# Is this the Eightiesest song and video ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342 "2015-01-30T16:47:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/41 "2015-01-31T06:18:35Z")
[Johnny, Are You Queer?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3gzRg-8qD8) [The Telephone Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s8lf5VG8F4) [Big Electric Cat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_kk8mGqBj8) [Pull Up to the Bumper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1IphRx1pk) [Bird Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maucjGIUzzo) ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/42 "2015-01-31T07:38:47Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > I have to give the award to [You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU) for the complete overload of 80s kitsch. My favorite 80s song. Brilliant production all-around. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/43 "2015-01-31T08:21:56Z")
Please. Those were nothing. Nothing, I say! Give me one video with more RAD video editing effects, catchier synthesizer tune and a crazier _“Stalker behaviour before people knew that being a stalker wasn’t a good thing”_ vibe than [You might think](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dOx510kyOs), by The Cars. I dare you. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/44 "2015-01-31T09:32:51Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Really, Duran Duran have the eighties crazy video market sewn up. Ahhhhhh! the eighties, there were only two real choices for videos in those days. Literal or lunatic. Duran Duran went for the latter and very few of their videos made any sense but christ they looked good. Plus they had the attraction that _you_ knew that \*they \*knew it wasn’t to be taken seriously so that means they get cut a lot of slack. My wife and I are teenagers of the early eighties so our kids (7 and 9) get bombarded with such tracks and seeing as kids have no real filter one gets a good sense of what moves a person on a visceral level. If the little ones are bopping around in the back of the car or dancing round the kitchen with no prompting then that is a fairly decent yardstick for funkiness. So far, notable songs that pass that test are “The real me” by The Who, “Word up” by Cameo, “is there something I should know?” by Duran Duran. “Blue Monday” by New Order, “That’s not my name” by the Ting Tings, “Tour de France” by Kraftwerk, “money” by Pink Floyd…so something of a mixed bag. As a side issue, seeing as the kids do like Duran Duran there is going to be a point at which they search for their favourite videos on YouTube. It follows therefore that they are going to find the uncut version of “Girls on Film”. I’m not linking as it is NSFW but I can see I need to prepare a Spinal Tap-style justification of sexist vs sexy. In fact…I may need to revisit that video for…er…research purposes. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/45 "2015-01-31T09:48:50Z")
While I was going down the rabbit hole that happens when you start watching a bunch of the same kind of videos on YouTube, it suggested [this one, and it’s perfect 80’s nonsense](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Yx0X-eHn8&x-yt-cl=85114404&x-yt-ts=1422579428) complete with state of the art CG graphics and synthesizing to the hilt! _I Can’t Wait_ by Nu Shooz. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/46 "2015-01-31T11:21:12Z")
Oh Darn! When will I ever learn to write my posts in an editor and not in the TSD board’s editor? It’s just too easy to lose posts that way. Doggone it! Anyway … here is what I got when I searched for “Biggest Hits of the 80’s”. > **[Various Artists - Top Hits of the 80s: Biggest Hits Album Reviews, Songs...](https://www.allmusic.com/album/top-hits-of-the-80s-biggest-hits-mw0001608028)** > > Discover Top Hits of the 80s: Biggest Hits by Various Artists released in 2007. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. I thought it would have been Michael’s “Thriller” or any one of Madonna’s hits. But I was wrong once more. I sure do love Linda Ronstadt. She is just so adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/47 "2015-01-31T13:54:56Z")
Huh. I always think of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8), video wise. Maybe I’m just sentimental. Or maybe it’s the checkerboard pattern. Everything’s more 80s with [a grid pattern.](http://thekoalition.com/images/2013/04/Blood-Dragon1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/48 "2015-01-31T14:08:16Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Everything’s more 80s with [a grid pattern.](http://thekoalition.com/images/2013/04/Blood-Dragon1.jpg) As amply demonstrated by the video for Asia’s [Heat of the Moment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDpPoytXVvo). ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/49 "2015-01-31T14:24:05Z")
