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British alt weekly NME has something of a penchant for making essentially meaningless lists which they’ll only mostly disown and revise six months later so paying attention to them is a rather self-destructive endeavour. But that said the mag’s latest list on what they rank as the 100 Greatest Music-Videos of All-Time caught our eyes this week.
As reported by our mates at FasterLouder, the NME’s latest list comes with the launch of NME Video, a new site “dedicated to the best music videos” which we could certainly use now that Video Hits has kicked the bucket and MTV plays more Jersey Shore than music content.
According to the UK rag the best video of like all of forever and stuff is Johnny Cash’s tear-jearking Nine Inch Nails cover, Hurt coming in above lots of Radiohead. And while NME’s list is not without it’s high points like entries from UNKLE, The Prodigy and Daft Punk’s often overlooked Da Funk there are more than a few glaring omissions to grumble over like Aphex Twin’s Windowlicker, Justice’s Stress – clearly superior to Born Free by M.I.A. – and whatever your favourite video from The Chemical Brothers might be.
And just where is Michael Jackson’s Thriller? Bah! We’ll take our own Smuttiest Dance Videos Of All Time list, thanks very much!
NME’s 100 Greatest Music Videos of All-Time:
#100 Michael Jackson – Billie Jean :doh:
#99 Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
#98 Lykke Li – Get Some
#97 Flaming Lips – Watching The Planets
#96 Jay-Z – Big Pimpin’
#95 Blur – Parklife
#94 Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)
#93 Janelle Monae – Cold War
#92 Rage Against The Machine – Sleep Now In The Fire
#91 Madonna – Borderline
#90 Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)
#89 Human League – Don’t You Want Me
#88 Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey
#87 Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly
#86 UNKLE – Rabbit In Your Headlights
#84 Robyn – Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do
#83 Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
#82 Pendulum – Salt In The Wound
#81 Ratatat – Drugs
#80 Summer Camp – Round The Moon
#79 Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot
#78 These New Puritans – Elvis
#77 Aerosmith – Janie’s Got A Gun
#76 Bjork – It’s Oh So Quiet
#75 Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining
#74 Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
#73 The Strokes – You Only Live Once
#72 Guns N’ Roses – Estranged
#71 Eminem – My Name Is
#70 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
#69 Outkast – B.O.B
#68 Klaxons – Twin Flames
#67 Daft Punk – Da Funk
#66 Coldplay – The Scientist
#65 REM – Imitation Of Life
#64 The Pharcyde -Drop
#63 Tori Amos – Spark
#62 Bon Jovi – Always
#61 Missy Elliott – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
#60 Blink-182 – All The Small Things
#59 The Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be
#58 Arcade Fire – The Wilderness Downtown
#57 The Breeders – Cannonball
#56 Pearl Jam – Jeremy
#55 Eurythmics – Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)
#54 Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
#53 Mark Ronson – Somebody To Love Me
#52 Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight Tonight
#51 Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy
#50 Nine Inch Nails – Closer
#49 The Knife – Pass This
#48 Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
#47 Pulp – This Is Hardcore
#46 Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence
#45 Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life
#44 Judas Priest – Breaking The Law
#43 Outkast – Hey Ya
#42 PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
#41 Major Lazor – Pon De Floor
#40 The Replacements – Bastards Of Young
#39 Radiohead – Karma Police
#38 The Prodigy – Firestarter
#37 The White Stripes – Blue Orchid
#36 Prince – Raspberry Beret
#35 Kanye West – Monster
#34 Madonna – Like A Prayer
#33 The Smiths – Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
#32 The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
#31 NWA – Straight Outta Compton
#30 The Streets – Fit But You Know It
#29 The Xx – Islands
#28 Nada Surf – Popular
#27 Muse – Knights Of Cydonia
#26 Wax – California
#25 Metallica – Turn The Page
#24 My Chemical Romance – Helena
#23 Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
#22 Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
#21 No Doubt – New
#20 Blur – Coffee & TV
#19 Hot Chip – I Feel Better
#18 The Cure – Close To Me
#17 Lady Gaga- Telephone
#16 Fatboy Slim – Praise You
#15 Ok Go – This Too Shall Pass
#14 Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
#13 MIA – Born Free
#12 The Horrors – Sheena Is A Parasite
#11 Hole – Doll Parts
#10 The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
#9 Sigur Ros – Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa
#8 Beastie Boys – Sabotage
#7 Weezer – Buddy Holly
#6 Foo Fighters – Everlong
#5 Bjork – All Is Full Of Love
#4 Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
#3 Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
#2 Radiohead – Just
#1 Johnny Cash – Hurt
