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Let’s get this out of the way: This is not a definitive list of the greatest music videos of all time, nor is it the most iconic music videos of all time, or the best songs of all time, or any all-encompassing list that VH1 or Rolling Stone magazine churn out every five to ten years. This is a list of music videos that a man can watch and get some style inspiration from. Videos they can watch and go, “Oh, shit that’s a cool outfit. Andre 3000 sure dresses cool.”

So here is our un-ranked, and in no particular order, list of the videos that are as good to watch as to listen to…or possibly made for great Halloween costumes. While most of these songs we enjoy it flat out LOVE, several of them we downright HATE and think the artist should go swan diving into an active volcano. But even we are not above given credit where credit is due if it meets our most important criteria: looking GOOD.

Pulp – This Is Hardcore/Common People

If one were to assemble a group of artists and videos that summed up mid-90s Britpop and the entire feeling of where the state of Rock n’Roll was at that time, Pulp would be one of the first names on your mind. These two videos, both beautiful aesthetically and musically, exemplify the sartorial brilliance of musical avatar Jarvis Cocker and the aesthetic uniqueness of the era.

Spice Girls – Who Do You Think You Are?

Don’t judge us. The video is cool and the Girls were in their prime. Just watch it.

Beck – Devil’s Haircut

This much we know: Beck Hansen is the love child of David Bowie, Shampoo-era Warren Beatty, and a John Waters film. We also know that he’s the most interesting musician of his age and that you’ll never be bored when you see one of his videos. Devil’s Haircut is classic Beck: Super badass beat, mumble-whispered vocals, and awesome clothes. His disco cowboy look in the video is just another reminder that you could never pull that look off, but you’ll sure as hell try.

Michael Jackson – Beat It

That red jacket. That is all.

Devo – Whip It

Collapsible travel cup hats. Elastic black man rompers. Whips. Staying in shape. Shaping it up. Going forward. Moving ahead. Rinse. Repeat.

Coldplay – Viva La Vida

An album inspired by the French Revolution? SOLD. The former Mr. GOOP and company made a truly brilliant album, probably their best. VLV (the song) laments a great man’s fall from grace, reflecting on his glory days. What’s brilliant is the band’s choice of dress during this era, looking like a ragtag gang of freedom fighters/hobo jug band musicians/hipster revolutionaries. Almost makes you wanna storm La Bastille.

Beastie Boys – Sabotage

Oh my god. It’s a mirage.

No. No it’s not. It’s possibly the greatest music video ever made from one of the greatest rap groups ever. EVER. And Sabotage perfectly spoofs cheesy cop shows from the ’70s while also giving guys the best and cheapest Halloween costume idea of all time.

The Strokes – Last Night

The band that brought back filthy Garage Rock also made the Canadian Tuxedo look cool for once. The Strokes are New York City’s version of what would happen if the boys of Muse became homeless and listened to Iggy Pop, and Last Night is the best example of that.

Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out

Steampunk chic? Gilded Age Glam? We don’t know what the fuck to call it, but our favorite band named after a world leader’s assassin (we’re still waiting on The Booths or Gavrilo Princip and The Tuxedoes featuring Charles Guiteau on Tambourine,) came out with a bang with this track and the bizarre video that accompanied it. It also doesn’t hurt that FF is one of the most well-suited musical acts playing.

Kanye West – Runaway (Music Video/Full Film)

Kanye gets a lot of shit for…being Kanye. To be fair, he deserves most of it. But what is beyond question is his creative brilliance that has always been rooted in a love for fashion and a flair for all that is stylish (check out his friend/mentee Virgil Abloh and his rise as the new creative directory at Louis Vuitton.) So whether you wanna see the full thirty-four-plus minute film Runaway, or simply watch the lone video, be prepared to see something that’s truly beautiful and visually stimulating. There’s also a huge dose of West’s unique brand of self-aggrandizement and batshit craziness that makes him brilliant.

George Michael – Freedom ’90

This is a unique entry on our last, being that it features mostly stylish women rather than men’s style. That said, this video, which includes the era’s most iconic supermodels lip-synching the lyrics, is just plain cool. It may not give men too many outfit ideas, but the way it’s shot and edited make it beautiful to watch, and so it makes the list.

