What videos made you just go "Ugh"!??

VH1 put Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract" on "Awesomely Bad Videos" list for using and dancing with an animated cat for a lead co-star. A commentor on that show said that the cat danced better than her which was pretty embarassing.

Christina Aguielera and Lil Kim singing in the streets almost nekked............ puke: :barf::p :p :p

Originally posted by Pitooey
Christina Aguielera and Lil Kim singing in the streets almost nekked............ puke: :barf::p :p :p

Oh I remember that. That video was called "Can't Hold Us Down". The video faded into obscurity and is rarely shown.:crazy:

JUst about all of these new rap videos. They suck so bad.
The Polymorphic Spree video for Night and Day.
The Modest Mouse video.
The New Found Glory video off their new album.

That's all I can think of now. There's another video that I think is terrible, but I can't remember the band.

All the Hair and Metal band videos.: omg: omg: omg: puke:

Opposites Attract was a good video; can't compare with the trash made these days:p

Opposites Attract was a CUTE video. Back when Paula was popular (and I mean, popular for herself, not for being a television judge), I remember that video was so well-liked. That video was for her what Thriller was to MJ, what Like A Prayer was to Madonna, what Sledgehammer was to Peter Gabriel. It was a great video and the only reason the video gets slammed is because it's "okay" to bash Paula

Originally posted by Janice Johnson
Oh I remember that. That video was called "Can't Hold Us Down". The video faded into obscurity and is rarely shown.:crazy:

Actually I don't like the video either, but I have to defend it. The "Can't Hold Us Down" was in fact a hit in the major music video stations (including MTV and Fuse,) it was also one of MTV's Top 5 most played vids at the time.

BTW, all old videos fade into obscurity, and are rarely shown. Why should "Can't Hold Us Down" be any different?... When was the last time you've seen Janet's "I Want You"?... and that vid is less than 2 months old.

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
All the Hair and Metal band videos.: omg: omg: omg: puke:

ALL of them? come on!! I agree with videos like Cherry Pie and some of Winger's videos.

But Guns N Roses, Poison and Motley Crue ROCKED!

Any Britney Spears, Christina Aqulaira, or Justin Timberlake video. :eek: :eek: :sleep2: :eek2:

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
ALL of them? come on!! I agree with videos like Cherry Pie and some of Winger's videos.

But Guns N Roses, Poison and Motley Crue ROCKED!

Point well taken, and they are the acceptions.

:wave:

When was the last time you've seen Janet's "I Want You"?... and that vid is less than 2 months old. [/B][/QUOTE]

Actually, I've never seen that video.

Mick Jagger's Lets Work has to be the worst video ever... a generic background with Mick and company jogging to really cheesy dance pop

Originally posted by Pitooey
Christina Aguielera and Lil Kim singing in the streets almost nekked............ puke: :barf::p :p :p

Xtina's from da streets of da ghetto she just representin her hood

Originally posted by Rurry007
Aqulaira
AGUILERA

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
Opposites Attract was a CUTE video. Back when Paula was popular (and I mean, popular for herself, not for being a television judge), I remember that video was so well-liked. That video was for her what Thriller was to MJ, what Like A Prayer was to Madonna, what Sledgehammer was to Peter Gabriel. It was a great video and the only reason the video gets slammed is because it's "okay" to bash Paula

Paula's best video is 'Cold hearted' :)

Originally posted by Nirvana
Xtina's from da streets of da ghetto she just representin her hood

You mean that all 'ghetto' girls dress like that? It's giving the wrong impression; is like saying that all Spanish people are Mexicans

I like Duran Duran but they have one song that I hate. That is "Girls on Film." The video is even worse! :eek: It had female mud wrestling in it. Not pleasant to see. :barf:

Originally posted by Brian
I like Duran Duran but they have one song that I hate. That is "Girls on Film." The video is even worse! :eek: It had female mud wrestling in it. Not pleasant to see. :barf:

there's a X-rated version of the video, it was infamously banned by MTV

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
there's a X-rated version of the video, it was infamously banned by MTV


They've banned several videos like Madonna's "Justify My Love." It doesn't matter much, though because they don't show music videos too much anymore.

any Justin Timberlake and Good Chalotte video yuck

Whoops Now from Janet Jackson is a bad video!! This was the first video from her that I thought, "I can't wait for this to be over with". I rated it "0 stars, never play again". It looks like a home movie(like the ones on American Funny Videos" and her makeup was horrible. She had on sunglasses and was wearing the wrong shade of lipstick, a kind of reddish-pinkish lipstick! Her hair was in a high ponytail and she looked nothing like herself. It was as if she paid someone to lip-synch her songs and take her place in the video. And if she bopped her head one more time, I was going to scream!! She bopped her heads too many times to count in this video! This video made me want to throw up!! The interesting thing (one of the only ones) was the beginning opening scene with the rushing water!

