And here’s this week’s installment of awesomely terribly awesomely terribly awesome ’80s video. As always, recommendations for next week are welcomed in the comments.

“Our House” by Madness submitted by xjuggernaughtx
Fun song, fun band. I actually kind of enjoyed watching this.

“We Built This City” by Starship submitted by Miroku
Correctly identified by many commenters as “the worst song ever.” I recommend viewing this video with your sound on mute.

“I Know What Boys Like” by the Waitresses
Contender of the title of Least Sexy Video of All Time. Maybe runner up to this.

“Rock Me Tonight” by Billy Squier
My pick. This video made me realize that Billy Squier was more flamboyant than Freddie Mercury. I didn’t even know that was possible.

Previously:
’80s Music Video Thursday Strikes Back
’80s Music Video Thursday

More awesomely bad music videos. Like last week, you can post other embarrassingly cheesy videos in the comments, and I’ll post a few next Thursday.

“Hey Mickey” by Toni Basil submitted by hee hee
Ohmickyousofineyoufineyousofineyoublowmymindheymickey! (x1 million)

“You Spin Me Round” by Dead or Alive submitted by Good Grief
Great song. Extremely high WTF factor in the video.

“Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” by Wham
My pick this week. George Michael dances the way I would dance if I could ever be drunk enough to wear what he’s wearing.

I thought it’d be fun to mix things up for this Thursday afternoon and post a few music videos from the ’80s. These videos are awesome. Also terrible. Awesomely terrible. But again, mostly regular terrible.

Feel free to post more incredibly bad music videos in the comments, and I’ll pick the best for next week.

“Let’s Groove” by Earth Wind and Fire
In space, no one can hear you groove. All night.

“Abracadabra” by Steve Miller
In case you missed it, there’s a magic theme going on here.

“I Wanna Love You Tender” by Armi and Danny
These dance moves aren’t going to make Beyonce jealous. But seriously, worst choreography ever?

Submitted and Written by Paul Rizzerati and the Buckets of Blood, Rush cover band

Rush is like a sexual explosion of sound. Greatest drummer of all time and greatest bass player of all time, plus an excellent guitarist are pretty sweet right? Well, not until you add the incredible lyrics and the fact the just three guys can recreate a symphony of sound with total perfection that make professional musicians say HOLY F! As a kid I loved this song, and also the way the band spoke to non-conformist kids who weren’t ready to go full goth or full jock but just wanted to maintain some individuality in high school. This is what real talent looks like.

That’s one hell of a write up. Well done!

(Sorry that’s not the full video — embedding disabled by request (who does that?). Anyway, watch the full thing on YouTube.)

Whoa, MC Hammer! [INSERT JOKE ABOUT PARACHUTE PANTS HERE]. I mean, right? Those were ridiculous. But not as ridiculous as the spandex. {INSERT JOKE ABOUT SPANDEX HERE]