Outkast – B.O.B./The Whole World/The Way You Move

If you combine Southern Hip-Hop, a circus, a little bit of Rock n’Roll, some Woodstock-era acid that Jimi Hendrix would take, a shitload of color, and killer outfits, you’d have Outkast. Atlanta gave us Coca-Cola, the Braves, and The Dirty Bird, but Outkast is by far the city’s greatest contribution, and these videos are a prime example of why.

Gorillaz – Feel Good, Inc.

Animated primates singing songs written by the guy from Blur (you know, that Woo Hoo song?) As lifelong Oasis fans, we should HATE Gorillaz out of loyalty to the Gallagher Brothers and their feud against Blur’s Damon Albarn in the 90s, but we have to acknowledge that these videos are THE SHIT.

Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines

This is a prime example of a video that we love, but wouldn’t mind seeing the artist be disappeared a la 1984. Robin Thicke is a complete and utter tool, and needs to be reminded that he’s white, Canadian, and that his late father was the star of Growing Pains. That aside, we love this video, and no, it’s not because of Emily Ratajkowski. It’s because it’s fucking fun to watch and listen to. Also, Pharrell.

OK Go – Here It Goes Again

Who doesn’t love treadmills, especially when they’re used for NOT exercise? It also doesn’t hurt when the band in this video dresses like they’re going to an Easter egg hunt with The Mad Hatter and The March Hare.

U2 – Discotheque

This song, and the Pop album in general, gets a lot of criticism and U2 got absolutely slammed for “selling out,” which is fair-weather fanspeak for that band I like tried to expand the landscape of their sound and tried something different. But those people are idiots. The song and its accompanying video are clever as shit and answer that age-old question, “but what would The Village People look and sound like as Irishmen?”

Jack White – Would You Fight For My Love?

Jack White’s style has come a looooooong way from the red and white motif that characterized the majority of his career. But this is Jack White 2.0: Electronic Gospel Preacher. The entire Lazaretto album is replete with his signature brand of Detroit gutter rock but with a supporting cast of beautiful, talented, yet Southern Gothic-inspired female musicians, who’ve given White the aesthetic of a carnival barker in Hell who stopped at his tailor en route to the underworld.

Timbaland -The Way I Are

Suits + Soccer = You bet your ass we’ll watch.

Oasis – The Importance of Being Idle

Three words: Rhys. Fucking. Ifans.

An Oasis video from their underrated Don’t Believe The Truth album, we’re taken through the most interesting and Dickensian-looking funeral ever held. Rhys Ifans, best known in the U.S. as Xenophilius Lovegood in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films, makes the march towards his own demise seem so much fun that we almost want to join him on the journey to the beyond.

Daft Punk – Around the World

One of the first memories we have when moving to Italy in the late 90s was watching this video on MTV Europe and seeing this video, the most bizarre fucking thing we’d ever seen up to that point. We were transfixed. Who was this, and what were they doing with their bodies, and why were they wearing helmets? Twenty-two years later, we are still enormous fans of these secretive French nerds, always pushing us to go harder, better, faster, stronger.

Jay-Z/Rihanna/Kanye West – Run This Town

Seriously, if shit were to hit the fan, who would we want taking charge? Speaking frankly, we could do worse than these three. This Purge-esque video, we assume was filmed with extras from either that film or Escape From New York, proved that “all black, everything,” is not just a wardrobe choice, but a rallying cry.

Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity

We know. That hat looks ridiculous now. But in 1997, the year when people wore ski goggles as style accessories, it worked. And this video that features lead singer Jason Kay scooting around a room whose walls were seemingly caving in and furniture shifting around on its own accord, made us viewers think we could also dance and look just as effortlessly cool.

Dee-Lite – Groov is in The Heart

It doesn’t get much better: Having legendary bassist Bootsy Collins play on your track and star in your music video. If there is a heaven and it looked like a 90s party, it would look like this.

The Killers – Mr. Brightside

Another entry in the “We Wanna Hate This But Can’t” category, we’ve never been big on The Killers, but their style in this video is untouchable. Period.

So there it is. The videos we came up with after listening to our teenage playlists, Googling “Top Ten” and “Top 100” lists, and going through our music collection. There’s no question that we left off many a deserving video and will be called out on it. We welcome this, and look forward to the comments beginning with “Hey assholes…”

Can’t wait.