Your pick for Great Song, Boring Video

[NewWaveChick1981]

Mine is "Reptile" by The Church. I love that song, but the video is lame. Not just lame, LAMEY LAME. :rofl: I mean, the song's got great words and music, and they show the band playing to a lackluster audience. The band is just kinda there. :yoiks:

Your pick?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. Any video where they just show the band playing the song.

BORING. If I wanted to watch that, I'd see them live.
Duckie

[NewWaveChick1981]

4. True. "Reptile" is even more boring than most of the

videos that just show the band, though. :rofl:

[Giant Robot]

2. Doesn't have a pick right now

But bows before you for even remembering the Church. Wow. You rock!

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Thank you, Giant Robot...

:* :hi: :bounce: I remember a lot of obscure stuff from the late 70s and throughout the 80s. :D

[Giant Robot]

5. Should have just assumed you would

remember the Church, given your name. They even had a pseudo-hit with "Under the Milky Way" but I always thought that video was disturbing for some reason.

One day we will have to share obscure music references.

[Arugula Latte]

6. I love "Under the Milky Way" and "Reptile"

Got 'em on my iPod, and listen frequently. :hi:

Reptile:

Too dangerous to keep.
Too feeble to let go.
And you want to bite the hand.
Should have stopped this long ago.

Go now, you've been set free.
Another month or so you'll be gorging on me
With your lovely smile.
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail,
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile.

Had you coiled around my arm.
How could you ever know
How i loved your diamond eyes?
But that was long ago.

And i should have believed eve.
She said we had to blow.
She was the apple of my eye.
It wasn't long ago.

[NewWaveChick1981]

7. Yep, I love 'em too!

:hi: I can't believe they couldn't think of anything more interesting to do with "Reptile" than they did. :eyes: See? The lyrics are great!

[Archae]

8. How about great song, really stupid video?

"Every Wang Chung Tonight."

That video gives people seizures.

[NewWaveChick1981]

10. LOL!

:rofl: Yes, it does... very, very stupid...

[idgiehkt]

9. Fall on Me, by REM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDKR7Wrxjvc

I'm all for closed captioning, but this is ridiculous. I can't imagine why they even bothered, especially when Stipe won't explain the lyrics. It's a shame because it's their best song, imho.

[NewWaveChick1981]

11. LOL!

OK, that one definitely is in the running for Worst Video of All Time... :rofl:

[Pool Hall Ace]

12. Lindsey Buckingham - "Holiday Road"

The video reminds me of my days as an office slave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XidomLa3DZk

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. Yes indeed...

:rofl:

[mitchum]

13. rem "The One I Love"...

fantastic song, wretched video. The amazing thing is that it was directed by Robert Longo who is ne of my favorite contemporary painters. However, the video is just stupid and contains every "sensitive" and "portentous" cliche one can imagine. Absolutely horrible.

[NewWaveChick1981]

16. I agree...

.that's a horrible video. :puke:

[u4ic]

14. "Friends of Mr Cairo"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ph8hNljOXE

[NewWaveChick1981]

17. Yikes!

:yoiks:

[hsher]

18. "Try" by Michael Penn

[Alexander]

19. "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" by Yes.

The 1983 video was ridiculous. They stop the music half-way through so an eagle can fly around and turn into each one of the band members (except for Tony Kaye, replaced by Eddie Jobson in the video).

Jon Anderson is one weird individual.