Guest FeArHaVoC Report post Posted March 17, 2003 Who are the Top 25 Video Stars of all time? There are more than a few artists worthy of the title so we need your help because we're trying to determine the ultimate trend-blazing, style-forging pioneers of the video age. Think back to the prehistoric times of 1981 when MTV first launched. Eliminate the 1-Hit Wonders, Johnny-Come-Latelys and fad-followers and consider the icons, the ones that made you sit up so fast you almost choked on your Hot Pocket. Here are a few questions to ask yourselves before you start throwing Milli Vanilli up to #1. 1. Has this artist reinvented him or herself with each video? 2. How many videos has this artist made and were they consistently either shocking, envelope-pushing or groundbreaking? 3. Has this artist's videos had impact on the public or on other artists? 4. Has the artist strived to take video making to the next level? Use your power wisely and make sure to tune in later this Spring to see the Greatest Video Stars of all time. People you can vote for. Michael Jackson Madonna No Doubt Will Smith TLC Britney Spears Janet Jackson Guns-N-Roses LL Cool J Dr. Dre Mariah Carey Nine Inch Nails Nirvana Beastie boys Beck J'Lo Bjork Prince REM N'Sync Missy Elliott Eminem P. Diddy Busta Rhymes Limp Bizkit Foo fighters U2 Van Halen Aerosmith Vote @ http://www.mtv.com/onair/25_greatest/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest swan Report post Posted March 17, 2003 No David Lee Roth? His videos from Eat'em And Smile are classics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted March 17, 2003 But they didn't have Hot Pockets back in 1981! ah how far along we've come... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted March 17, 2003 No Peter Gabriel? No Robert Palmer? No Pat Benatar? No Rod Stewart? No David Bowie? MTV build themselves on videos by those people, no sense of history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted March 17, 2003 I should cut someone's throat for having Limp Bizkit on the list, with their clever z spelling and everything. Why don't they just cut to the finsh and give it to Madonna already, they just give her a verbal blowjob any time they can anyway. Bjork? They never even play her stuff. And besides something to beat off to, has Britney ever made a "good" video. I'd vote REM personally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted March 17, 2003 AeroSmith should win as if it was not for MTV the band would be in rehab with Axle Rose right now. The breakout video Walk This Way along with RUN DMC kickstarted the career of the band and the new sound brought in new fans which probably had no idea what Toys In the Attic was or that Aerosmith was just a band that burned itself out with alcohol and drugs from its hay day in the 70s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Midnight Express83 Report post Posted March 17, 2003 Winner is either Madonna, Prince, or Michael Jackson. But I feeling Michael Jackson will win it. So my vote goes to Jackson, Janet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest EL BRUJ0 Report post Posted March 17, 2003 With the exception of the Nine Inch Nails, no one on that list can lay a goddamn finger on any Tool video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted March 17, 2003 With the exception of the Nine Inch Nails, no one on that list can lay a goddamn finger on any Tool video. ...uh...right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheGregWitul Report post Posted March 18, 2003 The fact that David Bowie is missing from the list and Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears (Among a few others) are included, renders this list null and void. What a joke. Gabriel missing from the list is a damn shame as well... j. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted March 18, 2003 The fact that David Bowie is missing from the list and Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears (Among a few others) are included, renders this list null and void. What a joke. Gabriel missing from the list is a damn shame as well... j. I agree...hell, the worst Tom Petty video is better then the best Limp Bizkit video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alkeiper Report post Posted March 18, 2003 No Weird Al Yankovic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Plushy Al Logan Report post Posted March 18, 2003 People you can vote for. Michael Jackson- I hate him, but I still think he's cool. Madonna- Just an aging whore No Doubt- See Madonna Will Smith- Can't say much, never payed attention to him TLC- See Will Smith Britney Spears- Young Madonna Janet Jackson- See Michael Guns-N-Roses- Great songs, horrible videos, except November Rain. LL Cool J- See Will Dr. Dre- See Will Mariah Carey- See Will Nine Inch Nails- See Will Nirvana- Overrated Beastie boys- Only saw "Fight for your Rights," shitty song, awesome video Beck- Who? J'Lo- I hate that bitch! Bjork- See Will Prince- Can't remember any of them REM- Great songs shitty videos N'Sync- See Nirvana Missy Elliott- see Will Eminem- See Nirvana P. Diddy- I hate him Busta Rhymes- See Will Limp Bizkit- See Will Foo fighters- Shitty all around U2- See Will Van Halen- Great all around Aerosmith- Shitty songs, great videos I voted for Michael. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted March 18, 2003 Beck- Who? He is a Loser with a Devil's Haircut I still say Aerosmith should win, as their videos progressed every time from the rap song to Alicia Silverstone to soundtrack songs. Michael Jackson was the golden son of the early years of MTV with Thriller but over the years his over the top style has not carried over and has gradually been dropping in interest since the Bad album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Respect The 'Taker Report post Posted March 19, 2003 How the flying fuck do they expect me to choose between Axl and Michael. FUCK YOU MTV, FUCK YOU!!!! *votes MJ* (his clips were cooler) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest snuffbox Report post Posted March 19, 2003 Guns N Roses...Axl kicks much ass in the Sweet Child clip, and November Rain is a classic. Gotta love Dont Cry with Shannon Hoon in flannel as well. Smashing Pumpkins should be on the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest subliminal_animal Report post Posted March 19, 2003 And besides something to beat off to, has Britney ever made a "good" video. Is it really the artists who come up with the ideas for the video? I don't think so in most cases, at least today. And it's bullshit they give you a list to pick from. Just have people write in who they want. You're planting seeds in their mind, MTV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Midnight Express83 Report post Posted March 19, 2003 Well MTV, had the fans vote 100 greatest videos and only 8 songs were pre 1998. So they went with common sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sturgis Report post Posted March 19, 2003 Michael Jackson: The "man" is a fucking child molester and people still like him WTF? Madonna: She'll win because it's MTV. No Doubt: Never saw anything in them. Will Smith: Videos are too gimmicky. TLC: They're hot but there videos execpt for "No Scrubs" are lame. Britney Spears: Nice to whack off to. Janet Jackson: Can't say a bad thing about her. Guns-N-Roses: Should win. LL Cool J: See Smith, Will Dr. Dre: No comment Mariah Carey: See Jackson, Janet Nine Inch Nails: See Dr. Dre Nirvana: Overatted Beastie boys: They're videos look like contolled chaos Beck: Loser, seriously J'Lo: WHORE, SLUT, BITCH Bjork: Bleh. Prince: Bleh. REM: See Dr. Dre, NIN N'Sync: Sigh Missy Elliott: Eminem: FAG. P. Diddy: See Nirvana Busta Rhymes: Bleh. Limp Bizkit: See N'SYNC Foo fighters: Funny. U2: Boring. Van Halen: Awesome. Aerosmith: Awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Polish_Rifle Report post Posted March 20, 2003 I love No Doubt to death, but where are the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? All there videos are awesome and/or ground breaking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted March 20, 2003 poor tom petty just gets no love. he made some bitchin videos. even though she won't win, i'm glad bjork's getting some recognition. 'human behaviour', 'it's oh so quiet', 'all is full of love', 'pagan poetry'...trippy shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest justsoyouknow Report post Posted March 20, 2003 What's with all of the NIN hate? Trent Reznor made some bomb videos. "The Perfect Drug" is an example. Download it. Love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted March 20, 2003 'closer'=best video ever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest justsoyouknow Report post Posted March 20, 2003 Amen. And I really appreciate how MTV gives Trent a verbal blowjob everytime they have on of those "most controversial" things, but they refuse to play any of his fucking videos, despite labeling him "genius" and "incredibly gifted". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted March 20, 2003 Michael Jackson should win this period. None of those other people measure up to the impact he's made on MTV and on Music Videos in general. Hopefully the MTV idiots will look past the "controversy" that has no evidence to back up the assumptions, and vote in the only person who truly deserves to win this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest subliminal_animal Report post Posted March 20, 2003 Well MTV, had the fans vote 100 greatest videos and only 8 songs were pre 1998. So they went with common sense. I don't think that was why for some reason. I love No Doubt to death, but where are the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? All there videos are awesome and/or ground breaking. You know, I don't mind them, but I would agree with you. They actually still get played on MTV, too. They might be on the list, though, I don't know. I only gave it a quick look-see. Amen. And I really appreciate how MTV gives Trent a verbal blowjob everytime they have on of those "most controversial" things, but they refuse to play any of his fucking videos, despite labeling him "genius" and "incredibly gifted". I think they only had one of those shows. He's just not what the industry is moving right now. Old hat! Hopefully the MTV idiots will look past the "controversy" that has no evidence to back up the assumptions, and vote in the only person who truly deserves to win this. Yeah, he should. I kind of doubt he even molested those children, too, after the blitz of Jackson specials a couple months ago. But I dobut he cares. It's not like he gets an award that he thinks is an award, but really isn't an award at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted March 20, 2003 Well yeah, I'm sure none of the people on list will really care if they win an award voted on by the MTV humanoids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
