Top 50 Music Videos Of 2005
Hey - we have a Top 50 music videos for 2006 up and running you might wanna check that out as well...
1. Aphex Twin - Rubber Johnny
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2. The Knife - You Take My Breath Away
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3. Jason Forrest - War Photographer
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4. The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine…
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5. Stephen Malkmus - Baby C'mon
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6. Superwolf- I Gave You
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7. Brendan Benson- Cold Hands, Warm Heart
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8. Gorillaz- Dare
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9. Beck- Hell Yes
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10. Decemberists- 16 Military Wives
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11. Jenny Wilson- Summertime - the roughest time
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12. The Planets- Moving Along
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13. Arcade Fire- Laika
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14. Jose Gonzalez- Stay In The Shade
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15. Animal Collective- Leaf House
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16. Thomas Dybdahl- If We Want It - It's Right
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17. Smog- Rock Bottom Riser
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18. Röyksopp- What Else Is There ?
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19. Tom vek- Nothing But Green Lights
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20. Antony And The Johnsons- You Are my Sister
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21. The White Stripes- The Denial Twist
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22. Interpol- Evil
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23. M83- Don't Save Us From the Flames
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24. The Magic Numbers- Forever Lost
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25. Plan B- No Good
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26. Gorillaz- Dirty Harry
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27. Oasis- Let There be Love
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28. Sigur Rós- Glósóli
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29. Tiger Lou- The Loyal
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30. LCD Soundsystem- Tribulations
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31. Kashmir- The Curse of being a Girl
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32. Wolf Parade - Shine A Light
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33. The National - Lit Up
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34. Pelle carlberg - Riverbank
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35. Roisin Murphy - Sow In To You
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36. Gravenhurst - Fires In Distant Buildings
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37. Cocorosie - Noah's Ark
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38. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Loop Duplicate My Heart
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39. Supergrass - Low C
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40. The Earlies - Morning Wonder
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41. John Vanderslice - Exodus Damage
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42. Shout Out Louds - The Comback
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43. Xiu Xiu - Pox
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44. Bright Eyes - Gold Mine Gutted
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45. The Kills - The Good Ones
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46. Editors - Blood
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47. Joseph Arthur - Even Tho
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48. The Strokes - Juice Box
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49. Devendra Banhart - Heard Somebody Say
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50. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
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1. Aphex Twin - Rubber Johnny
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2. The Knife - You Take My Breath Away
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3. Jason Forrest - War Photographer
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4. The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine…
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5. Stephen Malkmus - Baby C'mon
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6. Superwolf- I Gave You
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7. Brendan Benson- Cold Hands, Warm Heart
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8. Gorillaz- Dare
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9. Beck- Hell Yes
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10. Decemberists- 16 Military Wives
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11. Jenny Wilson- Summertime - the roughest time
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12. The Planets- Moving Along
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13. Arcade Fire- Laika
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14. Jose Gonzalez- Stay In The Shade
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it (.mov)
15. Animal Collective- Leaf House
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16. Thomas Dybdahl- If We Want It - It's Right
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17. Smog- Rock Bottom Riser
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18. Röyksopp- What Else Is There ?
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19. Tom vek- Nothing But Green Lights
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20. Antony And The Johnsons- You Are my Sister
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21. The White Stripes- The Denial Twist
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22. Interpol- Evil
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23. M83- Don't Save Us From the Flames
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24. The Magic Numbers- Forever Lost
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25. Plan B- No Good
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26. Gorillaz- Dirty Harry
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27. Oasis- Let There be Love
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28. Sigur Rós- Glósóli
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29. Tiger Lou- The Loyal
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30. LCD Soundsystem- Tribulations
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31. Kashmir- The Curse of being a Girl
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32. Wolf Parade - Shine A Light
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33. The National - Lit Up
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34. Pelle carlberg - Riverbank
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35. Roisin Murphy - Sow In To You
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36. Gravenhurst - Fires In Distant Buildings
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37. Cocorosie - Noah's Ark
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38. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Loop Duplicate My Heart
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39. Supergrass - Low C
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40. The Earlies - Morning Wonder
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41. John Vanderslice - Exodus Damage
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42. Shout Out Louds - The Comback
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43. Xiu Xiu - Pox
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44. Bright Eyes - Gold Mine Gutted
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45. The Kills - The Good Ones
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46. Editors - Blood
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47. Joseph Arthur - Even Tho
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48. The Strokes - Juice Box
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49. Devendra Banhart - Heard Somebody Say
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50. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
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posted by Thomas Christensen at 20:35
238 Comments:
well collected!!! (this must be the first "comment" posted at this blog ever - should be rewarded, somehow ...)
Very nice collection there, thomasrockstar. Well thought out and done with love, no doubt. Cheers to you.
very nicely gathered. hope to see you o'er there...
though some credit (or at least a link) to ol' antville wouldn't hurt round here...
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A million thanks for putting this up. I was turned on to vids I never saw before.
Thanks for the great post! I'm currently watching...a gazillion of these music videos. Dammit, Internet, go faster...
