Michael Jackson’s Thriller. I’ve never seen anything with an Impact like it and didn’t since.
The morphing at the end of the "Black or White" video is still very impressive.
That’s an unrivaled song that comes back each Halloween.
The song itself, and any live performances don’t have to make a difference.
This is strictly from the music video perspective.
For me, it’s Aha’s Take On Me.
Even if it was a Muted music video, it would still be an impressive music video.
Share some of the music videos that proved to be impressive, such as due to the technology limitations at the time, or perhaps it was so far out there it stands out.
Other examples could be a music video that just became a bit of a theme for a generation, like Beautiful by Xtina.
It’s up to you.
Oh, and to make it more inclusive, I can count the Theme Song of a TV show if it is used in the intro or outro, such as Friend’s I’ll Be There For You.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller. I’ve never seen anything with an Impact like it and didn’t since.
The morphing at the end of the "Black or White" video is still very impressive.
That’s an unrivaled song that comes back each Halloween.
It's not as much a "music video" as much as a short that uses a song,but "Rubber Johnny" by Chris Cunningham. Watch while its dark.
Is it spooky?
His music videos for Aphex Twin and Bjork are amazing too
I always imagine the faces of the label guys when Axl pitched the script for "Estranged" to them.
I was going to say November Rain, but you might be right.
What many would pay to be a fly on the wall back then.
Radiohead’s “Just” for originality and whatever ‘mythology’ you can take from it
Oh, I am curious to look it up.
I guess it's just obvious to mention Ok Go's music videos.
Here it goes again
Which one stands out?
Anything directed by Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, or Chris Cunningham
I have all of those dvd collection things for those directors, they're all amazing
Mutemath - Typical They learned and practiced the whole song in reverse. The behind the scenes footage is incredible to watch.
I know people hate it but the “Happy” music video that had a website with different people singing it at whatever time of the day you were watching felt pretty damn unique.
The Pharcyde's Drop definitely makes the list.
I’d say literally any Michael Jackson video. Down from the music, to the dancing, to the effects. Him and his team always had something brilliant cooking
Most of twenty one pilots' MV post blurryface-era. They're have amazing visuals and are movie like. What makes them fascinating, imo, is how they're connected to each other to form a story, something I've seen very few artists do.
Parabola by Tool. The art, the imagery, the music, everything ties together to give this huge sound and deep symbolism. Top tier stuff from masters of their craft.
You picked the best one, but if I had to pick another, it would be either Hurt by Johnny Cash or Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai
Since Thriller has been mentioned, I would say Waterfalls by TLC. Compared to graphics now, it’s terrible but when it came out, it was such a cool video!
The Chemical Brothers 'Let Forever Be' - in fact so many videos directed by Michel Gonddry are excellent
BTS’ Blood Sweat and Tears.
REM Imitation of Life. 20 seconds of filming a seemingly chaotic scene in one shot with zooms and reversals showing how different people are synced to different parts of the song.
I have to put in a shout for the music video of Happy Jack by the Who, which was likely the first modern short form music video done by the artists (1967) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52cQeFBU2Kw