Wednesday, August 25, 2010

YOUR CRYSTAL BALL AIN'T SO CRYSTAL CLEAR: Pitchfork lists & embeds The Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s.

Interesting list, to be sure, but where's "Jeremy"? (The serpent was subtil!) And while Björk and Spike Jonze are well-represented on the list, where's "It's Oh So Quiet"?
Posted by Adam at 8:00 AM

10 comments:

  1. Matt8:39 AM

    This is a very Pitchfork list--heavy on the indie rock stuff.  And where's "Everybody Hurts?"

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  2. MidwestAndrew9:35 AM

    I can't agree more on Coffee & TV, though. The dancing milk carton always makes me happy.

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  3. heathalouise10:12 AM

    I know it's Pitchfork and it's so far out of their purview, but I can't believe that a single one of those Guns 'N Roses "Use Your Illusion" bloated epics didn't make the list. (Maybe it was because they were so bloated?" But c'mon! "November Rain?")

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  4. Joseph J. Finn10:14 AM

    Weird, my entry didn't post from this morning.  Anyway, a couple of others:

    Tori Amos' "God" or "Crucify," take your pick

    Weird Al's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" or "Amish Paradise."

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  5. mike10:22 AM

    Holy cow, that Polly Jean's got presence. I still suspect she's some sort of a god stranded on this mortal plane.

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  6. ichi10:57 AM

    Where's "Smack My Bitch Up"? Cowards.

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  7. Paul Tabachneck1:16 PM

    Man, I loved "It's Oh So Quiet."  I had such a crush on Bjork. 

    ...heee, remember Seal's "Crazy?"  It worked, I mean, it made him a star, but it's just a bunch of Seal sitting on a giant set-piece that looks like it was lifted from the middle of your washing machine. 

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  8. Kate1:57 PM

    Thank you Ichi, I was just coming in to say the same thing.  There were easily a half dozen videos listed I would put well behind "Smack My Bitch Up".  I remember being at my boyfriend's apartment and everyone tuning into Mtv at midnight because they were going to show it.

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  9. KJ7:15 PM

    I miss spending hours on end watching music videos.  "Come to Daddy" is a good number one; I get chills just thinking about how happily freaked out I was seeing it for the first time.  "Bachelorette" is my all time favorite video, so I was happy to see it on the list.  And while I understand why "Sugarcube" gets so much love, I  think I have a greater fondness for YLT's clip for "Tom Courtenay."

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  10. Adlai7:57 PM

    No Beastie Boys, "Body Movin'"?

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