Friday, 30 September 2011

Top 100 Greatest Music Videos- 60-51

51. Run DMC & Aerosmith: Walk This Way: 1986

52. Massive Attack: Teardrop: 1998

53. Wham: Club Tropicana: 1983

54. Daft Punk: Around the World: 1997

55. Fatboy Slim: Praise You: 1999: This video stands out for the fact that it's unique,
original, live, and done in one take. The video is of a drama group, acting as 'improvised dancers'. They, along with with the director Spike Jonze, under the pseudonym Richard Koufey. They dance in a cinema enterance, live with various 'passers by', actually set up, filming. The sheer genius of the video is enhanced when the cinema manager comes along and turns of the music, to which Koufrey responds to by jumping into his arms, then resuming with the music and terrible dancing.


56. Eminem: Without Me: 2002: A postmodern music video, with references to his persona as an artist.

57. Meatloaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That): 1993: The video for this song tells the classic story of Beauty and the Beast, part of the Beast played by Meatloaf, as well as aspects of The Phantom of the Opera. The complete video is approximatly seven minutes long and it has been said that it has around the same budget as film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.

58. The Cure: Close to Me: 1985

59. Abba: Knowing Me, Knowing You: 1977: This video reported on the gossip and rumours of certain marriage breakdowns within the group.

60. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams: 1983

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