# Epic music videos of the 90s **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [June 2, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303 "2023-06-02T13:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/1 "2023-06-02T13:42:03Z")
Maybe it’s the nostalgia effect, but I find that the videoclips made in the 90s were made better than the ones we can watch nowadays. Do you think I’m wrong? Prove it. Here’s my short list of the best videos from the 90s. I can say, they are “iconic”, when you watch a few frames you immediately know what it is. Here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ymNFyxvIdaM/maxresdefault.jpg "Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Video Original Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymNFyxvIdaM) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4JkIs37a2JE/maxresdefault.jpg "Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3mbBbFH9fAg/maxresdefault.jpg "Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u5CVsCnxyXg/maxresdefault.jpg "Radiohead - No Surprises") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qt87bLX7m_o/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Gabriel - Steam") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt87bLX7m_o) ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/2 "2023-06-02T14:01:48Z")
How about this one? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FLGCGc7sAUw/hqdefault.jpg "Bella Poarch - Build a B\*tch (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLGCGc7sAUw) ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/3 "2023-06-02T15:35:24Z")
Never seen! Lovely! ---
**Author:** ![a.ammo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/a.ammo/32/263_2.png) [@a.ammo](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/a.ammo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/4 "2023-06-02T20:41:20Z")
I love the song Build a Bitch. Rare modern pop song I really like. I’d never seen the video before so thanks for that. Regarding the videos in the 80s and 90s being better and iconic, it’s possibly true but I’ve often chalked it up to their cultural imprint being bigger because the way we consumed media was different. We only had so many channels, no / limited web video, and all of that. Back then if you watched music video stations you’d see them all and they were part of the zeitgeist. If I put on ‘90’s radio’ I can see all of the damn videos in my head. Today, even a great video is barely visible. It could have 500 million view on YouTube, but a lot of those are people who saw the video for ten seconds. Or if they actually “watched” it, it was background while they scrolled Twitter, or they watched it once because they aren’t at the mercy of what MTV happens to play, or they just streamed it as a way to listen to the song. It’s just so different. If we’re limiting to the 90s, a video I go back to a lot is Linger by the Cranberries [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G6Kspj3OO0s/maxresdefault.jpg "The Cranberries - Linger (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s) I probably watch the video for [Dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yam5uK6e-bQ) more because that’s an all time favorite song, but as a video Linger is probably better. It’s based on the film Alphaville. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/5 "2023-06-02T21:24:31Z")
I thought the video for Godzilla by Eminem was also pretty decent. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/r_0JjYUe5jo/maxresdefault.jpg "Eminem - Godzilla ft. Juice WRLD (Directed by Cole Bennett)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_0JjYUe5jo) Stromae has some interesting vids as well. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CAMWdvo71ls/maxresdefault.jpg "Stromae - tous les mêmes (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAMWdvo71ls) And since @ZakPhoenixMcKracken is an Italian, I like this one too. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m2l3pcdlqmk/maxresdefault.jpg "Baby K feat. Mika - Bolero (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2l3pcdlqmk) ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/6 "2023-06-03T08:22:30Z")
I hardly know any modern music videos, since I hardly know modern music. But then I guess, back then you had to have a good video to feature on MTV and the likes. Youtube isn’t so picky 🙂. Anyway, I always found those videos memorable that had a bit of a story. Sometimes that made a song that was just okay actually great. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/z5rRZdiu1UE/maxresdefault.jpg "Beastie Boys - Sabotage") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/imR_Sbkjq84/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-A4AC0AKKAgwIABABGBMgRSh_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLD4yqHZ2oC-U53Nbnz38Ldvdx7aKQ "H-Blockx - Risin' High") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imR_Sbkjq84) I could paste plenty more. Learn to Fly, Whiskey in the Jar, Take a look around, Buddy Holly, etc. that are (hopefully) from that same era. But then there are some more modern ones that do that too, and to me they are just as memorable [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uxUATkpMQ8A/maxresdefault.jpg "The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxUATkpMQ8A) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-6Xl9tBWt54/maxresdefault.jpg "Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Xl9tBWt54) Okay, none of those is from the last 5 years or so, and from the top of my head I couldn’t name one that is, but as said above, I’m a bit out of the loop these days. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/7 "2023-06-04T11:54:41Z")
