]

No.

Agreed. Though it seems a little myopic that her videos are getting such attention, I think that her work cumulatively has best expressed the potential for music videos as a form. Only Sigur Ros videos interest me in the same way, and they haven't had the longevity of Bjork yet.

[Spinal]

There are many worthy Bjork videos that we haven't even mentioned yet.

[Spinal]

OK, you have until 2pm PST/5pm EST.

[Spinal]

And just to clarify, you do not need to repost your ballot. You only need to make a new post for any edits.

[Spinal]

Prince - The Halftime Show (http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/music/watch/v6330047nSFChkNw) (Again, not sure if this counts, but I think emphasis on performance is just as legit a mode as any kind of cine-stuffs or whatever found in a more "traditional" video. Check out what he does at 2:52. This is the stuff of dreams.)

Naturally, I love this clip. However, I am not going to include it, mainly because it is a medley of songs. It's more like a mini-concert than a music video. I don't want to be too strict about what a music video is or is not, but loosely, I would say that we're looking at visual images that have been crafted in order to enhance the effect of a particular song. You can probably argue that this isn't too different than the Jackson 5 clip I allowed, but that one (due to its length, singular focus, etc.) seems to me a better fit for what we're trying to do here.

I am also going to have to disallow one other clip that I enjoy very much. While I think "Every Sperm is Sacred" is a cherished moment in cinema history, it is not really a music video. Rather it is a musical number from a film. I don't want to open up the floodgates for "Singin' in the Rain" and "Over the Rainbow". So, I'm bumping that one as well.

[Russ]

Naturally, I love this clip. However, I am not going to include it, mainly because it is a medley of songs. It's more like a mini-concert than a music video. I don't want to be too strict about what a music video is or is not, but loosely, I would say that we're looking at visual images that have been crafted in order to enhance the effect of a particular song. You can probably argue that this isn't too different than the Jackson 5 clip I allowed, but that one (due to its length, singular focus, etc.) seems to me a better fit for what we're trying to do here.

I am also going to have to disallow one other clip that I enjoy very much. While I think "Every Sperm is Sacred" is a cherished moment in cinema history, it is not really a music video. Rather it is a musical number from a film. I don't want to open up the floodgates for "Singin' in the Rain" and "Over the Rainbow". So, I'm bumping that one as well.

Well, if you won't give me Sperm, then how about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ4QLFl01g

Obscenely low-cut leather pants!
Microphone fellation!

RIP, Lux

[Sven]

Prince out, Dethklok in. We'll see if I can come up with five more in the next few hours.

[Spinal]

... if you won't give me Sperm ...

Change the 'you' to a 'U' and this could be a mid-80s Prince b-side.

[Sven]

For my last five I will reiterate the nominations of:

Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
Feist - My Moon My Man
Talking Heads - And She Was
and
umm...

[Spinal]

Nominations closed. New info coming soon.

[Watashi]

You better not have snubbed The Super Bowl Shuffle.

[Spinal]

Happily, there was a pretty clear break at a nice even number. 32 videos received 3 or more nominations. They will be the top-ranked videos in a field of 128. In other words, they not need to win a play-in match-up to be included in the field. They will be seeded as follows:

Martha Quinn Bracket:
#1 Daft Punk – Around the World
#4 Regina Spektor - Us
#3 Radiohead - Just
#2 Jamiriquai – Virtual Insanity

Kurt Loder Bracket:
#1 Bjork – It’s Oh So Quiet
#4 The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
#3 Outkast – Hey Ya
#2 Feist – My Moon My Man

Nina Blackwood Bracket:
#1 Johnny Cash – Hurt
#4 The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
#3 Blur – Coffee and TV
#2 Fiona Apple – Criminal

Kennedy Bracket:
#1 Michael Jackson – Thriller
#4 The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
#3 Sigur Ros - Glosoli
#2 The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight

Mark Goodman Bracket:
#1 Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice
#4 Kate Bush – Babooshka
#3 Talking Heads – And She Was
#2 The White Stripes – Fell in Love with a Girl

Alan Hunter Bracket:
#1 A-ha – Take on Me
#4 Jay Z – 99 Problems
#3 The Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar
#2 Feist – 1234

J.J. Jackson Bracket:
#1 Bjork – All is Full of Love
#4 Depeche Mode – Wrong
#3 UNKLE/Thom Yorke – Rabbit in Your Headlights
#2 Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World

Ed Lover Bracket:
#1 Nine Inch Nails – Closer
#4 Weezer – Buddy Holly
#3 Michael Jackson/Janet Jackson - Scream
#2 Radiohead – Karma Police


Please remember that this process involves a lot of arbitrary decisions. Mostly, I have tried to arrange for compelling potential match-ups and make sure two videos by the same artist don't meet up too early. Ultimately, your votes will be the factor that matters most.

This leaves a large group of videos fighting to get the final 96 slots. I'll tell you how we're going to do that shortly.

[Spinal]

You better not have snubbed The Super Bowl Shuffle.

The Fridge will have his day.

[Spinal]

OK, after thinking it over a bit, here's how I think I'm going to do this ...

There are 229 remaining videos that were nominated. There are 96 slots remaining.

In order to land one of those 96 slots, a video will have to win a three-way play-in battle. In order to make the numbers work out right, I will add various wild card options along the way. These will be drawn from awards lists, best videos lists, my whims and your suggestions. PM me if you think something important has been overlooked. I will add them at my discretion.

I will wait to do the lower seeds until the play-in rounds are complete. This will allow me to become familiar with all the videos and get a sense for your enthusiasm for them. Therefore, if you like something a lot and want to see it seeded favorably, make a comment about it when its match-up comes up.

Four battles will be posted per day. I will get these started later tonight.

[Thirdmango]

I'm very excited about how you're doing this. Kudos to you on this one.

[Watashi]

Not many people actually visit the music forums on here, so maybe the tournament could be held in the Kitchen Sink?

[Sven]

Four battles will be posted per day. I will get these started later tonight.

Curse you, Spinal, for re-instating my daily visit to this site. I was starting to feel like a happier person for a while there.

I'm excited about this. I loves me some music video discussion.

[Spinal]

Not many people actually visit the music forums on here, so maybe the tournament could be held in the Kitchen Sink?

Hmmm ... good idea. I think that would be ok.

[Thirdmango]

Just announce it there, I don't go in kitchen sink often enough.