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  1. 1.Pulp – Common People★ favorite

    295K Likes

    4:05

    Best comments

    1.“Violently British.”

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    1. 2.“I saw Jarvis in Sainsbury's yesterday. He was with someone, pushing a trolley. I was weirdly disappointed he wasn't inside the trolley.”
    2. 3.“He is so pretty – like if Winona Ryder was a man.”

  2. 2.Nada Surf – Popular★ favorite

    117K Likes

    3:39

    Best comments

    1.“I'm the most popular person in my mother's basement.”

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    1. 2.“Nada Surf is what you get when you combine Weezer and a debilitating alcohol problem.”
    2. 3.“I remember downloading this video on Napster in 2000 with my 56k connection... took about 6 months.”

  3. 3.Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)★ favorite

    64K Likes

    2:46

    Best comments

    1.“That painting is actually pretty realistic, considering how the horse looks.”

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    1. 2.“Tag yourself – I'm the guy painting 'USB STICK' on a wall.”

  4. 4.Tame Impala – Apocalypse Dreams★ favorite

    3.5K Likes

    5:53

    Best comments

    1.“Probably the craziest acid trip... without the acid.”

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    1. 2.“I saw this with my mom.”
    2. 3.“Requiem for a Dream, Pulp Fiction, Scarface, American Psycho, Friday, The Big Lebowski, Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange, Donnie Darko, Pineapple Express... and Ted.”

  5. 5.Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able★ favorite

    59K Likes

    4:32

    Best comments

    1.“My teacher pulled this up in class as an example of stop-motion. We watched about a minute, then she turned it off. The room was dead silent. 'That was weird,' she said.”

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    1. 2.“Grizzly Bear is your favorite band's favorite band.”
    2. 3.“Radiohead recommended this.”

  6. 6.Tenacious D – Tribute★ favorite

    1.4M Likes

    4:53

    Best comments

    1.“Tribute is the 2nd best song ever – next to whatever they played that night.”

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    1. 2.“This was my wedding song. True story. Still together.”

  7. 7.Girls – Hellhole Ratrace★ favorite

    9.3K Likes

    6:58

    Best comments

    1.“RIP in peace, Girls – you were my favorite band ever for a while. I haven't enjoyed being sad this much since Psychocandy.”

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    1. 2.“You don't really get this song until you find yourself at rock bottom.”
    2. 3.“How does this not have a million views?”

  8. 8.Tenacious D – Wonderboy★ favorite

    128K Likes

    4:32

    Best comments

    1.“I'm going to tell my kids this was Game of Thrones.”

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    1. 2.“Jon Snow is a total rip-off of Wonderboy.”
    2. 3.“How do I get this character in Skyrim?”

  9. 9.King Missile – Detachable Penis★ favorite

    1.1K Likes

    3:22

    Best comments

    1.“When the going gets weird, the weird gets King Missile.”

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    1. 2.“That's a young Zach Galifianakis on keyboards. Look it up.”

  10. 10.Foxy Shazam – Holy Touch★ favorite

    27K Likes

    3:58

    Best comments

    1.“He sounds like a mix between Freddie Mercury and Cher.”

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    1. 2.“Is that René Descartes?”
    2. 3.“If Eric Nally and Hitler kissed, their facial hair would not touch.”

  11. 11.Gossip – Heavy Cross★ favorite

    399K Likes

    4:04

    Best comments

    1.“It's one of those songs everybody knows, but nobody knows what it's called...”

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    1. 2.“How many years I've been looking for this... thinking it was Adele.”
    2. 3.“OH MY GOD! HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, I FINALLY FOUND THIS SONG!”

  12. 12.Paul McCartney – Monkberry Moon Delight★ favorite

    1.1K Likes

    5:23

    Best comments

    1.“He doesn't do it often, but when he goes rogue, it's always 'interesting.' This, however, is genius.”

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    1. 2.“The man pulled out all the stops for this ear-pounding screamer.”
    2. 3.“50 years ago today, McCartney released an album so good... it went right over the pompous critics' heads!”

  13. 13.Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure★ favorite

    1.9M Likes

    4:14

    Best comments

    1.“The people who disliked this song are Vanilla Ice fans.”

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    1. 2.“R.I.P. Freddie Mercury. R.I.P. David Bowie. R.I.P. Vanilla Ice's career.”

  14. 14.Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne & Dhani Harrison – While My Guitar Gently Weeps★ favorite

    859K Likes

    6:16

    Best comments

    1.“Prince is the type of dude who shows up to school in a cape... but then actually flies.”

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    1. 2.“I think Prince's guitar needed a cigarette after that.”
    2. 3.“Who's still sitting here waiting for Prince's guitar to come back down?”

  15. 15.Michael Kiwanuka – Cold Little Heart★ favorite

    1.7M Likes

    6:21

    Best comments

    1.“This is my neighbor's favorite song, whether they like it or not.”

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    1. 2.“Big Little Lies has such a beautiful soundtrack, and it all starts with this gem.”
    2. 3.“Sometimes you have to go to the coldest, darkest part of your soul to find the light switch.”

  16. 16.Leningrad – Kolshchik★ favorite

    280K Likes

    4:19

    Best comments

    1.“Moral of the story: don't blow soap bubbles at the circus.”

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    1. 2.“To all the people who don't speak Russian: turning on the subtitles only makes it weirder.”
    2. 3.“The best 4 minutes and 18 seconds most Americans won't see.”

  17. 17.Elvis Presley – Never Been to Spain★ favorite

    13K Likes

    3:31

    Best comments

    1.“If you don't have chills at the 1:09 mark of this song, check yourself into the morgue – because you're dead.”

