Margaret and David’s Full Auteur Edition Playlist From Guest Programming Rage

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February 17, 2013

Iconic cinephiles I’d most like to hug, Margaret and David, had free reign over the ABC for six hours last night as they guest programmed a special ‘auteur edition’ of Rage; a Hottest #89 for insomniacs, musos, aesthetes and people eating delicious late-night pizza alike.

Below is their entire playlist: an amazing selection of eighty-nine music videos directed by some of the most distinctive filmmakers working in the last half-century; running the gamut from Richard Lester’s genre-defining musical film for The Beatles at one end, to Australian director Russel Mulchay’s iconic clip for Duran Duran’s ‘Planet Earth’ at the other.

In between, noted music video icons like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Nick Cave and Bob Dylan scored multiple mentions for their invaluable contributions to weekend mornings (and nights) spent in front of the TV.

UPDATED: According to Fairfax, Margaret (and David, who return to the ABC this week on Tuesdays at 9:30pm) will “definitely see the year out, this year and the next year,” and will consider working up to their 30th anniversary of the show the year after.

David added that he “hopes the ABC will keep the formula in the post-David and Margaret era, whenever that might be. I’m not saying that’s going to happen this year or next year, but when we do decide enough is enough, I do hope they keep the program going because there are lots of very bright, young film reviewers out there.”

Margaret added that “I sometimes think that this role so defines us that I can imagine floundering, thinking ‘Who am I?’ if I’m not doing At the Movies. People say their job defines them and, in such a way, it does us.”

Bless.

THE BEATLES A Hard Day’s Night – Trailer
BOB DYLAN Subterranean Homesick Blues
AEROSMITH Janie’s Got A Gun
ROXY MUSIC Avalon
DAVID LYNCH Crazy Clown Time
DJ SHADOW 6 Days

U2 One
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Under The Bridge
TOM WAITS It’s Alright With Me
RADIOHEAD Street Spirit
NICK CAVE and THE BAD SEEDS Into My Arms
THE KILLERS Bones
MARTINI RANCH Reach

INXS Devil Inside
SMASH MOUTH Walkin’ On The Sun
LL COOL J Deepest Bluest (Shark’s Fin)
CAT POWER Living Proof
MADONNA Love Profusion
BJORK Bachelorette

FIONA APPLE Paper Bag
LAID BACK Bakerman
BLUR No Distance Left To Run
THE ANGELS Look The Other Way
KAZ JAMES featuring STU STONE The Bre
DIVINYLS Pleasure and Pain
PAUL KELLY featuring KELTON PELL The Land Is Mine
PAT WILSON Bop Girl

THE BUGGLES Video Killed The Radio Star
ULTRAVOX Vienna
BONNIE TYLER Total Eclipse Of The Heart
INXS Burn For You
DOGS IN SPACE Trailer
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE Rooms For The Memory

INXS Never Tear Us Apart
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Nick The Stripper
NICK CAVE and THE BAD SEEDS Do You Love Me?
ELVIS COSTELLO Veronica
LIONEL RICHIE Dancing On The Ceiling
JULIAN LENNON Too Late For Goodbyes
BOB DYLAN Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love)

LAURA BRANIGAN Self Control
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Dancing In The Dark
BOB DYLAN Things Have Changed
MADONNA The Gambler
ELTON JOHN Nikita
THE POGUES A Pair Of Brown Eyes
MARIANNE FAITHFULL The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan

U2 Stay (Far Away, So Close)
MADONNA Material Girl
NEW ORDER Touched By The Hand Of God
THE FLAMING LIPS This Here Giraffe
BELINDA CARLISLE Heaven Is A Place On Earth
MISFITS Scream
GRINDERMAN Heathen Child

BILLY IDOL Dancing With Myself
MADONNA What It Feels Like For A Girl
MADONNA Justify My Love
THE WHITE STRIPES I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD Relax
CHRIS ISAAK Solitary Man
MICHAEL JACKSON Black Or White
MICHAEL JACKSON Thriller
MICHAEL JACKSON Bad

PUBLIC ENEMY Fight The Power

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Sleep Now In The Fire
JOHNNY CASH God’s Gonna Cut You Down
ARTISTS UNITED AGAINST APARTHEID Sun City
MOBY Shot In The Back Of The Head

DEPECHE MODE Personal Jesus
WANG CHUNG Dance Hall Days
BLONDE REDHEAD Top Ranking
PROPAGANDA Dr. Mabuse
MARIANNE FAITHFULL Don’t Forget Me
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Walking Wounded
BOB DYLAN Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love)
PAUL KELLY and THE MESSENGERS Careless

K.D. LANG So In Love
SONIC YOUTH Incinerate
THE VINES Outthaway
THE OFFSPRING Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
ART OF NOISE Beat Box
STRAITJACKET FITS Down In Splendour
SPLIT ENZ Message To My Girl
INXS Need You Tonight/Mediate

MICHAEL JACKSON Remember The Time
NICK CAVE and THE BAD SEEDS I Had A Dream Joe
SINGLE GUN THEORY From A Million Miles
ELECTRONIC Getting Away With It
DURAN DURAN Planet Earth

via Rage