10 Terrible Music Videos In Rock | Rocked

A new video series where I will look at some of the most terrible music videos in rock over the years. Some from great bands, some with great songs, and some that will make you question humanity.
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On This Video:
Styx - “Music Time”
U2 - “Numb”
The Black Keys - “Next Girl”
Rush - “Time Stands Still”
Aerosmith - “Pink”
Billy Squier - “Rock Me Tonite”
The Offspring - “Hit That”
Gene Simmons - “Firestarter”
David Bowie & Mick Jagger - “Dancing In The Street”
Blood On The Dance Floor - “Unforgiven”
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[@RockedNet]

Know of a terrible music video? Leave a comment here telling/linking what it is!

[@IABITVpresents]

Simple Plan - Untitled because "waaaah I'm so angsty and it's raining outside. fuck world"

[@IABITVpresents]

also "Photograph" by Nickleback for how memetic it was

[@IABITVpresents]

Also "My Sacrifice" by Creed. I have no idea what are some humanoid fishes doing there at all

[@peppermint1712]

Journey's Seperate Ways so fucking lame it's embarrassing to watch even when alone

[@cartmann94]

Robbie Williams- Rock DJ Where he stips to his undies, then his skin, then his muscles until he’s nothing than a cringy CGI skeleton.

[@LaydiNite]

I had heard that the Bowie/Jagger video was the result of a tech failure. If I recall, it was for a charity event, and they were supposed to have had some set-up where it would show both of them singing together, but they'd be doing it from two different countries. When they tried to test it, there was massive lag that made the videos not sync up at all, so one of them had to fly to where the other one was, and they filmed the video with no prior planning, no rehearsal, no plan on what they wanted to do with it. If this story is accurate, it explains a lot about the state of the video. I still find it a "so bad it's good" sort of thing, though.

[@briangonigal3974]

It was indeed for Live Aid, the famous 80’s charity concert/live television event consisting of 2 simultaneous live concerts held in Wembly Stadium in London and JFK stadium in Philadelphia I remember seeing this video premier during the live broadcast of the event and they mentioned at the time how the whole video had been filmed in just a couple of hours in a rush to get it ready for the broadcast. The fact that everyone, including The host, now seems to be completely ignorant of this context Kinda saddens me, as it’s the only thing that justifies this relic’s existence at all.

[@aaronleverton4221]

The thing I noticed the first time I saw it and which has always stuck with me is that Mick takes the foreground of every shot they are in simultaneously. Every. Single. Shot. By the end of the video I now knew, with no prior info at the age of 11, that Mick Jagger was a massive, massive ego case who really had trouble sharing. The intervening years haven't provided much in the way of rebuttal.

[@ShortFuseFighting]

i'd definitely believe that, no questions asked

[@georgeprice4212]

That’s fairly correct.

[@nathanforester5993]

I remember the original idea was to have the two of them in a rocket.

[@loganrandall780]

I didn't even know Gene Simmons did a cover of Firestarter, as a Prodigy fan, that hurts

[@chrisnemec5644]

I feel part of my teenage years are ruined too.

[@Shadownian]

Did he not know it was a prodigy song??

[@DukeHalliday-cv4fx]

His Version SUCKS.... R.I.P. KEITH FLINT

[@jakobkeene5344]

Its worse when its a good band with a bad video

[@michaelvessel4604]

Or even worse when it is a good song but it had an awful video to go along with it.

[@antoniocenteno1483]

Yeah, Iron Maiden 80´s videos for example hasn´t aged really well for example. Well Most 80´s Metal videos.

[@evandemers3753]

What about bad bands who make good videos ?

[@jeffjackson9679]

@@antoniocenteno1483 I feel ya. I was a huge Priest fan back in the 80s, but their videos back then made me cringe so hard, I had to get dental work done by the time the 90s rolled around.

