Pitchfork names the Best Videos of the 1990s

Posted by aubin on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 1:00 PM (EDT)

Pitchfork has posted their list of the 50 best videos of the 90s. The list includes videos from Sonic Youth, Frank Black, A Tribe Called Quest, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Blur, Yo La Tengo, Beastie Boys and Weezer. Thankfully, each number also includes an embedded copy of the video in question as well.

Check out the list here.

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Cheesetits (August 25, 2010)

That Aphex Twin video still freaks me out.

shark-e (August 25, 2010)

Eh, whatever.

totalbummer (August 25, 2010)

Where's Pam & Tommy Lee?

you_are_a_loser (August 25, 2010)

You'd figure someone posted a list like this in the beginning of the 2000s or late 1990s? Someone dropped the ball.

rebelarms (August 25, 2010)

well, it would have been impossible. youtube didnt even launch until '05.

Marizo (August 25, 2010)

California by Wax should have definitely been on there, but I agree with every selection

Lysdexia (August 25, 2010)

How many Spike Jonze videos do you want up there? Seriously, just scanning the list, there's tons. That video does rule, though.

d_boons_ghost (August 25, 2010)

Oh man, Wax are seriously underrated.

Bob_Ice (August 25, 2010)

I'm not going to look at this but if that video isn't on it then the list is shit as expected.

chadreligion (August 25, 2010)

YEAH, NICE ONE PUNKNEWS.....
I sent in the link about A Lull's newest video that is available on fucking PITCHFORK TV, but you would rather put shit that appeals to the masses..... Sometimes, Punknews, your like a shitty girlfriend that I'm trying to figure out why I still stick around.

Just start cutting and pasting all the headlines from NME.com, why don't you? Fuckers.

Dante3000 (rich) (August 25, 2010)

I'd imagine it's because most women won't put up with your crotch rot or general inability to hold down a job. My mom told me you were worthless. I can't believe I almost co-signed a car for you.

chadreligion (August 25, 2010)

hahahaaahahaha
ok, now that bad taste in my mouth suddenly went away....

dickscraper (August 25, 2010)

maybe they didn't post it because a lull is a band with a raging perv as one of their members.

drunkwithpower (August 25, 2010)

Where's the Guns N Roses? Estranged and November Rain had killer videos. Fuck this list.

JeremyS (August 25, 2010)

Favorite Music Videos from the past 5 years
GO!

The Weakerthans - "Sun in an Empty Room"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u75nHvSvxO8

Marizo (August 25, 2010)

Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZgwW-RzD30

rebelarms (August 25, 2010)

SFH - two cups of tea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAqRHaQxStU

Half_Idiot (August 25, 2010)

No Age - Losing Feeling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx_Cfo9nT34

I don't have time to really think on it too hard but that's the first one that pops into my head.

ExtraCheesePizza (August 25, 2010)

The Low Budgets - "Wipe My Ass With The World"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVs5KCxdQs0

mike_killroad (August 25, 2010)

Black Keys- Tighten Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpaPBCBjSVc

JayTee (August 25, 2010)

Off With Their Heads - "Fuck This, I'm Out"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fI17_xnxTk

twstdbydsn (August 25, 2010)

The Bronx - History's Stranglers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVcEdEC-Bo

quickattack (August 26, 2010)

Such an awesome video

Half_Idiot (August 25, 2010)

Duuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrr, Pitchfork is only for the hipsters and new jack Gaslight Anthem fans

Dante3000 (rich) (August 25, 2010)

I'm guessing the videos are a bit as follows:
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Weezer - Buddy holly
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Nine inch Nails - closer
Blur - Coffee and TV

Maybe I'm wrong (I haven't checked) but that seems like the safe bet. Not that they aren't great videos but I do feel a bit like an old man who's always, "Back in my day Nine Inch Nails knew how to make real music videos! Not this Justin Bieber crap you see today!"

d_boons_ghost (August 25, 2010)

I read the list a few days ago when it was posted. Swap "Tonight Tonight" for "1979" and you're dead on.

brandonsideleau (August 25, 2010)

No Bad Religion & No Rollins Band= No Dice.

imaginary_annie (August 25, 2010)

Do Bad Religion have any really good videos though? Don't get me wrong, I love Bad Religion but their videos usually kind of miss the mark...

smelltheglove (August 25, 2010)

Struck a Nerve was pretty alright

Half_Idiot (August 25, 2010)

But really... I've never seen the "Dirty Boots" video before so that's cool, I completely forgot about that Busta Rhymes "Put Your Hands..." video that looked like it was straight out of a Joel Schumacher Batman... hell, a decent chunk of it is bringing me back to grammar school and pre-punk radio.

ExtraCheesePizza (August 25, 2010)

My two favorite videos from the 90's that (kinda deservedly so) didn't make the list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqaF0ceE36I

http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=juok0UHF7YM

rebelarms (August 25, 2010)

one of the best from the 90's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbEge4BQQU

ExtraCheesePizza (August 25, 2010)

Spike Jonze rules. I'm kinda surprised more of his didn't make the list.

drawing_dead (August 25, 2010)

i hate how a lot of punk bands cant afford to make a decent music videos. the music video is great artform for the artist to show off another form of creativity and add the their. i know a lot of punk band make music videos but how often can you see the same video of "band on stage in a pack club" or "band in room full of posters."

drunkwithpower (August 25, 2010)

Music videos are meant to promote an album, if there's no tv station to show them on and no one is going to see it then there's no point in wasting money on it.

Dedricthere (August 25, 2010)

Exactly. Or "this" for you nerds.

drawing_dead (August 25, 2010)

that is true music videos are meant to promote releases and your right that it could be considered a waste of money but i still stand by my point that it is another creative outlet for a band through a visual format and not just audio. kind of like how album artwork is another creative outlet. and it is terrible in the age of downloading and sharing itunes album artwork seems to be a dying artform too. Yes the music is the important product but i enjoy to see how bands also express themselves and their ideas in other forms as well

jacknife737 (August 25, 2010)

Although, i'd argue that youtube/myspace will give a video more promotion, that it ever would have had, even during the prime of mtv.

Dedricthere (August 26, 2010)

Hells no.

ZachLeg (August 25, 2010)

"band on stage in a pack club" or "band in room full of posters."

add a negative color scheme and you described most Rancid videos

smelltheglove (August 25, 2010)

I didn't bother looking at this, but if the number one video isn't "Gimme Some More" by Busta Rhymes, then it's wrong.

xfallenx (August 25, 2010)

what? no Weird Al video??

xfallenx (August 25, 2010)

and where's Time Bomb? and Walking Contradiction?

mike_killroad (August 25, 2010)

Nine Inch Nails- Perfect drug

The best music video in my opinion, so fucking haunting.

24hourpriapism (August 25, 2010)

i love that video, but romanek lifted a lot of it from Bram Stoker's Dracula.

24hourpriapism (August 25, 2010)

nuthin but a g thang deserves top 10 status. it defined an entire generation of rap for fuck's sake! well, maybe that and straight outta compton. but i believe straight outta compton was late 80's.

thegimper (August 25, 2010)

No Reel Big Fish "Sell Out?" NO SALE!

ZachLeg (August 25, 2010)

I was expected to see Basket Case on there. Sublime had a few good music videos too

ZachLeg (August 25, 2010)

expecting

nickvicious (August 25, 2010)

Pitchfork sucks. Serious f'n music snobs.

mill83 (August 25, 2010)

Buddy Holly #2?! That's not even the third best Spike Jonze video, much less the second-best video of a decade.

pitchforkwriter (August 25, 2010)

Stoked.