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Post by muthagoose on Jul 1, 2008 11:10:08 GMT -5
The Music Video Proving Ground
Let's face it... The 80's was the peak time for the creation of music videos. I can't think of anything in recent memory that really raised the bar.
So this thread is a place for you to post and discuss what videos were the cream of the crop. From past to present, any video, any genre, you make the call.
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 1, 2008 11:13:33 GMT -5
The music video that really raided the bar...
Michael Jackson's "Thriller"... Sorta
* Since the record label keeps such a tight leash on this video and doesn't want it shared... I have decided to present to you the Indian remake of "Thriller". It is just as equally badass... it uses Michael Jackson's blueprint... it just has a lower budget. Thank you for your patience.
I remember VHS tapes being passed around with this video because everyone wanted to see it and cable did not yet rule the land. Hell, no if it hits the web it is world wide within a day... how times have changed.
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Post by MASON on Jul 1, 2008 16:24:04 GMT -5
Would Madonna's "Justify My Love" count? It certainly "raised the bar"!
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 2, 2008 11:09:05 GMT -5
It is amazing how well this video still holds up 2 decades later...
A-Ha - Take On Me
The major flaw in the video is that that chick looks pretty grizzled from the jump. George Lucas should CGI in Jar-Jar Binks and be done with it.
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 3, 2008 11:20:22 GMT -5
When good videos go bad...
Twisted Sister undoubtedly created some of the finest videos ever to come out of the 80's. However, they also made this one...
Twisted Sister - "Leader of The Pack"
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 4, 2008 8:08:02 GMT -5
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
The music video for the song featured early computer animation illustrating the lyrics. While the characters seem boxy and the animation appears a little crude by modern standards, the video was one of the first uses of computer-animated human characters and was considered groundbreaking at the time of its release. It was the second computer-generated music video shown on MTV.
You can't deny the tasty riffs of Dire Straits!
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 5, 2008 17:10:04 GMT -5
Aside from our lovely shores, delicious crabs, beautiful Black Eyed Susans... Maryland has given us something even more special... Kix. KIX - Blow My Fuse  |
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 7, 2008 20:31:38 GMT -5
This video has it all. Action, drama, questionable pants...
"DIAMOND" DAVID LEE ROTH - Yankee Rose
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Post by Stomper on Jul 9, 2008 9:32:18 GMT -5
It still boggles my mind that David Lee Roth is straight.
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 9, 2008 9:39:40 GMT -5
Truer words have never been spoken on this forum.
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 9, 2008 9:45:16 GMT -5
This one is a little more obscure but it is still a great video.
The Geto Boys – “Mind Playing Tricks on Me”
Gangster paranoia is not convincing if the rapper is smirking from behind his bling-bling or pimp goblet.
The paranoia in “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” works because everything is shot in a ruddy made-for-TV special haze; the sets are modest, if they’re sets at all; and there’s no attempt to portray the Geto Boys as anything other than people drowning in fear, even as life goes on around them.
The best part for me is the end of the video were Bushwick Bill is running around trick-or-treating.... and then re-enacting the fight he describes in the video. There is also a random shot of a werewolf which goes unexplained.
An instant classic!
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Post by Stomper on Jul 9, 2008 9:53:14 GMT -5
Good choice man. Damn good video and a song that I enjoy around Halloween. I believe it is included on our Season of the Witch soundtrack.
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Post by Chick-O-Stick on Jul 9, 2008 11:44:57 GMT -5
This isn't 80's but along with Nirvana's Teen Spirit I felt it came along at the right time.
Jane's Addiction- Been Caught Stealing[/color]
It reminds me of a typical night at the Easton Safeway. Dudes in lipstick, a pole dancer, chicks in cheap clothing shaking their goods, guys with dreads stealing turkeys. Good stuff.
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 9, 2008 22:07:02 GMT -5
It's funny because it's true! That place should be renamed "Weirdo Hut"!!!
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 17, 2008 21:37:46 GMT -5
CYPRESS HILL - Hand On The Pump
Some classic, funky Cypress Hill shit...
I like the robotic gunshot dance that B-Real perfects in the video. Straight gangsta.
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Post by muthagoose on Jul 24, 2008 13:01:57 GMT -5
WHITESNAKE - Here I Go Again
Love that feathered hair!
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Post by The Duke on Jul 25, 2008 19:40:49 GMT -5
A true classic!
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Post by muthagoose on Oct 3, 2008 8:37:55 GMT -5
LITA FORD - Kiss Me Deadly
It's all about the music and the hair!
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Post by muthagoose on Oct 3, 2008 8:40:39 GMT -5
DIO - Holy Diver
Dio instantly proved that no one can ever rock as hard as him in this instant classic. Sadly, Dio proved to be about two inches to high to play Willow years later.
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Post by muthagoose on Nov 7, 2008 8:44:18 GMT -5
Quiet Riot - Mama Were All Crazee Now
One of the finest rock videos ever made!
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Post by muthagoose on Nov 12, 2008 22:48:34 GMT -5
DINO - I Like It
In honor of Earl's birthday!
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