Inpsired from another thread  :)  :D



'80's videos that were horribly cheesy:


Anything Journey
Anything Milli Vanilli
Anything New Kids on the Block
"Oh Sherrie" Steve Perry
"Heartbeat" Don Johnson
"Seventeen" Winger
That Billy Suier video where he dances around his room

That Billy Squier video where he dances around his room



That was 'Rock Me Tonite', which was also the song that killed his career ;D


Here's a few that only my fellow Canadians will know about ...

Just Like You by FM (lead singer Nash the Slash, all wrapped in bandages, playing guitar and singing new wave) ;D
Flippin' to the A Side by Cats Can Fly
Too Bad by Doug and the Slugs (a weird twist on suicide) ;D
MAkin' it Work by Doug and the Slugs

I'll start by saying the two I mentioned in the other thread:

Glen Medieros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

and

Lionel Richie - Hello

Very VERY cheesy!

Loverboy by Billy Ocean

Torture by The Jacksons (Can You Feel It is also pretty cheesy!)

Heartbeat by Don Johnson

All pretty cheesy  videos!  ;D

Sorry, but Lionel takes this crown hands down with his performance in 'Hello'.

You just gotta love that bit when he's on the phone calling her, she answers, and he says 'Hello....'

Classic!!  :D

NOT TAKE ON ME, please, NOT TAKE ON ME!  ;D

This morning on VH1 Classic I saw Rod Stewart's video for "Some Guys have all the Luck" and it was very cheesey. I also saw one a few weeks ago that was for a Rick Springfield song and it was in a spaceship. That was probably the cheesiest.

This morning on VH1 Classic I saw Rod Stewart's video for "Some Guys have all the Luck" and it was very cheesey. I also saw one a few weeks ago that was for a Rick Springfield song and it was in a spaceship. That was probably the cheesiest.


Is that "Human Touch"?

Bon Jovi "Runaway"  :D

Top 5 Cheesiest Videos Of the 1980s:
5. Take My Breath Away- Berlin (They could have used something OTHER than "Top Gun" clips!)
4. Just A Gigolo- David Lee Roth ('Nuff said!)
3. Don't You Want Me?- Human League (When filming a video, don't SHOW that you' re in a studio!)
2. The video The Monkees made in 1985, when attempting a comeback.
AND! The Kraft Chhesiest Video Award Goes To:
1. Anything Whitney Houston EVER did!

Stevie Wonder... I Just Called To Say I Love You, especially the cheesy synth ending.

I saw the vinyl record by Cats Can Fly that had that song on it- didn't buy it though...

Any of those music videos that Billy Ocean made were so cheesy and bad!

NOT TAKE ON ME, please, NOT TAKE ON ME!  ;D


I think that video's awesome! Has anyone seen the 'Family Guy' episode with it in?

I think that video's awesome! Has anyone seen the 'Family Guy' episode with it in?


Not the episode, but I've seen the piece online.  It's pretty cool it was referenced in Family Guy.

I think alot of the Heavy-Metal or Pop-Metal videos were definitely cheesy. The over-the-top smoke filled room, laser lighting, huge stage but no audience, close-ups on lead singers less on the other musicians, and sometimes  alot of pyrotechnics. Some of the outfits they were I swear I think they all shopped at the same store or borrowed each other's clothes. Of course the gratitious hot girlfriend that had to be in the videos as well. Here's my list of artists who made some cheesy videos

Whitesnake
Motely Crue
Warrant
Bon Jovi
Wasp
Judas Priest
Def Leppard
Europe
Scorpians

The Synth-New Wave groups are just too easy to make in fun of. I think we know they wear the crown for being cheesy.

"Good bye to You" by Scandal-  way too much smiling and cheesy playing to the camera. Patti fired the band after this album.

"Feet Don't Fail me Now" by Utopia  - overplayed on MTV.  All the band dressed up as centipedes with a background that looked like it was drawn with magic markers.

Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield"  :P

I Know What Boys Like- The Waitresses
Brass In Pocket- The Pretenders

OK, here's Hawk's Next 5 Cheesiest Videos From the '80s:

5. Any video which borrows clips from films (c'mon, people! Can't you afford at least a CHEESY director?!?)
4. Der Kommissar- Falco's version (I liked Falco, but that video was just a touch much.)
3. Small Town Boy- The Bronski Beat (That looked as if it was filmed in a YMCA!)
2. Young Girls In Love- Loverboy (Good song, bad video.)

AND! The Provolone Award Goes To:
1. Wrapped Around Your Finger- The Police (Great hit, but what was up with all those candles?????)

The cheesiest video of the 80's, would be Rock You by Helix.  ;D

Turn Me Loose by Loverboy is also pretty cheesy too.

I think alot of the Heavy-Metal or Pop-Metal videos were definitely cheesy. The over-the-top smoke filled room, laser lighting, huge stage but no audience, close-ups on lead singers less on the other musicians, and sometimes  alot of pyrotechnics. Some of the outfits they were I swear I think they all shopped at the same store or borrowed each other's clothes. Of course the gratitious hot girlfriend that had to be in the videos as well. Here's my list of artists who made some cheesy videos

Whitesnake
Motely Crue
Warrant
Bon Jovi
Wasp
Judas Priest
Def Leppard
Europe
Scorpians

The Synth-New Wave groups are just too easy to make in fun of. I think we know they wear the crown for being cheesy.



Speaking of Scorpions, what about the video for Rock You Like A Hurricane?

"The Look Of Love" -ABC

And a special mention to "Prime Mover" by Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction. Both the song and the clip are so choc-full of rock'n'roll cliches, that one doesn't know whether to laught or spew! ::)

I vote for Eddie Murphy video with party all the time

I think that video's awesome! Has anyone seen the 'Family Guy' episode with it in?


I saw it recently. What an episode!  :D ;D

I vote for Eddie Murphy video with party all the time


I agree, it is cheesy.  ;D

In My House by The Mary Jane Girls, is also a pretty cheesy video.  ;D

AND! The Provolone Award Goes To:
1. Wrapped Around Your Finger- The Police (Great hit, but what was up with all those candles?????)


Hehe - yeah I know, the candle thing was a very strange concept!

Hehe - yeah I know, the candle thing was a very strange concept!


It was creepy kind of weird, not as weird as the jumping/dancing around thing, Sting does in the video.  The song is kind of creepy too.  ;D

Haircut 100's Love plus one.

elton john 'i'm still standing'

Gang of four's I love a man in uniform

Cheesy vids include . . .

'Tarzan Boy' - Baltimora
'Unconditional love' - Donna Summer
'Don't worry be happy' - Bobby McFerrin
'Dancing in the street' - Mick Jagger/David Bowie

Anything by Devo, Duran Duran...

'Mickey' by Toni Basil

'Physical' by Olivia Newton John (possibly cheesiest video in memory)

early Kylie

'I Know What Boys Want' - the Waitresses

'Video Killed the Radio Star' - sort of

Any Michael Jackson clip.

elton john 'i'm still standing'


Like the song, I do however agree it is a cheesy video.

Cheesy videos would also include:

Grim Reaper's "See You In Hell"
Culture Club's "Time"- I believe that's the one where the band are pieces in a giant board game?
Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive!"- Fabumondo song; cheesy video.
Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open the Door"- Again great song, but c'mon, Pete! Commit to trying!
Michael Jackson's "Rock With You"- Did anyone else have an epileptic fit, from the background neon lasers?

There's more, I'm sure, but I'm tired.

Cheesy videos would also include:

Grim Reaper's "See You In Hell"
Culture Club's "Time"- I believe that's the one where the band are pieces in a giant board game?
Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive!"- Fabumondo song; cheesy video.
Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open the Door"- Again great song, but c'mon, Pete! Commit to trying!
Michael Jackson's "Rock With You"- Did anyone else have an epileptic fit, from the background neon lasers?

There's more, I'm sure, but I'm tired.



My cousins liked that music video for "Hyperactive!"- there was one part that made them laugh

Was it the part where he was the ventriloquist, and the dummy's head fell out?