[@rocknrallsoul94rockero4]

Separates Ways

[@Ellthom]

Gene Simmons covered Prodigy's 'Firestarter'. Why am I thankful I didn't know this :S

[@iaincampbell6959]

same here... very bad choice should have done something original and not something cheap imo

[@1rhpsfan]

Just listen to The Prodigy, however here I go damning witrh faint praise,the whole idea weirdly makes sense given what he does onstage.

[@BigKelvPark]

I also never new Gene Simmons covered it - the only people to get anywhere close to the original were the Zimmers - with a great video to match!

[@theunwelcome]

can I go back to a time when I didn't know it?

[@ristoherranen816]

Somehow the original is a lot more rock than his version.

[@ArmageddonisUnleashe]

Fun fact: That "Rock Me Tonite" video actually KILLED Billy Squier's career. See, a lot of his appeal was being a ladykiller. That music video...with him writhing on his bed with a pink wifebeater on...Let's just say a lot of his fans came to certain conclusions about his sexuality, and bam. Momentum killed.

[@thatonebritishidiot3037]

@osp80 never underestimate the sex appeal of a brummie accent and a sense of humour

[@davidmonypeny5734]

They interviewed him for a oral history book about the beginnings of MTV and they spent quite a bit of time on it. He wholeheartedly still believes it killed his career, although Nirvana probably would've done that anyway a few years later.

[@christopherconard2831]

He was already on a downward spiral as far as popularity. Kind of like a car careening out of control, this video just marks when it hit the railing and went over the cliff.

[@knightwing5169]

I've read interviews of Billy Squier making it very clear that he regrets making that video.

[@David_Theisen]

I don’t care how “terrible” that video is the song is a fun upbeat stellar hit for him! I have his greatest hits cd and it’s just an awesome kind of AOR sounding cd!!

[@ARTV-]

1. I'm so glad that this is gonna be a series 2. I love love love "Next Girl" by The Black Keys, but burn that video with a fire.

[@patricklauer4452]

ARTV hey Jon

[@josephalexanderjr.5111]

ARTV why you so emo

[@Revidescent84]

I'm pretty sure they swiped that idea from Reggie and the Full Effect, they had that video with a Lochness Monster puppet a few years before that lol.

[@clairef.9970]

ARTV hey Jon nice to see you here and BOTDF made me want to die

[@theguyfromdirethorns8188]

that music video is a fucking masterpiece. not joking

[@ArtemyMusha]

Why does Edge look like he's thinking to himself, "For the love of God please go away I'm trying to sing good lord help me!"?

[@poitor5915]

or maybe is this what’s it like to be a lead singer😩

[@LaNoLaCola]

That Styx song and video is like a poor man's Oingo Boingo.

[@roseofsilence]

I actually came to say that. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that

[@rolandoroyster8536]

It reminded me of something Weird Al wouldve done in the 80s

[@thema1998]

@@rolandoroyster8536 If Weird Al did something like this, it probably would have charming instead of ridiculous and kinda cringey.

[@LotsaFails]

This video might have been the exact moment Tommy Shaw realized DDY had lost his mind ans Styx was done

[@ericcernech3883]

LotsaFails fucking DDY...ruined a damn good band.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Hit That by The Offspring looks like a mashup of Reboot and Gorillaz.

[@LaydiNite]

It reminds me of Butt Ugly Martians...

Easily the worst video of their ENTIRE career.

[@effierideout3796]

I like the song, but I think the video is absolute hot garbage

[@mikethegrunty5968]

I can’t unsee it😂

[@scrapp1368]

Jimmy Neutron Looked Better than this. REBOOT LOOKED BETTER THAN THIS!!!!!!

[@daionsavage]

The “Dancing in the street” video was shot in one evening in order to be shown during Live aid the next day. So: nope, no-one spent any kind of money on that production, and yes: it shows. ;)

[@ninthaeon8106]

I am one of the biggest Rush fans on the planet. They are the reason I became a musician and a writer, and pretty much the reason I love music to this day. That being said, I'm glad that you included them on this list because their music videos are definitely not one of their better aspects.

[@JamesOhGoodie]

5:50 Ah Rush. I love that song, but yeah, that video is borderline Mario Paint effects. I kind of love it in an ironic way though.

