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**Janszoon** · 12-08-2008, 11:00 PM

Ok, this is kind of a weird topic for a thread but humor me.

It started with me seeing the video for Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box". I was watching the old man walking around in the diaper and I started thinking about Metallica's video for "The Unforgiven" which involves a shirtless old man, and which I think only came out about a year and a half before "Heart Shaped Box". Then from deepest corners of my brain, vague memories of other early 90s videos featuring half-naked old men began to take shape and I started to think "what a weird trend for videos to go through". Of course I can't think of any other examples besides the two I mentioned, but I feel like there were more. Does anyone remember any others? Were half-naked old men really a staple of early 90s videos or am I on crack? Maybe it wasn't just videos, maybe it was album art too or something.

For anyone who wants to watch the two videos I mentioned:

Metallica—"The Unforgiven"

Nirvana—"Heart Shaped Box"

12-08-2008, 11:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	The early 90s, a good time to be a wrinkly half-naked old man Ok, this is kind of a weird topic for a thread but humor me. It started with me seeing the video for Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box". I was watching the old man walking around in the diaper and I started thinking about Metallica's video for "The Unforgiven" which involves a shirtless old man, and which I think only came out about a year and a half before "Heart Shaped Box". Then from deepest corners of my brain, vague memories of other early 90s videos featuring half-naked old men began to take shape and I started to think "what a weird trend for videos to go through". Of course I can't think of any other examples besides the two I mentioned, but I feel like there were more. Does anyone remember any others? Were half-naked old men really a staple of early 90s videos or am I on crack? Maybe it wasn't just videos, maybe it was album art too or something. For anyone who wants to watch the two videos I mentioned: Metallica—"The Unforgiven" Nirvana—"Heart Shaped Box"