Music videos that have aged very badly

[mat777]

Some music videos are timeless, they look as good now as they did today. Others are of their time - they look very "of their era" today but we forgive them because they worked well back then - they have aged but aged gracefully. But there are some videos that must have been cheesy or dodgy even in their day. For example, John Farnham's "pressure down" has aged particularly badly and looks terrible because someone decided to use every single shiny new 80s videos effect in their software!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&amp...

Does anyone else have some very badly aged videos to share for our amusement?

[marcosgt]

That looks crap because he had a mullet

Looks like someone saw "Sledgehammer" and wanted the same kind of effect on a 1/10th of the budget.

My candidate would be this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMThz7eQ6K0

M.

[myles1972]

http://youtu.be/e3W6yf6c-FA

Duran Duran's Rio is the eighties personified.

[Baryonyx]

So dated...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57eqtN2K7E

Hilarious too.

[The_Burg]

marcosgt said:

That looks crap because he had a mullet

Looks like someone saw "Sledgehammer" and wanted the same kind of effect on a 1/10th of the budget.

My candidate would be this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMThz7eQ6K0

M.

Even in it's day it looked dated.
Ironic perhaps?

[Camaro]

Kudos as the first video on European MTV, but all the same, the 'graphics' are just a little blocky!

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0

[Bacon Is Proof]

mat777 said:

Does anyone else have some very badly aged videos to share for our amusement?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmj7KlIut1w

Thank God indeed.

Edited by Bacon Is Proof on Friday 28th December 11:02

[vixen1700]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p__WmyAE3g

Another shocker from the '80s, the dancing at the end still makes me cringe.

[Marf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ

[mat777]

Hmm I see a recurring theme here... the 80s!

[rover 623gsi]

oddly - imho - only the video mentioned in the OP has aged badly. The others all stand up quite well.

[Bacon Is Proof]

Well, there will always be children in need of our help.

[myles1972]

rover 623gsi said:

oddly - imho - only the video mentioned in the OP has aged badly. The others all stand up quite well.

Says you in your Farahs and kickers.

[PD9]

Camaro said:

Kudos as the first video on European MTV, but all the same, the 'graphics' are just a little blocky!

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0

Was my first thought also!

[61GT]

Baryonyx said:

So dated...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57eqtN2K7E

Hilarious too.

A bit off-topic but that looks like it was filmed in Milton Keynes shopping centre.

If so, hasn't changed much

[Flipatron]

marcosgt said:

My candidate would be this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMThz7eQ6K0

M.

Don't agree, still looks great. The bulldozer following down the beach is really eerie.

This however: -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfjSnMN88U

[marcosgt]

Flipatron said:

Don't agree, still looks great. The bulldozer following down the beach is really eerie.

It's the throw every new gimmick in element I find annoying.

Wasn't this the most expensive video ever at the time?

M

[Rollin]

Y&T Summertime Girls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c6Roj0l8Sg

[arfur daley]

Baryonyx said:

So dated...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57eqtN2K7E

Hilarious too.

I like tall speakers......

[mat777]

Bit of a thread revival here but I think we have a new thread winner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhY9GOhFwN4

words just fail me....