SJ.com old school: BYH & Bubs riff on MTV Classic

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Remember when we live blogged an AT40? That was awesome. Like most sequels, this will not be that good, but there's '80s videos on MTV Classic until 3 so let's see what we have here.

The Pet Shop Boys covering "Always On My Mind." Someone did a lot of drugs conjuring this up, but it's oddly affecting.

Go Bubs!

 

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DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY!

 

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I honestly don't think I've ever seen this video. And for good reason. That was pure ass.

 

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The hour began with the Go-Gos "Vacation." Mmmm Belinda. Then Force MD's w/"Tender Love." Like this post if you slow danced to that in junior high, I can't even like my own post.

 

[Bubbler]

I jumped in on Force MD's. Tender Love. Good song.

Also, it features non-threatening black people. Perfect for the Trump Generation who pine for those days.

 

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MTV Classic goes at about a two-video-to-commercial ratio. They'd better show some good shirt. BYH and I are old as fork and don't need the aggravation.

 

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We're also old as fork b/c it's no longer fun to make fun of these commercials for the maladies they offer to treat.

 

[Bubbler]

Oh shirt. We're at peak level hair metal right now.

 

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White Lion's "Wait". Sorry, fork you, etc., etc., I'm out of practice.

Weren't these guys from Norway or something?

 

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White Lion, "Wait." Look, nobody loves hair metal more than me, and White Lion had legit chops. But holy shirt their singles did not do any favors to the genre's rep. They wrote a song about Greenpeace. Hard rockers! Writing songs about Greenpeace!

 

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The 80s ... when filming in a white room full of windows was considered cutting edge.

I suppose it does accentuate the cork-hugging leather pants. Which is important for a band like White Lion who undoubtedly had more cork than talent. Or more talent in their cork, whatever.

 

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Riddle me this drummers. What was the point of the big-ass gong or whatever it is that a lot of drummers from that era hung over their sets?