Ten Music Videos featuring Water

1. The Human League - "Human" 1986  *Slow motion splashes are rad.

2. James Blake - "Limit To Your Love" 2010  *When played on the right stereo, the bass in this song would definitely make water react in this manner. I get to see James Blake for the first time on April 23 at the Neptune Theater, it will be amazing.

3. Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z - "Suit and Tie" 2013  *I don't love this song but I do like Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z. The big water scene is towards the end. Sometimes I don't like songs that millions of other people like because of my not-so-secret desire to like different stuff than the masses.

4. Adele - "Rolling In The Deep" 2010  *The mainstream got this one right. I feel like the water in this video is one of its best attributes.

5. Ralph Tresvant - "Sensitivity" 1990  *There was a lot of filming people who were standing behind falling streams of water in the late eighties and early nineties.

6. Bell Biv DeVoe - "Do Me (Remix)" 1990  *I definitely prefer the album version, but a classic nonetheless.

7. De La Soul feat. Chaka Khan - "All Good?" 2000  *A car wash video like this one would be lacking without water. Chaka Khan still pairs so nicely with Hip Hop.

8. Porno For Pyros - "Tahitian Moon" 1996  *I liked two Porno For Pyros songs, this one and "Pets".

9. RZA aka Bobby Digital - "La Rhumba" 2001 *I think this crazy rap party is supposed to be going on inside the red bottle. I don't believe that for a second.

10. Sade - "Sweetest Taboo" 1985  *At the beginning of this video, it looks like Sade gets pissed when she sees this guy litter. Sade says, "littering is not sexy" with her eyes.

Ten Music Videos featuring Dolls

1. Tyler, The Creator - "VCR" 2010  *This is exactly what one should expect Tyler would do with a doll.

2. Strange U - "Plastique" 2011  (UK HIP HOP)  *Whoa, this video is awesome. The song is about how everything is made of plastic now, even people.



3. Hole - "Doll Parts" 1994  *I liked Courtney Love so much more when she looked like herself. This song and most of the Live Through This album are still great.

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4. Mariah Carey feat. Nicki Minaj - "Up Out My Face" 2010  *I'm pretty embarrassed that I like this song. When I first heard this Nicki was still a novelty, I had not heard her ridiculous (in a bad way) Pink Friday album that came as a huge disappointment after some of her collaborations in which her verses outshone the main artist. My affection for Nicki is in the past.

5. Madvillain - "Strange Ways" (Song 2004 / Video 2011)  *This is from the 2011 Stones Throw video contest, I love the mini records in the mini studio.

6. Mayer Hawthorne - "One Track Mind" 2010  *This video is very much like the 2007 Ryan Gosling movie Lars and the Real Girl.

7. inc. - "Black Wings" 2013  *The guy who is singing sounds like Brett from Flight of the Conchords, but, this guy is serious. To be clear, I think the Flight of the Conchords guys are hilarious. Apart from the weird vocal style, I think the rest of this song is pretty interesting. This video also has chains, fire, chickens, a goat, and a close-up of a horse's nose.

8. Jane's Addiction - "Classic Girl" 1990  *This video seems like drugs.

9. Esthero - "Never Gonna Let You Go" 2012  *I thought Esthero was cool because of the song she did with DJ Krush called "Final Home",  (I don't think the linked video is the official music video but still great) this song is not nearly as cool as that song. I probably wouldn't ever listen to this song again, but, it is better than a lot of other music.

10. Lyrics Born - "I Like It, I Love It" 2008  *I feel like this could have a record setting number of costume changes for an underground Hip Hop video. Lyrics Born and the rest of the Quannum crew put on a great show. I don't find myself listening to their music that much anymore, but I still think they are great.

Ten Music Videos featuring New York Yankees Hats

1. Black Rob - "Whoa" 2000  *I love that he told us how to use his new it word "whoa".

2. A$AP Rocky - "Purple Swag" 2011  *This blonde girl is kind of scary.

3. Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind" 2009  *Naturally, there would have to be a Jay-Z song on this list.

