# Cheesiest music video ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2007, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297 "2007-09-15T10:01:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/41 "2007-09-16T04:03:46Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] And how the Hell have we forgotten [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o) so long into the thread? It’s got to be a close second place for WTF moments! [/QUOTE] You’re crazy. That’s a _great_ video. A classic. Thomas Dolby was H-O-T (which may be the reason why I love the video so much 😉 ). ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/42 "2007-09-16T04:06:52Z")
Oh? The camera focuses on someone other than Miss Yakamoto? I hadn’t noticed… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/43 "2007-09-16T04:40:37Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] My submission? Journey’s air-guitar extravaganza–[Separate Ways](http://youtube.com/watch?v=sxxOyGK1pMk). Melodramatic much? [/QUOTE] This video was voted #6 Worst Of All Time by VH1 and I still don’t understand why. Yeah, it’s a little dorky and low-budget, but I think it’s pretty cool. As for pure cheese…well, somebody already mentioned The Safety Dance, so I’ll offer [Ant Rap](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvtzHxr-7g8) instead. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/44 "2007-09-16T05:15:32Z")
Oh, if it’s intentional cheese, I defy **anyone** to show me something more cheesy than [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-4VOLeKBOw). ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/45 "2007-09-16T05:45:16Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] Oh, if it’s intentional cheese, I defy **anyone** to show me something more cheesy than [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-4VOLeKBOw). [/QUOTE] That is intentional cheese. Does not count. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/46 "2007-09-16T14:26:12Z")
Intentional Cheese does not count, people. Otherwise [Electronik Supersonik](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOmHUBkpkZg) trumps everything! ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/47 "2007-09-16T14:27:05Z")
What some here don’t seem to get is that Total Eclispe, Sweet Dreams and Blinded Me with Science were not marginalized in their day. They were considered shining examples of the new art known as “music video”, whose stylings would endure _snicker_. Somewhere out there is the video someone made in 1984 or thereabouts, same idiotic, pseudo-abstract style, to “Yesterday” by the Beatles, which will win the thread, but I can’t find it on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/48 "2007-09-16T14:32:38Z")
For goofy, self-important 80s cheesiness, try [We Built This City](http://youtube.com/watch?v=vFtW0WKT0Tw) by **Starship**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/49 "2007-09-16T14:56:05Z")
[QUOTE=LurkMeister] There’s always William Shatner doing [Rocket Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMTRmnc54Y). [/QUOTE] I had seen that performance exactly once, when it was originally broadcast. It’s remained a point of amusment between me and a friend all that time. Thanks for the link. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/50 "2007-09-16T14:59:55Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] For sheer cheese, it’s tough to beat Patty Smyth’s [The Warrior](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQgQND_66UI). But I think Bonnie just about does it. [/QUOTE] That video was so bad that even when it premiered in the 80s I was like, “This has to be a parody, right?” ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/51 "2007-09-16T15:09:31Z")
As soon as I saw the OP, I thought of “Total Eclipse of the Heart”. Awesome song but worse video ever. Since that one’s already been mentioned, I’m going to nominate [Buffalo Stance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EQCOshGwPI) by Neneh Cherry. Great song, but really cheesy video. But it’s so chessy it works, and it provides a juicy slice of late 80s fashion and color scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/52 "2007-09-16T15:18:31Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I had seen that performance exactly once, when it was originally broadcast. It’s remained a point of amusment between me and a friend all that time. Thanks for the link. 🙂 [/QUOTE] [This scene from Family Guy makes a lot more sense to me now](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsua8ulhFuA) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/53 "2007-09-16T15:38:24Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] And some dough for “I knead you now tonight, I knead you more than ever”. [/QUOTE] I live to hear those words. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Blunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/54 "2007-09-16T16:16:00Z")
Considering the “quality” of some of the videos already posted, I’d have a hard time going ahead and saying this is the chesiest music video ever, but I think Cameo’s [Word Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmtsN_gzMM) could at least get some serious consideration. I especially like the fact that Levar Burton is featured, as well as the nice use of picture in picture towards the beginning. Also, you know you’re in for treat when any video starts with the line “Cameo, don’t even think about it. Come out with your hands up. We’ve got the place surrounded.” ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/55 "2007-09-16T18:02:40Z")
[Ahem.](http://youtube.com/watch?v=DvNOZegkVXo) It’s a wonder this didn’t get used in the soundtrack for Highlander, it’s such high quality. Re TEotH, did Bonnie pull a train with all those 12-16 year old kids? How can something so cheesy be so creepy? it’s a mystery ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/56 "2007-09-16T18:37:39Z")
[QUOTE=Uosdwis R. Dewoh] Nearly forgot [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMlnJLdV5VY) one. Its a music video made by two popular Finnish artists in 1978. My mother lived next door and went to the same school as the male singer [Danny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkka_Lipsanen). [/QUOTE] holy SHIT I just watched this with my finnish boyfriend and I think its just patriotism but he’s trying to tell me there is nothing wrong with this video. I laughed REALLY hard. We’re too young but we’re going to find out the story on this thing from his parents. ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/57 "2007-09-16T19:12:11Z")
Without a doubt, Billy Squier [Rock Me Tonight](http://youtube.com/watch?v=orW2NXQZg8U) . ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/58 "2007-09-16T19:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] How about [The Safety Dance.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg) [/QUOTE] No wonder I didn’t realise they were Canadian. As for it being a bad video - not to me - it looks exactly like what I see when I look out of my front door. 😉 And I like the blonde wench. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/59 "2007-09-16T19:23:21Z")
Aside from “I Love You Tender”, these videos have me convinced that the Finns are the whitest people on the planet. Finnish YMCA cover [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCgrG35-3js) Finnish disco instructional video [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZJj6d5QSYaE/hqdefault.jpg "Finnish guy teaches how to disco") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJj6d5QSYaE) ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297/60 "2007-09-16T19:29:07Z")
Another very 80s video, with a style like Buffalo Stance Haysi Fantayzee: Shiny Shiny [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SjsnkIP4ddo/hqdefault.jpg "haysi fantayzee - shiny shiny official video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsnkIP4ddo) The absolute worst, though, has to be the Indian version of Thriller. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbvP7dT3Dx0) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesiest-music-video-ever/419297.md?page=4)