Well, if Universal Music need justification for their new policy that pop promo videos are more than just promotional tools (and therefore on demand music channels should pay per viewing) they could do worse than show people the Top 100 Greatest Pop Videos aired on Channel 4 last night. Of course the show ignored the hundreds of rubbish videos made every year, but as the four hour show worked its way through the viewer voted poll last night it was hard to not shout "God that’s a GOOD video” every time each new entry was revealed. And while the Top 10 featured a couple of videos that are more 'important’
than they are 'great’, we’ve no major problems with the final running order round here (though CMU’s own opinions probably run closer to that VH-1 best video poll a couple of years back which put Christopher Walken’s performance in
Fatboy Slim’s 'Weapons Of Choice’ video top.
Anyway, here’s the top ten:
1.
Michael Jackson - Thriller
2. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
3. A-ha - Take On Me
4. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
5. Madonna - Like a Prayer
6. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ
7. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
8. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
9. Madonna - Vogue
10. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The full chart is meant to be online at http://www.channel4.com/greatest
- though it don’t seem to be there yet.