4. 112 featuring Biggie and Mase - "Only You (Bad Boy Remix)" 1996  *Totally 90's.

5. The Physics - "The Goodbye" (Song 2012, Video 2013)  *This is a bad breakup.

6. MAB - "The Dark Side Of My Mind's Eye" 2013  *The novelty of the British rapper combined with this familiar beat made me watch it twice.

7. SWV - "Weak" 1993  *Yankees hat on the ironing board.

8. Brand Nubian - "Slow Down" 1990  *Hat is sitting on top of a tv.

 

 

9. KRS-One - "The Bridge Is Over" 1987  *Guy in the crowd holds up his Yankees hat.

 

 

 

10. Kooley High - "All Day" 2011  *Upon further reflection, I have decided that these guys are not that cool. I also realized that the dude on the left is not Kid Cudi.

 

Ten Music Videos with Sped Up City Scenes

1. Pretty Lights - "We Must Go On" 2012  *I never paid attention to Pretty Lights before I saw this video. I will now pay more attention.

2. Berlin - "Sex (I'm A)" 1982  *Warning, this video does contain a moving topless comic book lady and nude mannequins. This is the only music video I've seen that has a close-up of someone eating an oyster from a table with decidedly sexy food.

3. Cracker - "Low" 1994  *Remember this song? No, just remember?

4. Mos Def - "Umi Says" 1999  *This is from my favorite Mos Def album, Black On Both Sides.

5. M.E.D., Blu, Jimetta Rose, and Madlib - "Burgundy Whip" 2013  *It's a pretty good song, but, I don't think I'll star it on Spotify or anything.

6. Fliptrix - "Heart Full Of Love" 2013  *Fliptrix has churned out at least six videos of his own in 2013 already. I can tell he loves to make music, which is cool. I feel that Fliptrix is getting much closer to where he could be.

7. Twista - "Overnight Celebrity" 2004  *This is the only Twista song that I like.

8. Midnight Star - "No Parking On The Dance Floor" 1983  *Watch this video if in search of serious eighties visuals.

9. The Roots - "Star" 2004  *This is a very wholesome music video.

10. Signif - "Drifting" 2010  *OK so, I don't really like this song that much. I do like that she is a lady rapper who doesn't seem like a crazy person (you know who you are...or do you?). She's cool.

Ten Music Videos featuring Flowers

1. The Beatles - "Across The Universe" 1969  I love that these Beatles videos exist. They were definitely cool.




2. Mystic - "The Life" 2001  This song is incredible, however, this version is weaker than the one I first heard. I found this (the rappier version) on vinyl at the Half Price Books in Lynnwood a few months ago, it was a score.




3. Joss Stone feat. Common - "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" 2009  This is one of my solo road trip sing-a-long jams. I love that these two did a song together. This video is definitely the most flowery of the ten.




4. De La Soul - "Say No Go" 1989  This song samples Hall and Oates' "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)", it is ridiculously cool.




5. MC Lyte - "Poor Georgie" 1991  I love songs with a storyline.




6. R.E.M. - "The One I Love" 1987  I feel like this is from when liking R.E.M. was still cool. 2017 UPDATE: I unashamedly still love many R.E.M. songs and often wonder what Michael Stipe is up to these days. "E-Bow The Letter" still goes.




7. Thievery Corporation - "Lebanese Blonde" 1998  This song was on the Garden State Soundtrack, I love that this video is actually about a blonde who we must assume is from Lebanon.




8. Onry Ozzborn - "The O O" 2011  This video is full of people that are fixtures of the Seattle music scene. It's cute that he put his kids in his video, and the song is good.




9. Bright Eyes - "First Day Of My Life" 2005  This video is like watching a chick movie, so watch out for that. It is a great song though.




10. Salt 'N Pepa - "Tramp" 1986  *We watched this video as homework for my Hip Hop class at the University of Washington. In this song, Salt 'N Pepa were addressing the sexism in Hip Hop.


Salt N Pepa - Tramp by jpdc11