80's pop vids

[Amelie]

Pop vids just don't quite cut it these days do they. Nor do the general acts/lyrical content for that matter. Not for daftness anyway.

Has anyone watched Adam and the Ants Prince Charming vid as an adult and not been totally embarassed/confused /shocked and it all?

To start with you have cheif ant as a tranny cinderella, having two other tranny wench's singing 'Don't you ever stop being dandy showing me your handsome'. Thats it lyrically pretty much all the way through, apart from the line 'silk or leather, or a feather respect your self and all of those around you'. I mean Wordsworth is hardly shitting himself eh.

In the vid Adam then turns into some (supposed) ace bloke and trashs a posh party and Diana Dorrs, no i really mean it Diana in black lacy number is repeating above crazy lines to him whilst pouting suggestivly.

Then for no reason everyone fucks off and he is in front of a mirror and changes from a cowboy, red indian etc like he has raided the fancy dress shop. Throw in lots of swinging from chandeliers and thats your lot.

Anyone else remeber or have seen latley a vid from childhood that is quite frankly wank? I am thinking any Duran Duran for a starters. Don't get me started on Girls on Film, my dad always got a bit flustered when that came on lol.

 

[Amelie]

Would like to say that i do love the whole exciting drum yeah-ho vocal combo intro, it only goes tits with the twangy twangy harpy and singing. The first few secs are ace shit

 

[sirius]

Caught some Micheal Jackson video's on one of them dodgy Freeview stations which are like MTV......and I thought they were pretty damn good! So some 80's vids rock, and I think are better than some of the new ones.

One which does annoy me even as much as the song, is the Weather Girls video.....dunno when that was, but its hideous lol.

Still quite like the A-ha video, the one where its cartoony and he throws that piece of paper in the bin.....know the one?

Nostalgia I suppose.

 

[grover]

that a ha video was class
i remember the tenpole tudor video being mad
"ooh rar ooh rar ooh rar eh... over the hill with the swords of 1,000 men"

 

[Jiglo]

The 80's were a great time for videos, especially if you were a teenager though those years! I used to love the Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out vid -nothing to do with the maid in the suspenders in it

Other notable ace videos IMO:

MJ's - 'Thriller'
Grace Jones - 'Slave To The Rhythm'
Talking Heads - 'Once In A Lifetime'
Bangles - 'Walk Like An Egyptian'
Peter Gabriel - 'Sledgehammer'
Beastie Boys - 'Fight For Your Right'

And a load of others

 

[nathan]

i'll have

The 80's were a great time for videos, especially if you were a teenager though those years! I used to love the Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out vid -nothing to do with the maid in the suspenders in it

Other notable ace videos IMO:

MJ's - 'Thriller'
Grace Jones - 'Slave To The Rhythm'
Talking Heads - 'Once In A Lifetime'
Bangles - 'Walk Like An Egyptian'
Peter Gabriel - 'Sledgehammer'
Beastie Boys - 'Fight For Your Right'

And a load of others

new order:- true faith

 

[Amelie]

I meant try and think of really dodgy shit ones

 

[grover]

rene & renata - save you love

 

[Mesh]

I'll pick Frankie gos to Hollywood- Relax and Duran Duran 'Rio'
They are cheesy but I like em:$


Also...Its not an 80's one but a video that always has me pissing meself is 'D I S C O'..its just a black man and woman in lycra catsuits doing the most funky dance moves (a bit like they are having a fit!!)

 

[turpieaj]

communards-dont leave me this way makes me cringe as the missus says I dance and wiggle my arse like jimmy sommerville:$

Andy

 

[Jiglo]

You could have kept that to yourself turpieaj, because it's making me sick thinking about it :|

So we're looking for bad ones then?

Agree that the Rene And Renatra vid was truly shocking. I still don't know what Renatra looked like - which might be a good thing!:S