No TOOL what a shame. Nice list otherwise.
tool didn't have an album to make videos from you retard
need...tool...and weed...tool and weed. UP THE WEED!!!
you forgot Bloc Party's 'Helicopter' video!!
nice list otherwise :)
I love this list and learned about a lot of videos I didn't know were made or have never seen linked on other blogs. I think the Easy/Lucky/Free video is a much cooler video than Gold Mine Gutted. But hey. To each his own.
well, just for the personal question of choice I would have brought Maximo Park a bit futher up.. But after all, you did a pretty good job. It's rare you found such a good collection of brilliant visuals plus good music theses days.
cheers.
Interpol's Evil was great, but OK Go should be on the list. I'm just gonna guess you didn't see it.
hey great list! gives me a chance to have a look around other mv's i've missed. but i was kinda disappointed not to see Beck's "Girl" mv on the list. cuz i really liked the idea of the Mad Magazine-inspired fold-ins. but oh well cool stuff!
Nice going. How about some super furry magic? http://theonenetwork.com/music_videos/super_furry_animals/2097/the_international_language_of_screaming_300.html
nice selection, and i know some really great ones must be left out, but i think Jack Johnson's Sitting Waiting Wishing video is a really fun piece of great video.
What about Regina Spector's "US"
I couldn't bear to watch much of that Rubber Johnny video, what was that thing?
Very nice job !!
what about this fella:
http://www.coughcoughing.com/
no no no .. the best videos online are at http://www.uvtv.info .. although I admit these are OK lol
Great collection mate!
Great list there, I'd like to add Four Tet's Smile Around the Face to those though.
Single Frame's "Exact Copy" is good too.
http://superalright.com/work/movs/exactCopy_Large.html
rosin murphy is a 3rd tier person with good taste in other people's music and style
Great list of videos here!
Well done! Only one omission that I can see (Death Cab for Cutie- make sure you go and see them when they play KBH, as it should be AMAZING...) do you realised you wer linked on XFM in London?
Brilliant list. Well thought out collection, pretty diverse and beautiful presentation.. you're good at this mate.
What about Regina Spector's "US"
I second that.
INTERESANTE, ES BUENO DESCUBRIR ALGO NUEVO, GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR EL MEJOR DE LOS RUIDOS, LA MUSICA.
LOLA DE ARGENTINA
Great list, fella. I had no idea that Wolf Parade had a vid for Shine A Light! That's what living in the UK does for you. I'd say that Lit Up by The National was my favourite. Something about those visuals that go so well with the music. Where was Disco Infiltrator by LCD Soundsystem though? Such an underrated video.
Keep the faith,
James
I don't know any of these songs.
I Gave You is by Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney from the album entitled Superwolf.
Great collection. Has anyone seen the vidso for OKGO-Million Ways? I can't explain it, but you have to see it.
Great selection thanks, commented on the story @ my own blog
http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/30/the-50-best-music-videos-of-2005/
Great selection thanks, commented on the story @ my own blog
http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/30/the-50-best-music-videos-of-2005/
well, nice job thanks
Check out your links, one video I downloaded was pr0n, the file is called Mr Hands.
Good selection otherwise !
Gorillaz always make fenomenal vids!
The Best, without any doubt is John Vanderslice... just the best, great video, great song, and great LP.
John, thanks, you have a new fan in spain.
i was definitely looking for "Plan B - (No Good)", and glad that it was in there.
thanks for posting this list up.
'twincam'.
Rubber Jhonny is AWESOME
nice list! altho, that Animal Collective video is from their album a couple years back.
Bright Eyes are from my home town!! Saddle Creek records, woohoo!
the unofficial video for Jed's Other Poem by Granddaddy is magnificent. I think it's this year.
http://www.stewdio.org/jed/
No no that Grandaddy video is old...but yeah it's cool!
NONE OF THESE ARE RAP!!!
25. Plan B- No Good is RAP
The Cardigans URL is incorrect. This one should work:
http://www.stopost.se/backnet/upload/files/cardigansineedsomefinewine.mov
12. The Planets - Moving Along is rap also
No TOOL!? The Tool videos are a lot better than most of these... too bad. Not a bad collection tho.
Jessica Simpson - These Boots Are Made for Walking
this has got to be the stupidest list of Top 50 Music Videos of 2005. If you're gonna make a list you might as well include different genre. Wtf is this. I only know like 1 of the artists in the whole entire list. Geez. MTV's best music video would probably not even include any of these songs.
the title of that bright eyes song is "easy/lucky/free" - also, that's not the real video for the song, lol. where did you get that?
also, to anon - just b/c you don't know the artists doesn't mean they aren't good. retard.
oh, and weezer "perfect situation" belongs here.
www.jcbsong.co.uk
How could that not be on there... awesome track and fantastic video.
someone obviously doesnt watch MTV
and btw, where in the hell did you find all these songs? i havent heard of any of them. its very sad youre biased against rap. its blatantly apparent
take more into consideration next time , moron
wtf?! Decemberists- 16 Military Wives, is like an exact copy (sans the use of Futura font) as Wes Andersons "RUSHMORE". idk, seems mighty ripped off...in a bad way.
hey nice bands and songs. these are awesome. most top 50 list's for music involve some talentless jungle jump are random spanish sexual inuendoes but this list has some honor and decency. Keep up the good work. ALL HEIL INDIE (the anti emo)
it's great you are sharing some unknown artist to the public. otherwise, i also am a fan of the indie genre the music had thought not songs about girls drugs and pot dont follow mtv or the rap crap that has no meaning. i knew a lot of bands and it is cool what you are doing. not only did you list the songs but you left links too. hope to see a list in the end of 2006. indie is coolios! bye for now.
