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Writers need critics if for no other reason, to help us see when we have failed to communicate the main thing. The Nov. 11 and 18 editions of community voice, a response to my Nov. 4 piece on the Virginia Values Act titled Velvet covered tyranny, served that purpose for me.

So, allow me to be blunt. The Democrat-controlled legislature and Virginias executive branch are stripping your first amendment rights of free speech and religious liberty.

It does not matter if you consider yourself conservative or liberal, libertarian or progressive, or agree with me on same-sex marriage or anything else.

My critics and I are coming from such completely different worldviews that Im sure any topic I address, be it the right to life, legalized recreational marijuana, legalized gambling, etc., would provoke similar disagreement.

The point is that we have the constitutionally protected freedom not only to express those opinions in the public square but also do our jobs, run our businesses and churches, and non-profit ministries, all while following the dictates of our religiously informed consciences. The Virginia Values Act denies those rights.

Here is the second and equally important point. If a state government can strip my first amendment rights, it can strip yours. If it can deny our first amendment rights, it can revoke any of the others.

Those are the main things. But four other items need clarification.

First, I am a Christian and a pastor, not a therapist. My article, Im not gay and you probably arent either (seedaneskelton.comunder the LGBTQ category) is not an attempt at conversion therapy.

Instead, it is my testimony and invitation to any young person struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction to know that there is another way. They have the right to hear that. But if people like me are silenced, they will not hear it.

Other memoirs, like Rosaria Butterfields Secret thoughts of an unlikely convert and Dennis Jernigans Sing over me, tell similar stories and offer identical hope.

Second, regarding pushing my views and values on others, the shoe is on the other foot. I would not publicly address this issue except for two things. LGBTQ activists intend to deny all biblical Christians the rights mentioned above and have been for many years. Many sources validate that statement.

But for starters, look up Jonathon V. Lasts You Will Be Assimilated: The Same-Sex Marriage Bait and Switch, published in The Weekly Standard and Washington Examiner, June 22, 2015.

Or see lesbian conservative radio talk-show hostTammy Bruces responseto the 2014 Arizona Religious Freedom Bill, where she coined the phrase Gay Gestapo.

Third, I was happy to learn that Alliance Defending Freedom had $55M for their work. They earned Charity Navigators Platinum Seal of Transparency for 2020. I commend them to you. SeeADFLEGAL.ORG. For perspective, the ACLU, which usually argues opposite ADF, reported $202M in total assets for 2019 reporting.

Fourth, the Regnerus study I referenced has taken up too much time and was not the main point. As for its funding, You get what you pay for applies to all such research.

But it was not flawed or debunked. It was disputed and discredited by people who disagreed with the findings. But his sample size was larger than any other study of its kind at the time. Fifteen thousand people between ages 18-39. Only when the results were found politically incorrect did his department chair and others disavow it.

Heres what Regnerus said about the study in aninterview with Warren Smith. Its never been retracted. I havent retracted it. The journal hasnt retracted it. Its hard to debunk what is basically an overview snapshot of a fairly large, complex dataset. Other people analyze the data and say, Hey, Mark, its all about the instability in these families, which would be illuminating if I hadnt already said that. I said that years ago. Likely, the key variable here is the profound instability of the households in which the parents had same-sex relationships. People want to say, Oh, today its going to be Theres more of a gay or lesbian bourgeois family that will be much more stable. Its possible. I say, Show me the data. Some of this stuff well have to track for a decade or two before we get a good sense of it.

Evangelicals like me are the canary in the coalmine for America. Start paying attention to what your government is doing. Stand up for your constitutional rights. Do not stop when it gets hard and people insult you. If we fail, our freedoms are going to evaporate.

Skelton is the pastor at Faith Community Church in South Boston.

