Television music vids
15 videos · 53m · my favorites first
1.Matt Berry – Take My Hand★ favorite
14K Likes
4:21Best comments
1.“This video always makes me a bit weepy... I wish I had a better relationship with my robot son.”
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- 2.“Matt Berry, national fucking treasure. There's nothing I wouldn't watch him in. Even my wife!”
- 3.“When I first heard this, I thought it must be a classic from the 1970s. It's astonishing to find it's a wonderful, wistful original.”
2.The Dazz Band – Let It Whip★ favorite
49K Likes
2:20Best comments
1.“We were whiter than white, but Dad never missed watching Soul Train.”
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- 2.“Message to the millennials... these are your grandparents!!”
- 3.“Jheri curl juice flying everywhere, lol.”
3.Pogo – Nicey Nicey★ favorite
35K Likes
3:32Best comments
1.“Doctors should be prescribing this video as an antidepressant.”
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- 2.“Me and my best friend love this! We had no idea what the show was. I thought it was a kids' show... I was dead wrong.”
- 3.“My 3-year-old is obsessed with this song. She says, 'Mommy, play nicey nicey zoo zoo.'”
4.Pogo – Homarge★ favorite
94K Likes
3:33Best comments
1.“Depression: *exists*. Pogo: Imma ruin this man's whole career.”
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- 2.“Cute fact: the French voices of Homer and Marge are married. They met dubbing this show.”
- 3.“My wedding is tomorrow, and listening to this made me cry. We've been together 9 years, since high school... I'll gladly listen to this song again when we have our first kid. UPDATE: My baby has been born!”
5.Butthole Surfers – Pepper
166K Likes
4:11Best 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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- 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.”
- 3.“This was my dad's favorite song. Naturally, he abandoned me as a child.”
6.Warren G (Sesame Street mashup by Mylo the Cat) – Regulate
107K Likes
2:52Best comments
1.“No matter how gangster you think you are, you haven't made it until you get to Sesame Street.”
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- 2.“I love that all their bling is paperclip-based.”
- 3.“Today's Sesame Street was brought to you by the letter G... and by the numbers 2, 1 and 3!”
7.Super Furry Animals – (Drawing) Rings Around the World
443 Likes
3:26Best comments
1.“Beach Boys meets Motörhead.”
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- 2.“If all else fails, there is Wales.”
- 3.“At 3½ minutes long, why does this sound like the shortest song ever made?”
8.Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
506K Likes
2:29Best 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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- 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.”
- 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.”
9.T. Rex – Mambo Sun
3.2K Likes
3:24Best 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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- 2.“I love T. Rex – I'm only 17 – but the guy wasn't finished talking and they just started. Felt bad.”
- 3.“'Shut up talking... WE'VE PUT THE RECORD ON.'”
10.Queen – I Want to Break Free
4.2M Likes
4:32Best comments
1.“Therapist: It's impossible to fall in love with a girl who doesn't exist. Rogerina: *appears*”
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- 2.“Prince could steal your woman. Rogerina could steal your man.”
- 3.“The fact that Freddie kept his mustache while in drag is the best thing ever.”
11.Chris & Jack – The White Room
177K Likes
3:18Best comments
1.“'What's the smartest question I can ask?' 'It's that one.' *Mind blown*”
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- 2.“I love how, when listing the reasons he's going to hell, the guy says 'jaywalking' – as if that's one of the worst things a person can do.”
- 3.“I can imagine M. Night Shyamalan writing this in the 10th grade after doing bong hits with a couple of friends.”
12.Ralph Giese – Georgia on My Mind
14K Likes
2:35Best comments
1.“I love how everyone in the audience is staring in horrified fascination. It must be a timeless response.”
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- 2.“I firmly believe the mullet is half of his whistling powers. Without it, he could not perform.”
- 3.“He had me with the mullet. My legs are wide open.”
13.Genesis – Land of Confusion
195K Likes
5:29Best 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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- 2.“As a child, this video terrified me superficially. As an adult, it terrifies me substantively.”
- 3.“They didn't make a Phil Collins puppet – that's really him.”
14.Focus – Hocus Pocus
882 Likes
1:00Best 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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- 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.”
- 3.“The singer looks like he's tweaking throughout the entire clip.”
15.Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds – Situation
20K Likes
6:20Best comments
1.“This album fucks so hard I wanna leave it money on the nightstand.”
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- 2.“The world may be going to hell in a handbasket, but someone's getting pregnant to this song.”
- 3.“I went to 3 record stores and finally broke down and bought the vinyl. Now I'm pregnant.”
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