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What do the OOT'er think is the best music video ever made. Lots of good candidates out there, but I think I'd have to go with Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt.

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What do the OOT'er think is the best music video ever made. Lots of good candidates out there, but I think I'd have to go with Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt.

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There was some kind of poll of music industry insiders on this. Hurt won, Thriller got second.

I liked "smack my bitch up". What an insane video.

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Certainly not the best, but Scarface - On My Block is an excellent video.

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Closer - Nine Inch Nails
November Rain - Guns N' Roses
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Freak on a Leash - Korn
Take On Me - A-HA

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Closer - Nine Inch Nails
November Rain - Guns N' Roses
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Freak on a Leash - Korn
Take On Me - A-HA

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Excellent. Yes those are very very good too.

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I'm not a big fan of music videos but Sabatoge by Beastie Boys makes me drop what ever I'm doing when it's on. I fricken love that video.

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Not the best, but one of the best in terms of dancing: The Name of the Game .. the one with that guy with a big nose as a head

oh ya, and Usher's "My Way" has the most badass dance move I've ever seen... the guy does the moonwalk on his knees

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Radiohead - Just

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There was some kind of poll of music industry insiders on this. Hurt won, Thriller got second.

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Trent's Hurt?

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Express Yourself - Madonna
Take On Me - A-Ha

sentimental favorite: You Got Lucky - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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There was some kind of poll of music industry insiders on this. Hurt won, Thriller got second.

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Trent's Hurt?

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No, cash's

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The Name of the Game .. the one with that guy with a big nose as a head

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Crystal Method.


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Take On Me - A-HA

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Yes, this is excellent.

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Weapon of Choice, AINEC.

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I'm not a big fan of music videos but Sabatoge by Beastie Boys makes me drop what ever I'm doing when it's on. I fricken love that video.

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If they made a real cop show out of that video, everyone would watch.

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I haven't seen a music video in 10 years. The first one I thought of was Thriller, but I'm sure there's something else out there these days that's better.

My personal favorite was Springsteen's Brilliant Disguise. I liked its use of a live vocal track and its simplicity: Bruce in a kitchen (on a soundstage) with a guitar, playing and singing the song as the camera slowly moves in tighter and tighter until all you can see is a closeup of his face and then just his eyes as he sings the haunting final verse.

"Tonight our bed is cold, I'm lost in the darkness of our love
God have mercy on the man who doubts what he's sure of."

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Certainly not the best, but Scarface - On My Block is an excellent video.

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this is good, but is it in your top 5 skeme?

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There was some kind of poll of music industry insiders on this. Hurt won, Thriller got second.

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Trent's Hurt?

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No, cash's

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Obviously I agree with their choice. The video is very moving and still gets to me every time I watch it. Anyone who hasn't seen it yet really should.

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Cradle of Love- Billy Idol.

Hottest girl ever in a video.

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There was some kind of poll of music industry insiders on this. Hurt won, Thriller got second.

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Trent's Hurt?

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No, cash's

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Obviously I agree with their choice. The video is very moving and still gets to me every time I watch it. Anyone who hasn't seen it yet really should.

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I concur. BTW, I just saw a great quote about him from Bono of all people:

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Every man knows he is a sissy compared to Johnny Cash.

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Nothing makes me hate Walken more than that [censored] video.

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Been thinking about this a lot recently -

I think it's the greatest music video ever made - and I honestly think Johnny Cash looked Elvis straight in the eye and said "Boy, you may be the King right now, but I bet the crown would look good on my head too" - and I think he took it -

I remember actually WATCHING the MTV Video Awards that year to see him make a speech, but he only won a couple awards and that pnumenonia kept him in the Hospital during the award's show...

I wonder what he would have told this generation - Even the hardcore rappers admit he WAS the Original Gangster - (shot a man in reno just to watch him die) -

I'm gonna go get some money off the credit card to go pay some bills before the 15th, and then I'm gonna go get his first Rick Rubin Album (I had it for awhile and lost it before it got burned) and maybe I'll get some other stuff too.

I know he was a grizzled old bastard who was hanging on those last years, but he was taken from us too soon - his replacement wasn't trained - LOL - This Country needs a Johnny Cash.

RB

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Cash's hurt is good

but my fave is Weapon of Choice with Walken (fave actor)

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Hurt was great but I think if the poll is given again in 5 years that Thriller will be back on top.

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Well said. I'm not much of a country music fan but I love Johnny Cash.

However it's not fair to label Cash as a country music singer. His music encompassed so many genres. I also remembering hearing that he didn't like being called a country music singer.

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chemical brother's elektrobank?

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Smart Dressed Man - ZZ Top

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like I said in my post, I think he was the King of Rock and Roll - I think he suckerpunched Elvis after he started those movies and took the crown and ran with it for 50 years...

Only reason he lived as long as he did was June Carter - he'd tell ya that...LOL - but it was a nice sweet run.

Ok - enough talking about music - must go BUY the music.

RB

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I'm pretty sure this is correct

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FYI, I know there are a lot of closet Neil Diamond fans on OOT, so it might interest them to know that Rick Rubin produced Neil's just released album "12 Songs". Pretty much everything Rubin touches turns to gold, so this might be worth checking out.

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Coldplay- The Scientist.

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50 cent - disco inferno. Not shown in the US. Saw it in Europe. Him and the G-unit crew are just dancing with naked women while pouring liquor on them.

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Paranoid Android might be my favorite.

I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Smells Like Teen Spirit. I guess it's just too obvious of a choice?

I'm also gonna throw Lightning Crashes out there since it's kind of responsible for getting me into music in the first place.

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I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Smells Like Teen Spirit. I guess it's just too obvious of a choice?


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Weird Al Yankovic's "Smells Like Nirvana" completely ruined this video for me...

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I think anyone who posted in this thread and didn't mention Fiona Apple's "Criminal" should be banned.

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Take On Me - A-HA

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Clear first choice.

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I think anyone who listened to Fiona Apple's "Criminal" should be banned.

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Hurt was great but I think if the poll is given again in 5 years that Thriller will be back on top.

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Yeah, I'd have to agree. I saw a show on MTV about 12 years ago where they ranked the top 100 videos of all time.

"Cryin'" by Aerosmith got first and Thriller got second.

Whatever the video of the moment is always gets first and Thriller gets second. I wonder where "Cryin'" is now? Probably not even in the top 100.

FWIW, "Take on Me" by A-HA was the first video I thought of when I saw this thread.

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I think anyone who listened to Fiona Apple's "Criminal" should be banned.

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Big Steve just got excited.

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Radiohead-Just (it's my avatar)
Blur-Coffee and Cigarettes

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Sledgehammer- Peter Gabriel.

I loved this vid when I was a little kid.