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TripletDaddy · 07-17-2008, 10:54 PM

This was a topic elsewhere today and I started thinking of videos from the 80s, when MTV played music videos all day.

Most classic 80s videos were very formulaic and had very noteable cliches in them, unique to 80s fashion or culture. In other words, when you see these thing, you know you are watching an 80s video: a random white horse runs across the screen, a band plays in a mirrored room, band members wearing brightly colored plastic or leather outfits, smoke/fog machines onstage, lead singer has a microphone stand filled with bandanas or feathers, band members playing custom shaped guitars, etc...

If I had to cast my vote for the ultimate 80s video with the most/best use of cliches, this would be it.

Enjoy

8ballrollin · 07-17-2008, 11:16 PM

No. EJ is synonymous with '70s pop. His lyrics say as much, "hey, I'm still here."

However, the video below has more spilling paint, falling water and pink booze. Plus it has '80s cut suits, a sax solo and finishes with various forms of "do doo doo doo do".

This band is early 80s UK-centric pop.

TripletDaddy · 07-17-2008, 11:41 PM

This video has many of the same effects....3 panel screens, diagonal POV camera angles, body paint, interesting how both videos used that diminshing square special effect used to simulate a camera focusing in on an object.

This video also has the requisite random occurrence: why was John Taylor storming the beach with a rifle and guerrila fatigues?

il Padrino Ute · 07-18-2008, 01:23 AM

I'd have to say that for me, this video captures the 80s music video formula rather well:

It also makes me want to run out and buy more Swatch watches.

I'm going to guess that it has the first documented chest bump.

07-17-2008, 10:54 PM	#1
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	The Ultimate 80s Video This was a topic elsewhere today and I started thinking of videos from the 80s, when MTV played music videos all day. Most classic 80s videos were very formulaic and had very noteable cliches in them, unique to 80s fashion or culture. In other words, when you see these thing, you know you are watching an 80s video: a random white horse runs across the screen, a band plays in a mirrored room, band members wearing brightly colored plastic or leather outfits, smoke/fog machines onstage, lead singer has a microphone stand filled with bandanas or feathers, band members playing custom shaped guitars, etc... If I had to cast my vote for the ultimate 80s video with the most/best use of cliches, this would be it. Enjoy __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

07-17-2008, 11:16 PM	#2
8ballrollin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Posts: 1,287	No. EJ is synonymous with '70s pop. His lyrics say as much, "hey, I'm still here." However, the video below has more spilling paint, falling water and pink booze. Plus it has '80s cut suits, a sax solo and finishes with various forms of "do doo doo doo do". This band is early 80s UK-centric pop. __________________ "Five to one... One in five No one here gets out alive"

07-17-2008, 11:41 PM	#3
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	This video has many of the same effects....3 panel screens, diagonal POV camera angles, body paint, interesting how both videos used that diminshing square special effect used to simulate a camera focusing in on an object. This video also has the requisite random occurrence: why was John Taylor storming the beach with a rifle and guerrila fatigues? __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

07-18-2008, 01:23 AM	#4
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I'd have to say that for me, this video captures the 80s music video formula rather well: It also makes me want to run out and buy more Swatch watches. I'm going to guess that it has the first documented chest bump. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.