Some odd and sometimes interesting trends I have noticed in old videos:
Belinda Carlisle Syndrome: This affects people in a way that they can only do the exact same dance step regardless of the song. See also: Boy George and Daryl Hall.
The Don Henley Effect: In which a male singer appears to have no upper teeth. see also: Sting
Any to add?
Green Day syndrome: The inability to do anything in a video except walk around.
Janet Jackson syndrome:
The inability to dance without scores of people doing the same robotic moves as you are, in several big lines.
Oh, and Belinda Carlisle syndrome might also be called Wham! Syndrome.
in every video they have, they are in band form. As in, they have the stage set up with instruments. A band setting. Don’t get me wrong - I love their videos because of the creativity. Couldn’t they at least split up the band?
Why don’t you have a look…Orgy videos
Placebo had this prob, but they soon got out of that with “Pure Morning”(you can look those vids up on the same site as above). Yay!
I guess my previous post forgot to name the syndrome that the band suffers from…you guessed it - the Orgy Syndrome(or Effect, who cares. It now has a name, doesn’t it?)
Jennifer Lopez Syndrome:
The inability to be in a video without gratuitous shots of one’s buttocks and lower body.
Mariah Carey Syndrome:
Inability to have one particular side of your face featured at any moment because of a freakish fear that it’s “not your good side”.
Tool Syndrome:
Ability to make videos that make no sense whatsoever.
The Britney/Christina “Midriff” Syndrome
“Kids of the World” Syndrome:
At some point in their career, an artist must produce a video featuring happy children from around the world holding hands and singing together with the artist - these kids must preferably be from a vastly different ethnic background than the artist.
The Fashion False-Start (a.k.a. the Kris-Kross Konundrum):
A visionary video director and/or pop star is convinced that they know what the new fashion trend will be, but are horribly, tragically wrong. Cases in point:
Cameo’s codpiece.
The Dead or Alive eyepatch.
L.L. Cool J’s one rolled-up pantleg.
Kris Kross’ backwards clothes.
Dexies Midnight Runner’s shirtless overalls accesorized with bandannas.
Axl Rose’s kilt.
Living Color’s Body Glove
Flock of Seagulls’ winged hairstyle.
The lead singer of Midnight Oil’s “Lurch” look
Robert Palmer Syndrome: Uncontrollable urge to beat one amusing idea into the dust beyond any possibility of entertainment value.
Rapstarosis: Sufferers find their faces locked into stern, half-bored expressions. Symptoms include the inability to make eye contact with the hot babes hanging all over them.
Marilynus Mansonitis: A dimentia manifested in self-conscious shock tactics. See also: Slipknot, Impotent Sea Snakes, Eminem.
Mariah Carey Syndrome (2): The inability to appear before a camera without having it shoot straight down her cleavage.
Rolling Stones Syndrome :Showing extreme closeups of Keith Richards so you can see every wrinkle.
Boy Band Syndrome: You are incapable of independant movement.
Kiss Syndrome: Let’s establish how long Gene Simmon’s tongue is in every video.
The Women in Country Music Syndrome: Wiggle your ass for the camera, ladies.
The David Lee Roth Syndrome: hmmmm…Every woman in the world bears her cleavage for DLR…catastropic results can be expected if crossed with Mariah Carey Syndrome (2) sufferers.
David Lee Roth Syndrome II: OK we get it, the male singer has a package.