The most ridicolous moments in a pop video

porkmarras · 04.28.2006, 05:10 AM

One of the best i've ever seen(but i cant remember the name of the song just as well) has to be Michael Bolton on the top of a skyscraper while a helicopter is flying all around him and he literally grabs his felt emotions from the air.Priceless!!

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 04.28.2006, 05:40 AM

that madonna video where she sings.

thewall91 · 04.28.2006, 05:49 AM

i love all the 80s rock videos with the theme of the parents who won't let them rock. the best is that nelson video where the kid's dad yells at him, he goes into his room to sulk and the indian on the poster on his wall comes to life, hands him a feather and guides him to his own personal nelson concert. at the end he thinks it was just a dream, but alas, the feather is in his room!! there's also the theme of the kids becoming possessed by the rock (glowing eyes and all), like ozzy's shot in the dark or kiss' i love it loud.

on the cheesy pop video tip, there's the paula abdul video where keanu reaves makes a cameo where they're at that 50s car race ala grease and she asks him "have you ever been in love?" and he says "if i was i didn't know it" and they have this really stupid conversation that i believe ends with one of them saying something like "it just reminds us that we're all alone." she had really bad videos - like the one where she dances with the cartoon cat.

Hip Priest · 04.28.2006, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheriff Rhys Chatham

that madonna video where she sings.

Madonna's okay, I reckon. So there.

Most ridiculous moment in a pop video is easy peasy! About five yeras ago there was a song by Westlife, called (I think) 'A WOrld of Our Own'. As it happens the theme of them being in a world of their own was rather appropriate.

At the start of the vid they get out of a car in an underground car park or something and start trying to look tough! I kid you not, watching this bunch of ******** **** **** ******'s trying to look all hard and street is the most hilarious musical moment I've ever witnessed (and that includes that guy from Carter USM rugby-tackling Phillip Schofield at that awards thing).

porkmarras · 04.28.2006, 08:59 AM

Celine dion is one of the greatest for naff pop videos.I love the fact that she goes for the crescendo thing(go to some gay bars and you'll see what i mean).She will be swept away by the wind,rained upon etc.Metereological conditions work fantastically well in her videos.They allow her to emotionally blackmail her audience into buyng her shitty records.

Savage Clone · 04.28.2006, 09:06 AM

Eddie Van Halen rocking a shred solo while parading down the world's longest school cafeteria table!

Inhuman · 04.28.2006, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheriff Rhys Chatham

that madonna video where she sings.

I really like madonna, she puts a lot into her music I find!

3x1minus1 · 04.28.2006, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by thewall91

i love all the 80s rock videos with the theme of the parents who won't let them rock. the best is that nelson video where the kid's dad yells at him, he goes into his room to sulk and the indian on the poster on his wall comes to life, hands him a feather and guides him to his own personal nelson concert. at the end he thinks it was just a dream, but alas, the feather is in his room!!

haha, yes! that reminds me of the "25 lame" special mtv did, which had comedians like jon stewart and janeane garofalo making fun of videos such as that one and these:

journey - seperate ways (lol @ the air instruments)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04po6GOdHkc

eddie murphy & michael jackson - whatzupwitu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC3L76sopv8

wham! - wake me up before you go go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n7Aiic3AgM

don johnson - "heartbeat"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xthRY2-90tM

so baaaaaad.

but i'm pretty partial to falco's "der kommissar"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhQ5gpxrIaY

Laila · 04.28.2006, 09:23 AM

i like modonna too!! uhh i can't think of any right now but it will come to me! i know it cause there are too many bad ones that i have seen!

Everyneurotic · 04.28.2006, 09:34 AM

easy:

when billy squier rips his t-shirt on that video...i can't remember the name of the song, i think it's rock me tonight, the one where he is dancing like he is in flashdance

Rob Instigator · 04.28.2006, 09:35 AM

that paula abdul video with keanu reeves was an homage/rip-off of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, not grease!

Everyneurotic · 04.28.2006, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 3x1minus1

journey - seperate ways (lol @ the air instruments)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04po6GOdHkc

that's one of the greatest and unintentionally funniest videos ever made!!!!!

porkmarras · 04.28.2006, 09:45 AM

And what is it with all those videos that have musicians climb on top off a mountain to play their guitars?Wind,Cliffs and guitar gods.Hehehe

Everyneurotic · 04.28.2006, 09:48 AM

speaking of paula abdul videos.

how about the one with the cartoon cats!!! bleh!!! one of the worst videos ever.

paula abdul is one of the worst excuses for music ever.

thewall91 · 04.28.2006, 09:51 AM

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Eddie Van Halen rocking a shred solo while parading down the world's longest school cafeteria table!

see, now that video rules. especially if you were like an 11-year old girl at the time who was in love with the little david lee roth kid or the little eddie van halen kid (whichever one of them mouthed slowly "but then my homework was never quite like this")

thewall91 · 04.28.2006, 09:55 AM

and to add another, since i'm a chronic classic vh1 watcher and previous youthful mtv addict, one of my FAVORITE moments in video history is george harrison's mid video backflip dance during the "got my mind set on you" video. he strums his guitar in a chair for the whole video, backflips off of it into this little choreographed little number with kicks and arm-swinging, then resumes his previous chair position for the last chorus. BRILLIANT!

