My Top Ten MTVs

Just wanted to share my favorite MTVs. Making MTVs I guess is the same as making a movie. It takes a good story, a good cast, wild imagination, something that will make your target audience get interested to what you're creating and eventually would mean big bucks. Just like in making MTVs, it should be unique, it should get your viewers interested in actually buying the CD. These MTVs I've chosen are some of the MTVs that made an impact visually. Fortunately, they came with great songs too. Hope you like them too.

1. REM - Imitation of Life (2001) - Unfortunately, the MTV is not anymore available on Youtube becuase of copyright problems. Here an exerpt from good ole Wikipedia of how the MTV was made to give you an idea. The single's video, depicting a scene of an elaborate pool party, was shot in Los Angeles by Garth Jennings. Michael Stipe, in an interview with MTV UK in 2001, explained how the video was made. "The entire video took twenty seconds to shoot. What you're watching is a loop that goes forwards for twenty seconds, backwards for twenty seconds, forwards for twenty seconds, backwards for twenty seconds, with one camera, static, and then using a technique called pan and scan, which is a technical thing that is used when they go from a widescreen format and reformat to fit your television or DVD, moving in on certain parts of the entire picture. And you'll see that we do that picking up various people within the frame." A post of the MTV in Youtube has already made the 2 million hits mark (2,175,815 to be exact). I assure you, the MTV is interesting.

2. Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World (2002) - This is another video that will keep you asking yourself "how was this made?" Maybe if given the chance, I'd try to learn MTV making. hahaha. Want to know how it was made? Click here (wikipedia, of course).

3. OK Go - Here it Goes Again (2006) - I've already featured this MTV in my blog a few months ago.

4. U2 - Numb (1993) - Hahaha. I really like this one. Would you do it? The Edge did it! Uncool but its U2. Hail! Bono!

5. Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (2002) - Made by the same director who gave us Kylie Minogue's Come Into My World, Michel Gondry. MTV looks plain but you'll notice that the objects in the video appears in tune with the beats of the song. See for yourself.

6. Coldplay - The Scientist (2002) - Took Chris Martin a month to learn the song backwards. According to, who else, Wikipedia.com.

7. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (1996) - Apologies for the grainy video. This is the best one I could find in Youtube. I remember watching them on TV performing the song live on one of the award shows. They had moving floors, like flat escalators. Watch the video and guess which one is moving, the walls or the floor?

8. George Michael & Mary J. Blige - As (1999) - "Did you know that true love asks for nothing?" My favorite song actually. The MTV is good, its full of GM and MJB. hehe

9. Madonna - Ray of Light (1998) - This MTV used time-lapse images (movements in fast forward 4x). It also features Madonna's dancing, although not her best singing voice.

Madonna - New Music - More Music Videos

10. A-ha - Take On Me (1985) - A Classic!

Special mention to Pink's Get the Party Started (I love PINK!!!!), Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend, Lily Allen's LDN, Eminem's Stan (just because my friend Hazel can rap along Eminem!!!!), Groove Armada's Superstylin. I hope there'll be more interesting songs and MTVs soon. I'll post again soon!