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Subject: Worst videos from Good 80's songs.
:) ;) ;D
I was inspired by the "best 80's song discussion."
1) Come on Eileen (Dexy's Midnite Runners) (I actually like this song but this was a pretty crappy video. The lead singer looks retarded and homeless. The 'girl' in the video looks cute though with one of those 80's bleached hairstyles.
2) I Don't Want to Fall in Love (Jane Child) -This video was pretty widely panned. Again it used the homeless theme. It basically just showed her walking around a ghetto area by herself or hanging around with freaks.
3) Rocket to my heart (Paul Janz or any other Paul Janz video) (I could never like this song after I saw the video. Janz was so ugly that he had actors star in the love interest in the video and we only got to see him in a studio singing with his band. No matter how ugly you are, you still have to star in your own video! That's what rock stardom is all
about. Ugly guys with hot chicks!
That's all I can think of now bc most videos are generally ok or at least not terrible
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Love Is A Battlefield- Pat Benatar
I love this song, but the viedeo is nearly unwatchable. What WERE they thinking?!
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My all time fav. song "Out Of Touch" by Hall & Oates.
What the h... is that video all about.
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"It Takes Two" by Rob Base...I thought I was watching Sesame Street with that '2' flying around...
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Love the Asia songs, especially those of the early 80s. Don't care much for the videos though.
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I don't really think much of David Bowies 'Ashes To Ashes' video - beacuse it used to scare me when I was little! However the song is fantastic.
I could put Olivia Newton John's, 'Physical' down - but the song is as bad as the video!
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I dunna know but I will say Billie Jean.What was the point of this video anyway ???
Eat It was downright silly.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun-Cyndi Lauper
-howard-
Subject: Re: Worst videos from Good 80's songs.
I remember 2 more now:
Video Killed the Radio Star, Bugles-I know this was the 1st video on MTV and deserves some slack but still it was pretty horrible. I love the song but the video is unwatchable. It's pretty cheesy and looks its age.
Easy Lover, Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey,
Great song but what is the point of the video? It shows them making faces at the camera. They should've had a storyline to the video showing some hot chick or something. That's what the song was about!
Most videos where they have some type of storyline or show different settings qualify as ok which is why it's unforgiveable that you could have a lousy video for a good song.
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"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.
The song is cool as hell, but the video is just plain retarded. Typical early '80s cheese.
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I'll have to add Hall & Oates' "Maneater." How many times did they loop that 'turn & zoom' shot of Daryl?
Subject: Re: Worst videos from Good 80's songs.
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I dunna know but I will say Billie Jean.What was the point of this video anyway ???
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Noooo! I love Billie Jean - the lighting up of the pavement just does it for me ;D
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Sussudio makes no sense.It's just a ridiculous video.
Walk The Dinosaur-Was Not Was
Pressure-Billy Joel is pretty cheesy.
-howard-
Subject: Re: Worst videos from Good 80's songs.
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Love Is A Battlefield- Pat Benatar
I love this song, but the viedeo is nearly unwatchable. What WERE they thinking?!
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are you kidding???it's my favorite video of the 80's and in my top 10...all time...cum on...a pimp with a gold tooth getting a drink to the face by whore pat benetar..what is better than a choreographed dance number by a dozen street whores when the sun comes up and then they all hi five each other....it don't get no betta than that
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:( :( :(Der Komisar...by After the Fire...a great early 80's radio song....a bad...bad...early 80's video
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Wang Chung-Everybody have Fun Tonight:That video is downright stupid.It makes me dizzy just looking at them spinning their heads around.
-howard-
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I may be in the minority here, but I thought "Every Breath You Take" by The Police had a video undeserving of the song. The black-and-white photography added some credential to it, but to me it was down right boring. And "Wrapped Around Your Finger" wasn't an improvement either.
Also, "Love Me Tonight" (Billy Squier), "Love Is A Battlefield" (Pat Benetar), and any video with the band playing only.
