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  1. 1.Ladyhawke – My Delirium★ favorite

    11K Likes

    4:20

    Best comments

    1.“Doc: Stop playing with my DeLorean!”

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    1. 2.“If I shut my eyes, it's like I go back in time to when I was a teenager and didn't have a care in the world.”
    2. 3.“I shudder to imagine how *long* it took to get all the watercolor frames ready.”

  2. 2.Coldplay – Up&Up★ favorite

    1.9M Likes

    4:11

    Best comments

    1.“I stopped the video to make sure I'm not high.”

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    1. 2.“Editor: What kind of editing do you want? Coldplay: Yes.”
    2. 3.“Every frame is a wallpaper!”

  3. 3.Miley Cyrus – We Can't Stop★ favorite

    4.9M Likes

    3:33

    Best comments

    1.“The world was not prepared for this when it came out.”

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    1. 2.“'This is too sexual.' Cardi B: 'Hold my WAP.'”
    2. 3.“9-year-old me: wtf. 15-year-old me: relatable.”

  4. 4.Dev – In the Dark★ favorite

    580K Likes

    3:45

    Best comments

    1.“Her voice is so croaky and seductive. Never thought I'd use those two in a sentence.”

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    1. 2.“I loved this song when I was a kid. Now I understand the lyrics and I'm–”
    2. 3.“Who else is only here for the saxophone?”

  5. 5.El Guincho – Bombay★ favorite

    28K Likes

    5:41

    Best comments

    1.“I'm high right now, and when the music started up I nearly shit myself.”

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    1. 2.“There's so much happening. I can't absorb all this information.”
    2. 3.“This might be the best music video of the century. Seriously. Why aren't these dudes massive right now?!”

  6. 6.The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist

    425K Likes

    4:18

    Best comments

    1.“I've worked in a psych ward for 20 years, and that is the craziest thing I've ever seen.”

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    1. 2.“*Walks into retirement home* 'Hey guys, who wants to be in a music video?'”
    2. 3.“When you put ecstasy in the nursing home's water supply...”

  7. 7.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.”

  8. 8.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.'”

  9. 9.Basement Jaxx – Where's Your Head At

    493K Likes

    4:12

    Best comments

    1.“I showed this to my kids today, because I'm a responsible parent who grew up in the '90s.”

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    1. 2.“My science teacher showed the whole class this video when teaching about genetics, lmao.”
    2. 3.“People on Facebook probably think this is real.”

  10. 10.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.”

  11. 11.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.”

  12. 12.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.'”

  13. 13.Tame Impala – The Less I Know the Better

    1.9M Likes

    5:43

    Best comments

    1.“Director: How trippy do you want this video to be? Tame Impala: The less I know the better.”

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    1. 2.“Everybody's gangsta till a gorilla steals your girlfriend.”
    2. 3.“Me, casually watching this. Sex scene comes on. My dad, who I haven't seen in 18 years: 'Whatcha looking at there, buddy?'”

  14. 14.The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby

    1.1M Likes

    2:12

    Best comments

    1.“Song: lonely woman dies. Video: flying submarine.”

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    1. 2.“This video has more personality than my ex.”
    2. 3.“'Dad, why is my sister named Eleanor?' 'Because your mother loves Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles.' 'Thank you, Dad.' 'No problem, You Never Give Me Your Money (Remastered 2009).'”

  15. 15.The Avalanches – Frankie Sinatra

    106K Likes

    4:24

    Best comments

    1.“I always wondered why people told me not to drink the juice from glow sticks.”

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    1. 2.“Fun fact: to make this, they just filmed an average day in Florida.”
    2. 3.“My kids and I are in this video, lol. At the beginning, walking to the ice cream truck – my son runs past the lady doing the splits, slinging a shirt around. We had so much fun that day.”

  16. 16.The Avalanches – Subways

    47K Likes

    3:51

    Best comments

    1.“That station's on the corner of Lysergic Avenue and Sesame Street!”

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    1. 2.“This reminds me of that time I accidentally took the subway in NYC while I was on acid.”
    2. 3.“Yes, Mr. Avalanches, I too have tripped on a train – and it's exactly like the two-minute mark of this documentary.”

  17. 17.Tyler Childers – All Your'n

    166K Likes

    3:41

    Best comments

    1.“Director: Any ideas for a video? Tyler: Not sure. Joe Rogan: Ever done DMT?”

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    1. 2.“I just failed a drug test from watching this music video.”
    2. 3.“When my husband and I find out 'our song' is about hallucinogens...”

  18. 18.The Chemical Brothers – Got To Keep On

    226K Likes

    3:07

    Best comments

    1.“Ah yes, the infamous Soul Train Critical Mass incident of '73.”

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    1. 2.“When you dance so hard you turn into a non-Newtonian fluid.”
    2. 3.“Don't you just love it when you're so in sync with your dance partner that you turn into a viscous goo?”

  19. 19.Star Slinger – Mornin'

    9.3K Likes

    2:14

    Best comments

    1.“Watched this video while I was high and felt like I was flying above all the deserts and all the forests. And even when I was sober and asleep, I dreamt of that happiness.”