Wikipedia has a list of the most expensive music videos. Most of these videos were produced between 1990 and 2010/2011. (\*) > **[List of most expensive music videos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_music_videos)** > > This article lists the most expensive music videos ever made, with costs of $500,000 or more. > David Bowie's video for the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes" was the first music video to exceed this sum. Janet Jackson and Britney Spears have six videos each on the list, while Michael Jackson and Ayumi Hamasaki have five each. Madonna has made three appearances in the top five, and five total, making her the artist with the most expensive videos of all time combined. TLC, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Busta... (\*) Expensive videos have a very good quality IMHO, there are only a few exceptions. But of course, not all good videos have to be expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/8 "2023-06-04T12:03:47Z")
I’m surprised Limp Bizkit’s Rollin’ video was so expensive. If you look at Blackpink for example you have something much more visually and choreographically impressive and that “only” costs a tenth to make. (I.e., two to three hundred thousand vs two to three million, and that’s not even adjusted for inflation.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2S24-y0Ij3Y/maxresdefault.jpg "BLACKPINK - 'Kill This Love' M/V") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S24-y0Ij3Y) Edit: incidentally, I really like the Speed Demon video. Surprisingly, it’s not on the list! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l039y9FaIjc/maxresdefault.jpg "Michael Jackson - Speed Demon (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l039y9FaIjc) ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/9 "2023-06-04T12:10:01Z")
Nowadays I wouldn’t really know if a song has a video (or if it’s been released as a single even) as I mostly just find and listen to things on Spotify. Also now if I do see a music video, I might watch it once or twice at most, while back in the MTV days, you’d often see the same videos lots of times. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/10 "2023-06-04T12:13:18Z")
Many more songs have videos these days thanks to lyric visualizers. They’re quite nice. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sqqhnYAkJjY/maxresdefault.jpg "MIKA - Yo Yo (Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqqhnYAkJjY) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/11 "2023-06-05T11:09:47Z")
> [@Paul](#): > > Also now if I do see a music video, I might watch it once or twice at most, while back in the MTV days, you’d often see the same videos lots of times. Same here. Even if we still have MTV and several other music channels here in Germany. I don’t have Spotify, so I “listen” to music on YouTube from time to time. But those are videos that I already know and rarely videos that are new to me. ---
**Author:** ![a.ammo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/a.ammo/32/263_2.png) [@a.ammo](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/a.ammo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/12 "2023-06-05T15:10:26Z")
This is eighties, not nineties. I put the video on the other month because I love the song and it’s always kind of lifted my spirits. So then I was just sitting there watching the video and I started to cry uncontrollably 😩 Your Wildest Dreams by The Moody Blues [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kmmPFrkuPq0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmmPFrkuPq0) ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/13 "2023-06-06T14:42:23Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > And since @ZakPhoenixMcKracken is an Italian, I like this one too. Sto male… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/14 "2023-06-09T20:49:46Z")
Also a fine one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sNJVFloPIVA/maxresdefault.jpg "Genesis - I Can't Dance (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNJVFloPIVA) ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/15 "2023-06-10T11:12:28Z")
Always loved the cute video to this jaunty little upbeat number by Tool - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nspxAG12Cpc/maxresdefault.jpg "TOOL - Sober (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nspxAG12Cpc) ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303/16 "2023-08-12T10:43:36Z")
This Shaka Ponk song/video is on point. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OwjXe2-PrzA/maxresdefault.jpg "Shaka Ponk featuring Sen Dog from Cypress Hill : Pure 90 (Rapping queen) (clip officiel)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwjXe2-PrzA)