One time I was surfing the internet and saw a picture of two guys kissing. Until I saw this list, that was the gayest thing I had ever seen.
"One time I was surfing the internet and saw a picture of two guys kissing. Until I saw this list, that was the gayest thing I had ever seen." is a hilarious comment. I only wish it was used on something that actually sucked.
This list is awesome.
this list sucks.. where are good charlotte and all the other rockers like simple plan???????
Very nice.
Glad to see some nice indie stuff. Thanks for posting these! I'm loving it!
Tomem no cu seus americanos chupadores de rola!
What a horrible collection. It's obvious who made this list, the same guy that threatened to blow up my school last year.
they had pretty good stuff but how could you miss Feel Good Inc. man!! or Clint Eastwood!!
axwell, feel the vibe
great clip, not on the list?
would have liked to see some bad religion
p.s. you got on ebaumsworld.com
Phenominal list. Along with great videos, the music here is stellar. So much stuff I've never heard before but has in the last half hour made it to my playlist. I'll be waiting in Dec 2006....
I enjoyed your list but I think that I enjoyed the posts more. I especially like the ones where people complained about not knowing the artists/songs. I don't think that they read the title which is "top 50 best music videos of 2005". music videos. videos.
again, nice selection.
i love how everyone keeps talking about how mtv has better videos or there arent any songs that would be on mtv....see, thats because MTV SUCKS. most of the bands they show are overrated and dont even care about the videos, they just want to make it and pick up their paychecks. i dont know all the bands on here but i plan on watching the videos and im sure there are some videos that arent on here that should be, but please, dont compare mtv to any of this.
i thought the 'glosoli' video clip was the best of 2005. :) with bob sinclar's love generation not far behind.
isnt the Bright Eyes song Easy, Lucky, Free or am i halluncinating
but bright eyes is the best band ever, then interpol, who is also on the list but i have to say gorillaz is pretty gnarly stuff too
boards of canada as well
rap has destroyed everything beautiful about music. It sure takes some "talent" to make things rhyme. You cares about ryhming, make some fucking sense. tBy the way, I totally agree with aphex twin at the top of the list. Great list.
People like Jon above make me feel so much better about myself. I'm glad I'm not a clone. The list was awesome you showed me a bunch of new stuff and have a happy new years.
Top 50 accoridng to who?
according to the number 1 music blog in the world...
Oh my lord.
Not insulting your intelligence, but what the hell does anyone care what you personally think the top 50 videos are???
First of all, About 50 of those videos suck, both graphically and the choreography suck. And as far as the animated ones go, if you're gonna use cartoons to display your so called "art" draw the animations frames your own dumb self. And another 50 (guess which) of those videos are also, ironically, crappy songs.
Second issue I have. This is a blog. Every once in a while, I wander off to a crappy website, see the bullshit, notice random idiots praising some jobless asshole with comments like "nice cumpilation m8 =D lol XoX" I mean honestly, you're probably never gonna see that loser with horrible taste that walks around 5th street with a 25$ Mocchaccino Latte Frappe and an IPod Nano wearing what he believes is metrosexual streetwear and believes in his own visions of inspiration. Seriously, take a second, look at yourself, stab your eyes out with your 34$ pencil and get a real hobby.
Blogs are by-far the most overrated waste of internet bandwidth and CNN is really really pushing it, same with NBC news and FOX news. enough abotu my hate for blogs, I'm gonna use the best waste of internet bandwidth out there, FREE INTERNET PORN. I'm out
all you have to do is check out metacritic.com to tell you how hot this s**t is. At least half the bands on this list hit critical acclaim status by most critics' standards. If you've never heard of these bands before, you're watching too much MTV (the McDonald's of mainstream music) and letting phillistine consumerism get in the way of actually aquiring good taste in music. Granted, this list is particularly indie-friendly, but SO what.
all you have to do is check out metacritic.com to tell you how hot this s**t is. At least half the bands on this list hit critical acclaim status by most critics' standards. If you've never heard of these bands before, you're watching too much MTV (the McDonald's of mainstream music) and letting phillistine consumerism get in the way of actually aquiring good taste in music. This list is particularly indie-friendly, but obviously he's going to choose music he likes, not just to be inclusive of different genres.
If this isn't rap then what is?
The Planets- Moving Along
also No Good by Plan B is rap
and I suppose Hell Yes (Beck) counts as well, hell there's even some in Feel Good Inc and Dirty Harry.
also everybody care less. This is just one person's opinion of what some good videos this year are, nobody's forcing you to watch them. also I don't see what posting long insulting rants is going to do to solve anything
I like how one of the posts above was a rant on how he/she thinks blogging is a waste of time and waste of the internet.... yet that was the longest post here. Good one, you sure proved your point.