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    1. 2.“This song samples 'Let's Do It Again' by The Staple Singers, in case you were wondering.”
    2. 3.“This song reminds me of when I first met my husband in 2008. That was the most amazing summer! We're in our 30s now with two kids, but man, this song brings me right back.”

  20. 20.Polo & Pan – Coeur Croisé

    53K Likes

    3:40

    Best comments

    1.“Is France just a Wes Anderson movie?”

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    1. 2.“This wasn't even choreographed – the French just naturally do this.”
    2. 3.“There must be a sexual innuendo in here somewhere... but where?”Translated from French

  21. 21.Grimes ft. Janelle Monáe – Venus Fly

    208K Likes

    7:25

    Best comments

    1.“This collab happened because Grimes mailed Janelle Monáe a self-made drawing of a decapitated human head blasting out colors... because she was a fan.”

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    1. 2.“The fact that there's a Bubbleologist in the credits just made me like Grimes more.”
    2. 3.“Also, I want to be a Bubbleologist when I retire.”

  22. 22.Björk – Tabula Rasa

    43K Likes

    4:27

    Best comments

    1.“The video looks like a jellyfish mated with a live-action Georgia O'Keeffe painting.”

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    1. 2.“I'm quite certain he simply filmed Björk as she is, without the human filter. Beautiful.”
    2. 3.“'What genre of music do you listen to?' '...Björk.'”

  23. 23.Björk – Utopia

    101K Likes

    3:45

    Best comments

    1.“I am so glad computer-generated graphics became advanced enough to handle recreating what goes on in Björk's mind.”

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    1. 2.“This is exactly how I picture the process of digestion.”
    2. 3.“Björk songs are like the long intros to some sick metal songs... but they forgot to record the metal part.”

  24. 24.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.”

  25. 25.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*”

  26. 26.Steve Mason – Planet Sizes

    2.1K Likes

    3:51

    Best comments

    1.“So so so so so so so good. (Apologies if I under-so'ed that.)”

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    1. 2.“This is pretty much a massage for my ear and eye things.”

  27. 27.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.”

  28. 28.Animal Collective – Bluish

    13K Likes

    5:15

    Best comments

    1.“It still blows my mind that it takes that many people to make a great video like this. I've had a piece of popcorn in my teeth for three hours, and me and one piece of dental floss can't figure this shit out.”

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    1. 2.“I like how the things in the video are bluish.”
    2. 3.“Shoutout to my ex for ruining this song for me. EDIT: I've come to realize she didn't ruin it. She actually gave it so much more meaning than I understood.”

  29. 29.MGMT – Little Dark Age

    2.6M Likes

    5:11

    Best comments

    1.“It's like watching a bunch of art students celebrate Halloween on mass amounts of LSD.”

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    1. 2.“He looked so offended when she bit into that apple.”
    2. 3.“So cool to see Edward Scissorhands finally drop his debut single. Always knew he could pull it off.”

  30. 30.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.”

  31. 31.M83 – Oceans Niagara

    17K Likes

    4:29

    Best comments

    1.“Every time I listen to M83, I feel like I'm the main character.”

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    1. 2.“Heard this for the first time walking through the Atlanta airport. I was there for a job interview – my 4th time interviewing for this position – and I finally got the offer. Next thing I knew, tears were streaming down my face... but they were happy tears.”

  32. 32.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.”

  33. 33.Caroline Polachek – Ocean of Tears

    36K Likes

    3:26

    Best comments

    1.“Dressed like a pirate, but sounding like a siren luring men to their deaths. I dig it.”

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    1. 2.“Plank: walked. Timbers: shivered.”
    2. 3.“I met her on the subway once. She showed me pictures of her cat, named 'Spider' at the time.”

  34. 34.Caroline Polachek – Welcome to My Island

    82K Likes

    3:57

    Best comments

    1.“I don't know why people are having such a hard time with this video. The story is obvious: Caroline meets you in a coffee shop, you drop acid together in a box, then she turns into a manticore, says something that gives you a panic attack and chases you through a construction site trying to explain herself. To make it up to you, she invites you along on her latest museum heist. Whatever was in the jug you stole gives her a severe allergic reaction, so you take her back to your place. Then you turn into a goat, and she throws you into the sea. Very obvious three-act structure, folks. Perfectly straightforward storytelling.”

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    1. 2.“The construction workers seeing Caroline run through their site at 9 a.m.: 😐”
    2. 3.“Caroline is always on the move in her videos, but she really hoofed it for this one.”

  35. 35.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.”

  36. 36.First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining

    398K Likes

    3:51

    Best comments

    1.“How do two young women from Sweden make better country-folk music than country musicians in the U.S.? I don't care – just keep on keepin' on...”

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    1. 2.“As a multilinguist, I can't stress enough how impressive it is that not only is their English perfect, they absolutely nail a Southern U.S. accent!”
    2. 3.“My girlfriend said this song sucked. Now she's single.”

  37. 37.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.”

  38. 38.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.

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