fishmonkey · 04.28.2006, 10:07 AM

not very poppy, but Ozzy Osbourne's "shot in the dark" that video when the preppy girl is reluctant at first but goes to the ozzy concert with her friends, but hold on, she dont feel right, she feels a little toothy and hairy.... eventually ends up as a vampire... its like shes changing all nite and then suddenly....BANG!!!!!! SHES A FUCKIN VAMPIRE....
pure honest ta god goodness

Everyneurotic · 04.28.2006, 10:08 AM

i can't explain to you how much i love "i got my mind set on you"

both the song and video

EDIT::i just read fishmonkey's post and yeah, ozzy has the worst videos ever. i think he is the first big artist on a major label to get little or no budget for videos, i mean, how about the video for bark at the moon? crazy train? mama i'm coming home?

krastian · 04.28.2006, 02:24 PM

Axl swimming with the dolphins in Estranged
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ANGdGgz6VnA&search=estranged

I love Slash's guitar on there though

atari 2600 · 04.28.2006, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by krastian

Axl swimming with the dolphins in Estranged
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ANGdGgz6VnA&search=estranged

I love Slash's guitar on there though

yeah that's got to be up there as far as the most over-the-top, krastian

i'm replying though mainly because i'd like to proffer my theory about why he hasn't made any music in so long. If you've seen any photos of him the last few years, his already thinning hair has gotten very stringy & he's gone to dreadlocks & now extensions. The weave can't be too far away for Axl. But that's not the main reason. Look at the photos of him closely & you can see that he's had a lot of plastic surgery done...plastic surgery that went bad...real bad. Either that or Botox abuse have contributed to his mannequinn-esque appearance. This is the reason why I think his album hasn't come out in all these years like keeps getting reported.

04.28.2006, 05:10 AM	#1
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	One of the best i've ever seen(but i cant remember the name of the song just as well) has to be Michael Bolton on the top of a skyscraper while a helicopter is flying all around him and he literally grabs his felt emotions from the air.Priceless!! __________________
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04.28.2006, 05:40 AM	#2
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	that madonna video where she sings. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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04.28.2006, 05:49 AM	#3
thewall91 children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 383	i love all the 80s rock videos with the theme of the parents who won't let them rock. the best is that nelson video where the kid's dad yells at him, he goes into his room to sulk and the indian on the poster on his wall comes to life, hands him a feather and guides him to his own personal nelson concert. at the end he thinks it was just a dream, but alas, the feather is in his room!! there's also the theme of the kids becoming possessed by the rock (glowing eyes and all), like ozzy's shot in the dark or kiss' i love it loud. on the cheesy pop video tip, there's the paula abdul video where keanu reaves makes a cameo where they're at that 50s car race ala grease and she asks him "have you ever been in love?" and he says "if i was i didn't know it" and they have this really stupid conversation that i believe ends with one of them saying something like "it just reminds us that we're all alone." she had really bad videos - like the one where she dances with the cartoon cat.
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04.28.2006, 08:59 AM	#5
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Celine dion is one of the greatest for naff pop videos.I love the fact that she goes for the crescendo thing(go to some gay bars and you'll see what i mean).She will be swept away by the wind,rained upon etc.Metereological conditions work fantastically well in her videos.They allow her to emotionally blackmail her audience into buyng her shitty records. __________________
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04.28.2006, 09:06 AM	#6
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Eddie Van Halen rocking a shred solo while parading down the world's longest school cafeteria table!
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04.28.2006, 09:23 AM	#9
Laila the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 958	i like modonna too!! uhh i can't think of any right now but it will come to me! i know it cause there are too many bad ones that i have seen! __________________ PM me please Facebook- Laila Virani
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	easy: when billy squier rips his t-shirt on that video...i can't remember the name of the song, i think it's rock me tonight, the one where he is dancing like he is in flashdance __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	that paula abdul video with keanu reeves was an homage/rip-off of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, not grease! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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04.28.2006, 09:45 AM	#13
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	And what is it with all those videos that have musicians climb on top off a mountain to play their guitars?Wind,Cliffs and guitar gods.Hehehe __________________
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04.28.2006, 09:48 AM	#14
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	speaking of paula abdul videos. how about the one with the cartoon cats!!! bleh!!! one of the worst videos ever. paula abdul is one of the worst excuses for music ever. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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04.28.2006, 09:55 AM	#16
thewall91 children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 383	and to add another, since i'm a chronic classic vh1 watcher and previous youthful mtv addict, one of my FAVORITE moments in video history is george harrison's mid video backflip dance during the "got my mind set on you" video. he strums his guitar in a chair for the whole video, backflips off of it into this little choreographed little number with kicks and arm-swinging, then resumes his previous chair position for the last chorus. BRILLIANT!
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04.28.2006, 10:07 AM	#17
fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	not very poppy, but Ozzy Osbourne's "shot in the dark" that video when the preppy girl is reluctant at first but goes to the ozzy concert with her friends, but hold on, she dont feel right, she feels a little toothy and hairy.... eventually ends up as a vampire... its like shes changing all nite and then suddenly....BANG!!!!!! SHES A FUCKIN VAMPIRE.... pure honest ta god goodness __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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04.28.2006, 10:08 AM	#18
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i can't explain to you how much i love "i got my mind set on you" both the song and video EDIT::i just read fishmonkey's post and yeah, ozzy has the worst videos ever. i think he is the first big artist on a major label to get little or no budget for videos, i mean, how about the video for bark at the moon? crazy train? mama i'm coming home? __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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04.28.2006, 02:24 PM	#19
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Axl swimming with the dolphins in Estranged http://youtube.com/watch?v=ANGdGgz6VnA&search=estranged I love Slash's guitar on there though __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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