Elton John's "I'm Still Standing"- He was potted when he filmed that video! That's why it was cheesy.

Here's a cheeseball video: "Vacation", by the Go-Go's. What was with the waterskiing bit?

Poison "Talk Dirty To Me"  :D

Was it the part where he was the ventriloquist, and the dummy's head fell out?

Elton John's "I'm Still Standing"- He was potted when he filmed that video! That's why it was cheesy.

Here's a cheeseball video: "Vacation", by the Go-Go's. What was with the waterskiing bit?


I think it was the part where Thomas and the old guy were trying to come up with some things to go with the images (i.e Bacon and Pig) and the part that made them laugh was when Thomas and the old man came up with something to match the word "melons"

Oh, yeahhhh.

I have two Thomas Dolby VCR tapes: "Live Wireless", and some music videos with "Hyperactive!", "Blinded Me W/Science", and "Europa" included.

You're joking about Duran Duran, right?

I mean you can't really compare Kylie's 'I Should Be So Lucky' with 'Save A Prayer' , 'Rio' or 'Hungry Like The Wolf'.

These are some of the most scenic and colourful videos ever shot!


Anything by Devo, Duran Duran...

'Mickey' by Toni Basil

'Physical' by Olivia Newton John (possibly cheesiest video in memory)

early Kylie

'I Know What Boys Want' - the Waitresses

'Video Killed the Radio Star' - sort of

Any Michael Jackson clip.

Cheesy vids include . . .

'Dancing in the street' - Mick Jagger/David Bowie



Noooo!  How can you say that?

Its so cheezy that I actually think about it almost daily.

I"m still STanding by Elton John...those dancers in the bad half reptile half new wave nightmate costumes...
ugh.
awful.
good song back then, though.

Noooo!  How can you say that?


Easily! He just said it... ;D

It really does suck, all that prancing around Jagger does with Bowie....at one point I thought he was going to kiss him!  God-awful video (and not the best of songs either).

Easily! He just said it... ;D

It really does suck, all that prancing around Jagger does with Bowie....at one point I thought he was going to kiss him!  God-awful video (and not the best of songs either).


I prefer their version to the original.  Given that they had a reasonably short timescale to do the song and video I think it works quite well.  It looks like two mates having a good crack, as I suspect they were.


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I think I have a winner. Something I just picked up on YouTube:

Cyndie Lauper: The Goonies R Good Enough (Parts 1 & 2)

Featuring:
Captain Lou Albano
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Classy Freddy Blassie (r.i.p.)
Andre the Giant (r.i.p.)
The Iron Sheik
Nikolai Volkov
Steven Spielberg
Cyndi's mom
Cyndi's boyfriend
Goonies kids
Otheres unidentifiable

The entire sequence, unedited, runs about 12 minutes for parts 1 & 2.
I don't know what could be cheesier!

BTW, notice how much Roddy Piper looks like Tom DeLay...acts like him too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZuYsOGSek&search=cyndi%20lauper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcDWaGH5hM&search=cyndi%20lauper

I'm surprised no one has said, "The Safety Dance" yet.




Cat

I'm surprised no one has said, "The Safety Dance" yet.




Cat

I watched the MWH Safety Dance on YouTube, that video is even cheesier than I remembered. It's too twee...even for me!

Two other cheesy videos
ABC:
The Look of Love
Poison Arrow

I think I have a winner. Something I just picked up on YouTube:

Cyndie Lauper: The Goonies R Good Enough (Parts 1 & 2)

Featuring:
Captain Lou Albano
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Classy Freddy Blassie (r.i.p.)
Andre the Giant (r.i.p.)
The Iron Sheik
Nikolai Volkov
Steven Spielberg
Cyndi's mom
Cyndi's boyfriend
Goonies kids
Otheres unidentifiable

The entire sequence, unedited, runs about 12 minutes for parts 1 & 2.
I don't know what could be cheesier!

