Morning Musume Best of 25 (Music Video Edition)

[Shoujo Q]

[Pick your Top 25 Favorite Music Videos!]

(I'm using mostly promotional edit Music Videos from the Morning Musume website, does not include those little extras that are found in the official single release of music videos. Please let me know if any of the links are dead or wrong, this took entirely too much time to compile and I made have made a mistake or three.)

Official Music Videos for Singles
Ai no Tane (demo) Music Video
Morning Coffee Music Video
Summer Night Town Music Video
Daite HOLD ON ME! Music Video
Memory Seishun no Hikari Music Video
Manatsu no Kousen Music Video
Furusato Music Video
LOVE Machine Music Video
Koi no Dance Site Music Video
Happy Summer Wedding Music Video
I WISH Music Video
Ren'ai Revolution 21 Music Video
The☆Peace! Music Video
Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ Music Video
Souda! We're ALIVE Music Video
Do it! Now Music Video
Koko ni Iruzee! Music Video
Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima Music Video
AS FOR ONE DAY Music Video
Shabondama Music Video
Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~ Music Video
Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT Music Video
Roman ~MY DEAR BOY~ Music Video
Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari Music Video
Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago Music Video
THE Manpower!! Music Video
Osaka Koi no Uta Music Video
Iroppoi Jirettai Music Video
Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~ Music Video
SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~ Music Video
Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan Music Video
Aruiteru Music Video
Egao YES Nude Music Video
Kanashimi Twilight Music Video
Onna ni Sachi Are Music Video
Mikan Music Video
Resonant Blue Music Video
Pepper Keibu Music Video
Naichau Kamo Music Video
Shouganai Yume Oibito Music Video
Nanchatte Ren'ai Music Video
Kimagure Princess Music Video
Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai Music Video
Seishun Collection Music Video
Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game Music Video
Maji Desu ka Ska! Music Video
Only you Music Video
Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo!/Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai! Music Video
Pyocopyoco Ultra Music Video
Ren'ai Hunter Music Video
One・Two・Three / The Matenrou Show Music Video/ Music Video
Wakuteka Take a chance Music Video
Help me!! Music Video
Brainstorming / Kimi Sae Ireba Nani mo Iranai Music Video /Music Video
Wagamama Ki no Mama Ai no Joke / Ai no Gundan Music Video /Music Video
Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE? Music Video /Music Video/Music Video
Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe / Password is 0 Music Video /Music Video
TIKI BUN / Mikaeri Bijin Music Video /Music Video
Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru / Yuugure wa Ameagari / Ima Koko Kara Music Video /Music Video/Music Video
Oh my wish! / Sukatto My Heart / Imasugu Tobikomu Yuuki Music Video /Music Video/Music Video
Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi / ENDLESS SKY / One and Only Music Video /Music Video/Music Video
Utakata Saturday Night! / The Vision / Tokyo to Iu Katasumi Music Video /Music Video/Music Video
Sexy Cat no Enzetsu / Mukidashi de Mukiatte / Sou ja nai Music Video /Music Video/Music Video
BRAND NEW MORNING / Jealousy Jealousy Music Video /Music Video
Jama Shinai de Here We Go! / Dokyuu no Go Sign / Wakain da shi! Music Video /Music Video/Music Video
Are you Happy? / A gonna Music Video /Music Video
Furari Ginza / Jiyuu na Kuni Dakara Music Video /Music Video
Jinsei Blues / Seishun Night Music Video /Music Video
KOKORO&KARADA / LOVEpedia / Ningen Kankei No way way Music Video /Music Video/Music Video
Junjou Evidence / Gyuusaretai Dake na no ni Music Video /Music Video
Teenage Solution / Yoshi Yoshi Shite Hoshii no / Beat no Wakusei Music Video /Music Video/Music Video

Alternate Music Videos (Does not include Close-Up ver or Dance Shot ver. Sneaky UF snuck a few in anyway and called it something different.)
Love Machine (East Ver.) Music Video
Shabondama (Utae! Shabondama Ver) Music Video
Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~ (Kokuhaku Daisakusen Ver.) Music Video
Roman ~MY DEAR BOY~ (Director Ver.) Music Video
Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (Panic Train Ver.) Music Video
Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago (Yureru Houkago Ver.) Music Video
THE Manpower!!! (Another Edition) Music Video
Aruiteru (Walk Ver.) Music Video
Kanashimi Twilight (Another Ver.) Music Video
Resonant Blue (Night Scene Ver.) Music Video
Resonant Blue (Another Ver.) Music Video
Resonant Blue (Lesson Studio Ver.) Music Video
Pepper Keibu (Another Ver.) Music Video
Naichau Kamo (Another Ver.) Music Video
Shouganai Yume Oibito (Drama Ver.) Music Video
Kimaguri Princess (Recochoku Ver.) Music Video
Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai (Stage Ver.) Music Video
Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai (Make-up Ver.) Music Video
Seishun Collection (Seishun Ver. -type1-) Music Video
Seishun Collection (Seishun Ver. -type2-) Music Video
Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo! (Another Ver.) Music Video
Pyocopyoco Ultra (Another Ver.) Music Video
Pyocopyoco Ultra (Recording Ver.) Music Video
Wakuteka Take a chance (Kari Ver.) Music Video
Wakuteka Take a chance (Kansei Mokuzen Ver.) Music Video
Brainstorming (Loose Shoot Ver.) Music Video
Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru (Another Ver.) Music Video
Morning Misoshiru (Camp Fire Ver.) Music Video
Teenage Solution (feat. Sato Masaki Ver.) Music Video
Yoshi Yoshi Shite Hoshii no (feat. Sato Masaki Ver.) Music Video

