My Five Favorite Music Videos (that I can think of sitting here)…

Growing up, music was always a part of my life.  I was the band in middle school and in the first couple of years in high school.  I have spent countless dollars on records, tapes, and cd’s as well as concerts.  I visit music website fairly often.  It is not odd then that one of my blogs would be about music videos. 

When I though about the my top five videos of all time, I had a hard time of thinking of five videos.  I know that I would have a terrible time picking my five all time favorites songs, there are so many of them.  But videos are a little different.  Often, the video is the vehicle for the song rather than the other way around.  I think the videos below stand out from the song themselves.  Enjoy!

1. Disillusion – Badly Drawn Boy

In addition to being one of my favorite badly drawn boy songs, this video is brilliant.  I love the concept of human serving as a taxi service.  The icing on the cake is the booting suffered by Badly Drawn Boy.  The sprinkles is the end where Badly Drawn Boy, the human taxi is taxied by someone at the end of the video.

2. Island in the Sun – Weezer

I like Weezer.  I don’t necessarily love Weezer.  But I love this video.  There is something in the simplicity of a Mexican weeding which I adore.  It is a show case of humanity for all to see.  It a different slice of life for all to see.

3. You Keep It All In – The Beautiful South

There are so many bands that I instantly grew in love with based on seeing one video late night on Mtv’s 120 minutes.  This is one.  By the way, Penguins rock!

4. Here Comes Your Man – The Pixies

Another great song from the Pixies, but not, in my opinion, representative of their true genius.  Again simple in the message but truly unique for its time.  No lip syncing.  Just mouths ajar.

5. Ana Ng – They Might Be Giants

I remember before Beyonce there were the Johns with there own choreography.  I remember dancing to the video with brothers and friends with frantic, jerking movements, imitating what we saw on the television.  By the way, interestingly enough if you shift the letters in the title one to the left, you are left with Bob Oh!

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