[@patricklauer4452]

JamesOhGoodie same

[@lipsterman1]

One of their best songs. Want to have that song at my funeral. I'm glad I never saw the video.

[@Tsiguel]

Even though the offspring music is upbeat, the message is anything but, this song is about leaving kids to fend for themselves because parents still want to "hit that". I think this weird off-putting video matches the message well,

[@memyopinionsche6610]

What Gene Simmons did a cover of PORDIGY firestarter? Will i guess that can added to another top 10 bad cover songs

[@patricklauer4452]

Me my opinion Sche yep

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

Never found out until now

[@nealmcbealthenavysealicall794]

Here I thought the only cover that existed was the one used for Just Cause 3

[@nataliedelacey2338]

Just TERRRRIBLE

[@Waaagh40KRed]

Thank you. Also could you add Psychosexual's cover of Love you to Death.

[@pinkmonkeybird2644]

I’m a huge David Bowie fan, and I have to admit that “Dancing in the Streets” is one of his worst videos ever. There are several from the early 90s that are really bad! But he’s made so many ground-breaking, innovative, touching, cerebral and creative ones that I try to forget the truly awful ones.

[@cameramanboyfriend6177]

In fairness to this particular video, it was made - like the song itself - in a huge rush for the Live Aid Concert in 1985. That's why it was shot on the cheap. But yes : noble intentions aside ... it sucks.

[@peppermint1712]

>not putting Devin Townsend on the canadian export list bad taste my boy

[@ryanbollinger1759]

Devin Townsend is awesome!🤘🤘

[@krisdaschwab912]

Incidentally, Vampira or Lucky Animals would be fantastic choices for this series.

[@axfn93]

Vampira is hilarious though

[@clairef.9970]

Marianas Trench is also a good Canadian band

[@RBRSC]

One of my more inspired jokes, before youtube took it down, was editing 'Moves like Jagger' over the Dancing in the Street video.

[@mmsiphonevinyls1027]

Seth C that sounds amusing

[@douglaskirk5462]

I have to confess that I would like to see that.

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

I still prefer the "without music" version of this video: awkward shoe-squeaking and whispered sing-talking, it's glorious

[@Shadoestar]

"Music Time," from that dark period where Dennis DeYoung's Broadway obsession finally drove Styx into the ground. I had totally forgotten about that Gene Simmons abomination. Also, I love Rush and I've never done drugs.

[@linainverse9369]

I'm from a state where weed is legal, so I've smoked it and listened to Rush...it doesn't change anything if anyone was curious

[@Smokey_2603]

Good for you

[@hellonurd8957]

Let's be grateful there isn't a Limp Bizkit video where some fangirl is licking Fred Durst's face!

[@avivmeshil2653]

What? No video of LB shows that

[@avivmeshil2653]

Besides,Fred is a way talented director than a singer or a song writer.

[@hellonurd8957]

*let's be grateful there isn't*

[@KarmicBead]

Don't jinx it, dude.

[@K.J.S.est1994]

Well there’s one with Fred kidnapping an innocent girl and screaming into her face with a megaphone!

[@CORF.]

I’d really like to rewind to 5 minutes ago when I didn’t know Gene Simmons did a cover of Firestarter.... Good god man The Prodigy didn’t deserve that

[@MusicBox418]

the offspring had their music videos collected on a dvd with commentary from Noodles and Dexter for every video. When it came to the video for Hit That, they talked about nothing for the entire video and didn't even take notice of it until the very end.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

I kinda wanna see that now actually

[@xxx_these.flightless.wings_xxx]

Wait, where can I see that?

[@gabrieloksa1578]

Journey - Separate Ways... Air guitars, bass and even AIR KEYBOARDS... Oh my gosh!

[@kellybarthel8060]

Beat me to it. Band at the top of its fame and they still would not release a video due to this horrible video. Good thing for journey that radio was still big.

[@Friartuck102]

Watch Meshuggah "New Millenium Cyanide Christ". Best air guitar video OF ALL TIME!

