Johnny Mercyside

Saturday, June 13, 2015

My Top 100 Favourite Music Videos: #1

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
  • #50: Firestarter - The Prodigy
  • #49: United States of Whatever - Liam Lynch
  • #48: Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
  • #47: Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
  • #46: Enter Sandman - Metallica
  • #45: Tribute - Tenacious D
  • #44: Bad - Michael Jackson
  • #43: Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
  • #42: Without Me - Eminem
  • #41: Man That You Fear - Marilyn Manson
  • #40: Fat Lip/Pain for Pleasure - Sum 41
  • #39: Stay - Shakespears Sister
  • #38: Slam - Pendulum
  • #37: Cradle of Love - Billy Idol
  • #36: Jack Sparrow - The Lonely Island
  • #35: Hey Ya! - The Outkast
  • #34: Paranoid Android - Radiohead
  • #33: All the Small Things - Blink 182
  • #32: Amish Paradise - Weird Al Yankovic
  • #31: Only - Nine Inch Nails
  • #30: Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
  • #29: The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
  • #28: White Limo - Foo Fighters
  • #27: Buddy Holly - Weezer
  • #26: Walk This Way - Aerosmith and Run DMC
  • #25: In Bloom - Nirvana
  • #24: Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
  • #23: Knights of Cydonia - Muse
  • #22: Low Hangin' Fruit - Tenacious D
  • #21: Starfuckers Inc. - Nine Inch Nails
  • #20: Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants
  • #19: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
  • #18: Underground - David Bowie
  • #17: Everlong - Foo Fighters
  • #16: Telegram Sam - Bauhaus
  • #15: Freak on a Leash - KoRn
  • #14: Shut Me Up - Mindless Self Indulgence
  • #13: Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
  • #12: Hurt - Johnny Cash
  • #11: I Want to Break Free - Queen
  • #10: Closer - Nine Inch Nails
  • #9: White and Nerdy - Weird Al Yankovic
  • #8: I'm Afraid of Americans - David Bowie and Trent Reznor
  • #7: Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim
  • #6: Thriller - Michael Jackson
  • #5: Coffee and TV - Blur
  • #4: Low - Foo Fighters
  • #3: Rabbit in Your Headlights - UNKLE and Thom Yorke
  • #2: Take on Me - A-ha

So my favourite music video of all time is...

#1: "Just" - Radiohead
Release Date: 1995
Director: Jamie Thraves
Fun Fact: To this day, no one knows what the secret message is in the video, Radiohead won't reveal anything!!
So it's all over now. Sorry if you're disappointed at all. Obviously I'm not. And I'm sure there are those who do agree that this is one of the best music videos of all time.

What can I say about this video? It's simple and incredibly effective. A man lies in the street for no reason at all and gets a lot of people concerned. Why is he lying on the floor? Why won't he say why? Why can't we touch him? That's the beauty of this video. It's using the power of psychology, the power of the unknown. We have no idea what the hidden message is in this video. Professionals have tried and failed to work it out. And twenty years later after this video comes out, the secret in the video is only known to Radiohead, presumably the director, and... that's about it? We'll never know.

If you haven't seen this video, please watch it. It's just such a simple yet crazy idea that riles me up big time. WHY IS HE ON THE FLOOR?! So yeah. This is my favourite music video of all time and I just love it. And hate it. But love it far more than hate it, for sure!
Note: This is the third and last video from the year 1995 in this list.



Here is the video for your enjoyment!

Click here to go back to #100 on the list or here for #2!

So that's the end! Thanks so much for joining me in revealing my 100 favourite music videos of all time. It's been a long 101 days but I've enjoyed it. It's been a lot more well received than I ever imagined and it's made me think of doing a Top 100 list of different varieties more often. I may do one list per year. So stay tuned for the next one!

Before I love you and leave you I want to share some statistics, like I always do, that may interest you!

