# Great song but terrible music video **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703 "2020-04-13T16:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/1 "2020-04-13T16:20:00Z")
I nominate [“Don’t Look Any Further”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3rx8LhrQo) by Dennis Edwards featuring Sideah Garrett. I really love the song. But the video reminds me of those low-budget videos you could get made at the typical 1980s mall. Don’t front like you don’t know what I’m talking about! You know good and well at one time you were willing to pay $19.99 so you and your friends could be recorded play-acting like you were in a band, big hair and all. I know I’m not the only one that remembers that being a thing. Every time I see the video to “Don’t Look Any Further”, I’m transported to that acid-washed, Jheri curl activator-scented era of Americana. It was an innocent time, when people weren’t afraid to be cringy. I actually love the video, not gonna lie. But it is really bad! What are some other picks? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/2 "2020-04-13T16:23:03Z")
The decent song but embarrassing video by Billy Squier that ruined his career. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fR0j7sModCI/hqdefault.jpg "Billy Squier "Rock Me Tonite"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/3 "2020-04-13T16:24:19Z")
dp ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/4 "2020-04-13T16:41:02Z")
Oh, and Kiss by Prince. Great song but uncomfortable video. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H9tEvfIsDyo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGBMgTih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLDlMwBW42GPfxFjuiA0nDXNWfoF8g "Prince & The Revolution - Kiss (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9tEvfIsDyo) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/5 "2020-04-13T16:50:03Z")
Rush - “Time Stand Still” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dMSFqXGZ5TQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Rush - Time Stand Still (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMSFqXGZ5TQ) ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/6 "2020-04-13T16:54:50Z")
More a “pretty good” song than great, but this video is the definition of “screw our record company” [Bastards of Young, the Replacements](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9KQ1Mub6Q) ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/7 "2020-04-13T16:58:44Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Rush - “Time Stand Still” > [https://youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ](https://youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ) I came here to say 98% of Rush’s videos. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/8 "2020-04-13T17:20:37Z")
[In a Big Country, by Big Country](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=657TZDHZqj4) [Everybody Wants to Rule the World, by Tears for Fears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/9 "2020-04-13T17:36:53Z")
Same answer as before, and before that. _[Shadows of the Night](https://youtu.be/ZInRE-KryGA)_ by Pat Benatar. Nazis, air combat, the usual Benatar stuff. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/10 "2020-04-13T17:49:45Z")
[quote=“madsircool, post:2, topic:851703”] The decent song but embarrassing video by Billy Squier that ruined his career. [/QUOTE] I have a lot of compassion for people who can’t dance but do it anyway. But I can’t summon up any for this guy. WTF. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/11 "2020-04-13T17:57:03Z")
[True Faith](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfI1S0PKJR8) by New Order ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/12 "2020-04-13T18:25:15Z")
[quote=“madsircool, post:4, topic:851703”] Oh, and Kiss by Prince. Great song but uncomfortable video. [/QUOTE] Ok, the Billy Squier is the quintessential example of a bad, BAD video, but what’s “uncomfortable” about _Kiss_😕 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/13 "2020-04-13T18:25:27Z")
Journey - [Seperate Ways](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9aA) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/14 "2020-04-13T18:30:35Z")
[Saxon - Power And The Glory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pESK87BCn0). Cool song. Embarrassingly bad video. [Sonic Youth - Star Power](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ocy6qOky84). Love the song. But the video is nothing more than a pendulum swinging back and forth. Perhaps it’s not an official video by them. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/15 "2020-04-13T18:32:06Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Ok, the Billy Squier is the quintessential example of a bad, BAD video, but what’s “uncomfortable” about _Kiss_😕 Prince dancing around in that goofy outfit. And time and place. It wouldnt be so uncomfortable today but still out of the mainstream for a straight male. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/16 "2020-04-13T18:41:23Z")
Still a catchy tune but these guys can’t even seem to lip-sync a two word song. [Yello-Oh Yeah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJkdRaa04g) ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/17 "2020-04-13T18:53:32Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Prince dancing around in that goofy outfit. And time and place. It wouldnt be so uncomfortable today but still out of the mainstream for a straight male. I think you’ve got it twisted. A short, effeminate, high heel-wearing, horsey-faced black man with a press-and-curl has no niche in today’s market. He wouldn’t last a minute today. Only in the 80s could such a person make it big. “Goofy” is a matter of opinion, I guess. I think he looked good in everything he wore, including those buttless pants. But his look was one that only he could really pull off. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/18 "2020-04-13T19:00:39Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I think you’ve got it twisted. A short, effeminate, high heel-wearing, horsey-faced black man with a press-and-curl has no niche in today’s market. He wouldn’t last a minute today. Only in the 80s could such a person make it big. > > “Goofy” is a matter of opinion, I guess. I think he looked good in everything he wore, including those buttless pants. But his look was one that only he could really pull off. Bingo! I think he looks damn sexy in that video; it’s classic Prince. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/19 "2020-04-13T19:06:02Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I think you’ve got it twisted. A short, effeminate, high heel-wearing, horsey-faced black man with a press-and-curl has no niche in today’s market. He wouldn’t last a minute today. Only in the 80s could such a person make it big. > > “Goofy” is a matter of opinion, I guess. I think he looked good in everything he wore, including those buttless pants. But his look was one that only he could really pull off. I really dont disagree with what you said but his unusual fashion sense took away from the enormous amount of talent he had; a talent that sans fashion would transcend basically any time and place. I was speaking as a straight male. I have always thought that the effeminatness(?) was a conceit. He was brilliant across genres. He really should have been the greatest musician of his era. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703/20 "2020-04-13T19:17:58Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > I really dont disagree with what you said but his unusual fashion sense took away from the enormous amount of talent he had; a talent that sans fashion would transcend basically any time and place. I was speaking as a straight male. I have always thought that the effeminatness(?) was a conceit. He was brilliant across genres. He really should have been the greatest musician of his era. He _was_ the greatest musician of his era. His personality (conceit or not) only promoted his image. It didn’t detract from it at all. At any rate, rock stars aren’t known for dressing like the archetypal straight male. If Prince had come out on the stage wearing polo shirts and Dockers, I doubt any of us would even know his name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-but-terrible-music-video/851703.md?page=2)