Best music videos of all time

http://www.nme.com/list/100-greatest-music-videos/217342/page/1

http://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoPx7v74f0

Like CD covers it very opinionated on what is the best music video ever.
Also most of the top videos are by popular artist and directors.


http://youtu.be/sOnqjkJTMaA

Thriller was very revolutionary for the time and being very unique with a 13 minuet (approx.) length.
It also has its own story similar to a short film which has never been done before and was done to stand out more. With a budget of 500,000 it was one of the most expensive music videos of the era. I think its on of the best because so different to everything else that came out at the time. It also increased album sales drastically selling over 65 million albums making it a huge success.

http://youtu.be/g93mz_eZ5N4

Sledgehammer is done with just stop frame animation which takes a lot of time to make, it was also the first fully stop frame animated music video. Peter Gabriel Laid down for 16 hours whilst they filmed him frame by frame. It was his first no.1 in the US after he split up with genesis.


http://youtu.be/1pkVLqSaahk

Land of confusion is very unique in its use of the puppets from the T.V. show "Spiting Image". Even though "Spiting Image" have made their own music videos but this is the first time that they have been commissioned to make one for a band. The video has an excess of intertextuality as references and parodies to films, political figures and celebrities of the era. The zeitgeist is expressed by showing cold war figures such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. This is used to connect with the audience of the time because they can relate to what's happening. Genesis and "Spitting Image" are poking fun at inept politicians.