smartest music video in the last 10 years...
 

from 1993-2003


mine:

red hot chilli peppers- 'otherside'
so visual and intelligent

Anything by Tool or Radiohead.

Edited to add - Also by Genesis and Peter Gabriel

radiohead is such a good choice. i love them

Off the top of my head... I'd have to go with either:

Vertical Horizon's "Everything You Want"

-- OR --

Van Halen's "Right Now"

I really like the little text messages throughout the whole thing, and I just think the concept of the Vertical Horizon video (just realized that they're both "VH"... werid...) is just kinda cool. Simple, but not too plain.

Pearl Jam's Jeremy.

It eerily predicted the events of Columbine with the written words that came across the screen. Such as "in an affluent suburb". The main character had family problems and was teased in school. And, of course, the end of the video which still sends chills up my spine every time I see it.

correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the video for "Jeremy" was inspired by an actual event that happend years before Columbine (sp?) at a school somewhere in Ohio or something.

A kid comes to class and basically kills himself in front of everyone w/ a revolver, getting blood everywhere (hence the "try to erase this... from the blackboard")

Is this right?

I think so. Eddie Vedder had read in a newspaper about a kid who shot himself in front of the class. But, I think the other concepts in the video and the lyrics (like his parents not loving him, affluent suburb, kids teasing him, etc.) were created by the band.

Yes about it not being about Columbine. I belived that "Jeremy" only imagined about killing his classmates, or killing himself.

"Rabbit in your headlights" by U.N.K.L.E with DJ Shadow and Thom Yorke of Radiohead.

Really amazing, great symbolism, and makes you think.

'californication' red hot chili peppers



jeremy is the one of the reason i love pearl jam

"China Girl" by David Bowie...oh wait....that was more than ten years ago. Wow....

Jeremy is an AWESOME video!

Buddy Holly by Weezer
Like a Prayer by Madonna
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel
Need you Tonight/Mediate by INXS
Take On Me by A-Ha
Burn by Nine Inch Nails

I could go on...but these are good :)

Gentleman by Afghan Whigs. I don't know that you could call it super smart or fall over at the awesome camera techniques, but he's hotter than hell so who cares. :D

Burn? I don't think I know that song, But Closer by NIN is an awesome video.

If you can count it... Pink Floyd's "The Wall". Kind of long to call a "video" but that's what it essentially is.