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- Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” (dir. Francis Lawrence, 2009) By the time she crawled out of your mom’s Volvo roof box to deliver her first rah-rah-rahs, Lady Gaga had already hosted a poolside orgy, transformed the subway into her debaucherous lair, and sought poisonous revenge on Alexander Skarsgård for throwing her off the edge of a castle.
- Missy Elliott, “Work It” (dir. Dave Meyers, 2002) While most of her contemporaries settled for music videos that made them look tough or sexy, Missy Elliott got strange with hers, and “Work It” is a perfect distillation of her idiosyncratic vision of warped world.
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?)” (dir. Paul Hunter, 2000) Naked as the day he was born, save for a gold chain and bracelet, D’Angelo is the entirety of the simple, single-take video for “Untitled.”
- Beyoncé, “Formation” (dir. Melina Matsoukas, 2016) Beyoncé stopped the world for the umpteenth time when she dropped the explosive song and video for “Formation,” just a day before performing the anthem at Super Bowl 50.
Jul 30, 2021 · 100 Greatest Music Videos — from Adele's 'Hello' to ZZ Top's 'Gimme All Your Lovin',' Rolling Stone's picks for the best music videos ever.
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- David Browne,Mankaprr Conteh,Brenna Ehrlich,David Fear,Maria Fontoura,Jon Freeman,Elisabeth Garber-Paul,Andy Greene,Kory Grow,Brian Hiatt,Christian Hoard,Jeff Ihaza,Jason Newman,Angie Martoccio,Jerry Portwood,Claire Shaffer,Rob Sheffield,Hank Shteamer,Brittany Spanos,Simon Vozick-Levinson
Elsewhere, we saw hip-hop and drill music continue to dominate our charts, as female country artists continued to be major creative forces and dance-pop continued to thrive. And where viral moments once made for unexpected hits, in 2021 we saw them revitalize older songs from the likes of Kali Uchis and Italian rock revivalists (not to mention ...
Jan 16, 2019 · Celebrating the 100 greatest songs from singer-songwriters from the last seven decades, including the best from Bob Dylan and Elton John.
- Taylor Swift, ‘All Too Well (10-Minute Version)’ Swift knows that William Faulkner had it right, and so did Katy Perry: the past is never really over. Neither are great nine-year-old pop-folk songs.
- Little Simz featuring Cleo Sol, ‘Woman’ Little Simz is unquestionably a star in her native Britain. Can it happen here, too, please? Her Inflo-produced “Sometimes I Be Introvert” album is something close to a hip-hop masterpiece and ought to be recognized as such globally.
- Allison Russell, ‘Nightflyer’ Russell’s “Outside Child” album is an account of building a life during and after traumatic childhood abuse. As quick proof that this in no way constitutes a downer of a listening experience, the single “Nightflyer” is a triumphant, soulful ballad that throws some sass back at a sometimes capricious universe.
- Aimee Mann, ‘Suicide Is Murder’ Suicide is such a perennially controversial topic that when Mann released this as a single, she got a little pushback from some fans.
Mar 21, 2024 · Here we pay tribute to those who have flipped music’s script, and countdown the 50 best songwriters of all time. Listen to our Rock Classics playlist here, and check out our 30 best songwriters, below. Daniel Johnston is known as true original among the world’s best songwriters.
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