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    1. 2.“I think I speak for all UK citizens: we wish he'd been to England.”
    2. 3.“God was just showing off when he created this man... 'This is what I can do!'”

  18. 18.Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked

    72K Likes

    3:07

    Best comments

    1.“No one likes me better when I'm naked.”

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    1. 2.“If I was a male stripper, this would be my theme song.”
    2. 3.“I used to sing this song all the time when I was 13, and my mom would always freak out.”

  19. 19.Elvis vs. JXL – A Little Less Conversation (JXL Remix)

    316K Likes

    3:52

    Best comments

    1.“So many characters that haven't been unlocked yet.”

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    1. 2.“This could have been made in 2020 – everyone is perfectly social distancing!”
    2. 3.“And to think Elvis was worried no one would remember him after he was gone.”

  20. 20.Beck – Beercan

    39K Likes

    3:58

    Best comments

    1.“When asked in an interview if he thought he was the Bob Dylan of the '90s, Beck said, 'Naw – more like the Bon Jovi of the '60s.'”

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    1. 2.“Back when you could still find good acid. The '90s... *sniff*”
    2. 3.“I'm 75 and I love this shit. Nobody's like Beck. Makes me feel like I'm never going to be a dinosaur.”

  21. 21.Divinyls – I Touch Myself

    403K Likes

    3:41

    Best comments

    1.“The best part is that this was put out by Virgin Records.”

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    1. 2.“I remember me and my friend seeing this on MTV when it first came out and just sitting there in dead silence for 3+ minutes... until you heard his mother from the other room: 'What the FUCK are you guys watching?'”
    2. 3.“Despite months of flirting, my wife wouldn't go out with me – she thought I was too serious and intense. Then at karaoke I chose this song. Imagine a 6'5" burly biker guy singing it really, really well, as straight-faced as I could. I walked over, got down on one knee and sang directly to her. She laughed so hard she couldn't breathe. Four days later we went on our first date... and 12 years later, I still make her laugh.”

  22. 22.Division of Laura Lee – Need to Get Some

    235 Likes

    3:26

    Best comment

    “The singer looks like Private Pile from Full Metal Jacket faked his death to become a rock star.”

  23. 23.Butthole Surfers – Pepper

    166K Likes

    4:11

    Best comments

    1.“Fun fact: 'butthole surfing' is an old Texas pastime where you ride an inner tube down an irrigation ditch while being towed by a pickup truck.”

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    1. 2.“Butthole Surfers in the mid-'90s: 'Hey, we've been making crazy experimental music and having fun. Let's do one mainstream album – it'll be nice to have some money, haha.' *Creates mega-hit, makes money, goes right back to crazy experimental music.* Absolute legends.”
    2. 3.“This was my dad's favorite song. Naturally, he abandoned me as a child.”

  24. 24.Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon

    31K Likes

    3:35

    Best comments

    1.“In '96, I was a skinny blond guy with buzzed hair and wire-rimmed glasses working graveyard shift at a convenience store in Austin. The night Soul Coughing played downtown, college kids kept walking in and stopping dead to stare at me. Finally one couple asked, 'What the hell are you doing here??' 'I work here.' 'You played a concert and then came to work here?' Turns out I looked so much like Mike Doughty that people thought the lead singer was working the Stop-N-Go right after the show. 'THANK YOU, AUSTIN, WE LOVE YOU – BUT I HAVE TO STOCK THE BEER COOLER.'”

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    1. 2.“When Doughty was in Italy, he spotted a candy bar called a Super Bon Bon. He liked the way it sounded... so he just used it.”
    2. 3.“I used to work at an animal rescue, and occasionally we'd get a bunny. Every time I took one out to clean his cage and he'd hop around the room, I'd have this song playing in my head as 'Super Bun Bun.'”

  25. 25.Ugly Casanova – Things I Don't Remember

    2.6K Likes

    3:32

    Best comments

    1.“Isaac told his assistant to make the video about kids and 'shit.' And this is what we got.”

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    1. 2.“I showed this video to my church youth group.”
    2. 3.“I like the song, but I hope this video someday finds its way onto the list of things I don't remember.”

  26. 26.Hole – Violet

    318K Likes

    3:30

    Best comments

    1.“When I listen to Hole, so do my neighbors.”

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    1. 2.“Comedy Central: 'Do you have any advice for a young girl moving to Hollywood?' Courtney Love: 'Umm... I'll get libeled if I say it... If Harvey Weinstein invites you to a private party at the Four Seasons, don't go.'”
    2. 3.“Can't believe she shot John Lennon.”

  27. 27.Grizzly Bear – While You Wait for the Others

    11K Likes

    4:27

    Best comments

    1.“I think the message of this song is essentially, 'Ya blew it! Now scram!' But I'm frequently wrong in my interpretations, so who knows.”

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    1. 2.“Directed by Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold's brother, Sean!”
    2. 3.“For some reason, this song calmed my firstborn down more than any other song. Just played it for my second newborn – exact same thing. The only problem is they get all worked up as soon as the song finishes.”

  28. 28.Melvins – We Are Doomed

    136 Likes

    7:05

    Best comment

    “This is done brilliantly. The film and music line up beautifully, and it makes this innocent cartoon seem so sinister.”

  29. 29.Plants and Animals – H.C.

    470 Likes

    1:28

    Best comments

    1.“I meant to type 'h&m' into Google because I was looking for faux leather boots, but accidentally typed 'hc' and this came up... and I'm not disappointed at all. Now back to my boot search, haha.”

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    1. 2.“My phone fell on my keyboard and it typed 'hc,' and I randomly clicked this, lol.”
    2. 3.“This is amazing – we were all brought here because of a typo.”

