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Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Best Music Videos of All Time Watch the winning videos, including clips by Michael Jackson, Nirvana and Guns N' Roses
Last weekend, we asked our readers to vote for their favorite music videos of all time. We received an enormous number of votes, and after counting every one, we now present the results. (And remember, you did the voting; we just announce the winners — even if they are exclusively videos by male artists.)
10. Pearl Jam, 'Jeremy' (1992)
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Pearl Jam haven't made a lot of music videos — they famously refused to release any at all for the three albums that followed their massively successful debut, Ten — but the clips they did create are extremely memorable. "Jeremy," the band's best-known video, does a great job of dramatizing Eddie Vedder's lyrics, depicting the struggles of the song's troubled protagonist until the poor kid offs himself in a classroom at its conclusion.
9. Nine Inch Nails, 'Closer' (1994)
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Everything about Nine Inch Nails' "Closer," from its "I want to fuck you like an animal!" chorus to Mark Romanek's stylish yet perverse music video, runs counter to anyone's idea of mainstream entertainment, but it was a massive hit anyway. Romanek's arty, transgressive clip was instrumental to the song's success — it made Trent Reznor look sexy, cool and different from every other rock star on the planet.
8. Soundgarden, 'Black Hole Sun' (1994)
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Howard Greenhalgh's video for "Black Hole Sun," Soundgarden's biggest hit, presents the suburbs as a surreal horror zone full of grotesque housewives, creepy grandpas and demonic children. No matter how apocalyptic the imagery gets, the band members themselves play their instruments off in the distance, seemingly indifferent to the weirdness that surrounds them.
7. Foo Fighters, 'Learn to Fly' (1999)
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The Foo Fighters are best known for their silly, cheerfully ironic music videos, and "Learn to Fly" may be the best of the bunch, with the Foos acting as both themselves and several other memorable passengers. In this clip, the band is forced to land an airplane after two boneheaded mechanics, played by Tenacious D's Jack Black and Kyle Gass, attempt to smuggle a sleeping drug in the flight's coffee supply.
6. Fatboy Slim, 'Weapon of Choice' (2000)
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Spike Jonze has made some of the most famous videos of all time — he's responsible for the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" and Daft Punk's "Da Funk," just to name a few — but his clip for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" gets to the essence of his playful spirit. The video is simply four minutes of Christopher Walken dancing around a hotel in a suit. It might not be that impressive on a conceptual level, but Walken's performance is mesmerizing and unforgettable.
5. Guns N' Roses, 'November Rain' (1992)
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Andy Morahan's video for Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" is just as epic and cinematic as the song itself. It's an expensive, lavishly produced clip, but every penny spent was worth it, as it remains the band's greatest achievement in the medium. Who can ever forget the wedding scene, or the image of Slash wailing away on his guitar outside a chapel?
4. a-ha, 'Take on Me' (1985)
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With its imaginative high concept and stylish mix of live action and rotoscoped pencil animation, Steve Barron's video for a-ha's "Take on Me" is one of the most iconic clips of the Eighties. Barron also made Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing," the Human League's "Don't You Want Me," Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" and Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," making him one of the most influential video directors of all time.
3. Nirvana, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' (1991)
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Samuel Bayer's music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was just as radical and widely imitated as Nirvana's song itself. The clip pretty much invented the visual lexicon of grunge, with a bunch of dudes in ratty clothing wilding out at what appears to be a pep rally for a high school full of burnouts and gutter punks. After years of glossy pretty-boy rockers and video vixens, Bayer and Nirvana came out of nowhere to give a brand-new look to mainstream rock music.
2. Peter Gabriel, 'Sledgehammer' (1986)
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Stephen R. Johnson's 1986 clip for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" was considered a groundbreaking video upon its release for its innovative use of claymation, pixilation and stop-motion animation. But today, long after digital technologies have made this once cutting-edge video look relatively quaint, it's still impressive for its goofy, surreal sense of humor.
1. Michael Jackson, 'Thriller' (1983)
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John Landis' 1983 short film for the title song from Michael Jackson's record-setting album is so iconic and influential that it's not exactly a surprise that it won this poll by a landslide. So much more than a promo clip for a song, this mini-movie practically invented the notion of the music video as a major cultural event, and it opened up a world of possibilities for the medium that artists are still exploring today.
Re: Rolling Stone Readers Pick GnR in 10 Best Music Videos of All Time
I guess Axl can pat himself on the back. All of the shit he caught from the band, the label, critics over that video back in the day, yet in 2011 it's remembered as one of the great rock video moments ever.
My favorite GN'R video was always You Could Be Mine. Then again the 1991/UYI-studio band is the definitive Guns N' Roses for me.
And btw, I always HATED the Black Hole Sun video.
- tejastech08
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Re: Rolling Stone Readers Pick GnR in 10 Best Music Videos of All Time
Then again the 1991/UYI-studio band is the definitive Guns N' Roses for me.
Fuck Matt. 
- tejastech08
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Re: Rolling Stone Readers Pick GnR in 10 Best Music Videos of All Time
And he still can play drums better than Steven.
Adler is a headcase of epic proportions and has physically damaged his own musical ability. That kind of destroys the comparison at the moment if you ask me. But as far as recorded GN'R material goes, I'll take Adler's drumming on AFD over Sorum's drumming on UYI.
Re: Rolling Stone Readers Pick GnR in 10 Best Music Videos of All Time
Civil War is the last true GnR song
but would Steven have been able to put together that brilliant YCBM intro? or play Coma or Estranged?
tbh the drums are a nominal part of the picture on the early albums save for one or two nices touches such as the cowbell or the YCBM intro. it was only with CD GnR had drummers really having an influence in the songs.. Steven had much, much better hair than Matt.
