If you were ever wondering how INXS composed their songs, this video probably doesn’t show you how it actually happened. I guess it’s possible that there was a cameraman and a sound crew present at exactly the right moment but doubt it.
It was still one of INXS’s more popular songs, peaking at 17 on the U.S. Charts.
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Cheryl Ladd, singer?
I had no idea but it’s true. This song was Cheryl Ladd’s most popular song, peaking at #34 on the U.S. charts. This was during her second season on Charlie’s Angels.
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With songs with titles like Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, who would have guessed parents would have gotten the wrong idea about Iron Maiden? That really is the appeal of the band, though. Underneath the occult imagery and controversial song titles, they really were just a bunch of hard-working English blokes who played well together.
This video features scenes from the horror film, Horror Hotel. This video was directed by founding member, Steve Harris.
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Watch as Metallica prepares to do what they do best.
This video was directed by Wayne Isham, the man who worked with everybody who was anybody.
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Like many music videos from the days before MTV, the emphasis here is on the band and the performance. This is a “they-sure-can-play” music video.
John Goodhue also did music videos for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Juice Newton, and Hanks Williams, Jr.
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Body Count never gets the respect that it deserves. Though it may have started out as being Ice-T’s side project, it developed into an important band of its own.
This video was directed by actor and rapper Treach, who also directed three videos for his own group, Naughty by Nature.
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I’m Broken is one of the best songs ever inspired by back pain. In this case, the pain belonged to Phil Anselmo.
This video was directed by Wayne Isham, who was one of those music video directors who every successful group worked with at least once.
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It’s the 20th day of the 4th month of the year so the music video of the day could only come from Cypress Hill.
This was directed by Josh Taft, who has also done several award-winning commercials and directed music videos for Pearl Jam, Tribe Called Quest, and Stone Temple Pilots, amongst others.
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This was one of INXS’s first videos to go into heavy rotation on MTV.
Director Soren Jensen was an assistant director on the Australian soap opera, The Young Doctors. (Michael Hutchence’s mother was a makeup artist on the Young Doctors.) The actresses who appear in the music video were also on The Young Doctors. The Young Doctors remains largely unknown in the U.S.
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This music video is one of Sammy Hagar’s best. It shows how big deal MTV was in 1987 that Mark Goodman appeared as himself to introduce the video. The message of the video seems to be that happy couples watch Sammy Hagar together.
Director Gill Bettman was primarily a television director but he also directed a few videos from Hagar and Chicago.
Eddie Van Halen plays bass in this song. In fact, Eddie played bass for the entire album, I Never Said Goodbye.
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Through the Shattered Lens 