Ten Music Videos featuring House Parties

1. Reva DeVito and Roane Namuh - "Frozen" 2012  *Even though this came out last year, to me, it is the new hotness.

2. Common Sense - "Breaker 1, 9" 1992  *This is Common 21 years ago, he ages like wine.

3. Rhye - "The Fall" 2012  *Rhye is amazing.

4. Common - "Heat" 2000  *The guy at the beginning saying he's on the list looks a lot like Sabzi, just sayin'.

5. Leaders Of The New School - "Sobb Story" 1991  *Baby Busta, tandem bicycle, and 90's fashion choices.

6. Estelle featuring Sean Paul - "Come Over" 2008  *Estelle and Sean Paul thrown some of the classiest house parties. The version with out Sean Paul is much better, he's not even cute!

7. Ice Cube - "Friday" 1995  *No one is just chillin' at an Ice Cube party.

8. LL Cool J - "Jingling Baby" 1989  *You know it must be 1989 when LL Cool J uses a payphone.

9. Grayskul - "Face and the Fang" 2013 (SEATTLE MUSIC)  *Bloody Grayskul party.

10. House Party Movie Dance Off  1990  *I have yet to attend a house party as great as this.

Ten Music Videos featuring Instrument Close-Ups

*You might find yourself wondering, why the hell would I want to watch ten music videos with instrument close-ups? Really these lists are just a way to put good music in a playlist (of sorts) without having to label them with a genre. It's all just good music, at least I think so.

1. Chromatics - "Cherry" 2012  *Chromatics are good, you should probably listen to them.

2. The Police - "Every Breath You Take" 1983  *I don't think I really appreciated The Police when my mom listened to them when I was a kid. I get it now.

3. Pretty Lights feat. Talib Kweli - "Around The Block" 2013  *I feel like a lot of people might really like this song. I think it's too in your face (or ear), like he wanted to try to create a big sound. I'm not sure what that really means, but, I do know that I'm not that into this song.

4. Gang Starr - "Jazz Thing" 1990  *From the Mo' Better Blues Soundtrack

5. Apollo Brown - "Time Passed Autumn" 2011  *For me this song/video is all about seeing the Phil Collins album in a frame. I prefer his "Tao Te Ching" song. This video is the weakest link of the ten, but, there is tough competition.

6. The Smiths - "This Charming Man" 1983  *The Smiths hang out in a dirty room and Morissey swings something around.

7. Player - "Baby Come Back" 1977  *Smoothed out jams on the classic rock tip.

8. New Order - "The Perfect Kiss" 1985  *It's always good to fit New Order videos in wherever possible. This video also has a cowbell.

9. Common - "Resurrection" 1995  *This is a great album.

10. Moby - "Porcelain" 2000  *There is a close-up of a piano keyboard, but, the video is one long close-up of someone's eye and presumably the stuff that they are seeing.

 

Ten Music Videos With Space Suits Or Haz-Mat Suits

1. Lootpack - "Whenimondamic" 1999  Madlib, Wildchild, and DJ Romes are/were the members of Lootpack. I love that they are wearing space suits in a desert that looks like Joshua Tree. This album is awesome.

2. Dark Time Sunshine - "Sleestack Payback and All Aboard" 2010  This is the video that made me want to start this category. Zavala and Onry make a great team.




3. Daft Punk - "Around The World" 1997  Of course Daft Punk has to be on this list. I haven't liked much of their music since their first album Homework but millions of others have.




4. The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights" 2003  I first heard this song in a snowboard movie called Lame. I don't like much other Postal Service music but this song is great.




5. Common feat. Lily Allen - "Drivin' Me Wild" 2007  Common pairs nicely with almost any female artist. Lily Allen is cool.




6. Eric B and Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul" 1987  This song samples the Jackson 5 (among others) and the video uses a bunch of old footage including real astronauts in space suits.




7. Jin - "Shoot For The Moon" 2011  I really dislike this song but I shoot for the moon myself so I can relate to this dude. Jin's song "Top 5 Dead Or Alive" is my shit though; it's on a list of videos filmed in record stores.




8. Salt 'N Pepa - "Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing" 1995  These ladies are definitely cool.



9. Hopie feat. Del The Funky Homosapien - "Space Case" 2011  This video is definitely worth watching, if only to see Del working with a female artist. The video also contains pajamas and floating stuff.




10. Strange U - "Klaatu Barada Nikto" 2013  (UK HIP HOP)  This is the alter ego/next level of Kashmere the Iguana Man, who I found by listening to other UK Hip Hop on Spotify. I still like "Permission To Board" (click on Kashmere the Iguana Man on right side) more but it is cool that he is progressing and changing his style, because why not. That reminds me of a facebook quote about how life is like riding a bicycle; if you're not moving forward you fall over.