With all respect to my friend Jrnygrl, I'll have to say Journey's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" takes the cake. It's just so, so bad.

Playing air instruments behind a warehouse? What were you thinking guys?

And when Steve grabs his wrist while pumping his fist in the air, it makes me think his carpal-tunnel is bugging him.

Great song, lame video.

Originally posted by AKA
With all respect to my friend Jrnygrl, I'll have to say Journey's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" takes the cake. It's just so, so bad.

Playing air instruments behind a warehouse? What were you thinking guys?

And when Steve grabs his wrist while pumping his fist in the air, it makes me think his carpal-tunnel is bugging him.

Great song, lame video.

AKA, thanks for saying this, I didn't want to do it.:lol:

I love Journey, and your right this is a great song, but what was the director thinking on this one. And whoever heard of anyone playing air piano?:eek: Even Beavis and Butthead made fun of this video. :eek: :eek: :lol: :crazy: :crazy:

Originally posted by Brian
They've banned several videos like Madonna's "Justify My Love." It doesn't matter much, though because they don't show music videos too much anymore.

true, but in the days that Duran Duran and Madonna were getting banned, MTV actually showed videos.

I think it's funny for them to ban a video nowadays, because they only show the same 6 videos anyway

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
I love Journey, and your right this is a great song, but what was the director thinking on this one. And whoever heard of anyone playing air piano?:eek: Even Beavis and Butthead made fun of this video. :eek: :eek: :lol: :crazy: :crazy:

It was the 80's. If you have VH1 Classic, you'll see tons of videos where you'll ask "what were they thinking?" It was all cool back then because videos were still relatively new, and directors and artists would try almost anything to try to satnd out, be artistic, etc. Looking back at all that stuff now, you wonder how there was ever a time when it looked "cool". Like Kim Carnes' Bette Davis Eyes video for example, with people simulating slapping each other, pounding their palms to the floor with their dark, mysterious costumes on. Loved it back then, now... :thumbsdow

Originally posted by vashti1999
Like Kim Carnes' Bette Davis Eyes video for example, with people simulating slapping each other, pounding their palms to the floor with their dark, mysterious costumes on. Loved it back then, now... :thumbsdow

Kim Carnes made the weirdest videos ever. Draw Of The Cards especially, I've seen it on VH1 Classic several times. It makes the Bette Davis Eyes video look normal. Kim in a weird Chinatown type of place running from a long-tongued beast, and at the video he captures her and they dance together with her in his arms.... my friend Lisa and I saw the video at the same time and we were making fun of it, lol.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
Kim Carnes made the weirdest videos ever. Draw Of The Cards especially, I've seen it on VH1 Classic several times. It makes the Bette Davis Eyes video look normal. Kim in a weird Chinatown type of place running from a long-tongued beast, and at the video he captures her and they dance together with her in his arms.... my friend Lisa and I saw the video at the same time and we were making fun of it, lol.

I have to look out for that one, I know of her song Draw of The Cards but don't remember the video. I should actually take it back that I don't like the Bette Davis Eyes vid now, I really do love seeing all that old cheesy 80s stuff, what makes some of it so good is that it's so bad.

Originally posted by vashti1999
It was the 80's. If you have VH1 Classic, you'll see tons of videos where you'll ask "what were they thinking?" It was all cool back then because videos were still relatively new, and directors and artists would try almost anything to try to satnd out, be artistic, etc. Looking back at all that stuff now, you wonder how there was ever a time when it looked "cool". Like Kim Carnes' Bette Davis Eyes video for example, with people simulating slapping each other, pounding their palms to the floor with their dark, mysterious costumes on. Loved it back then, now... :thumbsdow

Oh my gosh, I guess "air piano" is a little better than pounding their palms on the floor. :rofl: :wave:

Here is someone who is watching a Britney Spears music video.

:faint:

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
ALL of them? come on!! I agree with videos like Cherry Pie and some of Winger's videos.

But Guns N Roses, Poison and Motley Crue ROCKED!
"Headed for Heartbreak" by Winger sucked??:confused: That was a GREAT video, it was very touching.