  30. 30.Plants and Animals – Feedback in the Field

    888 Likes

    3:18

    Best comments

    1.“Why don't more people use pterodactyls in everything?”

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    1. 2.“They're hard to clean up after.”
    2. 3.“Why did the pterodactyl go unnoticed at the urinal? It had a silent pee. I'll just show myself out now...”

  31. 31.Supergrass – Caught by the Fuzz

    14K Likes

    2:35

    Best comments

    1.“Reminds me of the time my friends and I smoked weed in the park and nearly got arrested... great day.”

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    1. 2.“This man is so talented – he wrote this song at 15 years old.”
    2. 3.“I was 15 and still figuring out what I wanted in music... walked into a record store, asked a stoned record seller what tape I should buy... and he handed me Supergrass. Never looked back. Thank you, Supergrass – and of course, thank you, stoner man.”

  32. 32.Girls – Lust for Life

    24K Likes

    2:28

    Best comments

    1.“I suddenly have the urge to go to American Eagle for some reason.”

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    1. 2.“Was this a music video or an American Apparel ad?”
    2. 3.“After 10 years – and crying to this song in a Walmart parking lot – I can confidently confirm this is one of my favorite songs of all time.”

  33. 33.Wampire – Spirit Forest

    37 Likes

    3:15

    Portland duo Wampire's second single from their 2013 debut Curiosity, produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra bassist Jake Portrait. Critics heard twitchy post-punk rhythms, cobwebbed organ and a hint of eeriness. Their first single was called The Hearse, so the afterlife theme runs deep.

  34. 34.Republica – Ready to Go

    269K Likes

    3:43

    Best comments

    1.“Legend has it, the cameraman is still zooming in to this day.”

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    1. 2.“Drinking game: take a shot every time the camera zooms in.”
    2. 3.“Many zoom lenses gave their lives so we could enjoy this. Let us be thankful.”

  35. 35.Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Thought Ballune

    1.7K Likes

    2:40

    Best comments

    1.“This guy looks like Patrick Carney of The Black Keys.”

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    1. 2.“I think the video is a response to what happens when you eat 'special' cupcakes. Your head goes up... 'high.'”
    2. 3.“I need the recipe for those cupcakes.”

  36. 36.Fleetwood Mac – The Ledge

    146 Likes

    2:08

    A fan edit that sets Fleetwood Mac's The Ledge to old film footage from the Prelinger Archives. The song is a Lindsey Buckingham solo job in disguise: he wiped the band's parts, played everything himself and sang it kneeling in his bathroom. Mojo compared it to a deranged circus.

  37. 37.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Don't Come Around Here No More

    253K Likes

    4:36

    Best comments

    1.“Tom Petty is to be commended. He has done the impossible. He has actually succeeded in making Alice in Wonderland WEIRDER.”

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    1. 2.“This video won Best Special Effects at the MTV awards, and Tom's acceptance speech was along the lines of 'This video contained no special effects – thank you.'”
    2. 3.“I was watching this with my grandma as a kid. My dad walks in, sees Alice being served up as a cake and says, 'Don't watch that with your grandma.' And she said, 'Relax, honey... it's just Tom Petty.'”

  38. 38.Super Furry Animals – (Drawing) Rings Around the World

    443 Likes

    3:26

    Best comments

    1.“Beach Boys meets Motörhead.”

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    1. 2.“If all else fails, there is Wales.”
    2. 3.“At 3½ minutes long, why does this sound like the shortest song ever made?”

  39. 39.Ratt – Round and Round

    424K Likes

    4:26

    Best comments

    1.“This song makes me want to lift weights as I smoke a cigarette and ask my step-sister if she's gonna get the door or what.”

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    1. 2.“Love how Milton Berle makes a cameo in this video. His nephew was Ratt's manager.”
    2. 3.“When I was 11 or 12, they were playing in a garage down the street from me. One day walking home from school, one of them offered me 5 bucks to stand outside the garage and look out for the police. I bought my first rock 'n' roll cassette... and the rest is my rock 'n' roll story.”

  40. 40.Butthole Surfers – Who Was in My Room Last Night?

    62K Likes

    3:16

    Best comments

    1.“I played this on a jukebox in a small bar. The bartender heard the slow, quiet fade-in of the intro and thought he needed to turn the volume up to 100. I remember thinking 'uh oh'... within seconds, I was berated by an enraged gentleman and his wife. I couldn't hear a word they were saying. They stormed out. I still think about it all the time.”

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    1. 2.“My Gibby Haynes story: he played at a venue I worked at around 2004, and before the show he was just silently standing in the employee elevator, riding it up and down, for no reason, stopping on every floor... for like an hour.”
    2. 3.“Going in for my first colonoscopy in a few days, and I'm gonna wear an old Butthole Surfers T-shirt to my procedure. Hope the doctor and staff appreciate my sense of humor.”

  41. 41.The Jackets – Freak Out

    1.9K Likes

    4:50

    Best comments

    1.“I like both kinds of music... rock AND roll.”

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    1. 2.“When did Uma Thurman start a band!?”
    2. 3.“Liza Minnelli rocks.”

  42. 42.The 13th Floor Elevators – You're Gonna Miss Me

    8.7K Likes

    2:39

    Best comments

    1.“A group that should have gone somewhere. Maybe the problem was the elevator. Maybe there wasn't a 13th floor – I've seen that in buildings.”

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    1. 2.“They played the San Bruno National Guard Armory in '66 or so. Nice folks. Burned one down with them in their van at halftime.”
    2. 3.“Once at the Living Eye in Houston, Stacy got lost after a break. I helped look for him. The hash was stronger than expected.”

