The most 80's music videos of all time, and why they're awesome.

Unknown Soldier · 03-26-2012, 09:27 AM

Screen13 · 03-26-2012, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

you must learn to embrace the cheese

power metal is cheesy as Camembert, but i love it

it's not even hipster mentality, it sounds good even if it's cheesy

as for cheesy movies, sometimes unintentionally funny movies can be funnier than intentional ones

Ditto. Agreed.

Screen13 · 03-26-2012, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Euronomus

More smoke and poodle hair.

...and Legendary musicians getting used to The 80's. Good choice!

Unknown Soldier · 03-26-2012, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Screen13

...and Legendary musicians getting used to The 80's. Good choice!

No poodle hair for the drummer though.

Screen13 · 03-26-2012, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

No poodle hair for the drummer though.

No need, it's Chris Slade (Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Uriah Heep, AC/DC). That's his style, and a cool one in my opinion.

Screen13 · 03-26-2012, 01:18 PM

A double dose of videos with an MTV bumper! You can't get any more 80's than that (The days when MTV actually played music...damn, I miss those days). Do you have what it takes to go through both? In "Voyeur," there's the classic Dirty Part of the City cliche which connects to my love of 80's Exploitation flicks. "Draw of the Cards" was the follow-up to Bettie Davis Eyes" that tried hard to be hip with the times.

Screen13 · 03-26-2012, 01:33 PM

Here's one for those who actually followed British and Scottish Pop bands in The Late 80's (This one was from Scotland, with one ex-member of Altered Images). When things tried to get Funky with singers that want to look like they really are down with the streets when in reality they're possibly right from a jeans ad. There was a small audience for this band. Well, they tried, and you have to admit that even with the cheese level on high, there was some good playing in a Pop way.

One minute: The instrument miming. A major mark of The 80's along with the continuous Synth "Horn" hits through the song.

slatesphanboi · 03-27-2012, 10:27 AM

Covers of cheesy '80s tunes are cool too.

Lilja · 03-27-2012, 11:41 PM

How about "Mad World" by Tears for Fears.

My reasons.

1. The combination of fingerless gloves with long black coats and poofy hair.
2. The lyrics combined with the music kind of give a nice, mad spin to the entire song..but then it is called Mad World.
3. The bizarre dancing done outside. 99 percent of people who attempted to do that dance probably just looked odd..or mad.
4. Since a cover was made of this song that gave an allto depressing spin on it..and that one is much more remembered than the original.

and Dancing with Tears in my eyes by Ultravox. Since fear of nuclear war was a big topic back then and this is a great response to it.

Queen Of The World · 03-28-2012, 05:54 AM

Oh Toto! Was so great to see a music video of theirs, love their music but never really bothered to check out their clips. Fantastic and so epic :p

Personally, Kate Bush is a must

Extremely conceptual - Check

03-26-2012, 01:33 PM	#57 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Here's one for those who actually followed British and Scottish Pop bands in The Late 80's (This one was from Scotland, with one ex-member of Altered Images). When things tried to get Funky with singers that want to look like they really are down with the streets when in reality they're possibly right from a jeans ad. There was a small audience for this band. Well, they tried, and you have to admit that even with the cheese level on high, there was some good playing in a Pop way. One minute: The instrument miming. A major mark of The 80's along with the continuous Synth "Horn" hits through the song. Last edited by Screen13; 03-26-2012 at 01:40 PM.

03-26-2012, 01:18 PM	#56 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	A double dose of videos with an MTV bumper! You can't get any more 80's than that (The days when MTV actually played music...damn, I miss those days). Do you have what it takes to go through both? In "Voyeur," there's the classic Dirty Part of the City cliche which connects to my love of 80's Exploitation flicks. "Draw of the Cards" was the follow-up to Bettie Davis Eyes" that tried hard to be hip with the times.

03-27-2012, 10:27 AM	#58 (permalink)
slatesphanboi Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 124	Covers of cheesy '80s tunes are cool too.

03-27-2012, 11:41 PM	#59 (permalink)
Lilja Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 521	How about "Mad World" by Tears for Fears. My reasons. 1. The combination of fingerless gloves with long black coats and poofy hair. 2. The lyrics combined with the music kind of give a nice, mad spin to the entire song..but then it is called Mad World. 3. The bizarre dancing done outside. 99 percent of people who attempted to do that dance probably just looked odd..or mad. 4. Since a cover was made of this song that gave an allto depressing spin on it..and that one is much more remembered than the original. and Dancing with Tears in my eyes by Ultravox. Since fear of nuclear war was a big topic back then and this is a great response to it.

03-28-2012, 05:54 AM	#60 (permalink)
Queen Of The World Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 52	Oh Toto! Was so great to see a music video of theirs, love their music but never really bothered to check out their clips. Fantastic and so epic :p Personally, Kate Bush is a must Extremely conceptual - Check