A bad video that killed a good artist: "Rock Me Tonight" by Billy Squier. :barf:

Originally posted by Janice Johnson
VH1 put Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract" on "Awesomely Bad Videos" list for using and dancing with an animated cat for a lead co-star. A commentor on that show said that the cat danced better than her which was pretty embarassing.

I have to hear that song in the store I work in on the piped-in music system every damn day. I hate that song! :mad:

Originally posted by AKA
With all respect to my friend Jrnygrl, I'll have to say Journey's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" takes the cake. It's just so, so bad.

Playing air instruments behind a warehouse? What were you thinking guys?

And when Steve grabs his wrist while pumping his fist in the air, it makes me think his carpal-tunnel is bugging him.

Great song, lame video.

Their video for "Chain Reaction" is even worse! :p

another really bad video I can remember was How Can We Be Lovers by Michael Bolton.

This was the dawn of the 90's when he was so huge, yet for this song/video, he tried appealing to the hard rock market, and while MTV (which never played Bolton any other time) gave it airplay, it didn't win him over the metal fanbase he wanted.

Originally posted by Steve M.
I have to hear that song in the store I work in on the piped-in music system every damn day. I hate that song! :mad: I don't care how many people loved her and her dancing back in 1989, but that song blew Tender Chunks!!!:barf: The song's lyrics and the cartoon cat were totallly corny. HATE IT!!!:mad:

Originally posted by AKA
With all respect to my friend Jrnygrl, I'll have to say Journey's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" takes the cake. It's just so, so bad.

Playing air instruments behind a warehouse? What were you thinking guys?

And when Steve grabs his wrist while pumping his fist in the air, it makes me think his carpal-tunnel is bugging him.

Great song, lame video. I always hated that video for that reason, "you guys are trying to make this super-serious statement, and then you get into the goofy air-guitar, air-keyboards bit??" It was so lame, it killed a decent song.:mad:

Originally posted by Steve M.
Their video for "Chain Reaction" is even worse! :p


I just saw this one recently, yeah the mannequin thing. But you gotta love that voice.


peacesign: :rofl:

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
I always hated that video for that reason, "you guys are trying to make this super-serious statement, and then you get into the goofy air-guitar, air-keyboards bit??" It was so lame, it killed a decent song.:mad:

I know its a great song, but when I see the video on the Journey Greatest Hits DVD, I can't help but laugh. I mean the girl is just walking aimlessly throughout the video, in between all the air instrument playing. :lol: :crazy: :lol:

Another video that is bad would have to be Eddie Grant's "Electric Avenue". I get a headache just watching it.:crazy:

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
I know its a great song, but when I see the video on the Journey Greatest Hits DVD, I can't help but laugh. I mean the girl is just walking aimlessly throughout the video, in between all the air instrument playing. :lol: :crazy: :lol:

Another video that is bad would have to be Eddie Grant's "Electric Avenue". I get a headache just watching it.:crazy: Maybe that girl was trying to get away from all that bad air guitar and keyboards!:lol:

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Maybe that girl was trying to get away from all that bad air guitar and keyboards!:lol:


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :wave:

I am shocked after the video for Seperate Ways wrapped, the director didn't actually SHOW it to the guys before sending it to MTV, "you guys sure this is the video you wanted?" lol

Originally posted by safety pin
AGUILERA

Ok, ok I dont even care how to spell that bad artists name.

Originally posted by Rurry007
Ok, ok I dont even care how to spell that bad artists name. Funny, I read recently that Dickie Betts, formerly of the Allman Brothers, actually compared Christina Aguilera to none other than soul great Aretha Franklin.:cool:

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
I am shocked after the video for Seperate Ways wrapped, the director didn't actually SHOW it to the guys before sending it to MTV, "you guys sure this is the video you wanted?" lol

From what I understand, they needed to have a video, their manager hired the director who was in town, because they only had a day to shoot it, and they went with what they had. Their explanation is they were not into doing the video, and really weren't that into the whole concept of this one, and they trusted their managers judgement on this.

Moral of this story: don't trust your manager. :lol: :lol:

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
From what I understand, they needed to have a video, their manager hired the director who was in town, because they only had a day to shoot it, and they went with what they had. Their explanation is they were not into doing the video, and really weren't that into the whole concept of this one, and they trusted their managers judgement on this.

Moral of this story: don't trust your manager. :lol: :lol:

Frontiers was the only era that had actual "concept" videos outside of the comeback song they had in 96, right? the ones from Escape and before, and Raised On Radio that I've seen were all concert videos.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
Frontiers was the only era that had actual "concept" videos outside of the comeback song they had in 96, right? the ones from Escape and before, and Raised On Radio that I've seen were all concert videos.