I liked the list. Very different and versitle. For people who are crying about no MTV and Good Charolote.... please spare yourself some time. OBVIOUSLY, this list is of personal oppinion. Yours is not needed. And in addition, Good Charolote sucks, we dont need anymore sell outs. And with regards to the "biased towards rap music," it seems to me that you are the one biased towards everything else. Rap videos are all the same and not creative. This list is for artisits who have compiled an original.
ANYWAYS...
high five to the list maker(s). very well thought out.
Overall a great list and a very nice setup.
All of you who enjoy this music join the flock at www.woxy.com (if your not already listening)
And are the majority of rap videos currently artistic? They include women and money. Hip-Hop is at a loss since it used to be a new form of expression not cliche MTV garbage.
Although some Kanye and Dangerdoom would have been nice on the list. I also enjoyed some of Pharrell's collaborative videos this year.
very nice collection...good job
very kick ass page!
Great page! Thanks so much. I only watched the first one and it is out of this world. Now I'm starting to read the rants above my comment...
Hey it's the guy who didn't ike this idiotic blog again.
If a band is unknown to most, by this I do not mean none of the bands on here are unknown to me, I mean a few of them you will never hear of ever again, thus, if they are the "best of 2005" I should have heard about them, not by means of MTV or whatnot, for I do not watch that garbage, but more by the radio, I listen to the radio constantly at work, and agreed, radio does push the so-called MTV music, but not all the stations do. And as far as that pumpous blowhard saying I was suppressed by the god of consumerism, he's mad because he's one of those losers that walks downtown, dressed like a fashion critique, sipping of Starbucks with an IPod stuck way up his ass with music he only listens to because he believes it is good. Good music is music that makes you move, rock hard, makes you wanna go nuts. Not music that makes you think "What the hell does he mean?" followed by very unoriginal instrumental background noises they call music.
You can say I'm not open minded enough, whatever, it's not like I didn't just give these 50 crapfests a chance, believe me I did. But honestly, this was a great year for Rock and Metal music too. Come on, System of a Down took out 2 albums, something you don't see every year. And both those albums rocked on. they deserve at least one spot on there, not my personnal opinion, the opinion of logic where "Cocorosie = Crap" and "SoaD = fun to listen to"
I'm mostly a hard rocker, mostly. But I do listen to some hip-hop, rap, urban, reggae and a lot of classical. But bands without a category for what they play is just bad listening and very boring, meaningless music.
Same applies with U2's latest filthfest. I don't know why they had such a hit with HTDAAB. I know most of you douches believe in Bono and what he claims to stand for. but he is just a petty idiot who tries to get global attention by acting as if he actually gave a rat's shit about the people and kids in poor assed countries that all give each other aids because they're too stupid to know better than to, oh I don't know, not have sex? You have no food, no money, barely a house to live in, hey let's have sex, I'll get pregnant, then maybe the christian's Children's fund will sponsor my baby, who will die either way so I can eat food. If Bono really did care about the poor he'dd do something better than make us feel bad for his greediness. "Crumbs off the table" or whatever the song is called is the apex of hypocrisy. He's got millions to give to help those poor bastards, but instead of investing his own money, he tries to get his >70 IQ fans to give their money instead.
That being said....I oughta start the blog to end all blogs, full of anger, logic and reason, and the fact that I hate blogs, no one would be allowed to reply or e-mail me anything, all you can do is read and understand that blogs are a waste of time and internet space, as well as porn but at least someone's making a living on the other end.
And as far as "I have the longest reply here". that was the point. I wanted to get noticed, and I'm glad I did.
If you're gonna make a "best of 2005" list, have a continental-wide survey, have a list of all the videos that came out, get everyone to write in their 50 favorites and then tell me how many of those make it on to that top 50 after averaging the scores and actually getting a top 50.
And since when is someone who doesn't like your musicless music, instantly considered a Good Charlotte fan? I barely know who they are, but I know they are what MTV wants to make mainstream for angry little kids who look up to punk stars that are actually through and through POP.
Well well - I'm one of the founders of this blog and off course get highly offended by your comment. But one can only wonder why you wan't to empty yourself in such a super super lame way. Docopenhagen is a blog about independent music - the list is one of my co-founders personal oppinion. We love our blog, love the great attention and love all the great comments, even yours - and that even if you can't afford an Ipod...!
I love the term independant music. Even though in there is Beck, Arcade Fire, The Cardigans, Gorillaz, Oasis...Come on and tell me those are all independant. It's basically just bad songs with bad videos of 2005 that no one likes, except us because we're different and we see the music for what it is. But no, you don't.
I believe everyone deserves a chance in the music industry, which is basically what independant music is supposed to be, people who want to break through, kinda like all the big bands/artists we know now, not referring to teenage popstars & rock icons, just big names of artists with talent like Ted Nugent, Elton John, Queen. Those aren't my personnal favorites, they are just good artists that broke through and became famous. The music posted up there, I exaggerated, some songs are good, but most of them absolutely do NOT deserve a spot on the top 50 best and that's for sure, maybe the title "My 50 favourite videos of 2005" would have been more appropriate.
