Ah, the 1980's. The days of Friday Night Videos! (anyone remember staying home Friday night to watch them?). And later, MTV. This was back when MTV played videos. And what videos. Big hair, screaming guitars, and hot chicks! What could be better. I'll start things off with ZZ Top's Legs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNvOPN1LoQ4
Woah! Nothing deserves to be more out of style than that video! imho, of course. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again is one that has the same qualities you said your video had: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKTiwCez6Zs&mode=related&search= My knowledge of the 80s mostly comes from historical films, such as "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Great video! That chick dancing on that car.......hot as hell. I remember buying that album (that's right, album!). I think it was called Slide it in. Here's another classic, Addicted to Love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4EJkI3hN0w
Yeah, that girl is why I ended up seeing that video originally Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I never heard of that one before. Would of guessed it was from the '60s. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Ill post 1 more before going to bed, Guns 'N Roses Sweet Child O' Mine. (Not really any women I'm afraid Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oobDQ0vdm8M
Good song, but definitely a late eighties video. A serious hot chick deficit. No eighties video list is complete without a little Madonna. Like a Virgin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHrDPD5bFQA And the Madonna's theme song, Material Girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K4dQ2kCiSo
Another great band from the eighties was Van Halen. That's Van Halen with David Lee Roth. Here's their video, Hot for Teacher. I've heard the dance scenes took forever to film because one of those guys just can't dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5t5GukrWOU
IMHO that was one of the best videos ever, because it was so richly done--and so controversial! Madonna had a contract to do a huge commercial campaign for Pepsi-Cola. They canceled her because of that song. Can you imagine MTV showing one like that today, when they bother to show videos at all? Ah MTV. We kept sending postcards to our cable company saying WE WANT OUR MTV. When they finally got it in 1981, the very first night, we watched it all night, every night, for three weeks. MTV 21 - Fraggles 0 (I think "Fraggle Rock" was already on the air so we were Fraggles by then Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!) My favorites of the classic MTV era: Chris DeBurgh: Don’t Pay the Ferryman Duran Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf Peter Gabriel: just about anything Golden Earring: Twilight Zone Green Jelly: Three Little Pigs Michael Jackson: Beat It Greg Kihn: Jeopardy Krokus: Screamin’ in the Night Madonna: Like a Prayer Randy Newman: I Love L.A. Nine Inch Nails: Head like a Hole Tubes: One in a Million ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Man Most videos today are cheap performance shots, but there are a few in this class: Blind Melon: No Rain Korn: Follow the Leader Linkin Park: In the End Tool: Undertow And I have about an hour of the very first Energizer Bunny commercials on VHS. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Somebody posted the link to this a while back. Never liked Oingo Boingo much back in the day, but this tune is kinda catchy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItz-uNjoZA Or how about some Breakfast Club soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAn8lu3C9IE
I think 80's music and videos are cheap and shallow, annoyingly and embarassingly. Silly. I do halfway find this one amusing but it's still cheesy and shallow. I like it and want to puke and laugh at the same time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXj0QcSDVRE
I posted that invert I had a red headed roomate who was girl crazy and that was his theme song. Some others from the infancy of MTV X, one of my all time favorite bands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxOzY7BNs54 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcU63BmcnOU Cure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EeZRBStMNQ Lene Lovitch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eAw29VRIiU
"I think 80's music and videos are cheap and shallow, annoyingly and embarassingly. Silly." As opposed to music from the....? Music marketed to teens and early 20's has always been silly. It's made to be catchy, fun, emotional and, most of all, sell records, 8 tracks, casettes, CDs or the latest manifestation. One can be serious and have fun in life at the same time. As a teen I'd alternate Bob Dylan and CCR on the mono turntable. Early and mid 80's videos were long past my teen years but I found them refreshingly creative and spearheaded advances in special effects. Today a 14 year old at his computer has more video technology, and editing power and tools than a music studio in 1982. Many 'corny' videos were original works of art. Science this is a science forum, why not 'Mr. Science' himself, Magnus Pyke, on an 80's video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o&mode=related&search=
C'mon!!! "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. The very first video that hit MTV airwaves!! Can't find a damn link to it though. . .
Some good choices there. I love the three little pigs video! Hilarious. I've always liked Don't Pay the Ferryman, although I've never heard anything else by that guy. I actually prefered Wierd Al's version of Jeopary (I lost on Jeopary). Did you see that one? It is disappointing that modern music videos suck so badly when it would be so much easier to make good ones with modern technology. Most of them are just the band playing. Not even any hot chicks dancing around. Certainly no story or cool effects. (with a few exceptions, as you noted.)
I like this remix of 'we're in heaven'. i think it sounds better than the original. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na7G143cUCA&mode=related&search=
example a: that was the '70s thoughPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image! ok, um eighties video's...there are too many. this was a big one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2k9e4dYDiA
