I saw this video the other day for the first time and thought to myself - Man, what a great song but this video blows. Even for an 80's video it blows.

Can anybody think of other good/great songs where the video is just shit?


(Embedding disabled by request - the song is "Time Stand Still" by Rush)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4GcTA83aA

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I don't consider it to be a particularly great Rush song, but, yes, the video is shitty. But then again, did Rush ever make a good video? Subdivisions is probably to closest thing they made to a concept video that I can recall...



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Warhawk Wrote:
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> I saw this video the other day for the first time
> and thought to myself - Man, what a great song but
> this video blows. Even for an 80's video it
> blows.
>
> Can anybody think of other good/great songs where
> the video is just shit?

I think just about any video made in the 80's was bad in retrospect. The first videos ended up with that Wayne's World access cable channel feel to them. It was hard to do something cool that didn't involve a green screen (like the Rush video). Today that effect just looks stupid.

This one, from 1989, is still a cool video in my opinion...and it was pretty low-tech.

The Hacker, Clock DVA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFZrDDZNFm0&feature=player_embedded

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> I don't consider it to be a particularly great
> Rush song, but, yes, the video is shitty. But then
> again, did Rush ever make a good video?
> Subdivisions is probably to closest thing they
> made to a concept video that I can recall...


A far more fascinating video would have been just Neil Peart drumming on this song, which later appeared on his Anatomy Of A Drum Solo DVD. Even if you're not a drummer.

AC-DC "Jailbreak '74".

Great tune, horrendously cheesy video. So bad it's great. Looks like it was filmed for under a hundred bucks.

The stupid explosions are LOL funny.