  43. 43.Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit

    506K Likes

    2:29

    Best comments

    1.“It looks like she's staring through the camera into the future and knows I'm watching this on YouTube.”

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    1. 2.“The problem with artists these days is very few are willing to take the heroic amounts of LSD it takes to make a classic like this.”
    2. 3.“Most people think this song is about drugs. It's actually about the book Alice in Wonderland. Which is about drugs. I'm writing this while high.”

  44. 44.The Rolling Stones – Love Is Strong

    115K Likes

    3:42

    Best comments

    1.“When your grandpas are cooler than you.”

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    1. 2.“I was the visual effects supervisor on this video. It won an MTV award and a Grammy... We worked 21 very long days in a row, and when we were done, Fincher sent EVERY person on my team a full Rolling Stones catalog and a generous gift card.”

  45. 45.Murder by Death – Lost River

    7K Likes

    4:28

    Best comments

    1.“When I saw the band name 'Murder by Death,' I was expecting some metal... but I like it.”

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    1. 2.“I punched my tears in the face, and they still came out. God damn you, Murder by Death. Stop (not) being so good.”
    2. 3.“I met a girl at a Subway on my lunch break – one of the rare times I had it in me to talk to a stranger. I picked her up later that night on my motorcycle and took her to a bridge by a little peninsula in a river. We talked by the water for four or five hours. She showed me this beautiful song. Nothing came of it after that night, but it's such a fond memory.”

  46. 46.Michael Jackson – Beat It

    11M Likes

    4:59

    Best comments

    1.“Michael Jackson is the only man who can make an anti-crime song with guys living in the sewers like Ninja Turtles, falling into Beyoncé-like formation, pulling pocket knives on each other... and then settling the score with a West Side Story-style dance number.”

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    1. 2.“Never had an appreciation for this video because I thought they were all actors. Later I found out they were real-life gang members – from rival gangs. How bloody amazing...”
    2. 3.“Eddie Van Halen did this for free... just popped into the studio for 20 minutes and laid it down.”

  47. 47.The Black Crowes – I Ain't Hiding

    1.4K Likes

    6:48

    Best comments

    1.“I saw the 'TURN IT UP' thing at the beginning and was like, 'Nahh.' Then the music started... and it was on full blast.”

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    1. 2.“Mostly hate this band. But this is effing phenomenal.”
    2. 3.“Rich Robinson thinks this song is garbage.”

  48. 48.T. Rex – Mambo Sun

    3.2K Likes

    3:24

    Best comments

    1.“Barely being lip-synced by the band. I dare say they're still wiggy from the night before. What a bunch.”

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    1. 2.“I love T. Rex – I'm only 17 – but the guy wasn't finished talking and they just started. Felt bad.”
    2. 3.“'Shut up talking... WE'VE PUT THE RECORD ON.'”

  49. 49.The Flaming Lips – Are You a Hypnotist??

    7.3K Likes

    4:47

    Best comments

    1.“Doctor: Are you prone to having seizures? Patient: I don't know. Doctor: Watch this...”

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    1. 2.“The title of this track is what Wayne asked Steven when he laid down this drum beat. Even he could feel his soul leave his body when he heard it.”
    2. 3.“I saw the Flaming Lips on tour when Wayne was jumping around with a giant strobe light on his chest. Someone in the audience collapsed, and Wayne handled it calmly – stopped the show, got the lights on, cleared space for first aid. (The person was fine.) Then he said, 'Yeah, this happens probably one show out of every ten.' Which kind of explains this video: Wayne sees seizures as an occupational hazard for Flaming Lips fans.”

  50. 50.Marcus King – The Well

    71K Likes

    2:57

    Best comments

    1.“Forgot I had 1.5x speed on and thought this was country metal.”

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    1. 2.“And on the 3rd day, God created the Marcus King Band. And it was good.”
    2. 3.“I wish those tent revivals had been this exciting when I was growing up.”

  51. 51.Tito & Tarantula – After Dark

    82K Likes

    4:47

    Best comments

    1.“Tarantino and feet – the greatest love story ever told.”

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    1. 2.“I'm pretty sure Quentin Tarantino just started with the idea of drinking tequila off Salma Hayek's foot, then wrote a movie around it.”
    2. 3.“Don't know who was luckiest: Tarantino, Clooney... or the snake.”

  52. 52.The Shins – The Great Divide

    5.7K Likes

    4:03

    Best comments

    1.“New music from Tame Impala, The Strokes and now The Shins? This is keeping 2020 together at the seams.”

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    1. 2.“This kind of song convinced me we've reached the Blade Runner timeline.”
    2. 3.“This song started playing on Spotify, and when 3:02 came up, I legit thought I was listening to a Shins x Donkey Kong Country mashup.”

  53. 53.Pearl Jam – Do the Evolution

    926K Likes

    3:59

    Best comments

    1.“'Why won't aliens visit us?' The calmest human disagreement:”

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    1. 2.“There were two things consistent throughout humanity's evolution: the cruelty... and the omnipotent goth GF.”
    2. 3.“Millions of years of evolution... to buy a gamer girl's bath water. Edit: It got worse. Now they subscribe to OnlyFans.”

  54. 54.Jonathan Tyler – Mister Resistor

    91 Likes

    3:01

    Best comment

    “Nikki Lane brought me here... this reminds me of early Foo Fighters, so I gotta love it.”

  55. 55.OK Go – The One Moment

    307K Likes

    4:13

    Best comments

    1.“Whenever people ask me what my favorite table salt commercial is, this is generally my go-to answer.”