BTW, notice how much Roddy Piper looks like Tom DeLay...acts like him too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZuYsOGSek&search=cyndi%20lauper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcDWaGH5hM&search=cyndi%20lauper



That had it's moments, but all in all, it sure was something else.  The cameo from Spielberg was a shock :o

That had it's moments, but all in all, it sure was something else.  The cameo from Spielberg was a shock :o

BTW, another Spielberg cameo:
In "The Blues Brothers" he's the Cook County assessor's office clerk.

No No..... You're alllllll wrong.....

The winner of Cheesiest Music Video of the 1980's is.....

Give It Up  by K.C. and The Sunshine Band.  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAGieB8E5Wc&search=give%20it%20up

;D

How about "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo? The part were the face 
surfaces in a huge vat of pork and beans? Beany and cheesy.  Also, pretty 
much any video of Devo's. My personal favorite is the video for the remake of "I  Can't Get No Satisfaction". Floppy guy and guy in a babysuit sticking a fork in the toaster, classic.   :D

Thought of another one: "TV Dinners" by ZZ Top. Velveeta cheesy!

I like the video for Mexican Radio, because it's cheesy!  ;D

You poor chillun STILL haven't learned, yet. Tsk, tsk.

Haven't you understood that the cheesiest video of the 1980s is:

"I Wanna Dance With Somebody", by Whitney Houston!!!!!

-She has this smile plastered on her face, as if she did about 20 lbs. of cocaine, then were dropped off on Bora Bora, and told she she'll die of extreme diarrhea of the mouth, and all she can say is "I wanna dance with somebody!"

Did anyone understand why she was dressed as a poor imitation of Dolly Parton, from the '9 To 5 & Odd Jobs' LP cover? And let's be honest, the song was just fluff. The video was fluff. Whitney Houston's career was just fluff. (Rather fitting, when you consider the fact that she's a crack-ho, now.)

You're right..... that is a cheesy video!  ;D

Hey, I like "I Wanna Dance With Somebody",  a funn typical '80's pop video.  :( >:( ;) :) :D 8)

Though that's the only song from her I like and could've been sung by Taylor Dayne or Janet Jackson.

Let's not forget Cliff Richard's 'Wired For Sound'....that is god-awful as well  :D

God-awful, perhaps, but nowhere near as cheesy as Whitney Houston!!!!!

Cliff Richard is only about cheddar...Whitney Houston is either Bel Paese, Blue Stilton, or slightly crumbly Limburger!

I think I have a winner. Something I just picked up on YouTube:

Cyndie Lauper: The Goonies R Good Enough (Parts 1 & 2)

Featuring:
Captain Lou Albano
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Classy Freddy Blassie (r.i.p.)
Andre the Giant (r.i.p.)
The Iron Sheik
Nikolai Volkov
Steven Spielberg
Cyndi's mom
Cyndi's boyfriend
Goonies kids
Otheres unidentifiable

The entire sequence, unedited, runs about 12 minutes for parts 1 & 2.
I don't know what could be cheesier!

BTW, notice how much Roddy Piper looks like Tom DeLay...acts like him too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZuYsOGSek&search=cyndi%20lauper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcDWaGH5hM&search=cyndi%20lauper



Yep, that was back in the 'Rock and Wrestling' connection around the time Wrestlemania started in 1985. I guess for promoting herself at the first Wrestlemania, she had to return the favour by sticking all these wrestlers on her video.

Yep, that was back in the 'Rock and Wrestling' connection around the time Wrestlemania started in 1985. I guess for promoting herself at the first Wrestlemania, she had to return the favour by sticking all these wrestlers on her video.

Both Lauper and Captain Lou are interesting characters. More than meets the eye. It seems like in the mid-'80s, "pro-wrestling" was much more tongue-in-cheek, which went right along with Cyndi's schtick. She and Captain Lou were good friends.

I'm a fan of Cyndi, but the infernal yelping she does throughout the "Goonies" song is just too cacaphonous, even for me!
:P

That is very true.

Actually, she even wrestled in a tag-team match with Wendi Richter, against her form er manager, Tom Wolff, who allied himself with the Fabulous Moolah.
(Natcherly, Wendi & Cyndi won.)