The link to The Residents video actually goes to a White Lion video. What kind of sick joke is that? posted by Kronoss at 7:32 PM on May 17, 2006
Too much fun. Thank you thank you thank you. posted by dog food sugar at 7:49 PM on May 17, 2006
Yay. I couldn't believe I'd never heard It Feels Like I'm In Love, but then I realized how old I was when it hit #1. I heart it now. posted by VulcanMike at 7:49 PM on May 17, 2006
You did not just dis Loverboy. Oh, it is so on. posted by Joey Michaels at 7:58 PM on May 17, 2006
Q. What sort of list of 80s bands and videos leaves the Replacements' "Bastards of Young" out?
A. An incomplete one! posted by tsarfan at 8:11 PM on May 17, 2006
God, Loverboy was wretched. posted by marxchivist at 8:12 PM on May 17, 2006
Note to my 1982 self: Iggy Pop is God, and will remain so. It will never get better. You, dancing boy, may continue down your path of unavoidable woe. posted by Haruspex at 8:20 PM on May 17, 2006
Pffft, if you truly want to mainline the 80's my friends, there is nothing to do but experience Power Station.
Hair? check
Neon? check
bad animation? check
dark sunglasses? check
et al. posted by jeremias at 8:22 PM on May 17, 2006
OK - this will likely only resonate with a select group of middle aged Canadians on board, but holy crap...Teenage Head! Man, I can almost taste the Black Label. posted by davebush at 8:22 PM on May 17, 2006
Dammit, Total Eclipse of the Heart has been removed by the user. That was an excellent video. (Or so I thought... can it really be 20+ years ago? Holy ****!)
I remember wondering at the time -- what is the deal with Annabella Lwin's shirt in I Want Candy? If her breasts need to confer, don't they have sufficient opportunity behind the shirt? (Trivia: note that that's Adam Ant's band she's fronting for -- Malcolm McLaren poached them away for the purpose.) posted by Aknaton at 8:26 PM on May 17, 2006
They left out the creepiest video ever. posted by redteam at 8:34 PM on May 17, 2006
The KLF>everbody else ever. posted by erskelyne at 9:06 PM on May 17, 2006
When I was young, I didn't think the 70s were that bad. People who lived through it told me otherwise. I didn't believe them. Now I see kids who think the 80s were some magical time or somehow find it "ironic." I tell them it was the worst of times...a terrible time to be alive. This proves it. Hands down. posted by DonnieSticks at 9:14 PM on May 17, 2006
Help. Oh, please help.
I can research it all I want, but I cannot find a clip of "People Living in the USA" by RandyAndy anywhere.
It was the ultimate 80s non-hit wonder and I miss it so.
HELP! posted by ArsncHeart at 9:32 PM on May 17, 2006
There are a metric shitload more in the comments.
Never mind, they seem largely to have been incorporated already.
But they left out Stayin' Alive for being shortly pre-1980s. Hair not to be missed! posted by Aknaton at 9:37 PM on May 17, 2006
Revco is absent from the list, ditto for a fairly obscure band called click click. posted by squeak at 9:38 PM on May 17, 2006
Not on the list, but this one brought some memories flooding back. Nicely done. posted by schmedeman at 9:55 PM on May 17, 2006
I forgot how cute bill paxton was in that fish heads video.
Loverboy's "Get Lucky" was one of the first cassettes I ever owned. I remember hating their videos even then, though. Stan Ridgeway and Stewart Copeland were much easier on the eyes.
Isn't there a video for "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies? Only one Romeo Void? Echo and the Bunnymen? Psychedelic Furs? Ministry? Smithereens? bah.
Also, the only Fishbone link is actually to an Andy Taylor video. that's just cruel. posted by whatnot at 10:12 PM on May 17, 2006
My favorite part of the song is at 00:59 when the 808 snare comes in. This is one of those songs that you would hear booming a mile away more often than you would up close.
Oh, and how about the assortment of people in line at the beginning of the video? Great stuff. posted by redteam at 11:59 PM on May 17, 2006
Enjoyed reliving the pseudo-Buddhist pomposity of Howard Jones' Hide and Seek. Which I love. In spite of myself. And everything. posted by Tarn at 3:22 AM on May 18, 2006
I never knew what Judge Dread looked like. Not at all what I thought. posted by snez at 5:13 AM on May 18, 2006
So so awesome. Thanks, davebush. I've been wanting to see the "New Frontier" video again since I say a tiny clip of it 10 years ago. Hooray! posted by ibmcginty at 5:19 AM on May 18, 2006
Don't forget the Foetus!
Music starts again after intro and interview at 4.30 mins.
"I'm not anti-religious. In fact, eat my fire I am the new messiah."
"I've had more fun in an iron lung."
Tell that to kids these days, and they wont believe you.
I had actually forgotten exactly how mad that song is. Skiddly bop woop woop.
I'm reminded that She Drives Me Crazy is an awesome video. It looks like it could have been made yesterday, and it would still be great. posted by jimmythefish at 8:50 AM on May 18, 2006
Right on. I had something approaching a religious experience hearing that in a club a few years ago... posted by jack_mo at 9:46 AM on May 18, 2006
The link to The Residents video actually goes to a White Lion video...and the Fishbone link goes to a Duran Duran side project. What are we supposed to do, actually search YouTube ourselves? posted by Eothele at 10:04 AM on May 18, 2006
I swear to God I once saw Gang Starr on the Jenny Jones show...the sight of the studio audience "grooving" to the music is something I will take to the grave. Of course, that was '90s material, but still... posted by The Card Cheat at 2:42 PM on May 18, 2006
Love/Hate doesn't technically make the cutoff for the 80s, but - honorable mention. posted by Wolfdog at 4:45 PM on May 18, 2006
I spent all afternoon looking at these. I saw so many of these bands live! One gig I've never forgotten was Birthday Party in the early 80s at the Roxy, with Nick Cave yelping into the microphone and Tracey Pew humping his bass - and here is a video off the same tour.
The local stuff is gold. The DKs, the Untouchables, and, as mentioned above, Jeffrey Lee Pierce with his intense self.
I never saw the video for Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" but here I am in 2006, knowing every word. Thank you davebush, and thank Milinkito. posted by goofyfoot at 12:22 AM on May 20, 2006
Wow. This is wonderful and amazing. I'm gonna be up all night. posted by puddles at 9:43 PM on May 20, 2006
Marvelous! Thank you! :) posted by nickyskye at 3:16 PM on May 25, 2006
As long as I can get some Breakfast I'll consider this a completelist. posted by webfanatic at 11:22 PM on May 27, 2006
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