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    1. 2.“From their website: 'Did you really blow up all those guitars? Yes, but they were already being scrapped by Fender for not meeting quality control standards. No playable guitars were harmed in the making of this video.'”
    2. 3.“Cleaning staff: 'I really hate this band...'”

  56. 56.The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?

    32K Likes

    3:38

    Best comments

    1.“Hi, my name is David, and I'm responsible for 500,000 of these views.”

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    1. 2.“Good to see Lucy Lawless making a comeback.”
    2. 3.“Probably the best song I've heard that no one else I know has heard.”

  57. 57.The Preatures – Manic Baby

    1.4K Likes

    2:30

    Best comments

    1.“When's the next album coming out? I thought I was watching a clip from Solid Gold!”

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    1. 2.“Why wasn't this a #1 hit all around the world?”

  58. 58.The Muppets – Bohemian Rhapsody

    29K Likes

    4:47

    Best comments

    1.“Animal is my spirit Muppet.”

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    1. 2.“I like how halfway through, Animal has a midlife crisis about his momma.”
    2. 3.“If an extraterrestrial intelligence happens upon one piece of Earth media, it MUST be this.”

  59. 59.Sky Ferreira – Red Lips

    33K Likes

    2:47

    Best comments

    1.“Well, I certainly didn't come here for a makeup tutorial.”

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    1. 2.“I wonder what Toby the tarantula is up to these days.”
    2. 3.“I was 14 or 15 when this was released, and I remember feeling so badass. 'When I'm older, I'm going to be just like this girl.' And yet here I am in my mid-twenties, completely unbadass, in my penguin dressing gown and matching slippers, sipping hot chocolate – but not too hot, because I have sensitive teeth.”

  60. 60.Coldplay – Life in Technicolor ii

    316K Likes

    4:27

    Best comments

    1.“Parents: 'Nah, just a humble puppet theater to entertain the kids will do.' Coldplay:”

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    1. 2.“When you hired the wrong puppeteers.”
    2. 3.“It took me 11 years to realize the camera guy is Phil Harvey, Coldplay's manager. No wonder he tweeted that this is his favorite music video.”

  61. 61.Son Lux – Change Is Everything

    40K Likes

    3:44

    Best comments

    1.“If that's stop-motion, I'm giving up on life.”

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    1. 2.“I was really hoping the beginning was just a trick to make me think the animation was real... but then I saw the holes in the board. Man... so much time.”
    2. 3.“Revisiting this in an age swamped by AI slop. The amount of labor in this video could send someone into a seizure today.”

  62. 62.Sunflower Bean – Moment In The Sun

    36K Likes

    3:26

    Best comments

    1.“I heard this in my local Starbucks in Japan, of all places. Most of what they play is just background noise, but this song really caught my ear. Holy cow, this is a good song.”

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    1. 2.“I just feel like living and falling in love when I listen to this.”

  63. 63.The Waterboys – Postcard From The Celtic Dreamtime

    746 Likes

    4:12

    Best comments

    1.“I just turned 40, and up until a month ago the only Waterboys song I knew was 'This Is the Sea.' I started listening to their other songs and can't get enough. Feels like I've been missing out my whole life.”

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    1. 2.“As ever, the Waterboys never disappoint. This is in a similar vein to Van Morrison's 'Coney Island.'”

  64. 64.Ozzy Osbourne & Lemmy – Hellraiser (30th Anniversary Edition)

    842K Likes

    4:54

    Best comments

    1.“Ozzy's like, 'That's exactly how I don't remember it, mate.'”

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    1. 2.“Oh god, I'm crying. This is beautiful. The lesson is: don't steal Lemmy's bass.”
    2. 3.“Lemmy and Ozzy are not gone. They've just been called to battle. Elvis is driving.”

  65. 65.2CELLOS – Thunderstruck

    3.5M Likes

    4:59

    Best comments

    1.“Can't believe AC/DC made a cover of a song from the 1700s.”

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    1. 2.“'Child! Be silent and still!' 'But Father! This doth slap!'”
    2. 3.“The two young men were never heard from again, because they were burnt for witchcraft... along with their cellos.”

  66. 66.Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Hymn for a Droid

    85K Likes

    3:31

    Best comments

    1.“I really need to clear my search history.”

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    1. 2.“This is the kinda band that gets asked to open for an act like Tame Impala, and they just smoke them out of the water.”
    2. 3.“True story: I bumped into this band in a cafe in Hull, UK. Two things struck me – how friendly they were, and the fact that the guitarist had ordered two Bloody Marys and a jar of pickles. It was 10 a.m.!”

  67. 67.Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Dezi's Adventure

    2.5K Likes

    4:08

    Best comments

    1.“I have no idea what I'm looking at, but it's awesome.”

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    1. 2.“Someone in the chat replay said 'free trial drugs,' and I agree.”
    2. 3.“Alright, someone in Australia is handing out research chemicals, and I need to know who... for, uh... personal research.”

  68. 68.Grateful Dead – Ripple

    67K Likes

    4:25

    Best comments

    1.“During my first LSD trip, I listened to this and posted 'I finally understand Grateful Dead' on Facebook – and my grandpa liked it. I still wonder to this day if he knew what I was talking about... lol”

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    1. 2.“This was my gateway song to get my youngest daughter into the Grateful Dead. She was halfway to being a hippie anyway, so I feel I have succeeded as a parent.”
    2. 3.“I used to softly sing this song to my first daughter after the 2 a.m. feeding. At her wedding, 22 years later, this is the song she chose for the father-daughter dance. When it started, the table of my old college friends in the back cheered and began to sing along... the rest of the room was mystified. My daughter and I shared huge smiles and tears as we danced in the middle of the floor.”

  69. 69.The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony

    13K Likes

    5:56

    Best comments

    1.“I am Jack's overwhelming joy that this exists.”