I still hate the whole blog thing, but that's just because people actually do care what people type, although you never ever will meet any of the people that actually like blogging, simply because it's just weird/creepy to meet someone you "met" on the internet.
i think i see... nipples!
ahahahaha her tits pop out near the end of Kashmir-The Curse of being a Girl... nice!
:P
yeah a few of the vids on here are good, but a lot of them are just rock songs who just want play off of people who want to seem like they listen to music that's special because it's not mainstream. I hate most mainstream stuff myself but I know not all stuff that isn't isn't good and some mainstream stuff can be good. For those downing rap nowadays there isn't much good stuff out there now because most rappers are trying to restore rap to its former glory when they do nothing but destroy is. This doesn't mean that all rap sucks though. There are plenty of good rappers including Mos Def and Talib Kweli and there have been many good rappers in the past so dont generalize. There are a few videos here that have rap in them.
Why must everyone try to understand (judge?) the taste of others? Why can't you all just watch and comment on what you like or not, instead of calling the blog owner this or that, or considering you own taste "common sense"? We are individuals, for hell's sake.
Jeez.
Oh, and Batmanners, that "more appropriate title" line just took out all credit your comment still had. Whatever anyone, blog or magazine or specialist, calls "top 50" or "best of", it will ALWAYS be the author's opinion. If we were to act according to you, every single sentence would start with "I think that..." or "According to XYZ,..."
nice selection!! congrats!! but you have a video of Gravenhurst with other name and the real name of that clip is The Velvet Cell...
Greetings from Can-Cun, México
Thanks for doing this! I looked at the Kashmir video. Never heard of them.
Now I can't stop listening to them. I even went to store today and bought their CD. Seriously, their music is the only thing that is actually getting me through this dreary holiday season cuz I'm stuck working here in NYC.
Their song Aftermath is my favorite. Anyway, thanks for turning me onto Kashmir. I realize I sound insane or maybe I am trying to promote this band. I'm not.
Take care video man.
Great job with collecting these vids. Good selection.
Thanks.
nice one! *bookmarks*
i guess you just need to watch videos like these no make you feel better so much better about things..thans for the wonderful videos
I believe all you whiners about the choice in music have neglected to read the title.
"Top 50 MUSIC VIDEOS of 2005"
not...
"Top 50 SONGS of 2005"
Batmanners is this you speeking danish?
http://www.dr.dk/dolph/asx/uds9/200b.asx
Most people who read this blog agree that popular music isn't necessarily good music. But some of those same people go so far as believing that popular music inherently can't be good music, or that underground music is inherently good music. Anti-fashion has grown into a fashion. Give popular music a chance (yes, even rap) just as you would underground music (yes, even rap). It just makes you seem like pompous tryhards, which isn't exactly better than the mindless drones you like to target. Buying a t-shirt at a show doesn't make you a better person than a person who buys a t-shirt from hottopic. Again, this is for the select few.
The future of music videos: http://www.theunseenvideo.com
Too many angry people.
Juicebox should definetly have a higher spot, what a great song. Another suggestion would be increible Bright Eyes video At the Bottom of everything, and personally I think rubber johnny is more about the character thing than the music, and to all who say they dont recognize any of the music on here, open up your ears a bit and try something else than the top 40 chart.
Thank you, I enjoyed the collection won't hear much of this on radio in Md.
Im my humble yet observant and always right & iliterate opinion, all of these videos a GREAT because all of these songs are WEAK! Theyre a nice background for someone else (directors/video artists) to do their art over the top of but they would be dull as poop on my headphones staring out the bus window.. ITs like Tangerine Dream in Riskey Business. that was great, perfect soundtrack stuff but a fuckin snooze on its own.
Here in Seattle theres a jackass program director morning show masterbator named John Richards who more or less plays all of these songs every morning (without the entertaining videos) & forces me to listen to cassettes on the way to work because i dont want to fall asleep and miss my stop.
great videos.
good "soundtrack"
boring bands.
-Lance Bungczeck
It's a very cool list :)
Thank you! :)
you might like this video too.
http://www.youtube.com/?v=kiO0queh3EA
.. crappy band, good video.
Wow that was a constructive comment!
Its not a list of good bands its a list of good videos.
Why don't you do one that we can all not read/understand and then disrespect!
Nice list man.
great list guys; i hadn't had the fortune of seeing a lot of these videos, so thanks. chris cunningham continues to blow my mind.
Aphex Twins has the best videos. Rubber Johnny is just another one.
Check out Windowlicker.
What about Shakira?
great list!!!
advise everyone to check out 'Mad Action - "Smile" ' . absolutely awesome...
good work :-)
Yeah, it's not that the guy is biased against rap, it's just that this is about GOOD VIDEOS. And every rap video happens to consist of the exact same load of trite debauchary that we've been seeing now for the past 10 years in the genre.
