when is the last time MTV aired one of those "top 500 videos ever" dealies?

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Is there any demand for one of these ever again? Would it more likely to be aired on MTV2 these days? What recent videos would most likely be included?

billstevejim (billstevejim), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

Fall of '97. It was the same exact thing as the second-to-last time they played it, which was in Spring of '97, except they threw in thirteen new-ish videos and bumped the rest down accordingly (the highest of the new entries being Puff Daddy's "I'll Be Missing You" at #18).

The first time this thing aired was a defining moment in my life, to say the least. And no, there's absolutely no way they could do it again, even on M2. Maybe when/if MTV comes out with their equivalent of VH-1 Classic.

The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

Some recent vids they'd certainly include:

Eminem - Stan, Without Me, Lose Yourself, The Real Slim Shady
Missy - Get Ur Freak On, Work It, Gossip Folks
50 Cent - In Da Club, 21 Questions
Blink-182 - All the Small Things
Good Charlotte - The Anthem, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time, Toxic
Kanye West - All Falls Down, Jesus Walks, Gold Digger
My Chemical Romance - Helena
White Stripes - Fell in Love With a Girl, Seven Nation Army
No Doubt - Underneath It All
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Sisqo - The Thong Song
Christina, Pink, Mya, Lil Kim - Lady Marmalade
Xtina - Beautiful, Genie in a Bottle, Dirrty
Lil Jon - Get Low
Destiny's Child - Independent Women, Pt. 1, Bootylicious
Beyonce - Crazy in Love, Baby Boy
Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder, 99 Problems, Big Pimpin'
OutKast - Hey Ya, Ms. Jackson
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down
Simple Plan - Perfect
Avril Lavigne - Complicated, Sk8ter Boi
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River, Like I Love You
N Sync - Bye, Bye, Bye, Girlfriend

The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

Many years ago, I had hoped that at some point MTV would consider possibly putting together some sort of "Breakthrough Video" countdown, but I gave up on that dream years ago.

billstevejim (billstevejim), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

When I was a wee lad, i stayed home on Labor Day weekend to watch all of the top 300 videos ever.

I remember the Top 500 was REALLY accurate, as opposed to the rose-colored glasses versions of these things they usually show. Like Musical Youth and the Who's "Evidence Front" we on it... videos they hadn't played in a decade, as opposed to the usual trotting out of the GNR videos that still get airplay at 3am.

Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:18 (twenty years ago)

It's a put on!

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:53 (twenty years ago)

remember buzz clips!?!?!?

reo, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 06:01 (twenty years ago)


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