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

Ten Great Songs Without Music Videos

1. Dirty Sanchez feat. Capital STEEZ and Rokamouth - "Maxwell" 2013  This song never gets old.




2. Jai Paul - "Jasmine" 2012  Jai Paul pulled off the rare feat of internet stardom with a Soundcloud single.




3. Banks - "Before I Ever Met You" 2013




4. Wanderhouse - "Sugar" 2013  




5. Capital STEEZ (Produced By MF Doom) - "Chicago" 2012  I'm so glad these two made time to work together.




6. Pillowfight - "Used To Think" 2012  Pillowfight is Dan The Automator and Emily Wells.




7. Zebra Safari feat. Goofy Mane - "Never" 2013  This is a remix of a Perfume Genius song.



8. Common - "Thisisme" 1994  The definition of a banger.



9. Joey Bada$$ - "Don't Quit Your Day Job" 2013  This Lil B Diss song samples Janet Jackson's "That's The Way Love Goes." I still have the VHS I recorded the MTV World Premiere of the Janet video. It blew my 14 year old mind.



10. Erykah Badu (Produced By Madlib) - "The Healer" 2008  The live version and the Binkbeats version make up the difference.

Ten Music Videos featuring Candles

I collected these Candle Music Videos for you to #YouTubeNchill to.


1. CAPITAL Steez - "135" 2013 (RIP)

2. Metal Chocolates - "Opium Of Love" 2011 (SEATTLE MUSIC)

3. K-os - "The Love Song" 2007

4. Nine Inch Nails - "Closer" 1994

5. MC Lyte and Positive K - "I'm Not Having It" 1989

6. 2Pac and Snoop Dogg - "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted" 1996  *Whole roast pigs at the Gangsta Party.

7. Common - "The Light" 2000  *Erykah Badu is the Rosanna Arquette of the late 90s? ("See Toto's Rosanna")

8. Boyz II Men - "Motownphilly" 1991  *From the era when every boy band needed a deep voice guy.

9. Madonna - "La Isla Bonita" 1987  *This and "Justify My Love" are my two favorite Madonna songs.

10. Geto Boys - "My Mind Playing Tricks On Me" 1991

Ten Music Videos featuring Billiards

1. Amy Winehouse - "Stronger Than Me" 2003  *She should have ditched her drunk boyfriend for the cab driver.



2. Michael Jackson - " Beat It" 1982  *If you have a fabulous red jacket you can break up even the most choreographed of gang fights.



3. Madonna - "Borderline" 1984  *It's crazy that this guy would rather play pool than to hang out with Madonna when she was in her prime. He comes around eventually.



4. OutKast - "Southernplayalistcadillacmusik" 1994  *Andre and Big Boi throw a great house party, they even rap from inside the 8 ball.



5. The Jesus And Mary Chain feat. Hope Sandoval - "Sometimes Always" 1994  *They're just singing to each other at a bar, happens all the time.



6. Common - "Testify" 2005  *I love how the judge's gavel is part of the beat.



7. Luniz - "I Got 5 On It" 1995  *In this video they play pool by the pool.



8. SWV - "I'm So Into You" 1992  *This video also features Fencing but it would be extremely hard to find ten Fencing videos. SWV are also in my 2010 post on 90s girl groups.



9. The Physics - "So Funky" 2012  *I love that they do the Kid 'n Play dance in this video.



10. Pete Rock and CL Smooth - "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" 1992  *Classic.

Ten Soundtrack Song Music Videos

YouTube Playlist of Soundtrack Songs... #YouTubeNchill

1. Air - "Playground Love" from The Virgin Suicides 1999




2. The Fugees feat. Busta Rhymes and A Tribe Called Quest - "Rumble In The Jungle" from When We Were Kings 1997




3. Glenn Frey - "You Belong To The City" from Miami Vice 1985  "They" took the sound away so listen to this while you watch the video.




4. B-Real, Coolio, Method Man, LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes - "Hit Em High" from Space Jam 1996



5. Folk Implosion - "Natural One" from Kids 1995



6. Underworld - "Born Slippy" from Trainspotting 1996



7. Alice In Chains - "Would?" from Singles 1992



8. Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark - "If You Leave" from Pretty In Pink 1986



9. Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from Mannequin 1987



10. Erykah Badu feat. Common - "Love Of My Life" from Brown Sugar 2002

Ten Music Videos With Famous Actors and Actresses

1. Elijah Wood in Flying Lotus' "Tiny Tortures" 2012




2. Eddie Murphy and others in Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" 1992




3. Johnny Depp in Tom Petty's "Into the Great Wide Open" 1991




4. Sarah Silverman in Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins' "Rise Up With Fists" 2006

 


5. Kerry Washington + Alicia Keys in Common's "I Want You" 2007




6. Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" 2001




7. Liv Tyler & Alicia Silverstone in Aerosmith's "Crazy" 1994




8. Scarlett Johansson in Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around...Comes Around" 2007




9. Christina Ricci & Fairuza Balk in Moby's "Natural Blues" 2000




10. Bruce Willis in Gorillaz's "Stylo" 2010

Common

Even though I had heard "I Used To Love H.E.R.", I missed out on the rest of this 1994 album, until now.

My new jam, "In My Own World (Check The Method)"

"Thisisme"