
Originally Posted by
linkinpam
it's hard to choose just one so i'm going to make a litany of my favorite music videos made by the following directors:
1. mark romanek - madonna's bedtime stories, lenny kravitz's are you gonna go my way, michael/janet jackson's scream, nine inch nails' a perfect drug & closer, fiona apple's criminal, linkin park's faint
2. spike jonze - weezer's buddy holly & island in the sun, the breeders' cannonball, beastie boys' sabotage, björk's it's oh so quiet, fatboy slim's praise you, rockafeller skank & weapon of choice, the chemical brothers' elektrobank
3. samuel bayer - nirvana's smells like teen spirit, the cranberries' zombie, i can't be with you, ode to my family & ridiculous thoughts, blind melon's no rain, smashing pumpkins' bullet with butterfly wings
4. stephane sednaoui - red hot chili peppers' give it away, scar tissue & around the world, alanis morisette's ironic, garbage's queer & milk, björk's big time sensuality
5. anton corbijn - red hot chili peppers' my friends, most of depeche mode's music videos, nirvana's heart-shaped box
6. jonathan dayton & valerie faris - the smashing pumpkins' tonight, tonight, 1979, perfect & the end is the beginning is the end, red hot chili peppers' californication, road trippin', otherside, by the way & the zephyr song, koRn's freak on a leash [co-directed with todd mcfarlane]
7. sophie muller - blur's song 2, most of the music videos of no doubt [sunday morning, excuse me, mr.], gwen stefani [cool, luxurious, 4 in the morning] & sophie ellis bextor [murder on the dancefloor, etc]
8. jonas akerlund - the cardigans' my favorite game, madonna's music, & ray of light, moby's porcelain, prodigy's smack my b!+c# up, metallica's turn the page
9. chris cunningham - aphex twin's come to daddy & windowlicker, madonna's frozen, björk's all is full of love
10. dom & nic - the chemical brothers' believe, hey boy, hey girl, block rockin' beats & setting sun, the smashing pumpkins' ava adore, supergrass' alright
other honorable mentions:
guy ritchie for madonna's what it feels like for a girl
marty callner for aerosmith's cryin' and amazing
marie jamora for sandwich's sugod, urbandub's first of summer, kjwan's daliri, imago's sundo
jake scott for the smashing pumpkins' disarm, live's lightning crashes & no doubt's new
james brown for tori amos' spark & jackie's strength
andy delaney and monty whitebloom (aka Big TV!) for lauryn hill's doowop/that thing
walter stern for massive attack's teardrop
dave meyers for outkast's b.o.b., missy elliot's lose control, work it, gossip folks, get ur freak on
howard greenhalgh for soundgarden's black hole sun