I just remember the weird Al version from UHF and thinking that was the official version of that song and music video for the longest time as a kid. Lol
I'm always impressed by a music video that can "yes, and" the song it was made for - one that feels like it was created as an extension or an exploration of the song, rather than an expression of the vibes (though, don't get me wrong, I'm all about the vibes too). I love that this video tells a clear story and puts a pretty fun twist on the lyrics while it does.
Bonus: The actors seem like they were having a blast during filming.
Literally this - the very first thing that I thought, was well it's obviously going to Never Going to Give you up - before I could even actively start thinking of any other music video, like Zombies for example (it's been on YouTube a lot recently because of people reacting to it).
Turn Down for What - Lil Jon
Directed by (And starring one of) the directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Which makes me feel vindicated for loving this video, so fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU
I love this song. It sounds upbeat and carefree but it really sad.
Wiki "Fastball frontman Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading articles that described the June 1997 disappearance of an elderly married couple, Lela and Raymond Howard from Salado, Texas,[5] who left home to attend the Pioneer Day festival at nearby Temple, Texas, despite Lela's Alzheimer's and Raymond recently recovering from brain surgery. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route.[6][7] The authorities who investigated the accident believed that Lela, who was driving the car, was trying to locate a place where she had once vacationed.[8]"
Papa Don't Preach by Madonna. We didn't have cable/sat at home and my family went on vacation so I watched MTV as much as possible. They must have played it hundreds of times in a few days.
Not even a fan of Pearl Jam, but the song's discordant guitar solo is perfect for its message, and captured brilliantly by the animation. I'm a sucker for late state American animation well-executed like this, too.
definitely Take On Me by a-h_a._
You want a music video? Any music video? One of the best of the 1980s? One of the best of all time? One of the catchiest songs ever? Something that will never go away?
Take On Me.
The first that popped into my head in the moment was "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera. No clue why that one comes to mind first, maybe because it freaked me out as a kid. lol
Takes me right back to the summer between 5th and 6th grade. Fun fact: the International and US versions are different and while this was third single on their debut US album, it was their lead single on their second international album.
There were some images flashing in my mind but I quickly lost what I was seeing, but the next thing was Avenged Sevenfold's A Little Piece of Heaven: https://youtu.be/KVjBCT2Lc94
This was before I cared for anything heavy and it was an introduction to a style that I was told was bad for so long.
I remember watching VH1's "You Oughta Know" or something like that in the early morning and this video coming on and there's this kid who was just swinging around on a pummel horse for the entire thing. Apparently, that kid was a machine and just wouldn't stop IRL.
Aha, Take on Me. And that's surprising because my music streaming alg gave me a bunch of songs that I used to watch on MTVne 80s. But none of those came to mind first, it's that dang cartoon one!
I... I think I just got Rickrolled by my own brain.
Bwahaha I love this.
Take on Me - Aha
Another great one and very inventive for the time.
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits. All-time classic. 80s CGI knows no comparison. 😩👌
I just remember the weird Al version from UHF and thinking that was the official version of that song and music video for the longest time as a kid. Lol
Genghis Khan by Miike Snow
I'm always impressed by a music video that can "yes, and" the song it was made for - one that feels like it was created as an extension or an exploration of the song, rather than an expression of the vibes (though, don't get me wrong, I'm all about the vibes too). I love that this video tells a clear story and puts a pretty fun twist on the lyrics while it does.
Bonus: The actors seem like they were having a blast during filming.
Goated song and music video
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
You made me rickroll myself. Never Gonna Give You Up is so iconic online, how could it not be the first thing that comes to mind?
Second one that came to mind was Somebody That I Used To Know.
Frankly, I don't watch music videos, so internet memes are the majority of my exposure to them.
Literally this - the very first thing that I thought, was well it's obviously going to Never Going to Give you up - before I could even actively start thinking of any other music video, like Zombies for example (it's been on YouTube a lot recently because of people reacting to it).
OK Go - Here it goes again
There are many other more impressive and even more famous music videos, but this one is THE video I think of when anyone mentions music videos.
I love all their videos. so complex and creative.
While you absolutely answered the question correctly, I think this is my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c
WTF? and Obsession are close seconds.
Thriller (Credits and everything...) - Michael Jackson
https://youtu.be/sOnqjkJTMaA
Hah, this is also what I thought of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g93mz_eZ5N4
Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer
I only read as far as "first music video" before my brain served up the first video on MTV, "Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star."
Sober by Tool. Very cool video.
The video is great and creepy.
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
This is my all time favourite.
A-HA take on me
Virtual Insanity I have brain rot.
Probably Thriller, even though my favorite is probably Californication
Both awesome videos but Californication was more my era and I love how creative and good graphics it was! Really took you on a journey.
Money for Nothing. (posted the less problematic edit)
Prodigy Smack my Bitch up (nsfw)
https://vimeo.com/144850907
Turn Down for What - Lil Jon
Directed by (And starring one of) the directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Which makes me feel vindicated for loving this video, so fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU
Knights of Cydonia
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
I was gonna go with Just, myself.
