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Post by Broadsword on Mar 15, 2006 22:01:44 GMT -5
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Post by TarlCabot on Mar 15, 2006 23:11:03 GMT -5
"Mike, I really think she is Billy Squire!"
-Crow from OatMB (and he was right)
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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Mar 16, 2006 0:16:22 GMT -5
That was in one of those lame countdown shows on VH1--Most Awesomely Bad Sexy Videos of Shame or something. And now that I've seen it, I completely agree. Billy Squier has a good voice, really. But that man should never, ever, ever be allowed to dance in public again.
Wow.
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Post by Mitchell on Mar 16, 2006 4:34:17 GMT -5
THAT MAN WAS BORN TO DANCE!
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Post by Skyroniter on Mar 16, 2006 7:53:57 GMT -5
I wish I could dance just half as good!
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Post by civlyzed on Apr 20, 2006 15:38:55 GMT -5
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Post by Wild Rebel on Apr 20, 2006 16:02:31 GMT -5
Beats the hell out of all of that arm-flapping Michael Stipe was doing in "Losing My Religion". Give Squire a break. The record company obviously went super-cheap for this video - probably didn't even bother to hire a choreographer - and he did the best he could. Who expects a hetro guy to be able to dance anyway? And it's a great song. Besides it looks like they're having fun at the end. There's a video that's much much worse...possibly INXS' "Suicide Blonde" ....but I'd have to think about it. |
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Post by TV's Cowboy on Apr 20, 2006 16:04:51 GMT -5
Move over Elaine Benes because Billy Squire just stole your world's worst dancer trophy.
EDIT-After reading Wild Rebel's post perhaps what I said was a little harsh to old Billy boy. Besides I'am pretty sure every artist has at least one awful music video under their belt.
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Post by RafaelH on Apr 20, 2006 17:22:48 GMT -5
Beats the hell out of all of that arm-flapping Michael Stipe was doing in "Losing My Religion". Give Squire a break. The record company obviously went super-cheap for this video - probably didn't even bother to hire a choreographer - and he did the best he could. Who expects a hetro guy to be able to dance anyway? And it's a great song. Besides it looks like they're having fun at the end. There's a video that's much much worse...possibly INXS' "Suicide Blonde" ....but I'd have to think about it. Are you high? How can you defend that dancing? It may be the worse dancing ever. It was just an awful video beyond defense. If you see MTV2 you can see a lot of great videos by good bands who aren't that famous and they don't looks as they spend a lot of money. And they didn't have to dance like a gay leprechaun. And Michael Stipe dance was stupid but REM worst song is probably better than anything Squire ever made. |
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Post by KGB on Apr 20, 2006 21:03:58 GMT -5
I couldn't watch it. After about 45 seconds (the part where he squirms across the floor) I closed the window.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Apr 20, 2006 21:33:09 GMT -5
Classic pool hall music.
But my nauseated reaction to the video can be summed up in two words: drawstring pants.
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Post by Wild Rebel on Apr 21, 2006 7:12:35 GMT -5
You mean like .38 Special's entire catalog? Didn't Erica Jong call that "The Zipless F...."?  And if you all call this bad dancing (which most of it is him just doing "knees up" in time to the music, really), what about the guy in Footloose....or Joel's attempts to dance (like in the reinactment of the theater snack thing in MST? |
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Post by GodoHell on Apr 21, 2006 7:26:43 GMT -5
Further proof that cocaine is the bane of the music industry.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Apr 21, 2006 10:26:15 GMT -5
You're all forgetting that this came out in 1983/1984, when the horrible "limp-wristed, over-the-top gay" stereotype was all the rage. (See also Wham!, Queen, Boy George, Prince and Frankie.)
I'm not sure that's what Billy was intending, but it's not hard to think that some executive or someone with his label thought this was a good idea. It was Metrosexual for the '80s generation, complete with pink tank tops and rip-away shirts.
Still, it could be the only case where a video actually ruined someone's career. Billy had some good songs, including this one.
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Post by wedestroymyths on Apr 21, 2006 10:40:03 GMT -5
I want the first shirt he wears in the Billy Sqyuer vid
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