So what does the Pitchfork staff do when it’s not throwing darts at a 10 point scale? Searching YouTube, obvs! Today the staff’s published a pretty awesome Best Of, so be prepared to kill some time at work.
The 100 Awesome Music Videos are all clips they simply find entertaining. Don’t read too much into it. Along with the preditable Amp’d fare and Wu-Tang love is some pretty funny commentary on cheese like Journey‘s “Separate Ways” (“The guys playing air keys had to be in on the joke, but Steve Perry looks like he’s auditioning for On the Waterfront.” WATCH) and Lionel Richie’s “Hello” (“Every time Richie mimes ‘hello’ like it’s the most sincere hello ever offered in the history of hellos.” WATCH). And, thank God, Kidz Bop‘s “Since U Been Gone” (“At the 2:37 mark is the greatest moment in the history of music videos” WATCH).
They’re all embedded in the new and unimproved Pfork pages, but for a quick looksee here’s the complete list:
A-Ha – “Take on Me”
Adam & The Ants – “Stand And Deliver”
Air – “Kelly Watch The Stars”
Alex Gopher – “The Child”
Art Of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)”
The Avalanches – “Frontier Psychiatrist”
Basement Jaxx – “Where’s Your Head At”
Björk – “Triumph Of A Heart”
Blur – “Coffee & TV”
Boards Of Canada – “Dayvan Cowboy”
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – “Tha Crossroads”
Boogie Down Productions – “My Philosophy”
Bronski Beat – “Small Town Boy”
Busta Rhymes – “Woo-Ha!! Got You All In Check”
Cee-Lo – “Closet Freak”
The Chemical Brothers – “Believe”
Chicago Bears Shufflin’ Crew – “Super Bowl Shuffle”
Cyndi Lauper – “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
D’Angelo – “Untitled (How Does It Feel?)”
Daft Punk – “Burnin’”
David Brent – “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
David Hasselhoff – “Hooked On A Feeling”
David Lee Roth – “Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody”
The Decemberists – “16 Military Wives”
Dio – “Holy Diver”
DJ Shadow – “Six Ways”
Dr. Dre – “Nuthin’ But A G Thang”
Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf”
Electric Six – “Danger! High Voltage!”
Electric Light Orchestra – “All Over The World”
Elton John – “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore”
The Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”
Fiery Furnaces – “Tropical Iceland”
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax”
Freeway – “What We Do”
Ghostface Killah – “Cherchez La Ghost”
The Go-Go’s – “Our Lips Are Sealed”
Grace Jones – “Libertango (I’ve Seen That Face Before)”
The Greg Kihn Band – “Jeopardy”
Heltah Skeltah – “Operation Lockdown”
Herbie Hancock – “Rockit”
Ice Cube – “It Was A Good Day”
The Jacksons – “Can You Feel It”
Jason Forrest – “War Photographer”
Jay-Z – “Big Pimpin’”
Journey – “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”
Junior Senior – “Move Your Feet”
Juvenile – “Ha”
Kate Bush – “Wuthering Heights”
Kidz Bop – “Since U Been Gone”
KMD – “Peachfuzz”
Kraftwerks – “The Robots”
Lionel Richie – “Hello”
Ludacris – “Southern Hospitality”
M.I.A. – “Galang”
M83 – “Don’t Save Us From The Flames”
Madonna – “Material Girl”
Madvillain – “All Caps”
Missy Elliott – “Gossip Folks”
Musical Youth – “Pass The Dutchie”
My Bloody Valentine – “To Here Knows When”
My Chemical Romance – “Helena”
Nas – “One Mic”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – “Got Your Money”
Outkast – “B.O.B.”
Ozzy Osbourne – “Bark At The Moon”
Pat Benatar – “Love Is A Battlefield”
Pavement – “Shady Lane”
The Pippets – “Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me”
The Postal Service – “We Will Become Silhouettes”
Sigur Ros – “Untitled”
Sinead O’Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U”
The Smiths – “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”
Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Gin & Juice”
Sonic Youth – “Dirty Boots”
Sting – “Brand New Day”
Superwolf – “I Gave You”
Talking Heads – “Once In A Lifetime”
They Might Be Giants – “Ana Ng”
‘Til Tuesday – “Voices Carry”
Toni Basil – “Mickey”
2Pac And Dr. Dre – “California Love”
Twisted Sister – “We’re Not Gonna Take It”
Van Halen – “Hot For Teacher”
Village People – “Sex Over The Phone”
Vitalic – “Poney (Pt. 1)”
The White Stripes – “My Doorbell”
Wu-Tang Clan – “Triumph”
Yo La Tengo – “Sugarcube”
I’m sure I don’t have to ask, but what’d they miss? Keep in mind they have to be on YouTube and not part of the Director’s Label Series (’cause PFork thinks that would be “obvious”).
