Comments on: ’80s Music Video Thursday

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:40:55 +0000

YMCA = Young Men’s Christian Association which translates into Nuorten Miesten Kirkollinen Yhdistys in Finnish, thus the abbreviation NMKY.
The letters are the same in Finnish, they’re just pronounced differently.
English isn’t the only language in the world, you know.

By: mew2

mew2 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:44:20 +0000

My guess would be that the Finnish language and alphabet are different from ours…just a hunch, mind you, but I noticed that the last 2 letters are not pronounced “kay” or “why” but rather something similar to “koe” and a really warped “eee.”

I find it more disturbing that their motorcycle cops, Indian chiefs, construction workers, bikers, cowboys, and sailors all dress in gym clothes that made what I had to wear in high school gym class look elegant…

By: soulfire

soulfire — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:55:07 +0000

OMG the letters are not even the same !! why? WHY???

By: Rossa

Rossa — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:48:59 +0000

A finnish version of YMCA. Bad dancing galore!

By: Jet Phoenix

Jet Phoenix — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:31:46 +0000

EW&F: Great song…but I kept waiting for the Seseme Street thing to happen. You know, when the head on the left says the first part of the word, the right head says the second sound of the word, then they say the word together..
C…….at………Cat! or would it be
Gr……..ooove……….Groove!

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:43:52 +0000

Man Petting a Squirrel

By: Skipper

Skipper — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:25:15 +0000

WOW. That’s really all I can say. I just love how uncoordinated all of the dancers are in the beginning number. Was that supposed to distract from Danny’s horrible hair? I laughed. I cried. I wet myself. Fabulous.

By: Prodigal Son

Prodigal Son — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:06:40 +0000

Ah, the hair. The glorious hair!

By: Harpy

Harpy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:25:28 +0000

What the hell are they doing is space??!!

By: forge

forge — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:33:55 +0000

“Abracadabra” was a fricking awful song from a largely mediocre, occasionally fricking awful rock and roller who started out in the late 60s playing behind Chuck Berry. That video. Is an insult. To television. Let’s go over that thought again, shall we? Turn the sound off. Play the video again. Look at the stupid, rank-amateur f/x. Look at the plain-jane model who’d probably look like someone behind the counter at the post office if she didn’t have $900 worth of hair, makeup and underwear on. LOOK at the STUPID IMAGERY. The baby suddenly appearing the the girl’s arms. This video was directed by a f*cking moron who thought everyone watching it would be a moron. It is quite possibly the stupidest three minutes of anything ever shown on television.

By: Zoreta

Zoreta — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:11:38 +0000

On that last one, when the melody started, for a second I thought it was a Dschinghis Khan song. Oh, how disappointed I was.

By: Spike Page

Spike Page — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:56:12 +0000

My husband gave the all-time best review of the Steve Miller Band once.

He said “The Boston Strangler had more chords in his repertoire than those wankers!”

By: Humanistical

Humanistical — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:20:22 +0000

Video #3 is generally considered one of the most poorly-made music videos of all time. @Nick ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ has an awesome music video, I have no idea what you’re talking about XD.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:05:19 +0000

I’m sorry, but the ULTIMATE bad video award has got to go to the Buggles for ‘Video Killed the Radio Star.’ Yeah, it may have been the first music vid aired on MTV (Back when it could actually be called ‘Music Television.’ Now I’m guessing the ‘M’ stands for ‘Mediocre.’) but nothing could be as awesomely terrible as that one. A close second would be ‘Pop Musik’ by M.

By: muppet2171

muppet2171 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:17:23 +0000

Video #3 is like Lawrence Welk trying to do disco!

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:18:33 +0000

Here’s the original Finnish version in Live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3g8n-8CGMw
Fortunately this one doesn’t have any choreography at all. I’m not sure if it makes it any better though.

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:03:19 +0000

Can’t be. This is from a TV-show in Finland and that guy is most probably Mikko Alatalo (don’t ask). The video is *sigh* also made by Finns and Danny and Armi were very popular here in 1970’s.
*Moves to Sweden*
*Comes back, kidnaps Nightwish and smuggles them to Sweden as well*

By: masquerade

masquerade — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:22:13 +0000

This looks like something that a dance teacher for kids 8 and under would choreograph…

By: CoasterWild

CoasterWild — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:37:07 +0000

I know of an equally bad, if not worse, music video from the 80s. It has the same kind of space theme. Look up “Fred vom Jupiter” on YouTube.

By: BRMbug

BRMbug — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:40:16 +0000

Well, that first one is a live TV apperance. I’m talking about this one:
http://www.veoh.com/collection/s377032/watch/e126476wXQFFS6h
…I think. I’m getting really choppy playback on this ancient computer, but the frames that are showing up look right. I had it in my Favorites on YT, and also buried deep within my bookmarks, but that link is now dead.