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Thanksgiving, so rich in memories and meaning for all Americans. In the little colony at Plymouth, in 1621, the Pilgrims had been in the New World for nearly a year. There had been springtime planting, summer watching and working, because the colonists knew that their lives depended on the coming harvest. The crops were fruitful beyond expectation and late in the fall Governor Bradford sent four men into the forest to shoot wild birds. We will hold a harvest feast of Thanksgiving he said, and invited the Indians who had been friendly to them to join them. They came bearing venison and the feast lasted for three days. This was the first Thanksgiving Day celebrated in America. As more colonists came to America the tradition of Thanksgiving Day was celebrated throughout the colonies.

General Washington gave this Thanksgiving Day proclamation in 1789: Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and favors... Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday the 6th of November next, to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and Glorious Being, who is the Beneficent Author of all the good that was, and that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble, thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country; and for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

In 1864, President Lincoln issued the first presidential proclamation appointing Thanksgiving Day as the fourth or last Thursday of November. Succeeding presidents continued the custom, and since then Thanksgiving Day has been regularly observed throughout the United States. This summary is adapted from The Book of Knowledge encyclopedia.

Yes, I admit it, Im old. Cant find any of the good old Thanksgiving poems of my days because they are all politically incorrect in these modern days. Maybe some of my old readers will remember this one by Annette Wynne, Indian Children.

Where we walk to school each day, Indian Children used to play--;

All about our Native Land, where the shops and houses stand.

And the trees were very tall, and there were no streets at all;

Not a church and not a steepleonly woods and Indian people.

Only wigwams on the ground, and at night bears prowling round--;

What a different place today, Where we live and work and play.

Gratitude by Margaret E. Sangster:

I thank You for these gifts, dear God; Upon Thanksgiving Day

For love and laughter and the faith, That makes me kneel to pray.

For life than lends me happiness, And sleep that gives me rest;

These are the gifts that keep my heart, Serene within my breast.

Love, laughter, faith and life and sleep, We own them every one

They carry us along the road, That leads from sun to sun.

May you and your families have a blessed Thanksgiving Day although it may be a little different than in years past we can love and pray for everyone even if we are unable to be together in person. God bless you all.

Old Uncle Gib is a weekly historical feature published each week. Old Uncle Gib is a pseudonym that was used by S.C. Bishop, who founded the Chronicle in 1886. Bishop actively published the Chronicle until 1948.

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Or clunk the stubby, hefty gearstick down a ratio and prod the throttle to hear it sing, feeling the power swell as you eke out the last few revs. For while this engine is a lazy V8 at heart, it also loves to be wrung out, rewarding you with that glorious, thudding soundtrack and an almost surprising dollop of top-end torque.

They say you shouldnt meet your heroes. But as youve probably guessed, I love this car. Its a bit of a flawed diamond, lacking the precision of a Porsche of the technical efficiency of an Audi, but making up for that with character in spades. From the moment you pop open the door using the button hidden under the mirror, of course it feels like an event.

And what about that famed reliability? Well, Ive had to call out the RAC twice although in both instancesI blame myself, rather than the car. The first time Id managed to get the seatbelt stuck; the second, I forgot to leave it plugged into the trickle chargerand the alarm system flattened the battery.

Otherwise, the TVR hasnt yet put a foot wrong in a thousand miles of motoring. Long may it continue.

Heres to good things coming out of a very bad time for the world. And to understanding wives.

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I doubt many of us have heard of Juana Ins de la Cruz, a 17th century Mexican poet and nun revered for her outspokenness. But thanks to American Players Theatre and PBS Wisconsin in their second "Out of the Woods" collaboration, I guarantee that is about to change.

De la Cruz was a legendary cultural figure in Mexico, and now is considered to be the first feminist writer in the West. Beginning her career in the court of Mexico City at the age of 16, de la Cruz addressed love, feminism, philosophy and even sex through verse at a time when it was politically incorrect, sinful, and unfashionable for women to express their intellect.

Karen Zacaras's play The Sins of Sor Juana, a Goodman Theatre season production in 2010, draws upon what little historical facts are known about de la Cruz. Zacaras writes in the style of magical realism; the play is full of imagery, drama, humor and complexity. Its also relevant and timely, appropriate for these times.

In the play directed by Jake Penner, de la Cruz is presented as an artist, a conduit through which truth is given voice. He and Zacaras address her vision quite well.

