What is the Internet good for if not hooking you up with iconic online music videos? To that end, please to enjoy 5 videos that made it essential for your band to have one:
1. - Video Killed the Radio Star. The music video that started it all. Thank you The Buggles.
2. - Cradle of Love. The MTV classic by Billy Idol.
3. - She Drives Me Crazy. The English Beat begat the The Fine Young Cannibals. The Fine Young Cannibals begat this awesome video.
4. - Safety Dance. Men Without Hats launched the pretentious, nonsensical video genre with this seminal piece of crap. We enjoyed mocking it but we saw it about a million times.
5. - Money for Nothing. Remember when computer animation was in its infancy? Dire Straits did a fine, cutting edge job with a special guest appearance by Sting. Props for the gratuitous use of neon.
PS - Adam Ant. Miss Jackson. Her brother and Billie Jean. The playlist is infinite! Oh, and "Take Me On" by a-ha made for a rockin' video.; now playing on iTunes.
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One Hundred Thousand Flashbacks
15 years ago
2 comments:
She blinded me with science!
Also saw an ad today for a 1960 Plymouth wiht the cool option of an installed record player for 2 hours of your favorite 45s. MP3's early start. Steve Allen was the pitchman.
Steve Allen brought us the Tonight Show -- and he was a scary prolific song writer -- so it makes perfect sense that he was pitching in-car singles way before Steve Jobs did.
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