Post a favorite music video from the eighties

[Swede]

feels like heaven - fiction factory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzo_l_u-p8

[rucky]

1. Cube Squared:

"Baby Doll"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnTUSgHzZx0

[WorseBeforeBetter]

2. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust

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

The Sugarcubes - Cold Sweat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8XVHnNaJOo

[Bryan]

6. Siouxsie had great videos.

"Song From the Edge of the World"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayj_GVllmsc&p=6D8CE7F83C38813C&playnext=1&index=17

[Avalux]

3. Best 80s Song. Ever.

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

[Arugula Latte]

43. Great song.

I've heard the New Order version more than this one, but since N.O. was an offshoot of Joy Division they both work for me.

[Bennyboy]

4. I was at the filming for this one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmT6udys8Tc

At Laguna Seca.

[Bennyboy]

5. My fave of all time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrpXArn3hII&ob=av2e

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

7. A little song about Yours Truly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUuYh0nEiA4

[Adsos Letter]

25. wrong place

[Common Sense Party]

8. The Smiths - 'How Soon is Now?'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo

[RandomThoughts]

9. Now is every moment of a life.

To do anything now, you do it in your entire being by every action and thought every minute hour and day.

'Now' is how you live every day in your life.


"It takes everything you got..." Maybe its wrong, maybe right, :shrug: but it is something.

Cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqaSWj8ygrc


And I will have beer and travel money, it will be paid.

[Common Sense Party]

10. The Smithereens - 'Behind the Wall of Sleep'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNZbP3ZVem4&ob=av2n

[Common Sense Party]

11. R.E.M. - 'South Central Rain'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD2R7G3z6WU

[Common Sense Party]

12. 10,000 Maniacs - 'Scorpio Rising'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAFbR83rZ0o

[Common Sense Party]

13. U2 - 'Bad'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyhYczii8I

[Common Sense Party]

15. Psychedelic Furs - 'President Gas'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTuq7CDTNIM

[Common Sense Party]

16. The Call - 'I Still Believe'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272T8hZUqcs

[Common Sense Party]

17. The Call - 'Everywhere You Go'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3HhGtxCJmY

I did not know that Michael Been died in August. RIP.

[Common Sense Party]

18. The Church - 'Under the Milky Way'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mQyRuHIuA

[Common Sense Party]

22. The Connells - 'Scotty's Lament'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKSg3zFB2dE

[tigereye]

58. ooh, I don't think I've seen the video- one of my favorite songs of theirs!

[Common Sense Party]

67. That album was their best, IMHO.

What a bass line.

[Arugula Latte]

41. I think that is the best song of the 80s, or at least in the top three.

I'd put Echo's "Killing Moon" and Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" up there as well.

On edit: I'm referring to "How Soon Is Now."

[Common Sense Party]

53. Yes, "How Soon is Now" is way up toward the top of the list.

I like the other two you mentioned, but they wouldn't be quite so high on my list.

[Swede]

14. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX1PwkgwsG0

[Arugula Latte]

42. love it love it love it

:thumbsup:

[Swede]

19. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBrWNbjw3RA

[snooper2]

40. I love some MJ, but this is one time the remake/cover was done better..

Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE&ob=av2e

[Throd]

20. 999 "Homicide"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMlpqOsc2BU

[Tikki]

38. + Yes, yes...

[BurtWorm]

73. Noice!

:headbang:

[Throd]

21. Gary Myrick and The Figures "She Talks in Stereo"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB0GMfFeTjs

[MilesColtrane]

23. Two from Peter Gabriel:

Shock the Monkey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo9riZYUpTw

Don't Give Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCRZLr9oRw

[Throd]

24. Black Flag "Thirsty and Miserable"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczKB1yUzAs

[Adsos Letter]

26. Robert Palmer-- "Simply Irresistable"

(short advertisement at beginning)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ-eisHzA84&ob=av2e

[Skip Intro]

27. M - pop music. I just want to lick her neck. Is that wrong?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly5fwalNxmk

[hobbit709]

28. Michael Nesmith-Cruisin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRWTz3zY1WY

[Forkboy]

46. LOL...that's from Elephant Parts, isn't it?

[hobbit709]

48. Yep, one of my faves

[Forkboy]

49. "Cheesy knobs that fall off in your hands!"