Aren't blogs supposed to be about personal opinions and freedom of speech? I don't understand why all the criticism, it's not like you have been forced to see the page or to accept the contents. I just thank the author for all the work he had just to share this with the world :)
Nice list.
To those who whine about the lack of rap videos in here, here comes my racist speech:
YOU MONKEYS GO BACK TO THE JUNGLE TO LISTEN TO YOUR TRIBAL RYTHMS.
Thank you.
To all who say the music sucks:
Noice the title of the page says "Top 50 Music Videos Of 2005"
And I must agree, it's better than watching an ugly, bulky, muscley, sweaty, talentless black man "rhyme" while sounding as though he's choking on a cock.
Thank you.
I'm pretty sure I've seen most of these videos on MTV or one of it's offspring. So yes MTV plays a lot of crap, but they also play good stuff, all you have to do is look past the bs, all big bands start out small and some have to oppertunity to make a buck and live their lifes doing what they do...the ones everyone are so against still produce some good stuff sometimes even though it may not be that groundbreaking, which a lot of these are. So what am i trying to say you ask? music is everywhere, keep your ears open to everything. and about the rap comment, there is plenty of good hip hop out there, many of which get very little play, and it is a shame that many didnt make it onto this list, but it's only persons view point, and you know what it's a pretty decent list. so thanks.
I love the list. I can't say I completely agree with the order but the 50 seems pretty solid.
And who cares about what these MTV fanboys are saying. Let some people listen to some decent mainstream-indie bands instead of the mindless stuff on MTV.
Though the Gold Mine Gutted video is actually linked to Easy/Lucky/Free but, eh, what can you do? :)
Nizlopi's JCB song should be on it too...
http://www.jcbsong.co.uk/jcbvideo.asp
Thanks immensely for taking the time to put this whole thing together. With MTV officially admitting that they don't play music videos anymore, and with Fuse soon to follow, where else can a music video fan turn to?
me no have cable.
me don't have chance to see many videos.
me happy to see these.
People are not happy - DIY a website with your selection or you fuck off. thank you. !
DoCopenhagen done good work. :)
Wow. Talk about a tough crowd.
First, I love the freedom of expression exercised on this blog, but always there is a bit of hate and ignorance in the mix. Regardless, I love the videos that are here and I thank the sites creator for posting them for the world to see. Here is my POV on the nonsense posted.
Yes, MTV sucks and rap rules on MTV because it sells. Network penny pinchers follow popular trends, and they don't give a crap if you like it or not. Joe & Suzy butt kiss love the crap that airs on that channel and that's what really matters to suits.
If you hate rap why hate black people? Not all rap sucks like the corporate crap of today, but why come down on an entire race because you hate rap. Not all black people listen rap. I know because I'm black. SURPRISE! Some of today's rap is okay, but most of it sucks! If I don't care for Xiu Xiu or Supergrass, I don't get angry with white people.
Music is music folks whether you love it or hate it.
Sheesh!
P.S. The Xiu Xiu video reminds me of Devo's Love Without Anger video.
Nice list!
[h] ;)
How can i download that Kashmir video, coz the 2 girls are very pretty?
Its in a crappy streaming format, i would shoot that bastard who invented online video on demand :((
Whoa - the Cardigans are still around? I'll have to check these out when I get to home.
Impressive, this. I'm not sure which is more entertaining; the videos themselves, or some of the moronic comments (on both sides of the argument) posted with regard to them. Nonetheless, while I don't like everything on there, it's nice to finally get the chance to see some of these videos, not just because many are accompanied by some of the best music of the year, but also because most of them, like the music, try something new and interesting. Sure, they're not always successful, but at least they make the effort.
The mentallity of your viewers looks to sit between "Loyal Fan of Indie" and a 15 year old looking implode the Earth with his explicit social commentary. It all seems to be a less compelling look back to elementary school for those few A.D.D. kids that couldn't get along with anyone, except 10 times worse and no recess in sight.
MTV doesn't suck out your soul, or musical taste, if you watch it. MTV does play a few good videos mixed in with the rest of the slop they dish out. That's where I saw the Decemberists' video. Nice to see it again because I really enjoyed it. MTV made a few good things, like Sifl 'n Olly (which was made by Indie roots). But I guess you kids would look at the switch to MTV as selling out.
Over all I will say this is a good list. Especially with Aphex Twin at the front.
Yeah thats cool. lots of good videos. but there fucking quicktime so the volume resets EVERY TIME YOU PLAY A DIFFERENT VIDEO.. and of course i have to lunge at the volume icon (when there is one, aparently its optional on some vvideos ???) so that my 300watt amp doesnt blow my speakers out. not to mention i have to buy some quictime pro product to download them? as if! you probably cant even pirate it because its mac software.
why do people think apple is good at design!!!!
Guys who listen to System Of A Down on purpose don't get an opinion.
Great collection!
i thought it was quite the list. i couldnt get through all of the aphex twin video, and i didnt really even get to music, if there is any...but it was interesting, nonetheless.
lots of good bands, particularly wolf parade, the decemberists, superwolf, ectetera. some of the stuff was a bit bland, but hey, it was a great list, really.
i feel very bad for the people who don't quite have a good grasp of the world and have decided to embarrass themselves above.