Making the virtual play reading easy to follow, stage directions are given with setting explanations; each actor is labeled onscreen, and when they speak, their box is highlighted. Voice coach Joy Lanceta Coronel wisely chose to focus on the text and not the dialects.

The play begins with de la Cruz sending a letter to the new bishop that God wants women to learn not a popular philosophy at the time. She also has managed to have a collection of her poems and sonnets published (she's dubbed the Tenth Muse of Mexico), much to the discomfort and anger of Padre Nez and Madre Filothea, heads of the convent she has taken residency in after refusing to marry the Vicereines dry and cranky Uncle Fabio. The negotiations between those two women involving writing and a library are both humorous and distressing. De la Cruz also orchestrated the death of her love Don Silvio. And now de la Cruzs actions have brought the padre and the convent before the Inquisition.

This is an ensemble that is talented, expressive both physically as well as vocally. I was engaged, and I have to admit I had a visceral reaction to some of the characters, wanting to smack the smirk off Sor Sara or shake the stupidity out of Mother Filothea.

Melisa Pereyra glows as Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz. Ive never seen so many expressions projected on a face so convincingly: determination, curiosity, confusion, hope, love, pride, beauty. Pereyra is an articulate, intelligent and vital actress.

Triney Sandoval is double cast as the Viceroy and, more magnificently, as Padre Nez, Juanas confessor and protector. Sandoval plays both parts with nobility, majestic essence, and power.

Janyce Caraballo is every bit Maria, the sweet, eager novice, so loyal to Juana. She also gets to provide the think about it ending.

Cher lvarez as Sor Sara is Juanas nemesis, the smirky gossip who quips, Youll see the charity of our actions none too sweetly. She flips the switch to also reappear as the beautiful Vicereine just pigeonhole her as the villain you love to hate.

Jeliannys Michelle is double cast as the voice of reason Xchitl and Mother Filothea. Shes flawless with her distinctive characters.

And despite not appearing long onscreen, we have Sebastian Arboleda as the questioning, loyal servant Pedro, and Ronald Romn-Melndez as the doomed Don Silvio, Juanas true love and the rogue who ignited her mind. He has the dulcet tones necessary to make his character believable.

This is a talented ensemble.

The Sins of Sor Juana is a genuinely interesting play, thought provoking, and compelling. I appreciate this introduction to de la Cruz, without a doubt a fascinating figure. American Players continues to be fascinating with its explorations of new voices through BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) works. I also appreciated Zacaras's incorporation of de la Cruzs poems throughout the play.

But I have to wonder how many other de la Cruzes have been ignored throughout history, or as reviewer John Olson said, How many accomplishments of which humanity has been deprived over the [centuries] by its insistence on a second-class stature for women? Well never know.

Regina Belt-Daniels is a theater veteran, having performed and directed throughout Illinois, Ohio and New York onstage, in web series and radio plays, and also serves on several theater boards. She hopes to return soon to live audiences, teaching, acting and traveling with her husband.

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WHEN: Through Dec. 31

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SPIN launched in the peak MTV era, when an innovative or even just salacious music video could make or break an artist. Thirty five years later, YouTube is an obligatory part of any promotional push, but no ones counting on a mind-blowing clip to sell a record. (The views do often matter just not always the creativity.)

A sizable chunk of the best videos came out during the 90s alternative bloom, when directors like Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry and Hype Williams experimented with the style and substance of this malleable medium. But the format hasnt died with MTV: artists like Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar and Miley Cyrus all made this list for a reason and it wasnt to meet a decade quota.

Here are the top 35 from the last 35. Ready or not, here we go again. Ryan Reed

35. Guns N Roses November Rain

CREDIT: Pete Still/Redferns

Nine minutes and 16 seconds of pure theater. A song that should be considered the second coming of Stairway to Heaven was paired with a short film about Axl Rose marrying and then mourning his wife (played by supermodel Stephanie Seymour). Nearly 30 years later, does anyone know how she died? Perhaps it was during the most dramatic rainstorm in music video history, which was overshadowed by Slashs guitar playing. - Jason Stahl

34. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince Summertime

CREDIT: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air takes us on a tour of Philadelphia in the Summertime video, which features one hell of a cookout. You know you wanted to be there whether it was for the fly honeys, family reunion, nostalgia or just to be a part of the happiest group of people in the city of brotherly love (who were actual friends and family of Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff). - J.S.