Other Music Videos
Morning Musume Single Medley: Hawaiian Music Video
HEY! Mirai Music Video
Ganbacchae! Music Video
Koi wa Hassou Do The Hustle! Music Video
3,2,1 BREAKIN'OUT! Music Video
Genki Pikappika! (Original PV in Hawaii) Music Video
Appare Kaitenzushi! Music Video
The Matenrou Show (TYPE 0) Music Video
Password is 0 (Morimusu ver.) Music Video
Morning Misoshiru Music Video
Ai no Tane (20th Anniversary Ver.) Music Video
Gosenfu no Tasuki Music Video
Wakain da shi! (Complete Ver.) Music Video
Morning Coffee (20th Anniversary Ver.) Music Video
Hana ga Saku Taiyou Abite Music Video
Y Jiro no Tochuu Music Video
I surrender Ai Saredo Ai Music Video
Ame no Furanai Hoshi de wa Aisenai Darou? (Piano at Home Ver.) Music Video
Ren'ai Destiny ~Honne wo Ronjitai~ (Lyric Video) Music Video
I Wish (MM'22) Music Video

Unit Specific Music Videos (Excluding Subgroups)
Hare Ame Nochi Suki ♡ (Sakura Gumi) Music Video
Ai no Sono ~Touch My Heart!~ (Otome Gumi) Music Video
Sakura Mankai (Sakura Gumi) Music Video
Yuujou ~Kokoro no Busu ni wa Naranee!~ (Otome Gumi) Music Video
Bokura ga Ikiru MY ASIA Music Video
Itoshiki Tomo e Music Video
Shining Butterfly Music Video

Solo Member Music Videos
Jishin Motte Yume wo Motte Tobitatsu Kara - Takahashi Ai Music Video
Egao ni Namida ~THANK YOU! DEAR MY FRIENDS~ - Niigaki Risa Music Video
Rock no Teigi - Tanaka Reina Music Video
Shabadaba Doo~ - Michishige Sayumi Music Video

[DonJuan]

Please let me know if any of the links are dead or wrong, this took entirely too much time to compile and I made have made a mistake or three.

Up Front already got the Sato Masaki versions of Teenage Solution and Yoshi Yoshi deleted But damn, good job! There are some videos even I had never seen before!

My Top 25:

1. Sakura Mankai (Sakura Gumi)
2. Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru (Another Ver.)
3. I WISH
4. Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari
5. Wakaindashi!
6. Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo!/Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai!
7. Teenage Solution
8. Ganbacchae!
9. Morning Misoshiru
10. Egao ni Namida ~THANK YOU! DEAR MY FRIENDS~ (Niigaki Risa)
11. LOVE Machine
12. The☆Peace!
13. Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~
14. Koko ni Iruzee!
15. Shouganai Yume Oibito
16. Maji Desu ka Ska!
17. Pyocopyoco Ultra
18. Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe
19. Mukidashi de Mukiatte
20. Utakata Saturday Night!
21. Jinsei Blues
22. LOVEpedia
23. Resonant Blue (Night Scene Ver.)
24. Sexy Cat no Enzetsu
25. Gosenfu no Tasuki

Rewatching several of the MVs made me remember that MM had a lot of... bad MVs. But the majority of their music videos is just... basic. Which is pretty damn weird considering how much of a big player the group is in idol history.

Regarding my ranking you can basically pack the MVs into 3 categories: Story, Emotion and Pretty. Personally I think Sakura Mankai includes all of these points: The girls are in a traditional or even historical setting of Japan, wearing incredibly pretty kimonos on a beautiful set, and everything about the MV leaves me in a melancholic, yet somewhat warm mood. You've got "stories" in I WISH (basically Hello Morning Theatre put into a music video), Mr. Moonlight (the three gigolos woo-ing all the girls) and Jinsei Blues (the struggles in life in bad jobs inside and outside of entertainment business); cuddly MVs like Wakaindashi, depressing ones like Resonant Blue (the one with the different settings) and hopeful ones like Ganbacchae (I WISH counts here, too). And then there's MVs that are just pretty to look at, like TokiSora and Mukidashi.

There's one thing that's definitely gotten better in the last 10 years, and that's MV quality. The MVs might not be the most interesting, but at least we don't have bad photoshop like Onna to Otoko no Lullaby anymore. And even if MM sticks with dance shot - close up shots and even if the editor overdoes the visual effects - at least the resolution is better nowadays...

[Madara]

Taking from your list, Shoujo, but with one I added (My Dear Boy Dance Shot, which was on one of the Petit Best compilations and easily one of the best Dance Shot PVs I've ever seen), here are 25. But I'm only going from memory since I'm not about to start revisiting them just now. The more recent ones since Mukidashi aren't embedded in my consciousness with repeat viewings like the following are, many of which I actually bought on VHS and DVD back in the day. And, of course, the few that got chosen for Petit Best each year. I rarely purchase singles anymore, so these are heavily skewed toward 1998-2005.

Furusato
Love Machine
The☆Peace!
Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~
Souda! We're ALIVE
Do it! Now
Koko ni Iruzee!
Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima
AS FOR ONE DAY
Shabondama
Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~
Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT
Roman My Dear Boy – Dance Shot version
Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari
Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (Panic Train version)
SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
Ganbacchae
Ai no Sono ~Touch My Heart!~ (Otome Gumi)
Sakura Mankai (Sakura Gumi)
Yuujou ~Kokoro no Busu ni wa Naranee!~ (Otome Gumi)
Bokura ga Ikiru MY ASIA
Renai Hunter
Sukatto My Heart
Sexy Cat no Enzetsu
Mukidashi de Mukiatte