The 80s music-video thread!

mike65

Back when it was all so new and exciting, the bands were great the music was too and the vids were breaking the old rules and inventing new techniques.

Art of Noise Paranomia

Propaganda - Duel

Godley & Creme - Cry

Thomas Dolby Hyperactive remix

Stephen TinTin Duffy Kiss Me

Scritti Politti Absolute

The first half of the 80s was fantastic then it all went horribly wrong in pop music.

Mike.

kinaldo

Nothing will ever come close to the 80s! If only I had VH1 classic...

but thank fcuk for Youtube! The cheesier the better imo.

Crosseyed and Painless by Talking Heads (some nice moonwalking, 2 years before MJ)

You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon featuring Chevy Chase

Super Freak by Rick James

She Bop by Cyndi Lauper

Rapture by Blondie

Batdance by Prince

Burning Up by Madonna

Lips To Find You by Teena Marie

What Have You Done For Me Lately? by Janet Jackson

Dancing in the Street by Mick Jagger and David Bowie

Absolute Beginners by David Bowie

The Second Time by Kim Wilde

spacecoyote

twas a great time indeed. this site is one of the best i've found for it

http://www.1500videos.com/

mikedragon32

kinaldo wrote:

Nothing will ever come close to the 80s! If only I had VH1 classic...

but thank fcuk for Youtube! The cheesier the better imo.

Crosseyed and Painless by Talking Heads (some nice moonwalking, 2 years before MJ)

You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon featuring Chevy Chase

Super Freak by Rick James

She Bop by Cyndi Lauper

Rapture by Blondie

Batdance by Prince

Burning Up by Madonna

Lips To Find You by Teena Marie

What Have You Done For Me Lately? by Janet Jackson

Dancing in the Street by Mick Jagger and David Bowie

Absolute Beginners by David Bowie

The Second Time by Kim Wilde

What was groud breaking about those vids?

No access to You Tube to create links but here's a couple which broke the mould with new techniques:

Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Take On Me - Aha

grumpytrousers

mikedragon32 wrote:

What was groud breaking about those vids?

No access to You Tube to create links but here's a couple which broke the mould with new techniques:

Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Take On Me - Aha

Well, for starters 'You Can Call Me Al' convinced the nations BeatBox viewers that Paul Simon was very good in National Lampoons European Vacation....:D

mikedragon32

grumpytrousers wrote:

Well, for starters 'You Can Call Me Al' convinced the nations BeatBox viewers that Paul Simon was very good in National Lampoons European Vacation....:D

Silly me!

kinaldo

mikedragon32 wrote:

What was groud breaking about those vids?

Fair enough, I was merely responding to the thread title, not Mike's opening statement, but I'm told that Raspberry Beret by Prince used groundbreaking video techniques if that's what we're going for...