Saturday, April 25, 2009

150 GREATEST MUSIC VIDS: 150

It's high time I show some appreciation for an often overlooked form of expressive cinema: the music video. As you can see, I’ve been watching them a long-arse time. These are my current Top 150 favourites that I think you should see. They’ve all latched onto my imagination & burrowed into my dreams in big ways. Many have even influenced my own personal creative work.

[my picks are always subject to change, so if you feel I’ve made any glaring sins of omission, please let me know as soon as possible. I had to leave off many greats to make room for others]
**updated December 2022**

150-101| 100-80| 79-60| 59-40| 39-21| 20-1









150) Lady Gaga "911"
dir. Tarsem








149) M83 "My Tears Are Becoming A Sea"
dir. Sacha Barbin & Ryan Doubiago 








148) Twiztid "Dead & Gone (Unh-Stop)"
dir. [JaimeR]








147) Audioslave "Cochise" [director's cut]
dir. Mark Romanek









146) IAM  "Je danse le Mia"
dir. Michel Gondry









145) The Chemical Brothers 
                        "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted"
dir. Ninian Doff








144) Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion "WAP"
dir. Colin Tilley








143) Daft Punk "The Prime Time of Your Life"
dir. Tony Gardner









142) Fleet Foxes "Featherweight"
dir. Pecknold/Kohlhepp









141) 비비 BIBI  "조또 (JOTTO)
dir. OJun Kwon 








140) Shugo Tokumaru "Katachi"
dir. Kijek/Adamski 







139) Bjork "Big Time Sensuality"
dir. Stéphane Sednaoui 







138) Flying Lotus "More"
dir. Shinichiro Watanabe 








137The Wallflowers "6th Avenue Heartache"
dir. David Fincher 








136) 
Tame Impala "The Less I Know the Better"
dir. Canada 








135) Flying Lotus "Until the Quiet Comes"
dir. Kahlil Joseph 








134) Thom Yorke 
       "Last I Heard (He Was Circling the Drain)"
dir. Art Camp & Saad Moosajee 








133) The Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up"
                   [uncensored version]
dir. Jonas Åkerlund 







132) Massive Attack "Karmacoma"
dir. Jonathan Glazer 








131) Pearl Jam "Do the Evolution"
dir. Kevin Altieri and Todd McFarlane 








130) Bjork "Human Behavior"
dir. Michel Gondry 








129) Peter Gabriel "Big Time"
dir. Stephen R. Johnson & David Daniels 








128) Marilyn Manson "The Beautiful People"
                                                [director's cut]
dir. Floria Sigismondi  








127) Squarepusher "Come On My Selector"
dir. Chris Cunningham 









126) Tool "Prison Sex"
dir. Adam Jones 








125) LCD Soundsystem "Oh Baby"
dir. Rian Johnson 








124) Snoop Dogg "Sensual Seduction"
dir. Melina 








123) Outkast "Hey Ya!"
dir. Bryan Barber 








122) Madonna "Rain"
dir. Mark Romanek 








121) Busta Rhymes "Dangerous"
dir. Hype Williams 








120) Tool "Ænema"
dir. Adam Jones 








119) His Name is Alive "Are We Still Married?"
dir. the Brothers Quay 









118) Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
dir. Patrick Daughters 







117) 
Primus "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
dir. Mike Johnson 








116) Radiohead "Pyramid Song"
dir. Shynola 








115) Radiohead "Paranoid Android"
dir. Magnus Carlsson 








114) The Chemical Brothers "Get Yourself High"
dir. Joseph Kahn 








113) Bjork "Hyperballad"
dir. Michel Gondry 








112) Cody ChesnuTT "King of the Game"
dir. Michel Gondry 








111) Genesis "Land of Confusion"
dir. John Lloyd & Jim Yukich 








110) Oui Oui "Bolide"
dir. Michel Gondry 








109) Linkin Park "Faint"
dir. Mark Romanek 








108) Autechre "Second Bad Vilbel"
dir. Chris Cunningham 








107) Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
dir. Pete Candeland & Jamie Hewlett 







106) Bjork "Isobel"
dir. Michel Gondry 








105) Sinéad O'Connor "Fire on Babylon"
dir. Michel Gondry 









104) Gorillaz "19-2000"
dir. Pete Candeland & Jamie Hewlett 








103) Bjork "Joga"
dir. Michel Gondry 








102) Bjork "Army of Me"
dir. Michel Gondry 








101) Tool "Stinkfist"
dir. Adam Jones 





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