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My Favorite 1990's Music Videos

(1993, Jake Scott)

There is a traffic jam going on and we all want to know what some commuters are thinking.  Later, Michael Stipe provoked the commuters to leave their vehicles behind.  Try doing this in L.A. during rush hour.

(1994, Stephen Hanft)

Great montage video that looks like it's on a low budget.

Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
(1994, Mark Romanek)

This video is part Steampunk, part shock, but it worked as a piece of art.

 Rolling Stones - "Love is Strong"
(1994, Samuel Bayer)

Attack of the 50 Ft. Old Timers and Models... or should I say "Mickzilla".

(1994, Spike Jonze)

This looks like a badass opening to a 70's cop drama with MCA as Cochise, Mike D as the Chief, and Adrock as Bobby the Rookie.  Imagine a music video version of Starsky and Hutch.

Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"
(1994, Howard Greenhalgh)

It's a beautiful day in suburbia until a group of End Timers show up dressed, and then we have distorted faces and a possessed tornado sucking up the residents.

(1995, Spike Jonze)

This is the other Burning Man.

(1996, Stephen Hanft)

Great groovy, funky montage with road crews, pseudo-Candyman, line dancing, and an homage to William Shatner.

(1996, Dom and Nick)

Typical raver hangover.

(1996, Spike Jonze)

Imagine McGruff the Crime Dog without a trench coat, but with a zipper hoodie, a collegiate shirt, a broken leg cast, and a ghetto blaster.

(1997, Michel Gondry)

This is one of Gondry's synchronized videos with sets of mummies, swimmers, skeletons, b-boys, and spacemen.

(1997, Jonathan Glazer)

Keep in mind that the floor isn't moving... the walls are.  Great optical illusion.

(1997, Walter Stern)

Get out of my way!  I'm making a music video.

(1998, Mike Mills)

A table tennis tournament is taking place and it synchs with Jean-Benoit Dunkel and Nicolas Godin playing Pong on the Atari 2600.  Later, Dunkel and Godin appear as first responders trying to resuscitate one of the players (named Kelly).

(1998, Jonathan Glazer)

We have this schizophrenic bum who looks like Bill Paxton walking along a double-line median of a tunnel somewhere in London, getting hit by cars, but remains unscathed.  The ending is kind of crazy.

(1998, Nathaniel Hornblower)

MCA directed this video under a pseudonym and it's a parody of "Danger Diabolik" with Adrock filling in for John Phillip Law.

(1998, Doug Aitken)

This video has a great montage that segues to one another.  It has grocery store parking lot punks, guys sporting afros, a dive bar scene with patrons blowing bubbles, and surfers.

(1999, Beck)

Quirky video with aliens, possessed kitchen appliances, a tribute to "Mr. Freedom", and Jack Black.

Ol' Dirty Bastard ft. Kelis - "Got Ya Money"
(1999, Hype Williams/D'Urville Martin/Nzingha Stewart/Scott Kalvert)

ODB meets Dolemite!


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