MTV's Best Year: The Top 5 Videos of 1992
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MTV's Best Year: The Top 5 Videos of 1992
by WeAreTheWorld. Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:29 pm
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MTV's Best Year: The Top 5 Videos of 1992
By Nathan Smith Thu., Oct. 4 2012 at 11:00 AM
In 1992, the recording industry was riding high. The compact disc had become a major success, with music lovers purchasing new albums and old releases in astonishing numbers despite the format's comparatively steep price tags. And the music-video juggernaut known as MTV was helping major labels to break new music to an unprecedented national audience.
That may seem strange to those who have grown up with the Jersey Shore version of MTV, but 20 years ago, musicians were the network's stars. Back then, a hot music video could turn semi-anonymous performers into superstars overnight, and the major record labels pumped millions into their top acts' video budgets.
In many ways, 1992 was the high-water mark for music video as an artistic medium. The high-concept shoots pioneered by artists like Michael Jackson had raised the bar far beyond simple lip synching. Put simply, music videos moved units. For that reason, everyone was making videos, from Megadeth to Tori Amos. Video budgets had never been higher, and MTV couldn't get enough of them.
Before long, of course, it would be all over. Videos would be replaced on MTV by reality series, and the days of record companies blowing a few million on a clip directed by David Fincher began to seem too impossible to be true. But in 1992, the medium appeared vital, healthy and here to stay.
Here's a look at the best five music videos from 1992 and what they tell us about that era of popular music:
5. Michael Jackson, "Remember the Time"
By '92, Michael Jackson was already regarded as the greatest music-video artist of all time. The King of Pop's "short films" for "Thriller," "Beat It" and "Bad" had been landmark events for MTV, and in the early '90s -- before the network embraced hip-hop wholeheartedly -- he was still MTV's biggest black star.
Maybe he felt he had a lot to live up to, or maybe he just wasn't altogether sane. But whatever the reason, Jackson elected to go straight over the top for his "Remember the Time" video. Directed by John Singleton, the nine-minute clip casts MJ as a (freakish, alien) wizard in a lavishly decorated ancient Egypt, brazenly trying to woo Queen Iman away from Pharoah Eddie Murphy. Magic Johnson, the Pharcyde(!) and "Tiny" Lister also make cameos, because why wouldn't they.
The whole thing only cost $2 million, a mere fraction of the $7 million Mike would blow on his "Scream" video later in the decade. But that was still a large enough sum to make "Remember the Time" one of the most expensive (and memorable) music videos in history. Er, HIStory.
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MTV's Best Year: The Top 5 Videos of 1992
By Nathan Smith Thu., Oct. 4 2012 at 11:00 AM
In 1992, the recording industry was riding high. The compact disc had become a major success, with music lovers purchasing new albums and old releases in astonishing numbers despite the format's comparatively steep price tags. And the music-video juggernaut known as MTV was helping major labels to break new music to an unprecedented national audience.
That may seem strange to those who have grown up with the Jersey Shore version of MTV, but 20 years ago, musicians were the network's stars. Back then, a hot music video could turn semi-anonymous performers into superstars overnight, and the major record labels pumped millions into their top acts' video budgets.
In many ways, 1992 was the high-water mark for music video as an artistic medium. The high-concept shoots pioneered by artists like Michael Jackson had raised the bar far beyond simple lip synching. Put simply, music videos moved units. For that reason, everyone was making videos, from Megadeth to Tori Amos. Video budgets had never been higher, and MTV couldn't get enough of them.
Before long, of course, it would be all over. Videos would be replaced on MTV by reality series, and the days of record companies blowing a few million on a clip directed by David Fincher began to seem too impossible to be true. But in 1992, the medium appeared vital, healthy and here to stay.
Here's a look at the best five music videos from 1992 and what they tell us about that era of popular music:
5. Michael Jackson, "Remember the Time"
By '92, Michael Jackson was already regarded as the greatest music-video artist of all time. The King of Pop's "short films" for "Thriller," "Beat It" and "Bad" had been landmark events for MTV, and in the early '90s -- before the network embraced hip-hop wholeheartedly -- he was still MTV's biggest black star.
Maybe he felt he had a lot to live up to, or maybe he just wasn't altogether sane. But whatever the reason, Jackson elected to go straight over the top for his "Remember the Time" video. Directed by John Singleton, the nine-minute clip casts MJ as a (freakish, alien) wizard in a lavishly decorated ancient Egypt, brazenly trying to woo Queen Iman away from Pharoah Eddie Murphy. Magic Johnson, the Pharcyde(!) and "Tiny" Lister also make cameos, because why wouldn't they.
The whole thing only cost $2 million, a mere fraction of the $7 million Mike would blow on his "Scream" video later in the decade. But that was still a large enough sum to make "Remember the Time" one of the most expensive (and memorable) music videos in history. Er, HIStory.
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Re: MTV's Best Year: The Top 5 Videos of 1992
by Admin Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:25 am
From this article:
"Directed by John Singleton, the nine-minute clip casts MJ as a (freakish, alien) wizard in a lavishly decorated ancient Egypt, brazenly trying to woo Queen Iman"
Really? Has this idiot writer EVER SEEN MJ in RTT? "freakish, alien wizard" Are you kidding me? He was never more intoxicatingly handsome and mesmerizingly smooth - when the hell are these jackass writers going to STOP disrespecting Michael!? There is just NO reason to say this in this piece except to bash MJ once again-jerks!!
"Directed by John Singleton, the nine-minute clip casts MJ as a (freakish, alien) wizard in a lavishly decorated ancient Egypt, brazenly trying to woo Queen Iman"
Really? Has this idiot writer EVER SEEN MJ in RTT? "freakish, alien wizard" Are you kidding me? He was never more intoxicatingly handsome and mesmerizingly smooth - when the hell are these jackass writers going to STOP disrespecting Michael!? There is just NO reason to say this in this piece except to bash MJ once again-jerks!!
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