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    1. 2.“Bitter Sweet Symphony – an anthem for anarchy.”

  70. 70.Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box

    2.2M Likes

    4:43

    Best comments

    1.“If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, this is a Christmas song.”

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    1. 2.“Fun fact: 23 years after this video came out, Dave was asked to play 'Blackbird' at the Oscars, and they assigned him a stylist – a young woman with blond hair and big blue eyes. The first thing she told him was, 'We've met before.' He couldn't place her. Then she said, 'I was the little girl in Nirvana's Heart-Shaped Box video.'”
    2. 3.“My 15-year-old son was going through dark times, not helped by the pandemic – and you inspired him to pick up my acoustic guitar. I bought him an electric. He plays Nirvana every day now, and it's Kurt's poster on his wall. My son was a lost soul, but now he's smiling again. He plays for me almost every day to show me his progress. I am so proud. Kurt, I salute you, wherever you are.”

  71. 71.System of a Down – Aerials

    2.9M Likes

    4:04

    Best comments

    1.“He looks like when Snoop Dogg transforms into a dog... but mid-transformation.”

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    1. 2.“Here after watching Machine Gun Kelly's cover. Needed to rinse my ears out. Feel much better now.”
    2. 3.“If you're sorting comments by newest first, welcome! MGK can't hurt you here. *Hug*”

  72. 72.Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Keen For Kick Ons?

    4.4K Likes

    3:56

    Best comments

    1.“Those looking for promiscuous breakfast foods on hallucinogens: unfortunately, you have been gravely misled. For the uninitiated, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are in fact a four-piece rock outfit from Western Australia.”

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    1. 2.“Will this be available for Nintendo Switch?”
    2. 3.“My daughter smiles every time I play this song at home... and she's 3 months old.”

  73. 73.Gina and the Eastern Block – Sippin' On A Forty

    11K Likes

    3:23

    Best comments

    1.“I was looking for Eazy-E, and now I know this exists. I have something to be thankful for this year.”

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    1. 2.“This is making me unseasonably warm. New favorite band...”
    2. 3.“I feel like I need to go take a cold shower after that.”

  74. 74.Valley Queen – Carnival

    57 Likes

    3:34

    Valley Queen's first single, the A-side of a 2014 debut 7-inch on White Iris Records. Natalie Meadors and her LA band mix spaghetti Western guitar with Zeppelin-sized folk-rock on a song about Echo Park artists holding each other up. Angela Izzo directed the video at Black Stallion Studios.

  75. 75.Quiet Life – Lost in the Light

    153 Likes

    4:54

    Best comments

    1.“His voice gives early Jerry Garcia vibes.”

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    1. 2.“Really good song, but man, I can't listen to it because of the end that sounds like broken industrial equipment.”

  76. 76.The Dandy Warhols – Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth

    42K Likes

    3:53

    Best comments

    1.“In the Dig! documentary, the lead singer didn't like how he looked in this video, and the director was like, 'I'm sorry, but that's how you look.'”

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    1. 2.“Maybe I'm an asshole, but as an ex-junkie, this cracks me right the hell up.”
    2. 3.“I'll be clean 16 years this December. Love this song.”

  77. 77.Satellite and The Harpoonist – Satellite Man

    330 Likes

    3:06

    Best comments

    1.“Coolest ad I've ever gotten.”

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    1. 2.“I have never seen a bass like that. What is going on there?”
    2. 3.“Giving me Dr. John vibes, and I fooking love it.”

  78. 78.Cate Le Bon – Are You With Me Now?

    5.6K Likes

    4:40

    Best comments

    1.“This is the strangest pottery-making tutorial I have ever seen.”

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    1. 2.“Are the cups for sale?”
    2. 3.“Patrick Swayze is there!”

  79. 79.John Cale feat. Weyes Blood – Story of Blood

    2.9K Likes

    7:44

    Best comments

    1.“When a vampire starts making music... haha. Very good.”Translated from Spanish

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    1. 2.“These two scary ladies have a promising future in show business.”
    2. 3.“In an interview 7 years ago, Natalie literally said, 'It would be dreamy to record with John Cale in a huge church somewhere... I'm drooling just imagining it.'”

  80. 80.Gorillaz feat. De La Soul – Feel Good Inc.

    9.5M Likes

    4:15

    Best comments

    1.“Murdoc – the only bassist to ever get any.”

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    1. 2.“When my mom hears this song, she mistakes 'feel good' for 'mealtime.' I don't know how she got there, but she did it.”
    2. 3.“I used to teach ear training at a conservatorium and had my students transcribe the bassline and the rhythm of the first rap section. It was always good value watching a room full of classical violinists figure out the best way to write the rhythm for the ass-crack line.”

  81. 81.Big Special – TREES

    1.9K Likes

    3:05

    Best comments

    1.“In these trying times, it does my soul good to know that even the likes of Brutus and Popeye can be brought together by music.”

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    1. 2.“You guys deserve to be bigger than Asia (the continent, not the progressive band)!”
    2. 3.“Ooo... Dad's smoking buddy sent me this. Glad he did.”

  82. 82.Faith No More – We Care a Lot

    97K Likes

    4:08

    Best comments

    1.“The new anthem of any corporation that has made an ad starting with 'in these uncertain times.'”

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    1. 2.“Companies during Pride Month:”
    2. 3.“I spent three days in an editing room cutting this, and I never got tired of the song or the band.”

  83. 83.The Waterboys – Freak Street

    209 Likes

    2:45

    Best comments

    1.“The older Mike gets... the groovier he becomes.”