48 posts and no out of place breakdancing? Like, in a Robert Plant video? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQerGi6nYIA) ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/50 "2015-01-31T14:51:10Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > Anyone remember [Agadoo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKmG6zkADW8)? Remember it? I still know the dance moves. I’ll get me coat… ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/51 "2015-01-31T16:27:47Z")
What about this?: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/i3MXiTeH_Pg/maxresdefault.jpg "Whitesnake - Here I Go Again") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MXiTeH_Pg) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/52 "2015-01-31T16:54:18Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > How about [Safety Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs)? Now, I strenuously disagree! This is like a little mini-movie set in the quaint English countryside, in some nebulous past. Could be the middle ages, could be the 1800’s. It is not at all typical of 80’s videos. It has a kind of goofy charm that makes you smile. The kind of video being discussed here require tons of 80’s hair, lots of eyeliner and face paint makeup, sullen skinny guys pretending to play instruments, everyone too cool and too glum. Dour young women in leather pants standing around. Duran Duran is the obvious choice. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/53 "2015-01-31T17:15:25Z")
Our daughter loves 60s/early 70s rock music. Last night we were perusing youtube and played some Stones, Who, Zeppelin, etc. Great stuff. For laughs I played the worst 80s video I could recall: [David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ). The video was so embarrassing to watch that I kept looking away. When I did catch a glimpse of it, I burst out laughing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/54 "2015-01-31T17:29:11Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Our daughter loves 60s/early 70s rock music. Last night we were perusing youtube and played some Stones, Who, Zeppelin, etc. Great stuff. > > For laughs I played the worst 80s video I could recall: [David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ). > > The video was so embarrassing to watch that I kept looking away. When I did catch a glimpse of it, I burst out laughing. You win. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/55 "2015-01-31T17:59:56Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Now, I strenuously disagree! This is like a little mini-movie set in the quaint English countryside, in some nebulous past. Could be the middle ages, could be the 1800’s. It is not at all typical of 80’s videos. It has a kind of goofy charm that makes you smile. > > The kind of video being discussed here require tons of 80’s hair, lots of eyeliner and face paint makeup, sullen skinny guys pretending to play instruments, everyone too cool and too glum. Dour young women in leather pants standing around. Duran Duran is the obvious choice. I’m with you. And their other hit [Pop Goes The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUUtf7gOe8) is just plain fun too. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/56 "2015-01-31T18:11:12Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > For laughs I played the worst 80s video I could recall: [David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ). > > The video was so embarrassing to watch that I kept looking away. When I did catch a glimpse of it, I burst out laughing. To be fair, that video (and the song) was knocked together pretty much overnight for the “Band Aid” gig at Wembley, so it had a somewhat cobbled together look. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/57 "2015-02-01T03:59:18Z")
I just realized we’ve gone this far into the thread without an appearance by motherf’n [Falco](http://youtu.be/cVikZ8Oe_XA) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/58 "2015-02-01T04:05:14Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > I just realized we’ve gone this far into the thread without an appearance by motherf’n [Falco](http://youtu.be/cVikZ8Oe_XA) Not as bad as [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/59 "2015-02-01T05:03:50Z")
I miss the cheesy videos of the 1980s. I can’t hear Falco without thinking of [Taco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3PnQ3tgzY) or [Peter Schilling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_O3wgiymXg). A couple of my favs: [She’s a Beauty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ_k_VG6Syc). [Only the Lonely](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPTELylZ1s). ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342/60 "2015-02-01T05:10:06Z")
For sheer 80’sishness it’s really hard to top Robert Palmer’s [Addicted to Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE). Really hard to top. But Peter Gabriel does put in a valiant attempt with [Sledgehammer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q). For the more sophisticated set, there’s always Eurythmics’ [Sweet Dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg). Not exactly sure what’s up with the cows. Or course the king of 80’s music videos was Michael Jackson, but most of them transcend the 80’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-eightiesest-song-and-video-ever/711342.md?page=4)