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Music Videos from the '80s are a species all of their own...
This page is for the best music videos from the 1980's. To begin with it will be my own personal favourites, but not for long! Suggest your own favourite below!
I hope you enjoy these videos as much as I do!
A good '80s music video should contain one or more of the following:
- Big hair, with bonus points given for mullets and perms. Preferably both in the same hairdo.
- Clothes that you could only get away with in the '80s. I don't think there was a single music video made in the '80s that didn't have bad fashion in it, but extra points will be given for leg warmers, fluro, silly hats and tucked in shirts.
- Enthusiastic or emotional dancing is a must. In the '80s people were either ecstatically happy and leapt about frantically, or they were extremely sad and emotional in a way that could only be expressed through interpretive dance. (Usually with a group of people all in formation...)
- Eye contact, either between people in the video having some kind of intense 'moment', or between the person in the video and the audience. If you didn't stare down the barrel of the camera while you were dancing, you could always include a still shot of your face at the end of the video while the music faded out...
- Windows or mirrors. All the cool kids had videos where someone was either gazing out of a window, or dancing in front of a mirror. I'm sure it's all very symbolic and deep. Though of what exactly I am yet to determine...
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson Thriller (C) 1982 MJJ Productions Inc.
Runtime: 13:41
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Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Wham! - Wake me up before you go-go
That's it. Next time I'm feeling a bit down I'm going to put on some shorts and a legionnaire's hat and start dancing around to this song!
A video you may have seen a lot of lately...
Ah, Rick Astley. How very tucked in your shirts are...
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up from the album Never Gonna Give You Up (C) 1987 PWL
Runtime: 3:33
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What have I missed?
Add the 80's music videos from YouTube that you think need to be on this page, and vote for your favourites!
If you need more of an '80s fix, Amazon is only a click away!
![Pure '80s: The Ultimate DVD Box [Region 1]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5122WXNW30L._SL75_.jpg)
Or relive your glory days with one of these great '80s themed Games!
Vote for your favourite '80s music here!
Please feel free to add anything you think should be here.
Random '80s music selection from YouTube
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spirituality wrote...
I'm sorry - strike that - all of the video's have been taken down.
Posted April 18, 2009
mrscookie wrote...
I was a teenager in the 80's and really loved the music. I'm not sure I'm looking at it through rose coloured glasses but the music seemed to "mean something" back then. In the 90's it became more about different sounds and less attention was given to the words.
Posted April 04, 2009
CleanerLife wrote...
Nice trip down memory lane -- I love the 80s!
Nice do a feature specific to 80s videos, they were so much more interesting back then!
Posted September 18, 2008
