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The 80s saw the birth of the music video... and boy, was some of it strange!
It's a bit odd to think that the first true generation of music videos are only about 25-35 years old. In some ways, it's both not so long ago and also a very distant past. Time-wise, not so long. Technologically and broadcast-wise, you've come a long way, baby! Depending on your age, these 80s music videos will either be really funny "old" videos, or some great flashbacks!
Music Video Lens Guide
- Video of the Year 1984 - YOU MIGHT THINK
- Get a Guide to the 80s
- DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER
- Video of the Year 1985 - BOYS OF SUMMER
- B & White Style
- Take Your Music Videos With You
- Video of the Year 1986 - MONEY FOR NOTHING
- PAPA DON'T PREACH
- TAKE ON ME
- Video of the Year 1987 - SLEDGEHAMMER
- 80s Music Video Links
- Duran Duran and Russell Mulcahy
- Video of the Year 1988 - NEED YOU TONIGHT/MEDIATE
- Music Movies
- THRILLER
- Video of the Year 1989 - THIS NOTE'S FOR YOU
Video of the Year 1984 - YOU MIGHT THINK
by the Cars from their album "Heartbeat City"
The Cars - You Might Think
The Cars - You Might Think Ok this Video so much reminds me of how Ray is kind of funny but cute also in many ways thank you for always makeing me smile and makeing me realize so many things I love you Ray
Runtime: 3:05
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Get a Guide to the 80s
Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent Decade
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DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER
Phil Collins "No Jacket Required"
The various suggestions become even more video-referential, spoofing popular movies of the time as well as other popular music videos. The vignettes are a Western, a take on the Road Warrior, an imitation of the look of "Every Breath You Take," a demo of a potential dance number, a pitch for a castle seige, a send-up of David Lee Roth's "California Girls" video, a Shogun/ninja interpretation, and a spoof of the Cars' video "You Might Think." The video then ends with repeated takes of Collins saying "so, how does it end?"
Video of the Year 1985 - BOYS OF SUMMER
by Don Henly
The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
This is an awesome 80s video. Don Henley of the Eagles. Boys of Summer. Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets The sun goes down alone I'm drivin' by your house Though I know you're not at home But I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I never will forget those nights I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy? Remember how I made you scream Now I don't understand what happened to our love But babe, I'm gonna get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun I see you walkin' real slow and you're smilin' at everyone I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Out on the road today, I saw a DEADHEAD sticker on a Cadillac A little voice Inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back." I thought I knew what love was What did I know? Those days are gone forever I should just let them go but- I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got that hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Lyrics courtesy of http://www.davemcnally.com/lyrics/DonHenley/TheBoysofSummer.asp
Runtime: 4:43
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B & White Style
Take Your Music Videos With You
portable music video players
If there was one thing that really was missing from the 80s, it was a way to take your music videos with you. I'm glad to say, times have changed...
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Video of the Year 1986 - MONEY FOR NOTHING
By Dire Straits w/Sting
DIRE STRAITS "Money for nothing"
Videoclip "Money For Nothing" Dire Straits. The very best of Dire Straits.
Runtime: 4:44
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PAPA DON'T PREACH
Madonna, "True Blue"
Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
Madonna Papa Don't Preach Sire Records Directed by James Foley
Runtime: 5:07
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TAKE ON ME
a-ha
A-ha - Take On Me
Copyrighted By W.M.G (Warner Music Group) www.wmg.com Lyrics; Talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway today's another day to find you Shying away I'll be coming for you love O.K. Take on me Take me on I'll be gone in a day or two So needless to say I'm odds and ends But that's me, stumbling away Slowly learning that life is O.K. Say after me It's no better to be safe than sorry. Take on me Take me on I'll be gone in a day or two. The things that you say Is it live or just to play My worries away You're all the things I've got to remember You shying away I'll be coming for you anyway Take on me Take me on I'll be gone in a day or two ad lib to end
Runtime: 3:46
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Video of the Year 1987 - SLEDGEHAMMER
by Peter Gabriel from his album "So"
SledgeHammer by Peter Gabriel (Best one on YouTube!)
This is the BEST SledgeHammer music video that you will find on YouTube because it contains NO dumb graphics, introductions, watermarks or logos, just the pure unadulterated music video from beginning to end..
Runtime: 5:00
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80s Music Video Links
polls, lists, sites and more
- AskMen.com - '80 music videos
- The videos were chosen based on various factors including technological innovation, commercial success, resiliency, quality of the song, how strongly it impacted the video industry in later years, as well as how large of a role it played in the breakthrough of the band. While many individual videos met some of these criteria, the following ten scored the highest averages.
- I've stared straight into the sun: 10 Best 80's Music Videos
- Ahh the 80's, full of experimental synthesized music, power ballads, and shitty hair. Like Huey Lewis, I too wish I could bring back the 80's. Now we can revisit it for a bit with the top 10 80's music videos (based upon 80's movies which makes for great cameos).
- Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: Best '80s Video Nominee
- If you were gay and young in the 1980s, the pop music was a form of emancipation and revelation.
- MTV Video Music Awards, 1984-89
- Listings of MTV Video Award winners by year and award for the 1980s. They don't list earlier than 1984, as that was the year the awards started.
Duran Duran and Russell Mulcahy
Video of the Year 1988 - NEED YOU TONIGHT/MEDIATE
by INXS
INXS - Need You Tonight & Mediate
Both video's back to back, Need you tonight right into Mediate.
Runtime: 5:39
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Music Movies
- 001- Dreamgirls
Twenty-five years after its Broadway debut, the definitive girl-group musical, earning the most Osca...- 002- Hairspray
Set in 1962, this colorful adaptation of the Tony-winning musical (spawned by director John Waters'...- 003- Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp (in an Oscar-nominated role) reteams with director Tim Burton for this adaptation of the...- 004- The Phantom of the Opera: Special Edition
Andrew Lloyd Webber's stunning musical comes alive on-screen in this Joel Schumacher rendition. A ta...- 005- Across the Universe
An American girl (Evan Rachel Wood) and a British lad (Jim Sturgess) fall in love amid the upheaval...- Try Netflix free for 14 days
THRILLER
Michael Jackson "Thriller"
It's now 25 years old and still inspires others with its distinctive dance choreography. Check out the original thriller or a few fanciful recreations, such as in a Filipino prison or on the tube in London.
