The term greatest is a very subjective word but NME have designed a list that I believe is generally there, including Foo Fighters - Everlong that I think is probably one of the best music videos every made, probably being biased due to my Grohlian love but it is truly art. Everlong's music video is very to my taste, the surrealism that occurs in it. It is very much like one of them dreams you have where you wake up and have no idea what just happened.
The music video focusses on dreams and nightmares and just general freakiness but it is probably the best music video ever made.
The Foos are notorious for their stupidly funny music videos with Everlong, Learn to Fly and Long Road to Ruin. Their styles are very Hollywood with Long Road to Ruin even having a TV Series introduction to their music video with a cast list and theme song. The narrative then takes over and it follows a plot of Grohl, the main character. It has a very weird 80s hospital drama aura and is absolutely hilarious to watch with Dave Grohl crying every 10 seconds, pretending to be this macho character but is really this emotional guy. They subvert a lot of themes in their music videos and is something that I am seriously considering to base my music videos on. A parallel story of live-performance based and a narrative that the band follows.
Pretty much every Foo Fighters music video could be on the list but Everlong's surrealism and comedy is too much to handle, it is artistic and humorous.
It is clear after reading this list that the top music video directors are Spike Jonze (who was 2 of the best 10 in the list with Beastie Boys - Sabotage and Weezer - Buddy Holly)
But one of my favourite additions to the list was number 19, Hot Chip's I Feel Better directed by Peter Serafinowicz (Darth Maul!) that focusses on the brainwashing of this Boy Band's fan base as he slowly eliminates all of the group and makes himself the leader. A common trend in this list is humour and this video doesn't lack in that.
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