Hard to believe it was only a couple years after this came out MTV decided to start airing “The Real World”. Seemed like MTV was on a seriously progressive track up until 1989 or so. I guess the execs were so shocked by PE they thought they had only one choice: time to dial up the stupid.
Good on Greg Kihn.
A lot more contrived, but freaky nonetheless:
Weird Al rocked the 80s. “Like a Surgeon,” “Eat It” and others still crack me up.
Here’s my 80s contribution:
I recall the first video I saw on MTV was this one:
But the first video I loved was:
And then this got me hooked:
flying out to Oakland to see Madness in May of '22 (if the Rona don’t kill us all first). This is a week after flying out to Pasadena to see the Cruel World festival.
It’s all the 80s, all the time.
I went down the 80s pop rabbit hole yesterday when nothing was on tv. The 2018 live German version is awesome but in keeping with the topic Here’s the original video first.
Quite a lot of songs with horn sections so I’ll add The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
This one wasn’t a huge hit at the time but it’s kind of fun and the earworm has stuck around in my head since its release:
Last one is very very 80’s UK
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