“Best to check these out early and often, then — it is possible that some record label funcrusher could come around and wrinkle his nose at us pointing you all to a commercial for his company’s product.”
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Gee.. Thanks pitchfork, like i don’t already waste enough time on youtube!
Let me get the ball rolling with the “I can’t believe they left off _____________ ” with this great relic from the 90′s
The Dogs – Your Mamma on Crack Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGWWjVH7ZpA
that bjork video is fun, but jesus she has like a million better ones. weird to pick that one. human behavior, it’s oh so quiet
oh they also forgot this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auOnyTpk-EA
They missed Portastatic’s San Andreas video. And Superchunk’s Hyper Enough video. I know I’m showing my bias here, but still, either of those videos are as funny as anything on this list.
As with most “Best of” lists, they’ve always gotta leave out Mr. T
I pity the fool who doesn’t give love to this video.
As with most “Best of” lists, they’ve always gotta leave out Mr. T’s “Treat Your Mother Right”
I pity the fool who doesn’t give love to this video.
Here’s a video I directed, not one of the best, but the 8 year old starring deserves his own Kidz Bop place…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYay5rtAULs
i would definitely add franz ferdinand’s “do you want to”! maybe “not if you were the last junkie on earth” by the dandy warhols, and the white stripes’”dead leaves and the dirty ground” as well, and certainly UNKLE’s “rabbit in your headlights”! i’m surprised at the omissions.
“Rabbit in the Headlights” is on the Jonathan Glazer Director’s Label disc.
There’s also…
Supergrass’s “Pumpin’ on Your Stereo” video where they’re turned into Muppets
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ba1apUmyTOY&search=supergrass%20pumpin
Traktor’s freaky video for Fatboy Slim’s “Ya Mamma”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8WCJZjdP-eQ&search=fatboy%20ya
“So what does the Pitchfork staff do when it’s not throwing darts at a 10 point scale? Searching YouTube, obvs!” i actually laughed out loud
give me http://videos.antville.org over utoob any day…
Jason Webley’s “Eleven Saints” is great, very Sesame Street. Rod Serling, Mr. Rogers, Pee Wee Herman, Wheeeeeeeeee.
Unfortunately, not on You Tube.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=842104598&n=2
no- that bjork video with the cat is the best bjork video ever. animals acting like humans = gold.
More ’80s videos:
http://www.worksafevideos.com/music_videos/
re: bjork. its cause all the best bjork videos are on the cunningham, gondry, and jonze dvds (which were left off the list), triumph of the heart was after they were released.
Not a traditional music video, but I captured this rendition of the Beatles’ “Mean Mister Mustard”…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-cvLjylEqk
…done in the 1978 movie version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (the one with the Bee-Gees…)
From Wikipedia: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the name of a 1978 musical film featuring new versions of songs originally written and performed by The Beatles. It is mostly remembered as one of the most expensive flops in the history of the music industry.
Fuckin’ wierd and pretty awesome.
no “it’s the end of the world as we know it”? come on.
No. The answer is “Apache.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTKL8MNH95Q
Wha? No Lionel Richie “Hello”?
Total BS duuuude!
They left off “Weapon of Choice”, but then again, we all really know the greatness of that one. Same with, say “Fell in Love with a Girl”
I’d definitely put Queens of the Stone Age’s “Go With the Flow” video up there, even if it did inspire all those godawful iPod ads. And I always thought the Foo Fighters videos for “Everlong” (and “Next Year” were brilliant.
Ditto for “Pumping on Your Stereo” and, while I’m partial to Franz’s “Do You Want To” (I was an extra in there, I think “The Dark of the Matinee” was a better video) and, if it counts the “Crazy Bitch” (Buckcherry) fan video is brilliant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEWJOQQdD-s
Oh, and “Sex Over the Phone” = CLASSIC.
No Smack My Bitch Up……
inspired by kidz bop, i made this:
i hope you enjoy it as much as i do.
s.
Stardust. Music sounds better with you. Best video ever?
man i think that utube is so cool but they should put more up to date music on this site.