So what is the best music video of all time?

[perks-a-beast]

This thread is just begging to get Rick Roll'd. Haha.

[dark_lord]

im not big into videos.  i would say for me personally, smooth criminal by michael jackson, and triumph by wu tang are my favs.  another one, for shock value is by prodigy, "smack my <expletive> up".

[Edgar]

nice to see my 3 favorites


thriller
smooth and
november got love

i like the silverston tyler videos for obvious reasons too.

I like Edic from Faith no more and i am sure i am not alone in that one either.

strange thing is noone pointed ice ice baby or a britney video yet.
just like Boys Boys Boys. ( please dont post it)

[indeedproceed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluRW21oAiY&feature=PlayList&p=361023234F07D238&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=20

Give it a shot

[fairweatherfan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSkyEyBczU

how could i forget this one..verry trippy

I think of that video every time I see a picture of Anne Hathaway. 

Other good ones:

Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution
Nine Inch Nails - Wish
Beastie Boys - Sabotage (can't believe no one's said this yet)
EDIT:  Hahaha, yeah I'm an idiot.
Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

[bucknersrevenge]

im not big into videos.  i would say for me personally, smooth criminal by michael jackson, and triumph by wu tang are my favs.  another one, for shock value is by prodigy, "smack my <expletive> up".

Co-sign. I'd TP this 10 times if I could. Both are definitely among my favorites especially Smooth Criminal which to me is the best video I've ever seen in my life. It was just Mike being a bad*** and some of the dance moves are the sickest I've ever seen.

[star18]

Its Tricky-Run DMC

[connerhenry43]

black steel in the hour of chaos by public enemy

[Hoyo de Monterrey]

Beastie Boys - Sabotage (can't believe no one's said this yet)

THANK YOU... TP

[wdleehi]

Love this one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZbckwYY9r4

[ChampKind]

Beastie Boys - Sabotage (can't believe no one's said this yet)

For the modern MTV era:


3 ) Sabatoge - Beastie Boys

Sabotage by the beastie boys

Sabotage

Come on man, how could any of us forget Sabotage?  I bet we all had at least one group of friends who dressed up like the Beastie Boys in that video for Halloween one year.

[ChainSmokingLikeDino]

the best:

http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/2973084/replacements_Edited for profanity.  Please do not do it again.s_of_young.swf"


the worst?:

http://www.youtube.com/v/kTxagpT8T6Y&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0

[Reggie's Ghost]

As a filmmaker, I've actually been mining the best recs of all my friends and souring YouTube for the best, most inventive music videos of all time for the last few months.  To me this means that it serves to bring the original song to a new level, so you can't imagine one without the other.  These are my favorites presently, and when I make a video myself one day these will serve as inspiration:

For those that wont embed, just click twice:

Funny Kanye was mentioned in the OP, this is seriously amazing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7KnBnlqOv4&feature=PlayList&p=463747448138035B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19

My main man Michael, Thriller gets a lot of attention but if you ask me, this was his best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5NhkxQJQc

Who could forget this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg

And last but not least, by the great Spike Jonze:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0

[Edgar]

A- Ha  take on me is pretty classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AXNBR2smPY

[wdleehi]

A- Ha  take on me is pretty classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AXNBR2smPY

Always a good one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3yIq4qD31E