33. Chris Isaak Wicked Game

CREDIT: Lex van Rossen/MAI/Redferns

Herb Ritts directed this ultra-sexy black-and-white video featuring Chris Isaac and supermodel Helena Christensen, both mostly discretely shirtless and sandy frolicking, touching and splashing around on a beach. Undeniably one of the most sensual videos of all time, it took home MTVs 1991 awards for Best Male Video, Best Cinematography and Best Video From a Film. Liza Lentini

32. Janet Jackson Nasty

CREDIT: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images

Listen up, all you nasty boys: Ms. Jackson makes all of her dance moves look effortless and flawless. It helps when the choreography is directed by Paula Abdul, who, by the way, makes an appearance at the 3:24 mark. But were not quite sure who decided to dress those Chicago Bears-looking fans in perv raincoats at the end. J.S.

31. Tool Stinkfist

CREDIT: Paul Bergen/Redferns

Tool guitarist Adam Jones directed this intricate stop-motion nightmare, populated by sand creatures, levitation, inaudible screams, nail swallowing, dismembered limbs, eyeless faces and mysterious tumors. The meaning of life could be embedded in the clips creepy symbols. Maybe its just super trippy. Ryan Reed

30. Weird Al Yankovic Like a Surgeon

CREDIT: Paul Natkin/Getty Images

The quote marks around his name are superfluous he was certainly then, and probably is now, a very weird fellow. He was also, at his satirical height, a very funny mimic, whose first spoof video Eat It was a masterpiece, a perfect and hysterical take on Michael Jacksons Beat It. But that came out in 1984, so it doesnt make this list, even though it just sort of did. In 1985 the comedians barbed lightning struck again, taking on Madonna and changing Like a Virgin to a nightmare realm of the gangly, curly hair helmeted and creepily mustached Yankovic as an incompetent intern at a hospital from Hell. He captures Madonnas sing-song-y pop pitch like he thought of it first; and, like her, glides and writhes and teases if that word can be so stretched to describe his perfectly Madonna-duplicating moves like a demented, alternate universe sexpot. A very alternate universe, it must be said, and one we hope is very far away. Incredibly, this recording was his second single off his third album. He was a recording star too! Bob Guccione, Jr.

29. Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball

Miley Cyrus makes erotic videos, is sexy as heck and pisses people off. Ergo, I love her. Shes politically incorrect I now love her more and doesnt care. And, in the immortal words of David Spade, said about Lindsay Lohan, she looks like shes having fun. She also makes great pop songs and has a fantastic voice. Here, gloriously and, given her song, very literally, she rides a wrecking ball, alternatively naked and in her underwear. There is nothing wrong with this. She licks the head of a sledgehammer. I think this is meant to be metaphorical. I also think its meant to make anyone who broke up with her regret it and spend the rest of their miserable lives in unrelenting agony. The video won MTVs 2013 Video of the Year and has, to date, 1 billion and 97 million views, which would be about one seventh of the worlds population, although I suspect some people have watched it more than once. That makes it one of the most watched videos in video history. Vox Populi, baby. B.G.J.

28. Foo Fighters Big Me

CREDIT: Mick Hutson/Redferns

This jangle-pop nugget lasts just over two minutes barely longer than the ridiculously goofy Mentos commercials that director Jesse Peretz parodies here. With its numerous thumbs up shots, fourth-wall-breaking grins and outlandish silliness (like the pre-teen Foo fan outsmarting venue security and sneaking onstage with a guitar), the clip expertly zooms in on the uncanny vibe of mid-90s ads and sitcoms. R.R.

