It was the 1980s when music videos became essential for bands. These are three of the strangest music videos of the 1980s.

When looking back on the most “absurd” decades of music, I think all music lovers would unanimously agree that the 80s take the cake as the most “absurd”. Big hair, electronic sounds, flashy brands, ...

When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

What has happened in jukeboxes of days gone by. Well, for one thing, video, jukeboxes are fast replacing the old machines we used to love and there is good reason. Dollar for dollar or rather quarter ...

The 1980s was a defining decade for popular culture, but its impact was heavily felt in music. It saw the new romantics, Live Aid, Madonna, the rise of hip-hop, and the birth of MTV. The constant ...

"True Survivor" features dinosaurs, kung fu and Hitler. — -- Gunfights? Kung fu? Dogs with lasers for eyeballs? Hitler? Dinosaurs? Sure. David Hasselhoff's latest music video, “True Survivor,” ...

Granted, Styx was on the way out as the 1980s music videos era arrived. But this 1981 song couldn't have been portrayed in a dumber, more laughable video than what this 1970s group put forth, from the ...

When MTV first started in 1981, the network broadcast wall-to-wall music videos. The network's Movie Awards show, airing tonight, is an indication of how far from those beginnings the channel has come ...

Duran Duran think their 1980s music videos would get them "cancelled" in today's climate. The 'Hungry Like A Wolf' hitmakers earned a reputation for their racy and glamorous promos but frontman Simon ...

Jeremy has more than 2100 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...