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!

Click here to see #49 on the list or here for #51!

My Top 100 Favourite Music Videos: #60

#60: "In the Air Tonight" - Phil Collins
Release Date: 1981
Director: Stuart Orme
Fun Fact: The myth that this song is about a drowning incident that Phil Collins witnessed is all a complete and utter fabrication - don't believe it!!

This song and video is incredibly iconic. Similar to my entry for "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel though, this entry is because of how good the video is, rather than my love of the song.

And the video, actually isn't a technical genius of a video. But it's simple and absorbs you in. Sometimes the simplest of ideas are the best ones, and this video is an example of that. The majority of the video is Phil Collins' face in black and white, but you can't help but look at it. It's just a great video, and it matches the song to perfection.

Here's the video for your enjoyment!

Click here to see #59 on the list or here for #61!