the emergence of disco, electronic dance music, punk, and new wave. Out of the hundreds of videos created during that heady decade, we’ve selected the 25 that best represent the format’s possibilities, eccentricities, and influence, and added a few dozen runners-up to cover all the bases...
Destiny’s Child in time for shooting “Say My Name’s” video. Their hasty recruitment meant they didn’t have much time to learn the video choreography but you wouldn’t guess that witnessing their assured moves in this colorful promo that remains one of the best music videos of the 00...
incredibly, it holds up. Whether it’sthe frenetic if imperfect YouTube videoor the crisp studio version, this was a group that brought a smile to a lot of faces. Just a group of talented kids playing a one-hit wonder on classical instruments and having fun doing it. –Mike...
Take a look at the YouTube comments for Florence and the Machine’s “Shake It Out”: Eight years after its release, the song is still helping people get through breakups, depression, illness, and even a prison sentence. Such are the healing powers of Florence Welch’s gale-force vocals...
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of the times. Of course, MTV programmers have been replaced by YouTube algorithms, which, when they’re not sending you down a rabbit hole to white supremacist screeds and 9/11 conspiracy theories, force-feed us what’s already popular. The decade’s most viewed music video, Luis Fonsi’...
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You Know What It Is: Debbie Harry’s powerhouse vocals take center stage in an ‘80s hit whose legacy stretches far beyond its role as the main theme of American Gigolo. Who Put the Bomp:“Father of Disco” Giorgio Moroder produced Donna Summer’s Bad Girls blockbuster just one year before...
Today,Donna Summeris mostly remembered for an incredible string of hit songs and chart-topping double-albums that helped introduce the world to disco and electronic dance music in the 1970s, with pulse-pounding anthems that can still be heard on the radio and in clubs throughout the world. ...
The son of a Welsh coal miner, Tom Jones avoided a life destined in the mines thanks to a case of tuberculosis when he was 12. Instead, he trained his voice, played the pubs, and cut a demo record that launched an international career singing blues, pop, country and gospel music. ...