27. M.I.A. Bad Girls

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The idea was to compile Arabic references fantasized or not into a pop video, director Romain Gavras said of M.I.A.s joyous Bad Girls clip. Pop videos usually show American kids in their element. Here, you got Arab kids in an insane car rodeo element. Inspired by deep-dive YouTube videos of Saudis drift-driving vehicles on two wheels, the filmmaker and rapper voyaged to Morocco and staged subtly innovative scenes that flip hip-hop car clichs on their heads. R.R.

26. John Mellencamp Rain on the Scarecrow

Before the music begins, the Rain on the Scarecrow video opens with three farmers offering their unscripted distrust of how the American government is supporting or, rather, destroying the small, family-owned American farmer. The unglamorous video, a first of its kind with its stark realism, powerfully depicts Farm Aid co-founder and Indiana native Mellencamps continuing call-to-action to preserve a dying American tradition. L.L.

25. Kendrick Lamar Alright

CREDIT: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

Kendrick Lamars best music videos have the same precise imagery that he uses to shape his albums and thats what director Colin Tilley and regular collaborators Dave Free and the Little Homies deliver with their black and white clip for Alright, set in the place the rapper calls home. Lamar appears free as can be throughout: freestyling with fellow Top Dawg rappers, jumping at the front of a crowd in a Compton courtyard, doing donuts with a kid passenger throwing cash and flying like a loose bill out the window. When a cops finger gun shoots him from atop a streetlamp, the screen goes black then returns to his smiling face. Tomas Miriti Pacheco

24. Fugees Ready or Not

CREDIT: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

You might not expect a group named for refugees to splice A-Team-esque shots of helicopters and gunshots in the desert between their verses. But the trio slouched in the corner of a submarine is a vibe suited to the slow pressure of the song. - T.M.P.

23. Daft Punk Around the World

CREDIT: Paul Bergen/Redferns

Synchronized swimmers, gyrating skeletons, mummies wrapped in layers of bandage, robots literally doing the Robot, breakdancers with enormous torsos and tiny doll heads these are the human tools Michel Gondry used to personify Daft Punks electronic funk. The director placed these mysterious humans on a massive platform, choreographed their dreamlike movements and seemingly backed away, with his camera only occasionally switching angles. Its like spinning a colorful top and marveling at its motion. - R.R.

22. Fiona Apple Criminal

CREDIT: David Corio/Redferns

The seedy underbelly of 70s-paneled, suspiciously stained, shag-carpeted basements is the backdrop for some pretty provocative and highly controversial at the time teen debauchery, as depicted in the video for Criminal, the fifth single from Fiona Apples debut album. Part of the controversy was all of the suggestive unzipping amongst so many languid bodies, combined with an 18-year-old Apple, whos said to have written the Grammy-winning hit when she was 17, in 45 minutes. L.L.

21. Whitesnake Here I Go Again

Raise your hand if, at any stage drunk or sober after watching this video, youve attempted a cartwheel, somersault or the splits over two parked cars. [RAISES HAND] Aside from featuring two of the most gorgeous humans in music history kissing while fake-driving a car, this video is the perfect trailer for all that was great about late 80s radio rock: huge hair, big smiles and an anthemic chorus you can still blast in your car to make the moment utterly perfect. L.L.

20. Madonna Justify My Love

CREDIT: Frans Schellekens/Redferns

The Queen of Pop once ranked Justify My Love the best video from her own sprawling catalog and while we dont completely agree (see below), its impossible not to consider this erotic slice of voyeurism. Within, director Jean-Baptiste Mondino wanders through the halls and bedrooms of a very accommodating hotel, documenting snippets of sexual encounters heavy on the BDSM. MTV banned the clip, which only gave the singer a publicity boost. Not that she needed it. R.R.

19. Missy Elliott The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

CREDIT: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc

Of all her iconic music video looks, Missy shapeshifting and shimmying in a trashbag/puffer/jumpsuit reigns supreme. Its the kind of fly thats as effortless as it is dramatic. Her trademark fisheye lenses and color-coordinated green screens come together in this piece of simple genius, matching her easygoing flow and Timbalands sparse drums. T.M.P.

