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Thriller most groundbreaking video
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Michael Jackson's zombie dance spectacular Thriller has been crowned the most groundbreaking video of all time.
The late king of pop's 14-minute epic - which cost an eyewatering half a million dollars in 1983, the most expensive music video ever at that point - topped a poll for MySpace UK.
Second in the list was Here It Goes Again by US act OK Go in which the band members perform a dance routine on treadmills.
The promo also inspired a TV ad for Berocca. A shortlist of the most influential and groundbreaking videos was compiled by critics and MySpace users voted on the final 20.
Thriller was directed by an American Werewolf In London filmmaker John Landis who co-wrote the screenplay with the late Jackson.
It is widely seen as taking pop promos into new areas, blending music videos with film-making.
OK Go's 2006 video - which became a viral hit - was shot in one continuous take and took 17 attempts to get it right. The film has become a phenomenal hit with 48 million views on YouTube.
Britney Spears' breakthrough hit, ... Baby One More Time - which saw the then teenage singer dancing in school uniform - finished in third position.
A-Ha's animated promo for Take On Me, propelling the Norwegian trio to worldwide stardom - was fourth.
In fifth place was Johnny Cash's poignant black and white film for Hurt - shot while he was in poor health just six months before he died from diabetes complications.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100502...o-6323e80.html
did we even needed a contest to determine what is the greatest video of all time lol
Press Assoc.
Michael Jackson's zombie dance spectacular Thriller has been crowned the most groundbreaking video of all time.
The late king of pop's 14-minute epic - which cost an eyewatering half a million dollars in 1983, the most expensive music video ever at that point - topped a poll for MySpace UK.
Second in the list was Here It Goes Again by US act OK Go in which the band members perform a dance routine on treadmills.
The promo also inspired a TV ad for Berocca. A shortlist of the most influential and groundbreaking videos was compiled by critics and MySpace users voted on the final 20.
Thriller was directed by an American Werewolf In London filmmaker John Landis who co-wrote the screenplay with the late Jackson.
It is widely seen as taking pop promos into new areas, blending music videos with film-making.
OK Go's 2006 video - which became a viral hit - was shot in one continuous take and took 17 attempts to get it right. The film has become a phenomenal hit with 48 million views on YouTube.
Britney Spears' breakthrough hit, ... Baby One More Time - which saw the then teenage singer dancing in school uniform - finished in third position.
A-Ha's animated promo for Take On Me, propelling the Norwegian trio to worldwide stardom - was fourth.
In fifth place was Johnny Cash's poignant black and white film for Hurt - shot while he was in poor health just six months before he died from diabetes complications.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100502...o-6323e80.html
did we even needed a contest to determine what is the greatest video of all time lol
