My Top 100 Favourite Music Videos: #50

Hey everyone, we're half way there. Thanks for keeping upto date with this list. It's been 50 days... here's to the next 50!

If you want to see a recap, or have missed the list so far, here's from #100 to #51...

• #100: "House of Fun" - Madness
• #99: "Cosmic Love" - Florence and the Machine
• #98: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
• #97: "Keine Lust" - Rammstein
• #96: "Bassline Junkie" - Dizzee Rascal
• #95: "The Salmon Dance" - The Chemical Brothers
• #94: "stevie" - Kasabian
• #93: "The Hardest Button to Button " - The White Stripes
• #92: "If I Had a Tail" - The Queens of the Stone Age
• #91: "Lullaby" - The Cure
• #90: "Dance" - Saul Williams
• #89: "Pork and Beans" - Weezer
• #88: "Pure Morning" - Placebo
• #87: "Rockstar" - Nickelback
• #86: "Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson
• #85: "Life on Mars" - David Bowie
• #84: "I'm on a Boat" - The Lonely Island
• #83: "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai
• #82: "Just a Day" - Feeder
• #81: "Poison" - Alice Cooper
• #80: "There There" - Radiohead
• #79: "Dancing in the Street" - David Bowie and Mick Jagger
• #78: "Psychosis Safari" - The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
• #77: "Common People" - Pulp
• #76: "Forgot About Dre" - Dr Dre and Eminem
• #75: "Fat" - Weird Al Yankovic
• #74: "Links 2-3-4" - Rammstein
• #73: "Cars" - Gary Numan
• #72: "Dragula" - Rob Zombie
• #71: "Here it Goes Again" - OK Go
• #70: "Gangnam Style" - PSY
• #69: "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - Green Day
• #68: "Smack My Bitch Up" - The Prodigy
• #67: "Leave Before the Lights Come On" - Arctic Monkeys
• #66: "Scream" - Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
• #65: "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
• #64: "Sweating Bullets" - Megadeth
• #63: "Fell in Love With a Girl" - The White Stripes
• #62: "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
• #61: "I Want You So Hard (Boys Bad News)" - Eagles of Death Metal
• #60: "In the Air Tonight" - Phil Collins
• #59: "Twisted Transistor" - KoRn
• #58: "I Just Had Sex" - The Lonely Island
• #57: "Girls and Boys" - Good Charlotte
• #56: "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
• #55: "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
• #54: "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
• #53: "My Band" - D12
• #52: "Coma White" - Marilyn Manson
• #51: "Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades" - Brand New

Got it? Good. Well then, let's start off the Top 50!

#50: "Firestarter" - The Prodigy
Release Date: 1996
Director: Walter Stern
Fun Fact: Even though it's not got any gore, violence, horror, swearing or drug use or anything visibly controversial, the video was banned before the watershed on certain channels because it was apparently too scary for children!

Ah yes. Firestarter. Such a great video. What's fascinating about this video is that they have done far more controversial videos than this... yet this one caused so much more controversy (probably "Smack My Bitch Up" being the only exception). Why? All it is, is Keith Flint, doing a promo video to the song with a mohican in an underground tunnel! But if you have seen the video, or if you watch it now, you will see why it caused some discomfort. Keith Flint is very intimidating in this video, bopping around like a lunatic, slapping his head constantly, getting in the "face" of the camera throughout. But it's just a brilliant video, despite very little actually happening.

Keith Flint has incredible presence and a certain scary aura about him, and frankly, you can't keep your eyes on him. You barely notice that there are other people in the video other than him, that's how much you're fixated with the man!

Here's the video for your enjoyment!

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My Top 100 Favourite Music Videos: #51

#51: "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" - Brand New
Release Date: 2003
Director: Marc Webb
Fun Fact: The phrase actually comes from the latin phrase "Sic transit gloria mundi" which translates to "Thus passes the glory of the world". It was referenced in a 1998 film called Rushmore!

What a video. This truly is a magnificent video. I'm not a big fan of Brand New, and in honesty, I'd probably not give this song any time of day if it wasn't for the fact that I've loved this video ever since I first saw it, and in turn have listened and watched the video enough times to end up really liking the song. Seriously, watch this video if you haven't before.

You could make an arguement that this concept has been done before. But I can't really say I've seen it done in music video format. What would you do if you had the power to control people? This video explores that theme very well. What I love about this video is that the protagonist is running from someone... or something. We don't know what, we don't know why. The video leaves that open to interpretation. He finds himself in this bar and he starts to realise he can control people's actions. He takes full advantage of this... but is it such a good omen? I just love this video, and it definitely deserves your time of day.

Here's the video for your enjoyment!

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