[@TheStompboxer]

Kelly Barthel They were raised on it.

[@jeremyc9593]

Great song, but yeah that video is bad. So bad that it's good.

[@lilymcallister9751]

@@jeremyc9593 lol..yup, i still watch it. Just like Toto's Africa. It makes no sense but it's awesome.

[@TheTonyahawk]

You didn't mention that the video for "Rock Me Tonight" effectively ended Billy Squire's career!!!! Looking forward to this series!!!

[@freeparking301]

That’s what happens when you let a guy who would later bring us High School Musical direct your video. However Billy Squier is still awesome.

[@coltsfan354]

I'm just more confused that Gene Simmons is covering The Prodigy.

[@patricklauer4452]

coltsfan354 yeah same

[@TheAstronomyFloyd]

Not as weird as a band called The Zimmers covering it, look that one up

[@peterferguson8058]

I am just gonna say.. Yah, I am thinking that a lot of girls in the 70s, said "I wanna lick Jimmy's face"

[@crankjazz]

Indeed

[@oldworldpatriot8920]

True

[@davidmonypeny5734]

I read recently a book about the beginnings of MTV called "I Want My MTV" and you're right about the massive amounts of cocaine use in those days. There was a great story about the fact that early on they had no money to pay the crew, so they'd pay them in coke and hide it in the craft service budget. Also, the funniest stories involved not just the usual suspects drug use, but the soft rockers. Steve Porcaro of Toto hates all their videos because they were coked out of their heads when they did them. And their was a story about the manager of Mr. Mister (!) intercepting a Fed Ex package loaded with coke that was meant for the band. A great read, they also talked about the success of The Real World and later Jersey Shore affectively ended them playing music at all. A fun, terrific read.

[@michaelmtv]

Oh god my everything hurts with that last one, BOTDF is up there with Limp Bizkit in terms of awfulness except Bizkit has a level of self awareness and Durst growing up the past decade of so

[@RainBloodReviews]

Michael Tabbut Fred Durst has directed all the music videos (or at least most of them) for the band Ded who aren’t a bad Nu Metal/Alternative Metal band.

[@michaelmtv]

Like I said, he's grown up a bit, still don't care for his music but I would rather listen to their entire discography over ANYTHING by BOTDF

[@wadekemmsies7180]

Wes Borland is a great guitarist tho and the rest of the band is actually pretty talentes.

[@mikebrideson6512]

That's being said the dancing in the streets from David bowie and mick jagger any questions you be the judge

[@katej2284]

There's a Family Guy episode where they play the entire Dancing In The Streets video and then Peter says 'That happened. And we let it happen' and that about sums it up 😄

[@FFVison]

As a Judas Priest fan, I feel it is my duty to suggest the music video for Turbo Lover. Another worthy suggestion that is strange and also impressive (note it's done in 1 shot) is Primus - Mr. Krinkle. Then again, pretty much any Primus music video is weird.

[@Eris_Norregard]

Turbo Lover is amazingly hilarious :D

[@freeparking301]

I know it’s basic a rite of passage to rag on the album Turbo but Turbo Lover is my shit hahaha. That video is bad though from Halford kinda dancing or swaying or whatever he’s doing to the weird animation to the metal video chick chasing a wheel down a desert street. It’s up there with the “Screaming in the Night” video from Krokus or “No One Like You” by the Scorpions. However that twin guitar solo still kicks ass.

[@FFVison]

@@freeparking301 Heh, full disclosure, I also love the song Turbo Lover. The video is... yeah, the video "is". Heh, I have even sung it for Karaoke before, though it has been years.

[@branjohn205]

@@FFVison You're right, Turbo Lover is great. It was the very first song I ever heard from Priest.

[@aaronhurst4379]

4:06 Was that girl taking a goddamn SELFIE with The Edge?? In 1993??