It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. :)

[carlyhippy]

56. I LOVE this video LOL Mike was HOT

He looks like Carlito Brighanti, (Al Pacino) in Carlito's Way :loveya:

[eShirl]

29. Kate Bush -- Cloudbusting (featuring Donald Sutherland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRHA9W-zExQ

[eShirl]

30. Musical Youth -- Pass the Dutchie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc

[eShirl]

31. Big Country -- Look Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h7b9FkXTig

R.I.P. Stuart Adamson (lead singer) 1958-2001

[eShirl]

32. WISH there had been a video: Big Country -- The Seer (featuring Kate Bush vocals)

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

[meow2u3]

33. Sting - Russians

This goes out to the youngsters who've yet to have been born during the Cold War.

Sting nails the mutual tension between the US and the USSR and the ignorance and stupidity of the nuclear arms race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs

[eShirl]

34. ooo, good one!

what might save us, me and you
is if the Russians love their children, too

[Swede]

35. The Church - Destination

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

Our instruments have no way of measuring this feeling
Can never cut below the floor, or penetrate the ceiling.
In the space between our houses, some bones have been discovered,
But our procession lurches on, as if we had recovered.

Draconian winter unforetold.
One solar day, suddenly youre old.
Your little envelope just makes me cold,
Makes destination start to unfold.

Our documents are useless, or forged beyond believing.
Page forty-seven is unsigned, I need it by this evening.
In the space between our cities, a storm is slowly forming.
Something eating up our days, I feel it every morning.
Destination, destination.

Its not a religion, its just a technique.
Its just a way of making you speak.
Distance and speed have left us too weak,
And destination looks kind of bleak.

Our elements are burned out, our beasts have been mistreated.
I tell you its the only way well get this road completed.
In the space between our bodies, the air has grown small fingers.
Just one caress, youre powerless, like all those clapped-out swingers.

[snooper2]

36. N.W.A. Boyz-n-the-Hood 1987

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awYY3Cs-U8U&feature=related

N.W.A.
N.W.A. and the Posse (1987)
Boyz-N-The Hood

Woke up quick at about noon
Just thought that I had to be in Compton soon
I gotta get drunk before the day begin
Before my mother starts bitchin' 'bout my friends
About to go and damn it went blind
Young niggaz at the pad throwin' up gang signs
Ran in the house and grabbed my clip
With the Mc10 in the side of my hip
Bailed outside and pointed my weapon
Just as I thought, the fools kept steppin'
Jumped in the fo' (6-fo) hit the juice on my ride
I got front back and side to side
Then I let the LP play
Poppin' new shit by NWA
It was "Gangsta Gangsta" at the top of the list
Then I played my own shit, it went somethin' like this :

Cruisin' down the street(s) in my 6-fo'
Jackin' the bitches, slappin' the ho's
Went to the park to get the scoop
Knuckle-heads out there cold shootin' some hoo's
A car pulls up, who can it be?
A fresh elkomino rolly Kilo G
He rolls down his window and he started to say
It's all about makin' that GTA

Cuz the boyz in de hood are alwayz hard
You come talkin' that trash we'll bull your car
Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit'
Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't sayin' shit ...


On edit, of course you can't listen to this without following up with-

EAZY E- REAL COMPTON CITY G's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btH4e0-WQAo&feature=related

[Tikki]

37. "Alone Again Or"...The Damned and "Strength To Endure"..RAMONES...

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

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6fn1_ramones-strength-to-endure_music


Tikki

[TZ]

39. Rush: Subdivisions

Although I was in jr. high (not high school as depicted) in 1983..this video recreates almost exactly my experiences back then. Wish I'd known about Rush then- the main character in this video is a male version of myself...have yet to find a video that I identify with more closely
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9Ycq64Gy4

[TK421]

80. I was shocked by this post! Really shocked!!

:P seriously though, they are a great band and I envied you a bit for that concert you went to

[Arugula Latte]

44. I had to post this one -- it's just nuts, in a very 80s way.

Haysi Fantyzee -- "Shiny, Shiny"

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsnkIP4ddo

[Common Sense Party]

54. Holy heck, what in the world was THAT??!?

I vaguely remember hearing the song before, or at least the chorus.

