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I first saw this video somewhere on the TV as a kid in the mid to late ‘90s – probably an MTV throwback. You can’t beat excellence, and no one did it quite like Michael.ĭisclaimer: This video’s original release dates way out of my time. Everything about this video is great: the plot line with the creepy paparazzo, the flawless mise en scene, the cinematography, and especially the choreography – the image of MJ boogying down the road with those flashing tiles is constantly burnt into my brain. I still reckon “Billie Jean” is possibly the greatest dance track of all time. Like most 11 year olds, I went through a huge MJ phase in 2009 when he passed away, and kind of never grew out of it. Sure, ‘Thriller’ is an incredible video of historical proportions, but at the end of the day, it just doesn’t have the funk like ‘Billie Jean’ does. Music Video: ‘Billie Jean’ – Michael Jackson It warrants a mile-wide smile every time it comes on – and if you’ve ever been near a channel showing classic music videos, you can testify to its high rotation. An intersectional blend of working class women travel through telephone lines, ultimately uniting in a parade through the city that ends up back in Lauper’s bedroom.
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With the mighty Captain Lou Albano in her corner and enough hairspray to finance a barbershop for a full year, ‘Girls’ is an endearing, technicolour feminist manifesto that’s routinely survived. Cyndi Lauper became one of the biggest stars of the ‘80s on the back of this song and video, becoming one of the first major pop acts to impact on the still-developing medium. When bringing to mind music in the ‘80s from an aesthetic perspective, one woman in particular is burned into memory – not least of all for her fiery red hair and matching dress. Music Video: ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ – Cyndi Lauper It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why that’s the case. For many years, ‘Hot for Teacher’ was one of the most picked songs by guest programmers on rage. It’s eccentric, it’s brilliantly shot, it’s a defining pop culture artefact and a gateway for a new generation of heavy metal to storm the mainstream. Or what about the intense close-ups on Waldo’s ever weakening mind? Have we mentioned the matching suits, or any of Diamond Dave’s killer outfits? That’s not even touching Eddie Van Halen’s iconic strut down the library table while shredding on his signature guitar. Sure, ‘Jump’ might be more typically ‘80s as far as music videos go, but how can you go past this pure insanity as Van Halen’s best clip? Check out the hair on offer here. This brown acid nightmare turns poor Waldo’s first day back at school into surrealist soft porn. Music Video: ‘Hot For Teacher’ – Van Halen I have a boot length, black jacket just like him, I have long, wayward hair just like him, I have loved and lost just like he describes, and I want nothing more than to wander around in the fog trying to ‘…live for a thousand years’ just like him.
wander around like gypsies pretty much encapsulates my entire set of tastes to this day. The slow panning across foggy Berlin captured as romantically as possible in grainy black and white as Michael Hutchens and co. Of all the clips that they ever put out, however, none has had such a profound influence on me in later life than the one that accompanied ‘Never Tear Us Apart’. Every hip-wiggle, every lyric, every lock of tousled hair was magic to us, far more exciting and influential than watching juiced-up sportsmen wrestle and butt-slap each other into submission every week. My siblings, cousins and I would sit cross-legged on the lounge room floor as dinner was being prepared, eagerly ingesting every frame. Every time we went to my Uncle Shane’s house we were assured that on the TV, at many and varied volume levels, we would bear audience to a VHS copy of either Live Baby Live, INXS’ sold out Wembley performance, or an exhaustive film clip collection taped with all duty and care from episodes of Rage over the years. This may come as a contentious standpoint, but I am of the firmly held belief that INXS are, were, and always will be Australia’s greatest band. Music Video: ‘Never Tear Us Apart’ – INXS
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