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    1. 2.“I was in the same year as Mike Scott at Belmont Academy in Ayr in the '70s – same English class! He always wanted to be a rock star. Nice to see him get the success he deserves!”

  84. 84.INXS – What You Need

    59K Likes

    3:39

    Best comments

    1.“Whenever anyone asks, 'Beatles or Stones?' my answer is always INXS.”

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    1. 2.“I know what I need... a time machine.”
    2. 3.“This song is tough! I pulled up to an intersection, windows down, blasting it. In the lowrider next to me were two guys in shades with tattoos on their necks. They looked mean. The driver turned, looked at me... and started nodding his head to the beat.”

  85. 85.Starship – Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    2.9M Likes

    4:28

    Best comments

    1.“If there's one decade where men and women had the same hairstyle, it was the '80s.”

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    1. 2.“Doctor: You have 4 minutes to live. Me: Play 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now.' Doctor: But it's 4:30. God: It's OK.”
    2. 3.“It's 1984, late autumn. My girlfriend got a job at O'Hare on 2nd shift. I'd go meet her on her break, and we'd lay on the hood of my car together watching the jets take off. Almost 40 years later, we're still together... and I still own the car.”

  86. 86.The Waterboys – The Golden Work

    181 Likes

    3:07

    Best comment

    “Far out! A cross between Massive Attack and Joe Walsh!”

  87. 87.Muse – Supermassive Black Hole

    796K Likes

    3:31

    Best comments

    1.“Every time I listen to this, I can't help but picture a bunch of vampires playing baseball...”

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    1. 2.“Great video quality, considering the camera was more than 50 million light-years away from the studio when they shot this.”
    2. 3.“My neighbours love this song so much, they threw a brick through my window so they could hear it better.”

  88. 88.Ween – Transdermal Celebration

    23K Likes

    3:33

    Best comments

    1.“I'm here fucked up in the crib, crying at this video, and I don't even know what I'm crying at.”

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    1. 2.“That's Dean Ween soloing on Carlos Santana's guitar. Santana had a GMA show, and Ween heard his equipment was in town. He snuck in, used the guitar for this solo, and put it back like he was never there. Took 10 minutes to record.”
    2. 3.“Thank you, Mr. Santana, for the service you didn't know you contributed.”

  89. 89.Ren – Hi Ren

    1.7M Likes

    9:20

    Best comments

    1.“It's like Shakespeare was reborn, learned guitar, wrote a rap lyric and staged his own performance.”

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    1. 2.“I'm a psychiatric nurse. I actually learned about you from another psych nurse. Your music is spreading and inspiring both patients and staff. It makes a difference. It really does.”
    2. 3.“I'd never had a song make me cry before. Today is 29 days sober. Fuck the cravings – I'm making it to 29 years. Edit: 7 and a half months and counting. Edit 2: Still going strong – 2 years! Edit 3: Well past 3 years. Life's been tough, but I'm still squeaky clean.”

  90. 90.The Shins – Simple Song

    192K Likes

    4:36

    Best comments

    1.“For those who don't know, this video was directed by Daniels, who went on to be nominated for a shit-ton of Oscars for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Edit: Yeah, they won everything.”

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    1. 2.“The other son's cake said 'Happy Belated Birthday.' Me as a parent, honestly.”
    2. 3.“In 2017, I was at a Shins concert in Portland, Maine, with my girlfriend. It started pouring so badly they had to cut the show short and play one last song – this was it. I had no ring and no intention of proposing that night, but suddenly I knew with my whole spirit it was time. We were soaked, cold and shivering... and happier than we'd ever been. We're still together.”

  91. 91.Modest Mouse – Float On

    829K Likes

    3:35

    Best comments

    1.“Fun fact: this almost became the theme song for The Office!”

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    1. 2.“I love how the inspiration for this song was just that the lead singer was tired of writing depressing songs and wanted to write a happy one for a change of pace.”
    2. 3.“A few years back, I lost where I was staying, the girl I was seeing and my job in the span of two days. Got a pack on Craigslist and set off to hitchhike to Colorado. A friend dropped me off on the side of the road out in the boonies, and after the first bend this song came on my headphones. I cried my eyes out, feeling the weight of those years slide off me – and all the potential of a new adventure in front of me.”

  92. 92.Mondo Cozmo – Hold On to Me

    3K Likes

    3:40

    Best comments

    1.“I come here once a month to cry.”

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    1. 2.“That's MY DAD dancing with Anna! 93 years young!!! Love you, Dad! Keep smiling for all the pretty girls...”

  93. 93.Wolf Alice – No Hard Feelings

    14K Likes

    2:37

    Best comments

    1.“This song got me through my divorce, and I haven't even gotten married yet.”

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    1. 2.“Wolf Alice saved my marriage. My wife and I were an argument or two away from cutting it off. Long ago, we'd dated at 16 and broken up – a good breakup, no hard feelings – before getting back together at 20. When this came out, I sent it to her on a whim (we were barely talking at that point) and said it captured how I felt when we were young. We listened together, cried together... and THAT was the moment that changed our energy toward each other. Wolf Alice saved my marriage.”

  94. 94.Cage the Elephant – Cigarette Daydreams

    628K Likes

    5:28

    Best comments

    1.“This song means a lot to me because 12 years ago I went to the gas station for a Snickers, and the clerk told me they were all out.”

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    1. 2.“So I got an anti-smoking ad on this video. Not sure what to say.”
    2. 3.“That's Matt's actual wife, Juliette.”

  95. 95.Songhoy Blues ft. Iggy Pop – Sahara

    2.2K Likes

    3:07

    Best comments

    1.“I love the sound of the guitars! I'm in France – you make so much noise we hear you from here ;)”

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    1. 2.“Wow, did not expect to hear Iggy Pop here.”

  96. 96.Mitski – Your Best American Girl

    237K Likes

    3:34

    Best comments

    1.“I wanna be Mitski's left hand.”

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    1. 2.“Day 236 without sex: hand started looking just fine.”
    2. 3.“'I wasn't trying to send a message. I was in love. I loved somebody so much, but I also realized I could never be what would fit into their life.' – Mitski, on this song”

  97. 97.Guided By Voices – If We Wait

    901 Likes

    2:56

    A fan upload, posted in 2014 with a dedication to a friend. The song is a Robert Pollard tune that floated around on 1993 split singles before landing on Guided by Voices' 1996 Matador EP Sunfish Holy Breakfast, a ten-song blast of outtakes from the Under the Bushes Under the Stars sessions.

  98. 98.Wussy – Halloween

    129 Likes

    3:45

    A Lisa Walker song from Wussy's Attica!, which Robert Christgau named the best album of 2014. It looks back at her teenage years with dreams out of reach and regret settling in. Lincoln Messerly made the video, with Riley Bachman filming a shootout in a parking lot and Mark Messerly shooting the rest.

  99. 99.Mike Oldfield – Five Miles Out

    7K Likes

    4:15

    Best comments

    1.“Only Mike can add bagpipes to a rock song and make it sound amazing.”

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    1. 2.“True story, too: Mike Oldfield was in a light aircraft that came through a huge storm... five miles out!”
    2. 3.“Overheard my boyfriend and his dad listening to what I was sure was Tubular Bells. I walk in and ask, 'Is that Mike Oldfield?' They both just look at me, bewildered. Then I – the youngest person in the room at 30 – played them this for the first time. My boyfriend looks at me and says, 'Y'know, you never cease to surprise me.'”

  100. 100.The Waterboys – Why Should I Love You

    385 Likes

    4:00

    Best comments

    1.“A really nice version of the Kate Bush song. I love the 32-bar drum fill!”

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    1. 2.“You listened to all my comments on the SoundCloud video and released it!”

  101. 101.Mike Oldfield – The Bell

    6.7K Likes

    3:09

    Best comments

    1.“Don't worry, folks – no bells were harmed in the making of this video.”

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    1. 2.“Every time I listen to Tubular Bells, it's the first time. Been happening for 52 years now.”
    2. 3.“Oldfield refused to write Tubular Bells 2 for Virgin Records because they tried to pressure him into it... then went to another label and immediately wrote it just to annoy Richard Branson. Class.”

  102. 102.Mike Oldfield – Magic Touch

    2.2K Likes

    4:06

    Best comments

    1.“Always loved this song back in the day but never knew its title or singer. It was my very first internet search. Thanks, AltaVista!”

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    1. 2.“Curious fact: this video was directed by Alex Proyas, director of The Crow, I, Robot and Dark City.”Translated from Spanish
    2. 3.“Fun fact: this song is from 1988. Yeah, I know... stylistically, it shows.”

  103. 103.Dawes – I Will Run

    994 Likes

    5:47

    Best comments

    1.“Came here for the goodest boy in the thumbnail.”

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    1. 2.“I've had the single since the album came out, and I'm just now realizing it's about dogs.”
    2. 3.“My dog wouldn't run!”

  104. 104.Clown Core – Hell

    233K Likes

    1:36

    Best comments

    1.“Smooth jazz implies the existence of rough jazz.”

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    1. 2.“A porta-potty, 2 guys, a bunch of instruments, 2 music degrees and 4 disappointed parents. And 6.1 million views.”
    2. 3.“I'd recognize that drummer's lanky frame and raw percussive talent anywhere. That's Mr. Twiggins, who lived in my wardrobe when I was 7 and used to float inches from my face as I slept.”

  105. 105.Genesis – Land of Confusion

    195K Likes

    5:29

    Best comments

    1.“One of my clearest childhood memories is sitting on my dad's lap watching this video, absolutely terrified of the puppets.”

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    1. 2.“As a child, this video terrified me superficially. As an adult, it terrifies me substantively.”
    2. 3.“They didn't make a Phil Collins puppet – that's really him.”

  106. 106.The Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care

    441K Likes

    3:17

    Best comments

    1.“When the teacher puts all the smart kids in one group... you get this.”

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    1. 2.“I'm 77, near the end of the line, and these days I need handling with care. These guys were the heroes of my youth. It's a joy to hear them together.”
    2. 3.“I'm 77 too, and these guys give me that musical rush... we've got plenty of time left.”

  107. 107.Focus – Hocus Pocus

    882 Likes

    1:00

    Best comments

    1.“My brain just melted in my skull and dripped down my ass. This is batshit crazy and I love it.”

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    1. 2.“The original song was much longer and slower. They were closing a show that ran overtime, so instead of switching to a quicker song, they played it at double speed.”
    2. 3.“The singer looks like he's tweaking throughout the entire clip.”

  108. 108.Rammstein – Angst

    878K Likes

    5:45

    Rammstein's song about fear, from a bogeyman story told to a bad kid to whole nations arming up. Robert Gwisdek shot it in Berlin, mostly in black and white: six identical suburban dads turn friendly plots of land into a fortress of walls, cameras, barbed wire and rifles while cheerleaders hand out the guns. Then a black hole eats them.

  109. 109.Everything Everything – Cough Cough

    38K Likes

    3:42

    Best comments

    1.“I literally typed 'cough song' in the search bar as a joke and this came up?! I'm shook, because this is actually fucking decent!”

    More comments
    1. 2.“This song is not helping my cold.”
    2. 3.“This is a ridiculously hot video. And I'm not talking about the lava.”

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