Nowadays, MTV is nothing more than a wasteland of soul-crushing reality television, but as recently as the late Nineties, it was by and large the most powerful tool of promotion the music industry had.
Back when there was a thriving music industry.
There were some truly great artists who benefited tremendously from the constant exposure on MTV. Prince, The Police, Peter Gabriel and Talking Heads are among many that made the video art form a thing of wonder in the 80s and 90s.
And then there is the sad case of great bands who just made bad video after bad video for years, some altering their image forever, some only through the late 90s when the art form evaporated altogether.
It kills me to put his together because I LOOOOOVE a lot of these people and even the songs included here..but the visuals??.. OY!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, for your viewing displeasure, I begin with the hottest band in the world (except maybe for Great White in Rhode Island) KISS!!!
You wanted the best, you got this band instead....
Where to begin? The dishwashing gloves? The clothes? Gene's hair (or lack of it)? The hand gestures? The shower head? I could dissect the problems with this one like I was cutting open the shark in JAWS.....
The second entry is just painful to me beyond words. It's one of the best bands of all time performing one of the worst songs they have ever written for one of the worst movies ever made. This is actually the first of several really bad videos they got sucked into doing during the 80s. Don't say I didn't warn you.
The Ramones were one of the most intense live bands of all time. I really wish they just shot concert footage and aired that instead of mistakes like this one.
Oh God, this one just hurts all over. This Judas Priest video is also a horrible song (at least this version, anyway) used to coincide with another horrible movie. I wish I knew what coked-out Columbia executive gave this the green light. This piece of shit was a career low for Uma Thurman and Robert Downey Jr. but also a career peak for Anthony Michael Hall.
Well, I am sure I will find more to post but to be honest, after having to sift through the shit stink left from these, I'm gonna need a shower and a high colonic first.
Stay tuned. You've been warned.
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