How come so many people say there is no rap, when there clearly is rap on the list?
Wait, why am I even bothering to type that? I'm sure nobody who would read it will care.
love the list - but there is some incredible underground hip hop - check sage francis for instance
check this canadian hip hop and a cool video:
http://homepage.mac.com/baldassarre/Copernicus/iMovieTheater45.html
haha punch out.
WOW. What a selection of videos. Where did you get the links man? This information is worth tons of ipod money. Incredible once again.
If it wasn´t enough, it allowed me to find this great blog. You are the man, man.
And nice taste too.
Happy new year.
Nice list. But it's not complete without "Black and White Town" from Doves. http://doves.musicblog.co.uk/archives/video/
Nice list. But it's not complete without "Black and White Town" from Doves.
http://doves.musicblog.co.uk/archives/video/
Skeletrees and I are boyfriend/girlfriends.
a couple of the videos were very boring, but i enjoyed most of the ones i clicked on. i haven't heard of most of these bands.
Because I am that arrogant, I'm going to add another suggestion.
The video of that fat guy getting hit with a cannon ball.
There's no music, but it's a fat guy getting hit with a cannon ball. YES!
Great list!
I listen to talk radio and only get music off the net. But at 46 years old I still know quite a few of these artists and the vidios are entertaining to me.
I am glad I dont have to worry what folks think about what I listen to. hehehehe.
shutter
brilliant! some links were broken, but loved the videos I did see!
This is a brilliant collection. Great job. I'm spreading around your links to all my friends. :)
Great selection! Most of these i had never even seen! The video for The Indelicates might be worth seeing, not necessarily listing though, as it's one of those hard to find ones:
http://www.windowslaws.com/newart.html
Thanks for putting all those up! Fantastic!
there is still one missing !
http://www.zangerbob.nl/
How do you dare to not put Rammstein's Rosenrot in this list???????????????
Thanks for putting this site up!
I've missed som quality stuff on the net...
Support the art of creativity and spread peace and love!
Wow what a great list and a huge pile of comments - I'll be spending the next fews weeks at work watching these! Thankyou.
To all of those who say that rap doesnt require talent.... get your head out of your ass... Most of you only listen to the popular crap like 50 cent and whatever they play in clubs and on MTV. The real rap is underground and dont have videos and arnt played on the radio. trying listing to the line up of rappers signed to rhymesayers entertainment and listen to some atmosphere and tell me that doesnt required talent to tell a story in the way that he does and come up with those lines. anyone who says rap sucks is just falling in with all the others who havent herd any REAL rap and are too stuck up to actually listen to it... by the way this is coming from someone who listens to royskopp and the faint and the knife and zoot woman not some suburban wanna be gansgter kid. wicked post with the videos.
in response to anonymous about hip hop and videos... this video is from the underground. Aesop Rock's "Fast Cars" video is a phenomenal piece of work.
go here: www.evaq.com/fastcars
that is the director/artist's site also
maybe this vid should be on the list?!?!
Decent list, was hoping to see a couple of better videos like Cash Machine by Hard Fi and TIOBI by Oasis instead of Let There Be Love but not bad
Rubber Johnney is a great video.But still overrated
Great list! Fun to read all the retarded posts.
It's a great list. Much of it I've never heard of (I don't get out much) but am very happy to discover, seek out, and buy if I can.
For those of us who can't spend much time looking for new music, and especially looking for videos to go with them, this is a greatly appreciated effort.
In regards to a few of the anonymous comments... oy vey. I think slashdot has it best. Anonymous posts are all marked with the appropriate moniker: anonymous coward.
can't please everyone!
Cool, very nice!
R e f l e j o
FYI - #6 isn't "Superwolf", that's the name of the album. The artist is actually Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney... it's also one of the best albums of the year, IMO.
thanx for these clips, but you forget LARVAE :
http://www.zeroplate.com/visual/soloshootsfirst.mov
Some interesting choices here. When it comes to a list of 'best of', of course you're not going to make everyone happy. Oh well, too bad! As 'they' say, opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one!
God, i'm sick of you contemporary suckers.
God I'm sick of anonymous wankers like you...
Oh my gosh
NO TOOL!!!!!
anyway it isn't bad
Donde esta System of a Down???
Igual esta buena la lista...
I very much enjoyed your list.
I, personally, would have added - maybe one or two things - but, thereagain, that is my personal opinion.
As much as I'd love to plug whatever band it is that OMG U FURGOT "BLOOD SCREAM DEATH FUNERAL", I think I'll spare you.
Thank you for putting this list together - I've shown it to a lot of people, and they've all enjoyed it very much.
Everyone who is posting with the intent on bashing someone else's musical taste - on the internet - needs to just chill out.
If you have a problem with this list, why not stop complaining and whining about how much this list is lacking, and compile your own list of videos made by whatever abrasive and caustic band/genre you want. I'm not being sarcastic or sardonic: really, go and make your own list - and post it. You've still got around a week and a half or so before the "Best of 2005" thing goes out of phase - catch it before it ends.