Multiple Music Directors
Akiva Schaffer - 4 videos (#36 Jack Sparrow - Lonely Island, #58 I Just Had Sex - Lonely Island, #61 I Want You So Hard - Eagles of Death Metal, #84 I'm on a Boat - Lonely Island)
Mark Romanek - 3 videos (#10 Closer - Nine Inch Nails, #12 Hurt - Johnny Cash, #66 Scream - Michael and Janet Jackson)
David Mallet - 3 videos (#11 I Want to Break Free - Queen, #54 Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie, #79 Dancing in the Street - David Bowie and Mick Jagger)
Michel Gondry - 3 videos (#17 Everlong - Foo Fighters, #63 Fell in Love With a Girl - White Stripes, #93 The Hardest Button to Button - White Stripes)
Liam Lynch - 3 videos (#22 Low Hangin' Fruit - Tenacious D, #45 Tribute - Tenacious D, #49 United States of Whatever - Liam Lynch [unconfirmed])
Samuel Bayer - 3 videos (#52 Coma White - Marilyn Manson, #69 Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day, #98 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana)
Steve Barron - 2 videos (#2 Take on Me - A-ha, #18 Underground - David Bowie)
Jonathan Glazer - 2 videos (#3 Rabbit in Your Headlights - UNKLE, #83 Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai)
Spike Jonze - 2 videos (#7 Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim, #27 Buddy Holly - Weezer)
Dom and Nic - 2 videos (#8 I'm Afraid of Americans - David Bowie, #95 The Salmon Dance - The Chemical Brothers)
Weird Al Yankovic - 2 videos (#9 White and Nerdy - Weird Al Yankovic, #32 Amish Paradise - Weird Al Yankovic)
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - 2 videos (#15 Freak on a Leash - KoRn, #48 Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins)
Joseph Kahn - 2 videos (#23 Knights of Cydonia - Muse, #42 Without Me - Eminem)
David Fincher - 2 videos (#31 Only - Nine Inch Nails, #37 Cradle of Love - Billy Idol)
Marc Klasfield - 2 videos (#40 Fat Lip - Sum 41, #47 Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm)
Walter Stern - 2 videos (#43 Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve, #50 Firestarter - The Prodigy)
Wayne Isham - 2 videos (#46 Enter Sandman - Metallica, #64 Sweating Bullets - Megadeth)
Jay Levey - 2 videos (#75 Fat - Weird Al Yankovic, #81 Poison - Alice Cooper)

Multiple Music Artists
Radiohead - 3 videos (#1 Just, #34 Paranoid Android, #80 There, There)
David Bowie - 3 videos (#18 Underground, #54 Ashes to Ashes, #85 Life on Mars) [also #8 I'm Afraid of Americans with Trent Reznor, and #79 Dancing in the Street with Mick Jagger]
Foo Fighters - 3 videos (#4 Low, #17 Everlong, #28 White Limo)
Michael Jackson - 3 videos (#6 Thriller, #44 Bad, #86 Smooth Criminal) [also #66 Scream with Janet Jackson)
Weird Al Yankovic - 3 videos (#9 White and Nerdy, #32 Amish Paradise, #75 Fat)
Nine Inch Nails - 3 videos (#10 Closer, #21 Starfuckers Inc, #31 Only) [also #8 I'm Afraid of Americans with David Bowie)
Marilyn Manson - 3 videos (#29 The Beautiful People, #41 Man That You Fear, #52 Coma White)
The Lonely Island - 3 videos (#36 Jack Sparrow, #58 I Just Had Sex, #84 I'm on a Boat)
The White Stripes - 3 videos (#55 Seven Nation Army, #63 Fell in Love With a Girl, #93 The Hardest Button to Button)
Queen - 2 videos (#11 I Want to Break Free - Queen, #19 Bohemian Rhapsody)
KoRn - 2 videos (#15 Freak on a Leash, #59 Twisted Transistor)
Tenacious D - 2 videos (#22 Low Hangin' Fruit, #45 Tribute)
Nirvana - 2 videos (#25 In Bloom, #98 Smells Like Teen Spirit)
The Prodigy - 2 videos (#50 Firestarter, #68 Smack My Bitch Up)
Rammstein - 2 videos (#74 Links 2-3-4, #97 Keine Lust)

I was going to do some charts but I haven't got Microsoft Excel anymore and the online one sucks when it comes to doing graphs. Ah well. That's all from me today and once again I thank you for joining me. Until next time, take care!

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