This was bad enough it killed his career

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Nov 16, 2021
9:35:27am

RC Vikings All-American

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RC Vikings

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Great 80s Songs with Terrible Videos? Here's my nominee...

MoodyBlueCoug All-American

11/16/21 9:20am

Separate Ways - Journey

TNT

11/16/21 9:22am

Yeah, that one is horrible too. (link)

MoodyBlueCoug

11/16/21 9:23am

Nothing cooler than a guy playing air keyboard.

bluesloth

11/16/21 9:46am

This is the winner

TrackCoug

11/16/21 9:23am

He said great songs.

Sea Chicken

11/16/21 9:24am

How dare you!

JOPE

11/16/21 9:28am

Thank you

TNT

11/16/21 9:39am

I'll fight you.

cougfanblue

11/16/21 9:29am

RE: I'll fight you.

Sea Chicken

11/16/21 9:33am

Ugh...such a hack

kansascougar

11/16/21 9:24am

That's not even their worst video from that album

Indy Coug

11/16/21 9:24am

you mean this one? i love it! - this version at least

BYJung

11/16/21 9:25am

Wow the official video and this one are so awesomely bad! WOW!

AFewThoughts

11/16/21 9:34am

Don't know if its a great song but this music video makes me laugh

kansascougar

11/16/21 9:24am

It is not.

Sea Chicken

11/16/21 9:24am

I like to imagine that a big crowd of warehouse and dock workers are standing behind the camera all watching this

zonacougar

11/16/21 10:19am

Rush - Time Stand Still

Ragnar Danneskjold

11/16/21 9:25am

This probably isn't a great 80's song, but I was about 10 when it came out

crack

11/16/21 9:26am

Wow, that’s bad!

TrackCoug

11/16/21 9:30am

Yep that's bad!

AFewThoughts

11/16/21 9:40am

So amazing that this song got so much air play.

zonacougar

11/16/21 10:20am

Good grief...that's next level creepy.

kansascougar

11/16/21 10:26am

Great song and great video:

johnnycarson

11/16/21 9:26am

Oh nevermind. '97

johnnycarson

11/16/21 9:26am

worst music vid of all time

SanPedroCougar

11/16/21 4:27pm

RE: Great 80s Songs with Terrible Videos? Here's my nominee...

Y-Zag

11/16/21 9:29am

Hey, good enough to get a remake by Classixx and T-Pain 🙂

BYU1982

11/16/21 9:31am

Haha. I've never seen this.

MoodyBlueCoug

11/16/21 9:33am

This made me think of the Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Version music video.

cougfanblue

11/16/21 9:32am

Okay, this made me spit up a mouth full of water.

MoodyBlueCoug

11/16/21 9:36am

This was bad enough it killed his career

RC Vikings

11/16/21 9:35am

That redefines video killed the radio star.

Goatnapper'96

11/16/21 9:38am

Its really bad with the music, watching that with the sound off is hillarious.

Jay Kay

11/16/21 9:41am

RE: This was bad enough it killed his career

TrackCoug

11/16/21 9:42am

Looks like he took dance lessons from Richard Simmons.

bluesloth

11/16/21 9:44am

He had a reputation as a hard rocker and then this comes out and he looks like

RC Vikings

11/16/21 9:49am

Thought of this one immediately. Too bad, Billy Squier was a true rocker

Captain Stubing

11/16/21 9:44am

I really liked Billy Squier I wanted more music from him

BigHouse Coug

11/16/21 11:17am

This one comes to mind

BradioHead

11/16/21 9:36am

Yes, but this is a terrible song and video.

MoodyBlueCoug

11/16/21 9:38am

Silent video version (vocals only 😉 ) is better

BYU1982

11/16/21 9:44am

I liked this song at first but started to hate it because I hated the video...

Coug

11/16/21 9:37am

Dude! Really? Great song and great video. That's a true 80s classic.

MoodyBlueCoug

11/16/21 9:39am

I know... I don't mind the song as much now because I haven't seen the video in a while...

Coug

11/16/21 9:41am

It did get overplayed, for sure.

MoodyBlueCoug

11/16/21 9:42am

That video is one of the best ever especially for its time

braddahmike

11/16/21 9:45am

You mean the video that is considered one of the all time best, has over a

Bill

11/16/21 9:56am

I think MTV, in the 80's, had a rule to play it 5 times an hour...

Coug

11/16/21 9:57am

Madonna: Like a Prayer (1989)

Zooropa

11/16/21 9:46am

Lindsay Buckingham - Trouble

BYU1982

11/16/21 9:50am

Oh, my! This is awful.

MoodyBlueCoug

11/16/21 9:52am

Frankie and the Knockouts....

StarMan

11/16/21 9:53am

Smiths would be more popular if they had taken any care of their videos. they

claw

11/16/21 9:57am

Agree.

MoodyBlueCoug

11/16/21 10:04am

I always liked this video because this was truly the Smiths' vibe.

cosmohio

11/16/21 11:32am

Here you go.

SoCalCoug

11/16/21 10:00am

The actual video:

bluesloth

11/16/21 10:10am

At least I now know that Strangeways is an actual place...that's cool.

zonacougar

11/16/21 10:14am

Madonna Holiday

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