If you're going to bash the personal choices made in this post - you're both puting argument towards a moot point, and generally showing how little you understand about someone stating their "personal opinion" on musical tastes.
Skimming through these posts has been one of the most mind-numbing experiences I've had in a while - but then it occurs to me: this is the internet - and I begin to understand.
That being said, again - thank you for this list. Who cares what I agree on, or disagree on - it's your list, and it's a nice list.
Rock on, sir.
thank you for list.Very good video list.My blog name is http://dreamanddown.blogspot.com/.goodbye.I'm from Türkiye.(Turkey)
Zane, I second that!
Zane, I second that!
WORD up boys & gals
I really wish that there we at least one or two media programs out there that would play this stuff.
Holy crap. You're all idiots.
Great list, great videos all very cool to watch.
I would have added Ocean Breathes Salty by Modest Mouse. Baby Cmon was my favorite this year.
way to go guys!
superb collection, but you forgot one of the best videos '05: only by nine inch nails.
really like your choices. some very good tunes and vid's in there.
sweet
i agree with anon 2 posts up ;)
NIN - Only
the best vid of 05 imho :D
Jade Falcon
Did you know that Chihuahuas used to run wild in packs of 10 to 30? Those little shits could take down a deer, swear to god!
Really make you see them in a whole new light, doesn't it?
Just thoght I'd lighten up the conversation.
P.S.
I liked some of the video's too. Thanks
nine inch nails' "only" should've been on the list. sigur ros' "glosoli" is trippy, having children jump off a cliff.
Great list! Too bad the Knife video doesn't work...
ALL of them are fantastic videos, I am dumbfounded at the imagination brewing here. If only the video quality matched the music...I mean wow I am so turned off by half of this stuff. oh I'm sure, its well made music, just way off from where my tastes lie. The other half is spot on though. I havent seen ANY of them outside of the white stripes or aphex twin videos, so thanks for the newness, 'thomasrockstar'
Wow, thank you for compiling this incredible list :) . I thuroughly enjoyed it. Great videos, great songs. If you get a chance to see Sigur Ros in concert, they will blow your mind. They are incredible and so is this list.
Thank ya,
I really don't see why anyone thanks or condems you for this list, to me this list is just more internet junkfood made to pass the time. It did just that. I will now move on with my life.
Nice list of inspiring music videos. Good to see people still appreciate unpredictable videos. The music might not always be great, but at least the videos are worth a look.
some comments on the comments:
1. System of a Down did two (okay) albums, but the videos werent all that exciting.
2.Good Charlotte are a bunch of hypocrit sell-outs, but people buy it, so who cares? they don't make good videos though.
Slagging people off because you have a boring life is one of the democratic joys of internet. I just prefer spending time on something i do like.
and to all the stupid people: Dont' forget, it's about music videos! not about whether you love the song.
... and those ridiculous racist children should just go and kill themselves, thanks.
Thanks DoCopenhagen for this.
bezope hamster (too lazy to get an account)
Superb post, thanks a lot. I linked to it from a post of mine. Cheers!
Great, interesting list of videos. For those of you don't like the music, what do we care! He is only offering an opinion of his favourites. Make your own list if you don't like this one.
thats a shit, vaya una mierda, voy a potar con tanto subnormal; haber si aprendeis a pensar.
very nice collections of MV's
great to discover other musical style
very amazing idea
PS:il really don't understand why peoplle who don't know or understand this type of music leave flaming post !
if u don't like u can't say it without offense
You should have included deathfromabove1979's video for blood on our hands
Wicked! Job well done! I am linking from www.solaris100.blogspot.com to this post, hope thats cool! Much love from London!
Thanks for sharing these vids. I love Face the Truth, so I was darn excited to find out Baby C'mon had a video. Maybe you guys could, taking people's comments into account, put out occasional lists of "50 More Badass Videos to Check Out"? My biggest problem (and not a complaint) with this list was that there were only 50 videos, and I have so much more time to waste online! Please, give us more.
A really great list. Lots of clips that i'm glad you shared with me. respect your choices. D
Wow, some people are really ignorant to new music. And if anyone who says that and also says "rap sucks" is being a hypocrit. There's plenty of good rap, check out the Dej Jux label for instance. Thanks for putting all these great videos in one place so I could put them on my iPod.
Wow, some people are really ignorant to new music. And to you people saying "rap sucks" while stating the above, you are hypocrites. There's plenty of good rap, check out the Def Jux label for instance. Thanks for putting all these great videos all in one place for me, man!
Wow! Amazing post, thanks!
DUFTE!!!!!!!!!
excellent collection of videos....loved the Interpol one
gimmie more!!
Overall, a lovely collection although I must raise an eyebrow at your choice of The Strokes' Juicebox video. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Completely random note, one of the gay lads in the Juicebox video was also featured as the main character in John Vanderslice's Exodus Damage. His name is Thomas Aske Berg.
- Rose
nice but wouldn't call it 'top' 50, though... definitelly missing regina spector's 'us'
Good selection! Thank you for sharing with us :)
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