That’s the sole example I came in here to post. I saw a behind-the-scenes documentary a few years back that went into all the things that went wrong with the making of that video. Billy came across as clearly understanding that the concept was shit, but somewhat naively believed the director when he claimed that things would look all different in camera.
Of course I can’t find that video right now.
I thought this had long been acknowledged as the most unintentionally “goofiest” dancing by a couple of admired and respected rock and rollers (Mick Jagger & David Bowie)
My favorite dancer is this kid in the brown and yellow shirt from 0:37 to 0:45.
Before he was an actor, he trained as a professional dancer. That said, at least a little goofiness must be expected when performing dance moves while suspended in mid-air.
With that in mind, I’ll toss in Patrick Stewart’s shuffle while performing “Buttons And Bows”
I thought that was genius! I wasn’t very familiar with Christopher Walken when I first saw that video in the days, but he was the creepy guy from “Pulp Fiction” that had kept a goddamn watch in his ass for years, and now he is dancing like Baryshnikov to a Fatboy Slim song. Mind blown.
This isn’t goofy at all. The guy could (can) dance better than almost anyone else.
Yeah, I was going to say that.
Genre doesn’t matter, but intent does. If it’s meant to be goofy, it’s out.
For whatever reason this thread title immediately brought to mind this gem from the past.
Whole lotta goofiness going on, but I was thinking about the thing he does positioning his arms parallel to each other (and the ground), starting around 1:20. Not sure if that qualifies as a “dance move”…
The dancing by the band members in this video for “Hot for Teacher” by Van Halen is definitely in the “what were they thinking” category, should be queued to start at 2:12
I prefer this version:
I remember reading that Pat Benetar loathed the video for Love is a Battlefield because of the goofy dance she had to (starts at 3:21). At the time she was my hero and even had to agree that shimmy did not become her.
He’s making a letter S with his hands and torso.
The best factoid about that clip is the Alex, the drummer, seems to show the worst sense of rhythm in the entire band.
I listen to a lot of punk, watch a lot of punk videos, go to a lot of punk shows…and I feel like a traitor when I say that skanking will always look a little silly to me.
I also can’t do it because I’m uncoordinated af so take that for what it’s worth. It might just be jealousy.
Dave Matthews brings the goofiness without even standing up:
Maybe he’s one of those guys that can dish it out, but not take it. 
Remember The Mad Drummer?
RickRolling doesn’t work anymore when you have to watch a four minute advertisement first. 
I once saw this video with a guy walking forward and it looked like he was walking backwards. pretty damn goofy if you ask me.
For the record, I wasn’t attempting to Rick-roll, I genuinely think that dance looks goofy.
I figured, but it was too good a comment to let go.