Top 100 Videos On YouTube

 
By Sherri June 23, 2006




Pitchfork has a very enterprising feature centered on the music videos available through YouTube. They've put together what they deem to be the Top 100 "Awesome Music Videos" with the caveat they all have to be on the site.

With a compilation that includes videos from the MTV days, the list is pretty much a walk down memory lane for those of us in the 30-something category. Titles like "Take on Me," "Nothing Compares 2 U," and "Voices Carry," the list is definitely vintage MTV.

From Pitchfork:

When selecting the following vids we decided to chuck anything from the Director's Label Series-- virtually everything on those collections would be obvious candidates for a list like this-- and stick to clips roughly from the MTV era. Crucially, they also all had to be on YouTube-- we prefer giving you the chance to see a clip to simply talking about one.

One hook to the list, however, is the fact the videos might not stay up for long. Since the music industry is cracking down on what it sees as piracy in relation to its videos, it's possible the lists links won't work for long.

For those who aren't aware, the labels are getting very particular about their videos as they've now gone from being simply ads for the songs to marketable products they can sell for download.

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