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Stanley Kubrick took a mirror selfie in 1980

[@Jeromus1970]

The video for Bowie and Jagger's Dancing in the Street was shot in one night at the last minute so that it could premier during the Live Aid concert. The original plan was for them to perform a song together with one in London and the other in Philadelphia and the two of them linked by satellite. However, the delay this would case meant that one would have to lip sync his performance, which neither was willing to do. So, they recorded the song and did the video in one night for it to be ready.

[@Wrathchild1995]

I actually can't believe Gene Simmons covered Firestarter by Prodigy, badly XD Even more reason to hate him

[@JaxonHex]

I think dancing in the street proves two things. One: Mick Jagger and David Bowie lost a bet with a sadist. Two: they are so awesome that they have credibility after making this.

[@poitor5915]

2 ,with a pound of blow

[@linainverse9369]

Aside from making them looking like absolute fools, this whole thing is pointless

[@nicoyazawa6837]

Huh, no wonder why I never heard of Blood On The Dance Floor. These guys look something that would fade into obscurity really quick.

[@nicoyazawa6837]

Wow, and I thought Falling in Reverse was bad...

[@archivedaccount5990]

Even the name sounds confusing. "Blood on the Dance Floor"? Like, is that supposed to be like a nightclub metaphor or is is a reference to that one scene from Collateral? I don't get it...

[@archivedaccount5990]

Kind of a weird thing to homage. That's like naming your band "Billie Jean" or "Smooth Criminal."

[@TheCoreHour]

Don’t even bother heard their singer is a pedo/rapist....

[@nicoyazawa6837]

Besides, "Blood on the Dance Floor" sounds a bit too edgy for my tastes. Now, "Panic! At the Disco," _that_ is something I'd jam to.

[@wrenrhodes1155]

Gene simmons just ruined Firestarter, and i'm a huge prodigy fan, the guys who made the original in the late 90's

[@patricklauer4452]

Mayumi Rhodes ヒキ タン Reclusive Doll Family same them and Daft Punk got me into electronic music thanks to my mum :P

[@TheOneTrueTMan]

Time Stand Still's video is a so-bad-it's-good masterpiece tbh

[@OurTalisman]

Styx and bad music videos. "you can't stop the music y o u b a s t a r d s."

[@davidmonypeny5734]

Oh yes "Kilroy Was Here." I saw an article in Billboard a couple of weeks ago and Dennis DeYoung was talking about the fact that the rest of Styx had to finally start playing "Mr. Roboto in concert because promoters were demanding it (they hadn't played it in concert apparently for years). He's been playing it in his shows for years. Styx says he's full of shit, no one is "making" them do it, they've just decided to add it to the playlist. DeYoung still thinks it's a masterpiece, the other guys claim they went along with it knowing it was a disaster so that they could finally get rid of him. The thing is it did kill their career, but at the time it sold really well.

[@chrisorsten]

@@davidmonypeny5734 Kilroy Was Here was a platinum album with 2 top 10 singles - Mr Roboto and Dont Let It End, so it would not have killed their career. The problem was it broke up the band.

[@jaynoir5727]

You subjected yourself to Blood on the Dance Floor...I salute you for your dedication to this cause no one should be subjected to that 😂

[@ThisIsReadyMade]

Rush’s “Time Stand Still” is pretty goofy but you NEED to see “The Big Money.” It’s even funnier.

[@patricklauer4452]

ThisIs ReadyMade 🤣👌

[@geddyleessoup5086]

Yes it is 😂

[@peppermint1712]

also I'm surprised Gene Simmon's firestarter cover isn't in your top 10 worst video

[@spectator7269]

Peppermint It is.

[@peppermint1712]

his worst COVERS video my guy

[@averagebritishguy7082]

@@Karmy. He seems to be a rock guy mostly, and The Offspring are more of a techno act.

[@susi-emily]

@@averagebritishguy7082 Offspring? Techno? They're punk, ffs. Admittedly, American punk, and certainly no Ramones, but punk all the same.

[@GregariousMedia]

Journey - Separate Worlds Their best song (imo) = Their worst video

[@Metfan722]

I'm still partial to Any Way You Want It as their best song. But Separate Ways is absolutely their cheesiest video.