Your right, and it was during the Frontiers tour that the video was made because Herbie Herbert, their manager at the time, wanted Journey to be apart of the MTV generation, and everyone was doing video. Journey never liked it and never enjoyed doing it. But because they came into the era of MTV Herbie felt it was needed.

All of their other video has been concert footage, except for the song from their Trial By Fire CD they had one video made for the song "When You Love A Women." :wave:

Sorry to go on and on about these guys, just a big fan. ;)

Christina Aguilera- The Voice Within. Great song, not a great video.

Madonna- that new one she had a while ago.. it had something to do with America.. i didnt like that one.

Christina Aguilera- Cant Hold Us Down

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
Mick Jagger's Lets Work has to be the worst video ever... a generic background with Mick and company jogging to really cheesy dance pop

:lol: I recently saw that one on VH1 classics and it is awful! The song itself is bad enough, but that video was bad beyond belief.

oo i forgot- - Alanis Morrissette "Thank You"
Natalie Merchant "Kind and Generous"

i.e. "Let's Work" by Mick Jagger

Originally posted by dukey
:lol: I recently saw that one on VH1 classics and it is awful! The song itself is bad enough, but that video was bad beyond belief.

that video makes the air-keyboards by Journey look inspired, lol

[QUOTE]Originally posted by [.AIkenCompany3.]
[B]oo i forgot- - Alanis Morrissette "Thank You"

That video creeped me out. There is something wrong with a woman going through town appearingly naked. I liked the song, but not the video. Sitting on a bus naked, walking through streets naked, and I think she went to a store naked too.

Originally posted by Janice Johnson
[QUOTE]Originally posted by [.AIkenCompany3.]
[B]oo i forgot- - Alanis Morrissette "Thank You"

That video creeped me out. There is something wrong with a woman going through town appearingly naked. I liked the song, but not the video. Sitting on a bus naked, walking through streets naked, and I think she went to a store naked too. Lady Godiva did. :grineyes:

I wouldn't have any complaints.;)

Originally posted by [.AIkenCompany3.]
oo i forgot- - Alanis Morrissette "Thank You"
Natalie Merchant "Kind and Generous"

Yeah, when I first saw "Thankyou" I thought it was disturbing. And, the video of "Dirty" by Christina Aguilera really draws the line. I think Alanis Morrissette is more artistic that Christina though when it comes to her music. Alanis at least trys to write songs that mean something. The best song I've heard Christina sing as far as artistic songs that have a message go is "Beautiful".

Originally posted by crystals
Yeah, when I first saw "Thankyou" I thought it was disturbing. And, the video of "Dirty" by Christina Aguilera really draws the line. I think Alanis Morrissette is more artistic that Christina though when it comes to her music. Alanis at least trys to write songs that mean something. The best song I've heard Christina sing as far as artistic songs that have a message go is "Beautiful".

And Christina sang, Blessed, Reflections, The Voice Within,Fighter, and Genie In The Bottle(GITB had a good message, it was just balanced with bubblegum pop.)

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Funny, I read recently that Dickie Betts, formerly of the Allman Brothers, actually compared Christina Aguilera to none other than soul great Aretha Franklin.:cool:

Really? Well I hate still hate Chirstina Aguliera

another really bad one I failed to mention was a little-known video circa 1983 by The Parachute Club called Rise Up.

I caught the video on VH1 Classic awhile back and the video was so bad I almost had nightmares over it. The music was horrific, the clothes were hideous (a lot of orange), the extras in the video were terrible, it even had mimes, and to top it off, I'm still unsure whether the lead singer is a male or female. VH1 Classic replayed the video today and I got a friend of mine who appreciates bad stuff as much as I do, and we made fun of the video together. She thinks the band apparently screwed over the director or something, and this truly terrifying video was his revenge to the band.

One of the absolute most grosteque videos ever filmed (probably worse than the aforementioned Jagger clip), and if you have the chance to catch it, make sure your gag reflexes aren't too sensitive or you'll be throwing up food you ate 2 years ago, lol.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
another really bad one I failed to mention was a little-known video circa 1983 by The Parachute Club called Rise Up.

lol That is the most horrific video I have ever seen! Every 80s cliche you can think of rolled into a 3 minute clip. Bright orange parachute pants, an androgynous singer, a bad Michael Jackson impersonation and for some strange reason, quite a few bare feet. Until BuffySlayer told me about the video, I had no idea that it existed. Really not sure how a gem like this one stayed hidden for so long.
:rofl: