Most Memorable Greatest Music Videos (98-88)

Out of the 100 greatest music videos there are some that stand out because at the time they may have been very controversial, made an impact to the music video world, and also unique. This blog post will look at a few between numbers 98-88.

98. Bronski Beat- Smalltown Boy (1984)

This video was very controversial at this point in time as the band itself were all gay. At this time gay people were not accepted in society. This video was about a gay person moving into a big city from a smalltown. He moves in with a man and a woman who don't know he is gay and once they find out the tell him to leave. There is a scene where he tries to approach a man and tries to get his number however the man is not gay who then gets a group of people to chase the gay man. He then decides to leave the big city and goes back home. This video had a massive impact in society and helped massively in making being gay accepted in society as it showed how gay people were treated and made to feel like an outsiders.


96. So Solid Crew- 21 seconds (2001) 

'21 seconds' by the So Solid Crew was a song where each of the 21 members of the band had 21 secondsto rap a part in the song. Each of the rappers had there own entrance and power in the music video such as smashing glass as an entrance or arriving as a tornando. This video really helped boost So Solids Crew publicity however it was not all good.

95. My Favourite Game - The Cardigans (1998) 

The video for my favourite game is a woman who is driving careless and trying to rundown everything in her path while singing about her love life failing. The director created three endings for this video one where a rock hits her on the head after surviving the crash, another where her head rolls away, and lastly one where she simple crashes and dies. The one that was chosen was the first, the stone falling on her head.

92.Rockit - Herbie Hancock (1983) 

This is a significant video as it was orginally not aloud on MTV in USA as the artist who created the song ( Herbie Hancock) was black, so the two directors made a video with human dolls making random movements to the music. They also got Herbie in the video by placing him on the TV screen. This video was also very controversial due to some movements one of the dolls was making in the bed.


88. I Want Love - Elton John (2001) 

The video to Elton Johns 'I want Love' is memorable due to the fact that Elton was not star of the video and did not even appear in the video, this was unheard of at this time. However he got Robert Downey Jr to star instead. Robert had to lip sync the whole song without making a mistake as the directors wanted the whole music video to be one take. At the time Robert was in rehab for his drug addiction and was aloud out to make this video for Elton.