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That other thread about Favourite Bands got me thinking about something related to that so I thought I'd create this new thread for it. Throughout the 1980's and early 1990's, music videos were very popular. They are still popular, but in a different form in that with web sites like YouTube, it is possible to perhaps obtain any music video.

In the 1980's, three popular shows about music videos were:

1. Video Hits, which aired from 1984 to 1993 and was hosted by Samantha Taylor, Bryan Elliott, and then Dan Gallagher.

2. Good Rockin' Tonite, hosted by Terry David Mulligan and then Stu Jeffries.

3. MTV Top 20 Countdown

So what are your favourite and/or most memorable music videos that you have seen? I request that you search YouTube and find a music video of it and post it on this thread as that shouldn't be too difficult.

I'll start off with my list.

Genesis - Land of Confusion
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Heart - Alone
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Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
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Madonna - La Isla Bonita
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Weird Al Yankovic - Fat
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Aqua - Barbie Girl
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Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
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The Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
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Los Del Rio - Macarena
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Los Lobos - La Bamba
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The Cars had a pretty innovative video (by 1984 standards) for You Might Think. And ZZ Top were around for over a decade by the time they broke it big with those videos from Elminator. "...every girl's crazy 'bout a Sharp Dressed Man!"

I posted SRV's Cold Shot on here a while ago... another gooder.
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Wasn't it The Buggles who had the first video on MTV with "Video killed the Radio Star"??
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yup
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Seems like an ominous look into the future of videos and the death of true singer/songwriters?? Although no one really seemed to go down hill because of video??
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lion24 wrote:Seems like an ominous look into the future of videos and the death of true singer/songwriters?? Although no one really seemed to go down hill because of video??
I've heard Joe Jackson cited as an example of a viable artist who suffered commercially for not adapting (by choice or not) to the MTV era.
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My favourite 80's video:

Bananarama - I Heard a Rumor
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I downloaded this huge archive of videos once, proclaiming to be the "Top 30 Most Famous Music Videos Ever". Some filenames are truncated, and for some reason #2 is missing, but here's the list of files I have:

01 Michael Jackson - Thriller [1983.mpg
03 Madonna - Justify My Love (Uncen.mpg
04 Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice [.mpg
05 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody [1975].mpg
06 Blur - Coffee And TV [1999].mpg
07 Fatboy Slim - Praise You [1998].mpg
08 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer [19.mpg
09 Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love.mpg
10 Robbie Williams - Rock DJ (Uncut.mpg
11 George Michael - Outside [1998].mpg
12 New Order - True Faith [1994].mpg
13 Madonna - Like A Prayer [1989].mpg
14 A-Ha - Take On Me [1985].mpg
15 Beastie Boys - Sabotage [1994].mpg
16 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity [1.mpg
17 Adam Ant - Prince Charming [1981.mpg
18 Madonna - Vogue [1999].mpg
19 Michael Jackson - Black Or White.mpg
20 The Buggles - Video Killed The R.mpg
21 Britney Spears - Baby One More T.mpg
22 Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson.mpg
23 Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly [199.mpg
24 Aerosmith Feat Run DMC - Walk Th.mpg
25 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing.mpg
26 Robbie Williams - She's The One.mpg
27 Beyonce Feat Jayz - Crazy In Lov.mpg
28 Chris Isaak - Wicked Game [1990].mpg
29 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean [1.mpg
30 Eric Prydz - Call On Me (Uncenso.mpg

I have another bundle that was called "Visually Impressive Music Videos" (or something to that effect) that had some really amazing vids by everyone from Voivod and Nightwish to A-Ha.

Noticeably absent from this list, IMHO, are Genesis, lots more Queen, and believe it or not, Huey Lewis & The News ("Stuck With You" was a fabulous music-video-monster-movie spoof).
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WTF is Britney Spears doing on that list?
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It's the "Top 30 Most FAMOUS Music Videos".

Doesn't say anything about "good".
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I felt Weird Al Yankovic's parodies were very funny. I already posted Fat above. Here are two others, along with their originals.

Madonna - Like A Virgin
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Weird Al Yankovic - Like a Surgeon
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Michael Jackson - Beat It
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Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It
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Best video ever.

Metallica - One
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No Ordinary Joe wrote:Best video ever.

Metallica - One
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Remember when Metallica didn't suck?
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A few more of my favorites.

Pantera - Domination (RIP Dime) - I got massive lag on this one on YouTube, not sure what it's like for you guys though, my computer sucks so it might just be mine.
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Pantera - This Love
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Pantera - Revolution Is My Name
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Megadeth - Holy Wars
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From one of the best concerts ever, circa 1991...

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