18. Britney Spears Oops! I Did It Again

CREDIT: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images

Britney Spears, inexplicably in space, bops around while singing apologies to her astronaut boyfriend for breaking his heart again. And no one could forget her iconic red catsuit, which officially announced to the world that the pop star is not that innocent. Mary Elisabeth Gibson

17. Radiohead Karma Police

We open inside a rickety car at night, headlights flicking on with Phil Selways first cymbal crash. Our path is a desolate road until we see the target: a man, balding and sweaty, glancing around in terror. The camera pans to the back seat, where we glimpse Thom Yorke, almost narcotically sleepy in a sharp leather jacket. He props his face on the front passenger headrest, numbly mouthing the Karma Police chorus. The target seems to be tiring, and he sputters to a stop on the dividing white line. He stands and stares with menace, and the car backs up. The target fumbles for a match in his pocket, strikes it and drops the stick onto a trail of gasoline. Flames engulf the car and eventually, we assume, the camera. But first, we cut to an empty back seat: Somehow weve lost Yorke, whos already lost himself. R.R.

16. PSY Gangnam Style

First, let me say: If fat Elvis was Korean and had real moves (not those Trumpish, fake macho poses), an Alice in Wonderland-on-acid imagination, a sublime gift for choreography and a sense of humor about himself, he might might! have been as entertaining as Psy. Left up to me (but no one listens to me) this would have been No. 1 on our list, and, in respect, I would have left spots 2 5 empty. There are more moving and important videos, sure. More artistic of course! Better songs, uh-huh, yes your point? But there has never been a better video than this. Nothing so epic. This is the Lawrence of Arabia meets The Godfather of music videos, with lapping layers of luxurious insanity and playfulness. At one point Psy is Michael Jackson doing his West Side Story knock-off, but with sexier back-up dancers and better and completely un-self-conscious dancing, and lasers. Psys trademark horse riding move is the modern equivalent of the Jackson moonwalk, but less precious, more fun and more memorable. And his underground parking lot dance-off with the Gangnam area poser in the yellow suit is simply glorious and life-affirming. B.G.J.

15. George Michael Freedom! 90

CREDIT: Mick Hutson/Redferns

Supermodels Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz came together to lip-sync in the video for Freedom! 90, the second single from George Michaels 1990 LP, Listen Without Prejudice Vol., 1, simply because he refused to appear. The consolation is one of the most iconic videos of all time. You know that verse where Christys crawling on the floor and singing? She admitted in the 2017 documentary George Michael: Freedom that they put her in the dark because she didnt know the words. L.L.

14. Nine Inch Nails Closer

CREDIT: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

Somewhere between A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut lies NINs 1994 Closer video, which is roughly 41% sadist and 57% masochist. For the remaining 2%, we have to figure out those monkeys tied to crosses, pig heads spinning, beating hearts, ultra-real nude mannequins (or plastic-looking nudists) and Trent Reznor in bondage. Damn, those guys surely know how to make us want to be closer to Godand getting fucked like an animal is not one of them. J.S.

13. Busta Rhymes Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See

CREDIT: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Busta starts this video as a leopard-print Darth Maul, though he spends most of his time as an ancient prince touring a set equal parts Taj Mahal, Egyptian Tomb and Shaolin Temple. And thats just the lobby dip down the hallway into the spirit world for the real glow-in-the-dark body paint action. - T.M.P.

12. Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity

CREDIT: Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Anyone else think they were trippin watching frontman Jay Kay pull off some serious video magic as a modern-day, furniture-moving MC Esher? Or were you too distracted by his hat? Or the bugs or blood? J.S.

11. Pearl Jam Jeremy

CREDIT: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

Eddie Vedder and director Mark Pellington explore the tragedy of teen suicide in this gripping video for the turbulent Ten anthem. The massive set pieces Jeremy arguing with his parents at the dinner table; his classmates pointing and laughing, crystalizing adolescent social angst make the MTV time capsule. But Vedders less-is-more performance, seething in an empty room, is also essential to the atmosphere. R.R.

10. Fatboy Slim Weapon of Choice

CREDIT: Andrew Hasson/Photoshot/Getty Images

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