Great Songs with Terrible Videos, Anyone?
stretchl
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Not a "bad" video. I mean a stinking, horrid, facepalm in embarrassment for the artist(s) video.
My submission, and the inspiration for this thread, is Big Audio Dynamite's "Medicine Show," which I just stumbled across. I've loved the song for a long time. Now I'll never be able to dissociate it from the close-ups of Mick Jones' teeth, which pretty well doom the entire video to failure from its inception:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2kWCfTcaU
My submission, and the inspiration for this thread, is Big Audio Dynamite's "Medicine Show," which I just stumbled across. I've loved the song for a long time. Now I'll never be able to dissociate it from the close-ups of Mick Jones' teeth, which pretty well doom the entire video to failure from its inception:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2kWCfTcaU “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Fantastic song, terrible video. IMO -
Cool thread...this comes to mind as I just watched it a few days ago. Great tune, especially for the era but the video was pretty bad.
Man....I miss these times....esp late night Headbangers Ball
https://youtu.be/t4gPKianglE -
joecoulson wrote: »Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Fantastic song, terrible video. IMO
When I started reading this thread this very video came to mind.
Do they still make videos or is it a thing of the past, sorry I'm out of the loop.
Well first MTV would have to play music!!
AGAIN! -
joecoulson wrote: »Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Fantastic song, terrible video. IMO
Interesting how differently the same thing can hit different people. I love that video!
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
- Isaac Asimov
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http://Vimeo.com/channels/stretchphoto -
I figured I would be 50/50 on the Dire Straits one..
To me, the best videos of that decade or two were Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel) and Sober (Tool) -
Here's one;
https://youtu.be/Xc1PHk9FhIk Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