[@josephrowe849]

Same is said to Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf. For Journey's case, their next album Raised on Radio in 1986 had no videos for their songs because of how disappointed they were in the Separate Ways video.

[@freeparking301]

Seeing Jonathon Cain play “air keyboards” and having the band sing menacingly in the camera along with enough scenes to fill a “how not to make a music video” book. The 80s were great when it came to hilariously bad videos.

[@BLSfan2000]

Hi Luke! The video for "Firestarter" by Gene Simmons is a cover. The song is originally by The Prodigy back in 1996.

[@mccallosone4903]

That Styx video is an homage to many early silent films in cinema. a horrible, poorly executed homage accompanied by a terrible song. Billy Squier has called his video the most embarrassing moment of his life

[@Wyheree]

The 80's is a goldmine for bad music videos - one that springs to mind is "Rock You Like A Hurricane" (Scorpions) - it has "sexy" rabid aliens thrashing against a cage. Or "Lick It Up" (Kiss) - Mad Max meets weird softcore. Or the classic Separate Ways (Journey) - bad air keyboards and angry punk girl. On a side note, I have a soft spot for Time Stand Still - wacky video and all. I'm looking forward to the next installment!

[@VikoTheBassist]

Firestarter is a song originally by the Prodigy that I love... completely ruined by Gene Simmons.

[@mmsiphonevinyls1027]

Youre right about Dancing In The Street , its pretty well known that both recording it and making the video were rushed and all done in one day.

[@owenhutchison4295]

Glad to see the Time Stand still video on there. Their video for distant early warning is pretty weird too.

[@ianherrick3526]

13:08 Yeah. That happened. And we let it happen.

[@stephenrosenfelder8125]

Ian Herrick, Family Guy references are TIGHT!

[@joejackman2798]

Is there a limit to how many blood on the dance floor music videos there will be? Because they can be on every list you can do of this format.

[@thenoodledrop]

Here to see if Time Stand Still by Rush made it on the list

[@emperorofrome692]

Separate Ways by Journey. Great song, great band, terrible music video.

[@DokkaChapman]

U2 made up for that music video though. They released 'Numb' as a 3 track VHS and there's a remix of the title track that has a way better video that fits into the 'Zoo City' style.

[@jvondd]

I remember the first time I saw anything from Blood On The Dance Floor. Immediately I called my friend and asked him if he wanted to see the worst thing ever. He was hesitant but gave me the go-ahead. I sent him a link to the video for Bewitched. He didn't talk to me for a while after that, but we both seemed to agree that this musical act was terrible.

[@jeremybennett3104]

That Billy Squire video ruined his career

[@Jaspertine]

Not sure how well you know your EDM, but Firestarter is actually a cover of a Prodigy song. Making this possibly the first time in history that anyone has ever said "I prefer the Prodigy's version of that song."

[@cartmann94]

A bad, ugly and weird video from Styx that Isn’t Mr. Roboto? What are the odds?

[@mvangord1]

You really need to see the video for Bullets by Creed. Just trust me on this one, it's...something.

[@thatonebritishidiot3037]

That the CG video game looking one

[@mesousagaby740]

"Uh, excuse me Edge, this really sucks, maybe we shouldn't do this."

[@RushFanatic87]

Honestly, as a Rush fan, I was waiting for “Time Stand Still.” Beautiful, poignant song that means so much more now that Neil’s gone, but even the music video for “The Big Money” was better than that lol!!! Even the members of Rush have joked about how bad that music video was.

[@Stygosi]

Thank you. I had no idea Gene Simmons did a cover of The Prodigy!

[@TheTonyahawk]

Weren't we better off not knowing!! The Prodigy song is great, Gene's cover not so much. Rock on Stygosi!!

[@NoHomers23]

The black keys actually hated the video, the text at the bottom was their actual thoughts regarding it.