I'd nominate Bjork: All is Full of Love.
The Way, by Fastball.
Why? Popup Video when I was younger, that's why lol. It was on a LOT.
I love this song. It sounds upbeat and carefree but it really sad.
Wiki "Fastball frontman Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading articles that described the June 1997 disappearance of an elderly married couple, Lela and Raymond Howard from Salado, Texas,[5] who left home to attend the Pioneer Day festival at nearby Temple, Texas, despite Lela's Alzheimer's and Raymond recently recovering from brain surgery. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route.[6][7] The authorities who investigated the accident believed that Lela, who was driving the car, was trying to locate a place where she had once vacationed.[8]"
That whole album is fantastic.
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda.
I have no idea why, I haven't thought about the song in years. And I don't even like it.
Booty on the mind?
Black or White
https://youtu.be/F2AitTPI5U0
Peter Gabriel - "Shock The Monkey"
[Salvatore Ganacci - Step-grandma
](https://youtu.be/StYkb5kbM3o)
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE&ab_channel=RobertPalmerVEVO
Probably gorillaz, either Clint Eastwood or Dirty Harry
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
It's practically a short film.
Papa Don't Preach by Madonna. We didn't have cable/sat at home and my family went on vacation so I watched MTV as much as possible. They must have played it hundreds of times in a few days.
DyE - Fantasy
I wonder how many of us saw this video when we were too young for it?
@Mantising wow that's some unexpected cosmic horror right in the groin
Take on Me - Aha
Do the Evolution by Pearl Jam
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI
Not even a fan of Pearl Jam, but the song's discordant guitar solo is perfect for its message, and captured brilliantly by the animation. I'm a sucker for late state American animation well-executed like this, too.
I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want, I want a redo where my answer isn't Wannabe by the Spice Girls.
Kenshi Yonezu - KICKBACK
fuck you I'm adding a second, Michael Jackson - Beat it
Got Rickrolled without a link, good job.
Pain Remains (pt1-3) - Lorna Shore
Literally came here to say this.
The video is just as epic as the tracks, and together they are very powerful.
We're no strangers to love
Daft Punk - Around the World
The Beatles - Mr Blue Sky
that's by ELO
That's really dumb. You are right.
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
The Shins - Simple Song
Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better
EVERY DAY I'M SHUFFLING
doot doot doot dut duh doo
Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi
Tool - Sober
Just by Radiohead
Radiohead is great. Subterranean Homesick Alien is one of my favorite songs.
definitely Take On Me by a-h_a._
You want a music video? Any music video? One of the best of the 1980s? One of the best of all time? One of the catchiest songs ever? Something that will never go away?
Take On Me.
Korn - Freak on a Leash
John Mayer - New Light
The cheap retro goofiness is what does it for me.
The haunting David Gilmore video In Any Tongue. "I know sorrow tastes the same on any tongue".
Anything by Cyriak!
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
Nightcrawler - Signs of the Swarm
Thriller - the long version
Moloko's Forever More https://piped.video/watch?v=X9j_IreT5yI
That song that plays over the last image of the Shining.
Deutschland by Rammstein
The first that popped into my head in the moment was "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera. No clue why that one comes to mind first, maybe because it freaked me out as a kid. lol
Young Rival - Black is Good
It's brilliant when it works for you
Heartworms - Retributions Of An Awful Life
Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
Takes me right back to the summer between 5th and 6th grade. Fun fact: the International and US versions are different and while this was third single on their debut US album, it was their lead single on their second international album.
Tonight Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Hi Ren. Absolute powerhouse of a song/video.
Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DECp8LKurKs
Around The World
Girls not Grey by AFI
Korn - Freak on a Leash
flock of seagulls i ran
Slipknot - duality
Boogie Pimps - Somebody to Love <3
Katy Perry - Dark Horse
I have no idea why this popped into my head, but I used to play a lot of DDR as a kid.
stuck in the sound - lets go
im a sucker for animated music videos
Lorn's Ghosst(s) music video
Take On Me, of course.
Aterciopelados - Luz Azul (Video)
I hear you calling - GOB
Go Bananas by Little Big
There were some images flashing in my mind but I quickly lost what I was seeing, but the next thing was Avenged Sevenfold's A Little Piece of Heaven: https://youtu.be/KVjBCT2Lc94
Juggalo Homies
"Writing on the Walls" by Underoath
This was before I cared for anything heavy and it was an introduction to a style that I was told was bad for so long.
I remember watching VH1's "You Oughta Know" or something like that in the early morning and this video coming on and there's this kid who was just swinging around on a pummel horse for the entire thing. Apparently, that kid was a machine and just wouldn't stop IRL.
Kaisei ft. ill.bell
It's a vocaloid remix with a great singer and a rap bit that's not in the original version.
Aha, Take on Me. And that's surprising because my music streaming alg gave me a bunch of songs that I used to watch on MTVne 80s. But none of those came to mind first, it's that dang cartoon one!
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
R.E.M. - Orange Crush was the first that popped up to mind. No idea why. Haven't even thought of that song in like ten years.
Wild horses -bishop briggs