By: binques

binques — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:05:09 +0000

(for the last video – Armi and Danny)

By: binques

binques — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:04:04 +0000

SCTV, straight from Melonville!

By: mew2

mew2 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:04:18 +0000

Did a video search on Google for “Living on Video” and the one on YouTube by Trans-X was there…first on the list, actually, followed closely by a all but lyric-less techno remix (?) of the same name by Pakito. Rest assured that computer animation has done nothing to improve the quality of the “dancing”…the most entertaining part was the ad for a pico projector (under the video) with the line “How will you swivel” popping onto the screen as the women in the vid are gyrating…

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:44:57 +0000

Steve Miller songs had the worst rhymes:

Abracadabra = reach out and grab ya

El Paso = great big hassle

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:16:35 +0000

to all you little whippersnappers who make your little “high tech” digital videos and what not nowadays….

YOU’RE WELCOME.

By: texgrl76

texgrl76 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:15:05 +0000

Was that Meatloaf introducing video #3?

By: Ugh Lee

Ugh Lee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:57:08 +0000

80’s music Poupon your face

By: MrBojangles

MrBojangles — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:27:48 +0000

Say what you will about the EW&F video, for as bad as it is, the song is freakin great.

By: Good Grief

Good Grief — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:18:58 +0000

Bad videos…

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) – Dead or Alive
Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For you – Glenn Medeiros
Mickey – Tony Basil

Great songs, terrible videos.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:03:11 +0000

Word

By: brmbug

brmbug — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:54:09 +0000

NOOOOO!!! I just searched YouTube for that video to link to, and it’s gone! Oh well.

By: Basara

Basara — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:36:25 +0000

The EW&F video wasn’t really that bad – for its time.

Now, if you want a bad video for that time period, how about “Rock with you” by Michael Jackson?

“Stay the Night” by Chicago

“Do you believe in love?” or “Stuck with you” by Huey Lewis & the News

Of course a video I’d actually like to see again would be “Wishing” by A Flock of Seagulls…

(yes, I’m a child of the late 70s/early 80s, and grew up listening to this stuff – “Abracadabra”, “Let it Whip” by the Dazz Band, and “She Blinded me with Science” by Thomas Dolby were the first three 45s I bought with my own money…

By: BRMbug

BRMbug — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:36:14 +0000

Search for “Living On Video” by Trans-X. The video is worse than the song… yet I still have it on my iPod.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:08:11 +0000

Wow. I dunno if that’s the worst coreography ever, but they’re certainly doing what they can. They’re even off sync in the beginning.

By: bffm79

bffm79 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:34:26 +0000

Abracadabra was my favorite song as a kid…it almost forgives the terrible video…almost…

By: white person

white person — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:25:43 +0000

whoever said “white people cant dance” must feel pretty dumb after watching “I Wanna Love You Tender” that has to be the best danceing EVA!!!

By: FatherWolf

FatherWolf — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:11:40 +0000

I have to think about this — some dozen dancers had to humiliate themselves for money, and be caught forever on this video. What some people will have to do for money.

By: teez

teez — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:24:35 +0000

#3 is really terrible omfg

By: Miroku

Miroku — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Eh, t-t-t-t-t-triple post!

Link in my name.

By: Miroku

Miroku — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:10:29 +0000

Also can I request Rockit by Herbie Hancock next week?

That video is so win.

By: Miroku

Miroku — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:09:04 +0000

There was one music video by some girl in the 80’s that had a set that consisted of a disco ball, and two ‘door ways’ made out of black electric tape. Does anyone know what song that was?

By: Border Count

Border Count — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:58:15 +0000

That third video looks like they had a budget of five dollars and blew it on cheap hookers. There’s enough dance talent there to fill a shot glass and have room left ver.

By: hee hee

hee hee — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:50:33 +0000

The SMB: Abracadabra!!! Always loved the song, never seen the videwo… apparently they were bit on running the video backwards. NOw the Earth Wind and Fire one… TTTTRRRRRIIIIIIPPPPPYYYYYY! Love the song!

By: hee hee

hee hee — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:44:40 +0000

that is Toni BASIL (I swear this thing eats letters)!

By: hee hee

hee hee — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:43:59 +0000

It seems to be a mix of “Oh Mickey” (ala Toni Basi), Xanadu, “Grease” and my 11th grade aerobics class.

By: weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:42:16 +0000

I won’t boogie again in my life

By: leslie

leslie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:05:32 +0000

“lets groove tonight- boogie down alright”