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Okay, I forgot about this 80′s song, and recently rediscovered it on The YouTubes:
The song is The Europeans‘ The Animal Song. In the very early 80′s, I remember rocking out to this song — banging my hands on the steering wheel of my even then late-model 1970, red Toyota Corolla in beat with the electronic drums. 
And the video — Oh – My – Gawd, Gag me with a spoon! 
For me, this video is just so awesome in its over-the-top ridiculousness.
And saying all that, I’m so aware this song is an aquired taste. This is a very dated, “bad” song — and equally “bad” video.
So, what’s your favorite “bad” video or song that you just can’t stop loving anyway?
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Bad Videoi have a few i can remember, like the video for Go Go’s Vacation and who can forget MTV’s worst video of all time, Don Johnson’s Heartbeat
I was thinkinganything by Leonard Nimoy or William Shatner, but I guess most of their “best” work predates the ubiquity of music videos. Nimoy was particularly sad on “If I Had a Hammer” and Shatner on….everything.
Is There ANYTHING Better/Worse than –
Not to mention
An unforgettable videoNo matter how much you might want to.
Of course, it could be worse, as Leonard Nimoy shows….
That is just awful! I love it.
Allow me to substitute “stupid” for “bad”and I’ll say “Walk Like An Egyptian” by the Bangles
(By the way, I LOVE the song by boy, the first 30 or so times I heard it I thought that it was the stupidest shit that I’d ever heard but it is a damn catchy tune.
But there’s worse… much worse….
The 60′s. You had to be there.
But this medley depicts what it was like.
oooooh, David, you need your gay card revokedfor going after Miss Bonnie Tyler like that, LOL
and if I may pile on…
(and how does “Holding Out for a Hero” NOT make a list of the GAYEST songs of all time
(although I think that you have to go to youtube now to actually play videos.)
Okay now, STOP!Just close your eyes and listen to Stevie.
Oh. Do you think THIS is what donal1944 was talking about??
BTWI’ve loved the SONG ever since it appeared on the Footloose soundtrack.
I also love those wonderfully shot scenes in the mountains (is that Scotland?)
But I also thought that to have all of that quasi-Thriller-not-even-dancing-girls (which apparently is a theme with Tyler) was simply insipid (and that’s a noce word for it). Love the song, though.
You mean a guilty pleasure?Like a song so bloody cheesy and stinky and bad no human being should ever be intentionally exposed it it but somehow, some way, you just can’t help but love it anyway?
http://www.youtube.com/embed/U…
Does this one count?
So …… you aren’t a fan of Russell Mulcahy, I guess.
One word:“Apache”!
I wanted to post something, …… but didn’t know what. And I didn’t consider Tarzan Boy which I just watched on YouTube … before Xanadu.
I guess I should just post my whole playlist.
Ah, the 80s…This one was bad even then.
I Eat Cannibals
This isn’t really a bad song but my husband and I first saw this video a couple months ago and the verdict for the video was “eeew”.
Final Countdown
Sorry, but…This one always makes me laugh.
http://youtu.be/4pXfHLUlZf4
Grand canyonThat’s the Grand Canyon. The video is very thematically western (U.S.).
I think this favorite bad song is pre-videoLola by the Kinks…always liked it!
Lolabut here it is…and no video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Olivia Newton John — PhysicalI can’t say that I actually like this song, but I do think the video has to be one of the gayest things I’ve ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Oh, for a second there, I’d thought you were reffering to “Apache” by……The Sugar Hill Gang.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
(not the best quality video, BTW)
Well, since this is the “Golden VelveetaTM Cheese Hour”……here mine.
“Pac-Man Fever” by Buckner & Garcia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
“General Hospi-Tale” by The Afternoon Delights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
“Valley Girl” by Frank & Moon Zappa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
“Mexican Radio” by Wall Of Voodoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
“House Of Fun” by Madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
“Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland” by The B-52s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
There many, many more, but I’d better stop there.