Farin Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 WELCOME TO THE SONGFACTORS' CHOICE: Best Music Videos *ALL MEMBERS OF SONGFACTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE * Join us, and share your knowledge and your love of the thing that keeps SONGFACTS the community we all know and love, MUSIC ! The basic guidelines are simple.... * The Songfactors' Music of Choice is decided by your nominations and votes. For each edition we'll ask that you nominate 1 OR 2 selections that meet the guidelines for that edition. * With each nomination, we ask that you give us a review, a few thoughts or just a description of how your selection makes you feel. No one is being graded on their writing here. What we want is for you to share your knowledge and feelings about the music you love. * Each edition will run about 3 weeks or so. At the end of that time, we'll ask you to vote, and you know how that works! These lists will number 5 or 10 (we'll let you know), so we'll ask that you compile your list of choices for the final Songfactor's Music of Choice. We will tally them, just like The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten, 1 through 10 (5). At the close of voting, we will have our Songfactors' Music of Choice. * Be as creative with this as you'd like. We want to encourage an exchange of thoughts, so this will be a place to learn about and enjoy the nominations, as well as the final choices. The guidelines will change with each edition. So, let's start the THE SONGFACTORS' CHOICE: Best Music Videos ****: This time we're looking for the most creative, funniest, sadest, most impressive, or in one word BEST Music Video there is. Be as creative with this description as you like, but note that we're not simply looking for videos of the "best songs". NOMINATE AWAY NOW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 You Might Think - The Cars (1984)This was the first music video to use computerized graphics and it revolutionized visual effects, and was ahead of its time.It won the first ever MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year, beating out Michael Jackson's "Thriller" & many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits This beautiful song has a very fitting video and a concept you don't see a lot. Songfacts: It features sketchings of an ocean, a pendulum, soldiers, an island and the band playing as well as real footage of landscape and the band. This keeps the colors in black, white and gray with the exception of the end that is a colored sunset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Don Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Sledgehammer--Peter Gabriel Unquestionably the coolest video of all time, I can't believe that Beavis and Butt-Head turned this one off in favor of a Pantera video! This video is the definition of cool, and if it isn't cool to Beavis and Butt-Head, then I don't know what is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 O dear, I don't know where to begin I have in mind - Coffee and TV, Rabbit in your Headlights, everything the White Stripes ever did, everything the Chemical Brothers ever did, and that's just off the top of my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Sledgehammer--Peter Gabriel Unquestionably the coolest video of all time, I can't believe that Beavis and Butt-Head turned this one off in favor of a Pantera video! This video is the definition of cool, and if it isn't cool to Beavis and Butt-Head, then I don't know what is! That's the first video I thought of also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 O dear, I don't know where to begin I have in mind - Coffee and TV, Rabbit in your Headlights, everything the White Stripes ever did, everything the Chemical Brothers ever did, and that's just off the top of my head And chili peppers I'll wait a week or 2 for my next nomination, maybe some people nominate videos I would nominate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 and Radiohead and Björk, and Sigur Ros and Fatboy Slim and... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I had thought about nominating a different Dire Straits video (Money for Nothing) but I'll wait and decide later. I've a list of over 30 ground breaking-videos to choose one from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) I'm not familiar with that music videa MC, and I can't find it on youtube. Can you help me out? Edit: is it me or has finding music videos become worse on youtube? ^^ Off course Farin, but I don't think I could get Radhi nominate Radiohead so I remained silent Edited January 7, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 you don't know the video to Money for Nothing? (^not a nomination... for now^) and good thinking with Radhi and Radiohead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Thanks! It's a cool video indeed This probably ain't the right topic, but can you do something on the sound/video synchronisation on youtube? sound is sometimes 2-3 seconds ahead/behind :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hey I'm almost nominating Rabbit in Headlights - that's got to count for something Actually, I'll see if I can get Martin to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 oh really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I will give you 1 chocolate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 share with me, ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Money for Nothing is an absolute must for this special. It was the first video I thought of and possibly the first video I ever watched on MTV. I was probably 22 or 23 and thought it was way cool. It got me hooked on watching MTV. I'd come home from work in the wee hours and turn on the music. Awww those were the good ol' days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 "Don´t Answer Me" - Alan Parsons Project From wiki: The Phil Spector influenced million selling smash- "Don't Answer Me" is generally regarded as Ammonia Avenue's best song... A music video for "Don't Answer Me" was produced in 1985, with art and animation by MW Kaluta. I don´t even remember if this song made the Top, I´ve nominated it many times... "Help!" - The Beatles Directed by Richard Lester in 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Don't Come Around Here No More ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Subterranean Homesick Blues ~ Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Bob Dylan ~ Subterranean Homesick Blues I would have been greatly dissapointed if that one wouldn't have been nominated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Thanks Farin...Excellent video...so simple but brilliant, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Don't Come Around Here No More is a great nomination too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Don't Come Around Here No More ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Subterranean Homesick Blues ~ Bob Dylan I was considering nominating both of those !! Also of note, Subterranean Homesick Blues is the first music video ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Losing My Religion-Looking like a painting come to life, the video for Losing My Religion pushes the line between music video as an expression of art and as a form of entertainment Buddy Holly-Weezer-Cleverly incorporating clips of Weezer into an episode of Happy Days, this video is both a sharp commentary on pop culture, and pure fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Window In The Skies -- U2 The video's made up of dozens of unrelated music clips (Simon & Garfunkel, Robert Plant etc), creating the impression they're really singing/playing the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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