Slow an’ Easy was Whitesnake’s first big hit in the United States and the video, which featured the band, a car crash, and an act of strangulation, was Whitensake’s first big video on MTV. It’s certainly much darker than the video for Here I Go Again.
Slow an’ Easy, by the way, appeared on an album called Slide It In. Whitesnake was never particularly subtle but they still rocked.
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Happy birthday to Sir Paul McCartney!
All of the photographs for this “promotional film” (as music videos were known back then) were taken by Linda McCartney.
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We Care A Lot, written as a parody of benefit concerts like Live Aid, was the first Faith No More Song to have an accompanying music video and it is also the band’s second-most popular song, right after Epic. What the bands cares a lot about depends on which version of the song that you hear as We Care A Lot is frequently re-written to keep the lyrics updated and topical. Over the years, Faith No More has cared a lot about Madonna, Mr. T, the LAPD, the money that Live Aid made, Transformers, and the Garbage Pail Kids.
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This music video comes from a time long ago, when Aerosmith still had their edge and weren’t best-known for movie ballads. Director Marty Callner filmed this video in New Orleans because he wanted to capture the feeling of Mardi Gras and he succeeded. Previously dismissed as washed-up, Aerosmith made a huge comeback in the late 80s. This video definitely helped.
As for Marty Callner, he was one of those directors who worked with everyone who was someone. He also went on to direct several stand-up specials, working with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock.
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If the teacher in this video looks familiar, that’s because Nancy Parsons also played the famous (or infamous) Ms. Ballbricker in Porky’s.
Director Marc Reshovsky also directed videos for Poison, Lita Ford, and Skidrow. He was far more busy as a cinematographer than a director. As a cinematographer, he worked with basically everyone who was anyone. Ice Cube, U2, Van Halen, Whitney Houston, Seal, they are just some of the bands who worked with Reshovsky the cinematographer.
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This song and video comes from Megadeth’s final album. Dave Mustaine may have retired but it’s good to see that he went out doing what he did best.
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In this music video, Warrant, the band who gave the world Cherry Pie, shows off their sensitive side.
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This video is a reminder that the band that no one wants to admits to liking today actually used to really rock. In God’s Country was off of U2’s best album, The Joshua Tree. While the video still shows hints of the self-importance that would later come to define the band, the song itself is an absolute banger.
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This dizzying music video is for Newsted’s …As The Crow Flies. Metallica never should have let Jason Newsted go.
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In the 80s, a lot of so-called “hair metal” bands had videos that revolved around flames and firefighters. That is the risk you take with all of that hairspray.
This video was directed by James Yukich, who was one of the busiest video directors around. Yukich pretty much directed at least video for everyone who was anyone.
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Through the Shattered Lens 