Classic Rock Videos

Great(est) Classic Rock Videos

It has to be more than just great music - the video has to add something special. To be, dare we say it, iconic.

Let's begin at the beginning of MTV and go from there (in no particular order):

• Buggles, Video Killed the Radio Star, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjz23Q92A4s
• ABBA, Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia!, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aqLE3WqYpg, and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b6tgfY-mkc
• Bon Jovi, It's My Life, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE
• Cher, If I Could Turn Back Time, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n3A_-HRFfc
• a-ha, Take On Me, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
• Go-Go's, Vacation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RHTiXvELNg
• Crosby, Stills and Nash, Southern Cross, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9gLjEGJrw
• Springsteen and Friends, No Surrender, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alorNxGo0FM
• Meatloaf, I'd Do Anything for Love, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X_ViIPA-Gc
• Roxette, Listen to Your Heart, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC_b5WHLX0
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, Freebird, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIWDmmqZzY
• Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU
• 4 Non Blondes, What's Up?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc
• Hooters, And We Danced, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1Q-PfUvN0
• Bangles, Manic Monday, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmVgoXDq2w
• Boomtown Rats, I Don’t Like Mondays, https://youtu.be/FcZW0GFLSdw?si=4XUDSw0hXDwGTe7Y, BTW most of Live Aid is on video here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a1ZF6gJ3fk&list=PLcJXHsgTY_JHQNGE9h6IQQckHuUD9Bubi
• Heart, What About Love?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5GGMhmo-M
• The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again, https://youtu.be/RDVdomcsjBA?si=5-7B1_rnV3tOJBzT
• First Class, Beach Baby, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FWyi7TGYw0
• Credence Clearwater Revival, Fortunate Son, https://youtu.be/6T-6vxLXj9M?si=BUoKLzk9Rz_Ox-aC
• U.S.A. for Africa, We Are the World, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw
• Rocky Horror Picture Show, I'm Going Home, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMtfFY-O3W4
• Springsteen and the E Street Band, Born to Run, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA
• Guns N' Roses, November Rain, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE
• Dire Straits, Money for Nothing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0
• Run-DMC, Walk This Way, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_UYYPb-Gk
• Eurythmics, Would I Lie to You?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhpu2N4rQZM
• Bob Marley, Redemption Song, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZpxaeICYyg
• Dylan and Friends, My Back Pages, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEIMCWob3U
• The Band, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x35l1IxU9dg
• Marc Cohn, Walking in Memphis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRafRp-P-o
• Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic
• Night Ranger, Sister Christian, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92bmlcmyq0

And Three for the Holiday Season:

• Pogues, Fairytale of New York, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8, and here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8lvnSmISc
• Dropkick Murphys, The Season’s Upon Us, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk
• “It’s a Wonderful Life” Cast, Auld Lang Syne, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3sXVxqDbFk

And Finally, for the End:

• Dropkick Murphys, Going Out in Style, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7g3RuoreRc