Best Music Videos Poll (deadline end of Oct. 31 UTC)

[mileswide]

I think for the sake of voting for "favorite versions," I'll keep our versions separate.

Good choice! I'd say the short protest version I've picked is Public Enemy in their element, which makes for a powerful image whatever opinion you may have of their music.

[jamieW]

Hi, all. The poll is officially closed as I've now emailed Live in Phoenix the spreadsheet. If there are any mistakes in the calculations, they were simple data entry issues and not "fraud." (For some reason, I'm feeling happier today than I have in 4 years. Can't quite figure out why...)

[Live in Phoenix]

First off, I have some videos here that I'm making some assumptions on. If you need to, you can correct me, but otherwise I'll go with the assumption.

I assume that mileswide and Dan both voted for this version:
Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains beyond Mountains) [Original Non-Interactive Version] (Dir: Vincent Morisset)

I assume that mileswide and Miguel both voted for this version:
Peter Gabriel feat. Kate Bush - Don't Give Up (Original 'Hug' Version) (Dir: Godley & Creme)

I assume that everyone voting for OK Go's This Too Shall Pass voted for the Rube Goldberg machine version (except for madzong, who voted for both versions).

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These are the remaining videos that I'm having trouble attributing a director to. There are a few here where I'm not sure about the version, or I'm assuming who the director is. This is not a lethal problem, but figuring these out helps with the director statistics.

If I can't find a director here, I'll just have to move on, but please let me know if you have a name for any of these.

Alaska y Dinarama: Perlas ensangrentadas
Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
Arcade Fire – Wake Up … Which version? Directed by Pete Ohs?
Carpenters - Superstar
Civil Twilight - Fire Escape
Codeine Velvet Club | Hollywood
Damned - New Rose "Dir: Nick Lowe?"
Decemberists – The Mariner’s Revenge Song (Natalie Riess storyboard version?)
Devendra Banhart - Carmensita
Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Prince, Steve Winwood & Tom Petty – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (From the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
Erobique & Jacques Palminger - Wann Strahlst Du?**
Explosions In The Sky - The Birth and Death of the Day*
FIDLAR - … Ryan Baxley maybe?
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk "Dir: Norman Seeff" (I can't confirm this)
Four Tops: Loco in Acapulco
Fratellis | Stand Up Tragedy
In Aeternam Vale - Valium Water*
Jacques Brel – Amsterdam
Joy Division - Transmission (Dir: BBC/Unnamed director of 15/9/79 edition of 'Something Else')
Kiko Veneno: Memphis Blues Again
La Casa Azul: La revolución sexual
Los Enemigos: ¿Porqué yo?
Los Flechazos: A toda velocidad
Luke feat. JT Money and Clayvoisie – Cowards in Compton
Mac DeMarco - Chamber of Reflection
Mac Miller - Swimming (isn't this an album and not a song?)
Madness: Johnny the Horse
Microphones – Microphones in 2020 (Phil Elverum, I think)
Mojave 3: Some Kinda Angel
Moody Blues – Nights in White Satin
Neleonard: Coger frío
Oleander – Runaway Train
Os Resentidos: Galicia Caníbal (Fai un sol de carallo)
Parn – หยุดตรงนี้ที่เธอ (I admit it, I give up)
Propellerheads & Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
Purr: Gain
Radical Face - Always Gold (Ben Cooper maybe)
Ratt – Round and Round
Rebecca St. James – Reborn
Replacements - Bastards of Young
Sarah McLachlan – Steaming
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
Snap! – The Power
Steps | Say You'll Be Mine
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Teenage Fanclub: Ain’t That Enough
Teenage Fanclub: I’m in Love
Tragically Hip – Nautical Disaster
TTC - De pauvres riches
Veer Union - Seasons
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

[panam]

These are the remaining videos that I'm having trouble attributing a director to. There are a few here where I'm not sure about the version, or I'm assuming who the director is. This is not a lethal problem, but figuring these out helps with the director statistics.

If I can't find a director here, I'll just have to move on, but please let me know if you have a name for any of these.


Devendra Banhart - Carmensita

I voted for this one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKINNY_(directing_team)

[Schüttelbirne]

Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Prince, Steve Winwood & Tom Petty – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (From the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

If the video is from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held in 2004, the director should be Joel Gallen. Maybe there was a different director for different segments, but Gallen was the supervising director, according to IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455728/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_10

[Krurze]

Erobique & Jacques Palminger - Wann Strahlst Du?: Hilmar Stehr
Explosions In The Sky - The Birth and Death of the Day: Basically just a random YouTuber who goes by the name of TheShadyOne or Shady Glen Media, no idea what his/her real name is
In Aeternam Vale - Valium Water: Either Sebastian Kökow or Kevin Paschold or mabye both. Pretty hard to find out nowadays since the original YouTube video got deleted.

[jamieW]

These are the remaining videos that I'm having trouble attributing a director to. There are a few here where I'm not sure about the version, or I'm assuming who the director is. This is not a lethal problem, but figuring these out helps with the director statistics.

If I can't find a director here, I'll just have to move on, but please let me know if you have a name for any of these.

I'm stunned that I can't find the director for some of these, as well, since a few of them are quite well known. I've included the links to all versions. (Fortunately, I don't think any of these directors will have directed any other videos in the list, so it won't affect the rankings.)

Arcade Fire – Wake Up: Pete Ohs (This is correct!)
Decemberists – The Mariner’s Revenge Song: Video says "captured by Rosamannen (I think)" (Whatever that means) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sw61oITuts
Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Prince, Steve Winwood & Tom Petty – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (From the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame): This one is the performance from the Rock & Roll HOF induction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y
Jacques Brel – Amsterdam: (Doubt we'll find the director for this one, unfortunately, as it's a live performance from 1966. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3BSj1cHX-M
Microphones – Microphones in 2020: (I imagine this would be Phil Elverum himself.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7BkabF31ak
Moody Blues – Nights in White Satin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs4RG9u8IVU
Oleander – Runaway Train (This may have been directed by the film's director, Guy Ferland, but I'm not certain.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZF4pMKho8
Parn – หยุดตรงนี้ที่เธอ: Yeah, quite sure we don't have to worry about this one affecting the top director's ranking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ru4RR-ElQw
Rebecca St. James – Reborn: Huh, this one I would've thought would be easy to find. I stand corrected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxDfqTqatQM
Sarah McLachlan – Steaming: Same here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6JME11Af2c
Snap! – The Power: And again. (Music video directors certainly don't get the credit they deserve in a lot of cases.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1BNcSBApOU
Tragically Hip – Nautical Disaster: And yet again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Fi46BFAF0

[Live in Phoenix]

I'm the past the hump of "OH MY GOD, THIS WILL NEVER GET DONE." I've had the benefit of an unusual amount of free time, but I can't always count on that and I'm not exactly raring to do another one of these some day. Incidentally, the AMF Hall of Acclaim, sort of like Cleveland's R&R Hall of Fame Class of 2021, is going to be late, just because I don't want to work on it anytime soon, and I want to enjoy the month or two of winter that Phoenix has to offer. (Btw I wouldn't mind if someone else wanted to take over the Hall of Acclaim.) The results aren't totally formatted and done, but I can make a preliminary post, per tradition, and actually I have a post for the Hall of Acclaim too.