Today the Red Cross came to my work today to suck blood from some of the employees. It’s really a great arrangement. The Red Cross is able to reach people that would otherwise find it inconvenient to give & my employer is able to give back to the community & world in a way that only costs 45min-1hr of productivity per giver every 4 months. The employee also gains satisfaction in giving & is able to snack on sandwiches, popcorn & cookies. But this isn’t why I write today.
When the Red Cross workers come, they bring music. Not often heard in the halls of corporate America. Most of the times it’s the hip hop crap played on popular radio stations. (Does that sound old-mannish enough? If not, imagine me standing on my porch in my dark colored socks, loafers, plaid shorts & t-shirt shaking my fist in the air. Dang kids now-a-days!) But today it was good music – Heart’s Greatest Hits. I dig girl bands, especially if they can really rock. Nancy Wilson can wield a mighty axe & her sister Ann has a fine set of pipes. But this still isn’t the point of my post.
When the song “Never” started to play, I was taken back to the good ol’ days of MTV (back when they used to be about music television) & the video for the song. Nancy wearing big 80s hair & a push-up top, rocking out with her guitar & kicking in a most unladylike fashion. Ann was there too, except they were trying to hide her weight, only showing her briefly from the shoulders up & in the shadows. And I just had to smile.
There are songs & images that will forever be linked. This caused me to think about other songs that will always be linked to their videos. Here’s a quick short non-exhaustive list from me:
“Come On Eileen” – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Who could forget the group dancing on the street corner in overalls w/o shirts?
“Jeopardy” – Greg Kihn Band
The image of the corpse bride & the priest instructing the groom on how to place the ring on the finger.
“Thriller” – Michael Jackson Street dancing zombies
“Rio” – Duran Duran
The 3-paneled boat pictures
“Photograph” – Def Leopard
Chalk outline & British flag
“Addicted To Love” – Robert Palmer
The girls. Awesome.
So, what are some of your favorite songs linked to video or images?
5 comments:
You hit on some classic music/video combos. I also hark back to MTV greatness when I hear....
1. Our House - Madness awesomeness
2. Goody Two Shoes - Mr. Ant (right, CL?)
3. Once In A Lifetime - same as it ever was
4. Safety Dance - Medieval with a dwarf
5. Mickey - Hey Mickey, you're so fine....
6. Walking on Sunshine - Katrina wearing the Chucks
7. Come On Eileen - Bibs with no under shirt
8. Every Breath You Take - black and white classicness
I could go on and on.
Thanks for posting again.
Forgot
Land of Confusion - Genesis + British puppet things + Reagan + little hands
What a great time appropriate post. Tween and I just started watching the Glee series and they play a ton of 80's music and reinact the video's sometimes. The other night I had to pause the TV while I pulled up Madonna's 'Vogue' for him to see.
You are so right, video's aren't what they were when MTV first started. How sad.
Now I am going to have to look up all of the above songs and watch the video's this weekend ;)
Thanks for posting. I have no idea why you ever stopped.
Oh how I loved MTV. We didn't have cable but I watched it every time I went to a friend's house. Loved those music videos- what great memories!!
So glad you are writing again! Any yay for you for giving blood!
Oh my.... Music is the fastest way to conjure up memories. It transports my mind in time faster than anything, usually to a time/place when I heard a particular song. But, I do remember specific videos from MTV too.
I think of things like "Here I go Again" Whitesnake - the girl on the car... (what did she have to do with the song?)
"We are the World" - what a compilation of performers!
"Like a Virgin" Madonna - sheesh! Can you hear that without thinking of her funky 80s clothing??
Missed you here, my friend.
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