In some way this video makes me glad they don’t really show music videos on MTV anymore…
What the hell, Billy?
Ace of Spades has the video of the first ten minutes of Music Television. That was some cool stuff way back then. What the hell happened?
I guess I could ask the same question about ESPN too.
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She’s a maniac, maniac on the floor,
And she dances like she’s never danced before….
JS, that was the first thought I had on watching this. Hilarious.
Ahhhh, 80s pastels, a killer for sure. Too bad, too, as Billy Squier deserved so much better. Sure, Eddie would have eventually booted him — and say this as a huge Hagar fan (Van Halen, solo and Chickenfoot) — but thought Squier would have been a better replacement for David Lee Roth. Just not videos like this [shudder].
Wow! Was that gay! I only made it through the first minute. I guess it was Billy’s revenge for being passed over for the lead in “Flashdance.”
Yeah, I remember when this came out and suddenly everyone at my high school said “Oh, yeah, he’s a fag. You mean you didn’t know?” He was huge one day, this video came out, and then he couldn’t get arrested. Same thing happened with Queen’s “I want to break free” video (Showing the band in drag) and The Go-Go’s “Turn To You” video (In which they all pretend to be guys): One day the girlies loved them, then next they were all “They’re a bunch of dykes!”
Ah, the good old homophobic ’80s.
Of course Billy was obviously trying to make up for that with this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW0MY_KhL7Q