Iconic Music Videos That Defined The Past Few Decades

“Closer” by Nine Inch Nails (1994)

This NIN video was so explicit that it had be censored for television. Several scenes were blocked by a black screen that simply read, “Scene Missing.” It takes place in… basically the equivalent of a terrifying Victorian-era BDSM psychiatrist’s office? Sort of? Either way, Trent Reznor is blindfolded, gagged, handcuffed, and surrounded on all sides by dismembered animals. Who can forget the spinning pig’s head?

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The More You Know

  • None of the Beatles could read or write sheet music.
  • Bob Dylan said on his school yearbook that his ultimate dream was being in Little Richard’s band.
  • Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury supposedly had a falling out because Michael brought his pet llama to the recording studio.
  • With a net worth of 1.3 billion dollars, Paul McCartney is the wealthiest musician in the world.
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