I had never seen that video until now. Nuts is right.

Nice abs, though.

[Arugula Latte]

61. They were friends of Boy George and this was their biggest song.

It's like some strange punker/hippie/drag queen hoedown, or something.

[KamaAina]

45. This thread needs more cowbell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&ob=av2e

[Forkboy]

47. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r5pb_pFcik

[Arugula Latte]

50. This one just screams 80s -- "Rip It Up" by Orange Juice

Edwynn Collins is the lead singer. He went on to sing "A Girl Like You" in '94.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2ukc5V4EM

[driver8]

60. Love this song!

I was a college radio dj in the early 80's -- one of my fellow djs was (and still is) a HUGE Orange Juice fan. He got us all into them and made us some killer Orange Juice mixed tapes. (yes, TAPES!).

[Arugula Latte]

62. Oh yes, tapes.

I remember those. I still have some stashed away somewhere. :)

[mitchum]

63. "Are we wearing our guitars high enough?" :)

[WorseBeforeBetter]

51. I'll admit it: Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZvZRq-iGRk

Must be the hip action.

[carlyhippy]

52. Wild Wild Life-Talking Heads

Love this song and video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWP07YgUWig

[Lucian]

55. Seriously...nobody posted this yet?

I had to be the first?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&ob=av2e

But my favorite is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo

[Dr Morbius]

57. For me, the quintessential 80's tune.

Far away in time:

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

[tigereye]

59. Eurythmics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsbwo8KL3Bc



The Smiths (my favorite)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5DE8UQnM5Y

[mitchum]

64. THIS is the standard that they were ALL shooting for in the 80s...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMm4rJemtI

[meow2u3]

65. A few more from Aussie artists (Australian Expolsion of the '80's)

Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkGvk1rQBI

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adi1T5BxvJ8

Men at Work - Down Under
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0_w38RTzNc

[jotsy]

66. So much trendy stuff to choose from, being the 80's and all.

Aerosmith, Donna Summer, Madonna, Culture Club, Richard Marx, MJ and Duran Duran. But, it was the queen of soul I chose.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_pjb5_fgA&feature=related>

[Swede]

68. Shriekback - Nemesis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMM61Y5CEU&ob=av2e

[JCMach1]

69. Coelo- I Eat Cannibals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4O1A-mmBWw&feature=related

[Pool Hall Ace]

70. George Harrison -- When We Was Fab

I love the cameos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQXx-PKTOw0

[Mr. Ected]

71. Lone Justice - Ways To Be Wicked

Not the original video, but a great live performance on Old Grey Whistle Stop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7JIQyteOic&feature=related

[InvisibleTouch]

72. This one is THE ultimate 80's song IMO:

One Night in Bangkok:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnqj31VPNoE&feature=fvst


The video could have been more lavish, but the song is the best.

[Systematic Chaos]

77. Definitely one of my faves!

The period of time when this came out was an awesome span of years for top-40 music in general. I doubt we'll ever see another one like the early to mid 80s.

[BurtWorm]

74. The Feelies play Fame by David Bowie in 1897 film 'Something Wild'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_9Vlh1OtB8&feature=related

[BurtWorm]

75. Bass Rocks, Willie 'Loco' Alexander

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVFdFxcxC5Q

[BurtWorm]

76. The Slickee Boys (No, you can't tell THESE guys are from the 1980s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTPpGz8SXd0

Ya Gotta Tell Me Why

[Locrian]

78. bangles = yummy

Bangles - they were much better live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuXr711J6TY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrfjfA2Jyys

[Capn Sunshine]

79. Good Thing- Fine Young Cannibals

Saw this performed in late 88 in Universal City at a big ass party on a soundstage, just barely the 80's still.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrOek4z32Vg&feature=related

[TK421]

81. The Stranglers-Golden Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJL8GjLCGxU

[BurtWorm]

82. Self Destruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxyYP_bS_6s

"I never ran from the Ku Klux Klan and I shouldn't have to run from a black man"

[AllenVanAllen]

83. Vienna

by Ultravox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I