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Has anyone seen that video by Bobby McFerrin,Bill Irwin and Robin Williams"DON'T WORRY,BE HAPPY"?So stupid.all they do is clown around in the video.What was the point of this video? -howard-
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Has anyone seen that video by Bobby McFerrin,Bill Irwin and Robin Williams"DON'T WORRY,BE HAPPY"?So stupid.all they do is clown around in the video.What was the point of this video? -howard-
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The point was having fun and being happy. Not all videos have to have a story or a point to them. That does not make them stupid. (of course this song is just annoying)
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The point was having fun and being happy. Not all videos have to have a story or a point to them. That does not make them stupid. (of course this song is just annoying)
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Yeah.u got a point there,Daggy.I mean it's funny in the video,Robin Williams gets hit in the balls area and that made me laugh like crazy. ;D -howard-
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Yeah.u got a point there,Daggy.I mean it's funny in the video,Robin Williams gets hit in the balls area and that made me laugh like crazy. ;D -howard-
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what you dont like him
in any case bad vid for me whould be
jason and kylie for you song and vid was bad as each other
milie vinalie girl you know its true good song (dispite the ovios fact) the acting at the bigining is awfull and the dancing what a joke
culture club cama chamelion dont get me wrong love the song but the vid was cheesy as try come up with more later
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I may have said this before on a previous thread but these songs are great, but the videos are awful. When I mean awful I mean they are boring to look at and in no way complement the song:
'Oh L'amour' - Erasure/Dollar
Both versions were great but both videos were just so awful!
'Waiting for a star to fall' - Boy meets Girl
This song is 80s power! The video was a pile of pants!
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what you dont like him
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I don't have anything against him,I just find him silly.That's all. ;D
Howard
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Patty Smyth and Scandal - "The Warrior" video. The Cirque du Soleil costumes and makeup just killed that video. At the time some folks thought it "breakthrough" and "creative". I thought it was crap and could never listen to the song the same way again.
Ceth
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I am a HUGE Depeche Mode fan but what the heck was up with their video "Just Can't Get Enough" and "It's Called a Heart"???
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I saw the Bobby McFerrin video to the song 'Don't worry, be happy'. The song was alright but the video was awful.
I understand that the whole idea of the video was to have fun but it just seemed stupid. Robin Williams was wearing african costume at one point and the thin guy with the glasses (Bill Irwin?) was wearing a tuxedo.
No offence obviously to the people who enjoyed the video, I didn't mind it myself, but it felt like I was watching embarrasing relatives in front of a camcorder .
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ANYTHING by Banarama.
and I've Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison.
great song, but yay?! George sitting in a chair?
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Love Is A Battlefield- Pat Benatar
I love this song, but the viedeo is nearly unwatchable. What WERE they thinking?!
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:o :o :oI always thought that one was pretty stupid myself.Cheers! ::) :P :-/
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Somebody's Watching Me-Rockwell
That video is creepy.I wasn't too crazy about the video. :P
Howard
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Somebody's Watching Me-Rockwell
That video is creepy.I wasn't too crazy about the video. :P
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There was a certain eerie quality about that video. It was filled with strange detail (dimly lit faces in cupboards, crows flying, a graveyard scene and a bizarre postman).
It was pretty good in what it set out to do.
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Gary Numan "Cars"
Pat Benatar's "Love Is A Battlefield"
Def Leppard's "Foolin"
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Ok, this has nothing to do with the current subject thread, but I have to ask. Hey APS, who's the picture of the chick at the bottom of your message? Is she off of "Diff'rent Strokes"? ???
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Ok, this has nothing to do with the current subject thread, but I have to ask. Hey APS, who's the picture of the chick at the bottom of your message? Is she off of "Diff'rent Strokes"? ???
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As much as she may resemble Dana Plato from "Diff'rent Strokes", she's actually Debbie Gibson, 80's teen queen/idol.
Subject: Re: Worst videos from Good 80's songs.
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ANYTHING by Banarama.
and I've Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison.
great song, but yay?! George sitting in a chair?
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And what about the bird nodding his head? Pretty stupid.
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Videos from 'Flock of seagulls' were generally awful - admittedly, I didn't like their songs much either.
'Hold me now' by Thompson Twins was a disastrous video from a great song. I believe the first director walked out on it just before shooting and so the next one just messed around with the buttons on his video editing system. He prefered 'the lines across the screen' button and used to it excess.
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David Lee Roth-"I'm Just A Gigalo"
pretty cheesy video. ;D
Howard
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I don't know if this counts because it's not exactly the greatest song in the world, but the video is even worse. What I'm refering to is "The Look of Love"---ABC
That video is just plain nasty. It's like watching a Jim Henson production-for-adults nightmare.
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I don't know if this counts because it's not exactly the greatest song in the world, but the video is even worse. What I'm refering to is "The Look of Love"---ABC
That video is just plain nasty. It's like watching a Jim Henson production-for-adults nightmare.
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i was about to post that one, are you telephatic?
personally I love that song (I dig ABC) but I *LOATHE/HATE* that video. Totally awful.
Otherwise, this thread has tons of videos that i enjoy and disagree about being bad, i guess because I'm very flexible and if there is some cool 80s fashion, i like the video, even if the song or the plot stinks... LOL