80's Music Videos

[Blondie]

Remember when you actually watched Music Videos on MTV, and got treats like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJGiBuFA8cQ

One of the classics...

[RichGem]

yes, <sigh> I do remember.

[Blondie]

For real kick ass rock and roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1d8BVvY-I

[Mycon]

Or when Pop required talent and the videos broke ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914)

[Trench]

Or when Pop required talent and the videos broke ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914)

I love that video. I love this parody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSAHQXMwMnc) even more.

[Storer50]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5ZEzWwKJnY

[GFlanagan3]

Remember when you actually watched Music Videos on MTV, and got treats like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJGiBuFA8cQ

One of the classics...

I have not watched MTV in years simply because it is NOT Music TV....I miss those days in some ways

[Phog Allen]

Or when Pop required talent and the videos broke ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914)

I quite agree. The 80's (80-86 or so) had some neat bands and enjoyed the birth of videos as a normal tv item. I know the members of the Dark Ages of Societal Behaviour (1965-1980) look down their noses at anything later than acoustical Dylan but danged if stuf like that didn't make me LOATHE political music for the most part. Hey, I am not trying to argue with anyone. Listen to what you like and more power to you. But the 80's brought back dance music, fun music, and a generally lighter air to the whole nation. We hadn't seen it for nearly thirty years and we haven't seen it since. I don't think the whole video era would have happened like it did if not for the high energy, dance and fun music that drove it. Anyone remembert the Go Go's Vacation video? Quite the neat treat. I watched it the other day and it just reinforced my thoughts that people were ready to HAVE FUN with their music again. They drove around in fifties cars and the famous syncro skiing scene still looks cute. There were others that were certainly more well done technically but those early videos from Lauper, A Ha, Men at Work, Duran Duran, David Bowie's Serious Moonlight tour was another. Even he got out of outer space and had some fun. China Girl and Modern Love really worked in the video world.

Regards, Todd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8IXx4tsus

[Blondie]

Speaking of fun songs, remember this one??:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmoHQ2DC3zo

[theperfectstorm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA

[Blondie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA

That's a great one!!

And lest we forget androgyny was also "de riguer":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZvZRq-iGRk

[Jslinger]

The 80's. Ridiculous.

[Swampfox]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5ZEzWwKJnY

I prefer this 'version'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4SDhrTPOiI

[DFrancis]

When they spent $100,000 to make the video for Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" people thought they were insane, now that's nothing and it's not just regular inflation.

[Tommy Boy]

The popular, ultimate, and most horrible 80's video:

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance.

I'm sure you can find it somewhere. Remember, the medieval theme with the dude with long hair and the midget......

So lame.

[Topgumby]

How can you top the great 70's music videos?



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[Swampfox]

Like a surgeon, cutting for the very first time.

[GoldenMonkey]

Ones that have always stuck with me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLHUThBib8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTAhZKP5wCY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3PFC86UNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGYNvx9lqDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gkwVf4cHqM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yP1tcy9a10]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ]

[Blondie]

Ones that have always stuck with me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLHUThBib8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTAhZKP5wCY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3PFC86UNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGYNvx9lqDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gkwVf4cHqM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yP1tcy9a10]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ]

More excellent videos! Bananarama "Cruel Summer" also reminds me of the Karate Kid, since it was in that movie. And that Tom Petty video, haven't seen that one in a while. Classic. And Rock the Casbah, filmed in Austin, TX.

[Blondie]

And all the "subtle" innuendos of 80's rock. I think Rick Nielsen is using an early model "Fusion" guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADWG6EXrbcE

[GoldenMonkey]

Funny you should post the Cheap Trick video, lol...I was JUST thinking of that one!

[Walter Sobchak]

Man I loved some of those videos. The Clash always made me happy.

Then The Commodores and Lionel Richie came along...all that bad soccer playing and the dancing on the ceiling business. *sigh*, that's when I took a new found love of reading.:lol:

[GoldenMonkey]

Some more from my memory banks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUqoKjU3D4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bM0wVjU2-k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3DgAJwVeVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpRm-p7qlY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inrEPapTtMM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-uyWAe0NhQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5MtAmT24g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVcD1xAMTo8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVFMTBcMBRs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7DFsBcVMDA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Snehl2bAk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g9LSMtSejQ

Not QUITE the 80's (1991), but:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h8zs898lr4

[baggiez]

Don't forget Devo. Then and later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4-2onb62y8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWylV2fkvpc

:w00t:

[GoldenMonkey]

This thread has had me busy on YouTube the past couple of days, lol...thanks for the trip into the past, Phil. Do you use Pandora at all? I'd be interested to see what your stations are like. I'll post some more gems tomorrow...found a few "OMG! I forgot about that!" nuggets...

[Blondie]

Phil. Do you use Pandora at all?

No, but I Googled it and am checking it out now!

[Blondie]

Here's an eighties New Wave Fix for ya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuTYOB53xE0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UXtort76gY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHYIGy1dyd8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePIImGMjn_8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnSQxV7hnk

I wonder how many of the kiddos around here know that before he was on "Dancing With the Stars", the co-founder of Apple organized the "Lollapalooza" of the 80's, the "Us Festival".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P09gm_I5RI

And this one, cause that last one always reminds me of Mick Jagger for some reason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTo5zlyPKDo

[GoldenMonkey]

You posted some of the ones I was going to, lol...Talk Talk, The Fixx, Missing Persons, and Berlin!

[svarog]

one of my favorites of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

[Argonaut]

What, no Sledgehammer from Peter Gabriel?

[Blondie]

Oh, and now cue the power chord...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJe77IO10hs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ5bS3_BCDs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJChh7ghGnE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K7CNzFhnCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjcZ5MTOh3g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MXiTeH_Pg

[Blondie]

What, no Sledgehammer from Peter Gabriel?

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg

[Argonaut]

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tTN-b5KHg

Sweeeeeeeet! Thanks:thumbup1:

[Seraphim]

Once in a Lifetime!!

Sweet!

[Seraphim]

I'll play too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXt56MB-3vc

[Blondie]

And who can forget these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxgBMNhsKU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_152hzt9Clc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9QZhLSKEps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQbZRMLKozk

[Blondie]

Remember this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTvWvfEMxE&feature=related

[Kouros]

Nobody made better videos than Peter Gabriel.

[lenard]

Don't forget this one!

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