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This is my new fave:
Love this tune ! Video's not the best but oh well.
eta: better version here, High Definition &feature=related
rocktivity
(44,571 posts)Last edited Sat Jun 28, 2014, 05:36 PM - Edit history (2)
...and two albums later in 1987, one of the best...
rocktivity
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)And raise you a Run Runaway
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Although "Alone" is up there (sorry about the Bieber shot in the link):
And definitely "What About Love" (again, sorry about the Bieber shot):
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)That IS Knopfler on guitar. They allowed Al to parody the song so long as Mark Knopfler played the guitar.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)The original video doesn't include the lines "That little faggot with the ear rings and the makeup. Yeah, buddy, that's his own hair. That little faggot got his own jet airplane. That little faggot he's a millionaire." The original SONG does, but not the version on the "Sultans of Swing" album and that's the version they used for the MTV version. In Weird Al's parody, he's clearly using that line (when they're driving the truck past the screen) for the basis for the altered lyrics.
Note to LGBT community: I'm simply quoting the original song lyrics. There's a reason you don't hear that verse anymore and the later version cuts to "We got some installed microwave ovens".
bhikkhu
(10,711 posts)on edit - and here's the extended version, where they also seem slightly less drugged out of their minds:
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OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)but I saw them on this tour loved the heck out of this video back in the day.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Also 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'
And although not a big Phil Collins fan I love 'In the Air Tonight'
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I was sort of stoned at the time so I'm not sure I remember exactly what he said, but basically it had to do with him witnessing something like a murder and knowing who did it. During a concert, the guy was in a front row seat. What confuses me is my recollection of the interview was that he said he sang it directly AT the guy, which doesn't seam plausible unless he wrote it in advance knowing the guy had a ticket for that seat (possible). But if you listen carefully to the lyrics, it does all come together.
On a side note, he also wrote "I Don't Care No More" about the same time. It fit with my life then as my first live-in girlfriend fucked her old boyfriend in our bed and I threw her out before trashing the bedroom. I feel bad in a way because I talked to her a couple of months later and she'd had an abortion with one of three possible fathers (including me). Last I heard she was hookin' on the road riding with a trucker. I do hope she's okay.
Archae
(46,298 posts)So many that stood out from the usual crap that MTV would put on heavy rotation.
Men Without Hats...
Genesis Land of Confusion
Herbie Hancock Rockit
And...
Twisted Sister We're Not Gonna Take It
IcyPeas
(21,839 posts)Denninmi
(6,581 posts)Last edited Tue Aug 14, 2012, 03:32 PM - Edit history (1)
Just a guy singing in front of a backdrop with some models.
But the look is SO iconic.
Springsteen's 'Dancing In The Dark' is fun, too.
A very young Courtney Cox
sadbear
(4,340 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I loved that group despite the confederate flag that is in the video.
ceile
(8,692 posts)New Order "True Faith"
Peter Gabriel "Big Time"
steve2470
(37,457 posts)I never understood the concept. People would just sit and watch the same shit, over and over.
sadbear
(4,340 posts)or this
RedStateLiberal
(1,374 posts)This music video has everything. Rockin' song. Hilarious scenes. Mini-Van Halens. Hot babes. What more could you ask for?
Gotta love the Animal House style ending too.
Va Lefty
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?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Enrique
(27,461 posts)yes, kids, the 80's really were this bad
hunter
(38,301 posts)Equate
(256 posts)progressoid
(49,932 posts)Love Annie's hair and the cows in this: