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bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Top 50 Videos of the ’90s (20-11)

by MJ on Aug 11, 2011 • No Comments

#21-#30 , #31-#40 , and 41-50 can be found by clicking on the links, silly! 20) “Nuthin’ But a G Thang” Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg) (1992) Snoop Dogg was first introduced to the world by Dr. Dre via the “Deep Cover” single from the film and soundtrack of the same name, but this song and video was a re-introduction that assured no one would forget his name. The video takes us through a day in the life of Dre and Snoop […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Top 50 Videos of the ’90s (30-21)

by Popblerd Staff on Aug 10, 2011 • 4 Comments

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bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Top 50 Videos of the ’90s (40-31)

by Popblerd Staff on Aug 9, 2011 • 4 Comments

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Check out the first ten entries in our list here , and let’s move on… 40. Slayer “Seasons in the Abyss” (1990) I don’t know exactly why, but it makes absolutely perfect sense to set Slayer up in a desert with temples looming behind them while they perform this song. One can practically see Karl Sanders from Nile sitting on a couch, guitar in hand, writing riffs for songs that would eventually appear on “Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka” while watching […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary MTV-The Top 50 Videos of the ’90s (Part 1)

by MJ on Aug 8, 2011 • 2 Comments

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We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of MTV all month on Popblerd! Did you check out our list of the Top 50 videos of the ’80s ? While the ’80s marked the genesis of the music video revolution, the ’90s found videos in full flower. It was almost a prerequisite that any song released as a single had a video to accompany it (seriously–name one hit song from the Nineties that didn’t have a video). By the Nineties, music had changed as well. While MTV stuck to […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Best Videos of the ’80s (Top Ten)

by MJ on Jul 29, 2011 • 3 Comments

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10. “Money for Nothing” Dire Straits (1985) “Money for Nothing” is probably the video most synonymous with MTV that wasn’t by Michael Jackson. Spotlighting very early computer animation, the clip combines live footage of the band performing with a loosely defined narrative in computer world (cue Kraftwerk). To folks who weren’t around in MTV’s first decade, watching this video today might be like the same person trying to play Calicovision. But again, in the context of the time, the video […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!:The Best Videos of the Eighties (20-11)

by MJ on Jul 28, 2011 • 2 Comments

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20. “Every Breath You Take” The Police (1983) Simplicity, ladies and gentlemen. Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers went straight for the heart with “Every Breath You Take”, their biggest hit single (and the #1 song of 1983, according to Billboard magazine). The greatness of this video is all in the incidentals-the shadows moving from one side of Sting’s face to the other, his standup bass, the way the video seemed to fit seamlessly with the quiet intensity of the […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Top 50 Videos of the Eighties (30-21)

by MJ on Jul 27, 2011 • No Comments

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30. “Shock the Monkey” Peter Gabriel (1983) Peter Gabriel is often lauded for his video work, although most of his innovative music videos are overshadowed by his greatest video achievement (which we’ll get to later). Frankly, I still have no idea what the hell 1982’s “Shock the Monkey” is about, but it has everything – monkeys, midgets, dot matrix printouts… The song is apparently about lovers’ jealousy, but the video looks a lot more like paranoid schizophrenia to me. Whatever […]

bLISTERd: Happy Anniversary MTV! The Top 50 Videos of The Eighties! (40-31)

by Popblerd Staff on Jul 26, 2011 • 2 Comments

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40. “New Sensation”-INXS (1988) INXS were not new when the reemerged with Kick in 1987, but they were certainly a sensation. The album was an international success and went 6x Platinum, in large part due to the series of videos that accompanied the four of the album’s hit singles. “New Sensation” was the third video from the album, featuring the band’s performance intercut with neon stop action animation to match the driving energy of the song. Among other things, […]

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary MTV!! The Top 50 Videos of the Eighties

by Popblerd Staff on Jul 25, 2011 • 2 Comments

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Turns out that the revolution WOULD be televised. The musical revolution, that is. On August 1st, 1981, MTV was launched. It was the first TV channel to devote itself exclusively to music videos. When it debuted (with The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star”), I don’t think anyone had the slightest idea that MTV would turn into the cultural phenomenon it became. Within a few short years, the video age began. The era of the faceless, unphotogenic rock star was […]

bLISTerd Extra: The Top 10 (11?) Albums of 2011 (So Far)…Tom’s Turn

by Tom on Jul 19, 2011 • 1 Comment

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1) Foo Fighters –Wasting Light Record of the year. If there is a better second half of the year release I’ll console myself with that hypothetically brain-punchingly excellent album. Bands get sharper over time; few have hit the running peak of passion and musicianship the Foos are on right now. 2) Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO Never heard of him.Saw two Carllsongs on my way out of another show. Bought the album out of left field. Alt-country, straight-up country, straight-up […]

bLISTerd: Mike D.’s Best Reissues of 2011 – In with the Old

by Mike D. on Jul 14, 2011 • No Comments

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With 2011 slightly more than half over, I’m realizing that I’ve probably bought more music in those seven months than I did in all of 2010. And I bought a lot. (Seriously, does anyone have more shelves? I need them badly.) But while I’ve enjoyed a lot of new music this year (Lady Gaga and The Cars immediately spring to mind), I’ve got to give it up for the fine folks working to provide great reissues and box […]

bLISTerd: The Best of 2011 Continued: Andrew (Not Drew)’s List

by Popblerd Staff on Jul 13, 2011 • 1 Comment

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Halfway home, everybody! Here are my favorite albums, so far, this year: 1. Moving Mountains – Waves “Waves” does something that I didn’t think was possible: It combines the luscious atmospherics of a post-rock record with soaring vocals. Not an easy feat, making for a remarkable album. 2. Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Proving that some things only get better as they get older, Mogwai return with yet another album to write home about. 3. Touché […]