This will be a personal weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.
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Seven country songs on the list this week. That’s an unusual imbalance. It’s a good thing that Gavin DeGraw is around to represent the pop/rock/alternative end or it would have been worse. Surprisingly, there aren’t any live performances, either. Just all video magic for once. Other than that, the top two spots stay locked for a second week. But the Banjo rules supreme on both faves lists!
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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the week of April 8, 2012
1. Banjo—Rascal Flatts
2. Somebody That I Used to Know—Gotye with Kimbra
3. Good Girl—Carrie Underwood
4. You Gonna Fly—Keith Urban
5. Dancin’ Away With My Heart—Lady Antebellum
6. Endless Love—Lionel Richie and Shania Twain
7. Sweeter—Gavin DeGraw
8. Reality—Kenny Chesney
9. A Woman Like You—Lee Brice
10. Blackbird—Sarah Darling
1) “Banjo”—I wish I went to a college where music is appreciated like the one in the video!
2) “Somebody That I Used to Know”—For some reason, the song is starting to remind me of Gary Numan’s “Are Friends Electric?” That is a huge compliment!
3) “Good Girl”—The dichotomy between “good” Carrie and “bad’ Carrie is fun to watch for once!
4) “You Gonna Fly”—When Keith does a video for one of his upbeat songs, the video usually matches it!
5) “Dancin’ Away With My Heart”—I think this video has peaked for me, but I still like it!
6) “Endless Love”—I like anything that has to do with bringing Shania Twain back to music! The fact that this video and song brought back Lionel Richie is a “twofer.” A “threefer” if you count the song!
7) “Sweeter”—This video and song continues to build momentum for me!
8) “Reality”—This Kenny Chesney video, much like the Keith Urban video, has been around for awhile. It’s a good concept and song that’s been kept off this list for too long!
9) “A Woman Like You”—Although Lee Brice doesn’t usually get me excited musically, I like that little guitar run that keeps popping up in this song!
10) “Blackbird”—This is a very nice interpretation of Paul McCartney’s classic and I hope it catches on because the video looks nice, too!
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