[@maniacaldude]

I love Rush's "Time Stand Still", but the video was unbelievably hokey. On another note, the director of the music video was Polish filmmaker Zbigniew Rybczynski, who had previously won the 1982 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film with "Tango", an obnoxious and repetitive bunch of experimental nonsense.

[@bloodstaindew1888]

The music video for Stick Stickly by Attack Attack!. Ironically gave us one of the greatest music video memes ever.

[@LabRat1001]

Man, after watching "hit that" I really feel like making that my first project to animate, just to see whether I can do it better

[@bobbler42]

"Firestarter” is a cover of the Prodigy. It’s still awful, just unoriginally so, and loses a lot in translation from a muddy field in Essex. "Dancing in the Street”’s video was done in an evening as part of Bob Geldof’s BandAid push. It is also a cover.

[@Thrano]

I was hoping to see Time stand still on this. I love Rush to bits, but this video is just hilarious.

[@tommymarx391]

"I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" was an oral history released in 2011. Chapter 21 is titled "A Whopping, Steaming Turd", devoted to the worst video ever made, Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonite". Many people believe the video killed his career, and the saddest part is, the song itself is actually good. But dear gods, that video!

[@ReaperJ202]

You know, I just got Blood on the Dance Floor out of my High School years. That was my generation's Limp Bizkit, now in 2018, I ended up reliving that hell again. Thanks man, you give a man a freaking solid.

[@humanoidtyphoon95]

At least the animation in "Hit That" is better that Mass Effect Andromeda

[@solarwinds5114]

Underrated comment

[@epicgam2317]

The animation in food fight is better than mass effect Andromeda.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

I actually like the Hit That music video :( I think because the CGI blue guy reminds me of the Gorillaz lol

[@XLRider2]

I'm surprised you didn't point out that the Gene Simmon's track is a cover of a song by The Prodigy.

[@patricklauer4452]

Rin Yumetoba yeah same

[@WitchTrials92]

Curse you Luke why did you have to shove Pink by Aerosmith back into my eardrum ughhhh are you trying to make me vomit ewwwwww

[@tomservo5347]

I've read that the 'Dancing In The Streets' video showed a progressively drunken Bowie and Jagger as the shoot went on. The butt shot at the end is probably a nod to Jagger's wife stating she walked in on both of them naked sharing a bed.

[@jaredtaylor2732]

Fun fact. Gene Simmons doesnt actually drink or do drugs.

[@johnc.bobbitt2652]

Probably should

[@andu1854]

He is a sex addict,,

[@nailbunny95jthm36]

His reactions when he's grossed out by something always makes me fall out of my chair laughing 😂

[@Metroid4ever]

2:52 Gotta agree with your side note there, Luke. I understand if it was an accident or the wind changes direction, but yeah, not cool.

[@zdoggzero6595]

10. Wot in tarnation (also the director probably thought “wow Dennis DeYoung is a douchebag”) 9. I think Beavis and Butthead beat us to the punch on ripping this video 8. Okayyyyy this might be the most random use of puppets since the happytime murders 7. THE INNOCENCE SLIIIIIIIIPS AWAYYYYYY, time stands still, TIME STANDS STIIIIIILLLLL 6. Oh god why, you’re better than this Aerosmith (and I’ll see that bunny in my nightmares) 5. Uhhhh can somebody call an ambulance? I think Billy Squier is having a seizure 4. Ok I liked conspiracy of one it’s actually one of my favorite offspring albums, but this ain’t it chief 3. This actually seems so bad it’s hilarious, I wanna be mad at this but I just can’t xD 2. (Obvious family guy joke here) Ok fine this happened and we let it happen. Happy? 1. I haven’t seen this video in ages, it’s still pretty bad.

[@derekwilliams1660]

You picked "Time Stand Still" from rush. Yeah I guess it is , but the ABSOLUTE WORST rush video is "Distant Early Warning" .

[@geddyleessoup5086]

Derek williams the video for the big money is pretty goofy too.

[@lunarfrost5756]

I'm so excited that this will be an ongoing series. There's a certain Primus video that NEEDS to be torn apart.

