The Greatest Music Video of All Time is...

There are two versions (well, two and a half) of the video, only one of which is awesome. The other is hideous.

The apocalyptic version was directed by Hype Williams, and starred an on-the-cusp-of-fame Chris Tucker and, long before Bad Santa, Tony Cox. It was actually shot on the abandoned set of Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, which was still standing 11 years later. The slighty tweaked second version is the one that I think most of us remember, which fades out over Tupac and Dre reciting the names of California cities. Call it version 1A.

The SECOND version is HIDEOUS. It starts with Tupac waking up -- the whole apocalypse thing was just a dream! Never, ever a good sign. An almost unimaginably bad video, especially in contrast with the almost unimaginably good Mad Max-inspired version.



Pointing a terrible video for the same song as one of the greatest videos of all time isn't exactly an answer. I'll come up with one soon, and the Mad Max version may land at #1 for me...but in the meantime, whenever I watch it (regularly), I'm stuck with the other in my head now too....

 

This with nothing else even close

 

Some of the first ones I thought of have been mentioned:

Take On Me
Sledgehammer
You Might Think
Money For Nothing
Black Or White

Others:
Ebony And Ivory
Comin Up
Wilbury Twist
I Wanna Be A Lifeguard (Blotto)
Free As A Bird
88 Lines About 44 Women (The Nails)
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Smells Like Nirvana (Weird Al)

 

OK, but on this forum the band must be referred to as Divinyl.

 

I've always had a soft spot for No More Lonely Nights

But

My vote goes to Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac.

 

!taerG

 

What the hell did I just watch?

(watches it again)

 

I know, right? I don't speak Japanese, but I cannot imagine what possible set of lyrics might fit those visuals.

 

Billy Squier "Rock Me Tonite"

 

No, if we're being serious, this is the winner:

 

There There-Radiohead

 

So gosh darn beautiful.

 

Gypsy-Fleetwood Mac.

 

I think that this is one of the most interesting music videos:

 

That's not even Britney's best video!