AceQuorthon,

Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson! My favorite by far!

xilliah,

There’s periods where I watch this every day.

Lena,

R.E.M. - Imitation of Life. The entire song happens in a few seconds, with all parts at the same time. The video keeps rewinding, each time showing one of the parts.

negativeyoda,

All the Battles videos are really creative. “My Machines” with Gary Neumann might be my favorite and the entirety of the video happens on an escalator

chilburn06,

Rise Against - Help Is On The Way

Being from Louisiana this has always been such a chilling song.

Chris Stapleton - Fire Away

This one may not be too popular but having been in a similar situation, this hit home hard.

yoink,
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Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel is iconic, the claymation and dedication is insane for a music video from that time period

It’s okay to envy by Takayan is impressive for how it plays with the subtitling, trust me turn on Closed Captions for this and enjoy

Loretta by Ginger Root for how perfectly it captures an atmosphere and aesthetics of those late 80s/early 90s East/South East Asian music videos, it’s a vibe - plus him playing all members of the band/accompanying orchestra is also impressive in its own right

just a few off the top of me head

sunbrrnslapper,

The Hardest Button to Button: youtu.be/K4dx42YzQCE?feature=shared

Ukuli,

I’m surprised this not mentioned yet:

youtu.be/ub747pprmJ8?si=68YcC7BA4Zlbkrjy

Isoprenoid,

Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now

Blackx,

Came here to suggest this video… a lot of work went into this one!

genuineparts,
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lda30Hjtb0sThe Chemical Brothers - Salmon Dance. I still find the CGI incredibly cool nowadays.

Interstellar_1,
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So I love music videos as well as making my own, so I have a lot of favourites, but in particular half·alive’s music videos are amazingly done. The lead singer Josh Taylor is an incredible producer for his music videos as well as the band being amazing dancers. All of the videos off of their new album are amazing, but two that I will highlight are:

Summerland

Amazing storytelling. This really comes full circle.

TIME 2

Incredible creative direction. Following the plot of the song while making it visually attractive as this is, is so impressive.

I have more (ask me), but these are definitely on top. Did I Make You Up? and Move Me are also really good.

might_steal_your_cat,

Rammstein - Adieu

Everytime, I forget that I’m watching a video clip for a song and not a movie.

Oaksey,

Not sure about most impressive but impressive, Travis Scott - Sicko Mode ft. Drake youtu.be/6ONRf7h3Mdk

sneaky_b45tard,

Big Data and Joywave - Dangerous (it’s pretty NSFW btw.).

I still remember how i heard that tune for the first time and how surprised i was in which direction the music video went.

Kissaki,
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That one that was recorded in reverse - the full thing.

TexMexBazooka,

But…. Which one is that

LilPappyWigwam,
Kissaki,
@Kissaki@feddit.de avatar

It’s been years. I tried looking for it, but nothing I could find looks like what I’m thinking of.

Apparently there’s many reverse and some multiple show in reverse in one take now. The one I’m thinking of surely was one of the first, or the first of its kind.

But with how long ago it was and not a band or song I listened to, I can’t recall nor find.

thelsim,
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Some of the ones that first came to mind are already mentioned, but I still wanted to include

Depeche Mode - Wrong

It’s quite dark, but it still gives me shivers every time I watch it.

sunbeam60,

The funny thing is that video was made waaay after the age of music videos had ended. It’s like DM just decided to pretend it hadn’t.

thelsim,
@thelsim@sh.itjust.works avatar

It could just be that they aren’t aware of the awesome ones.
Consider the entire thread an opportunity to correct them of their misconception :)

EN20,

Adrenaline by Kontra K The video definitely does not show the artist himself surfing a Berlin S-Bahn in broad daylight.

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