[@ivanchernov3041]

Wasn’t firestarter a the prodigy song?

[@zepfan007]

Elton John: I'm still standing.

[@patricklauer4452]

Ralph Salazar that song is a bop!

[@zepfan007]

@@patricklauer4452 hmm, i guess i was wrong with figuring it was pop rock.

[@rebeccasmith8119]

That's true

[@Indigodelta383]

That Styx music video look like it was made by david lynch on a Sugar High

[@JamesOhGoodie]

EEEYES! "Rock Me Tonight" made the list! I swear, that video is like a Ninja Sex Party video only not intentionally funny.

[@deebedwell580]

JamesOhGoodie: That video basically started the end of his “real” career. That dude could really being it, live, though.

[@Revidescent84]

Dude yes! When I first saw that video a few years ago, I thought, "man, if this was done today by the Darkness or Ninja Sex Party, it'd work and be a huge hit."

[@mr.jman101hauntspawn-inc.9]

Les claypool can make some weird stuff, maybe the offspring was trying to make their own version of dog abuse, "im lost from my offspring"

[@trelard]

Not a fan of U2's stuff much past the mid 90's, but that video for Numb was supposed to be an allegory for all this wild shit that happens around him, and since it's all the time, he's now numb to it. Or something.

[@shanewright2772]

That Rush video is outstanding!

[@theThomas1a]

Thankfully The Offspring had some better animation for their music video for Divide By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell

[@marshmerry9819]

Shake Hands With Beef by Primus. Great song but I have no idea what... anyone was thinking during that video.

[@VikoTheBassist]

Marshall Merryrose Most Primus music videos are pretty weird and crazy. Mr. Krinkle, Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver, Lacquer Head, John The Fisherman, My Name Is Mud.

[@ericschenher5526]

Cool, I'm going to check that out, didn't know there was a video for that song.

[@marshmerry9819]

All of them are weird, but they're weird in a good way. Shake Hands With Beef's isn't.

[@FeelingShred]

Some people (specially the ones who graduated in "art") have the sense that anything weird can be considered "avant-garde" or whatever. I was not speaking of you, Mike Patton, but if the shoe fits it's your problem.

[@WitchTrials92]

Hey Luke I was recently at my local thrift store perusing the CDs and I found two copies of Crazy Town's debut album The Gift of game I remembered your episode remembered how bad the music was and promptly put them back how much were they asking for a Bad album 99 cents and it wasn't even worth that

[@cmucodemonkey]

Styx is definitely rock, but that video couldn't have been more cliche 80's.

[@jimmcrae1258]

if anyone has ever seen or heard Celine Dion try to do an acdc number you will truly know what bad is.

[@alex_flamer]

What about Black Hole Sun from Soundgarden, Until it Sleeps from Metallica, Fade to Grey from Visage, or any Kid Rock music video?

[@ladystoneheart8155]

What? Black Hole Sun’s video is amazing. You either need to do fewer drugs or more drugs. Or just better drugs

[@senatorcthulu1815]

I didn't even know Gene Simmons covered Firestarter. Holy shit, it's one of the worst covers i've ever heard.

[@MrJwak67]

I don't know what you're talking about. Rush's "Time Stands Still" video is a god damn comedy masterpiece

[@VaultCon]

3:27 U2's music video also inspired Royal Republic's "Tommy Gun" music video as a kind of parody, which is a good song btw.

[@sonokawaray]

8:18 Oh hi, Danny Sexbang. I see that time machine worked like a charm.

[@CivilianSatellite]

I was kind of expecting Journey's "Separate Ways" to make the list, but I guess everybody already knows how awful that video is.

[@RamóhanMercader97]

Just finding out Gene Simmons covered a classic from The Prodigy is really disheartening- wish I could forget this Also not bad lyrics originally, but coming out his mouth? Yeah

[@kjoc70]

Dancing in the Streets video was made for Live Aid. They wanted to do a duet with Bowie in London while Jagger was in Philly, but realized the satellite delay would make that impossible.