Videos from childhood VHS tapes that people may not know (December 2016)
When I was a child, there was certain times when we would record lots of music videos on VHS tapes. The main times were 1985, 1988 and 1992. I am not quite sure why. 1988 was the main year for this. Of course, we would watch these videos over and over. There were some from special events such as the demented countdown, the top 100 of 1987 and of 1992 and the top 100 of all time. MTV and even Nickelodeon were the main sources. Some of these can still be watched today, although a bit grainy. The bulk of the videos were of big hits of the time, but this list is of songs that people may not even know about that I know all too well, probably because of having recorded these videos. They are not in order of the best, but they are all interesting. The late 80's were the best with expanded cable. There was one so obscure that I couldn't even find the name.
100. Sting- Be still my beating heart
99. Shooting Star- Summer Sun
98. AC/DC- Heatseeker
97. Sammy Hagar- I can’t Drive 55
96. Debbie Gibson- Out of the Blue
95. Megadeath- Sweating Bullets
94. Bruce Springsteen- One Step up
93. Run DMC- It’s Tricky
92. Pet Shop Boys- What have I done to deserve this?
91. Midnight Oil- Beds are Burning
90. Robert Palmer- Simply Irresistible
89. Prince- I could never take the place of your man
88. White Lion- Wait
87. Squeeze- Hourglass
86. Lita Ford- Kiss me Deadly
85. Cyndi Lauper- Change of Heart
84. Richard Marx- Don’t mean Nothin’
83. Foreigner- Say you will
82. Rod Stewart- Lost in you
81. Billy Ocean- Get out of my dreams get into my car
80. Guns N’ Roses- Garden of Eden
79. Georgia Satellites- Keep your hands to yourself
78. Glen Frey- Smuggler’s Blues
77. George Harrison- When we was Fab
76. Escape Club- Wild West
75. Rick Springfield- Love Somebody
74. Cher- I found someone
73. Fat Boys and Beach Boys- Wipe Out
72. Prince- Alphabet Street
71. Michael Bolton- Sitting on the dock of the bay
70. Paul Carrack- Don’t shed a tear
69. Johnny Hates Jazz- Shattered Dreams
68. MARRS- Pump up the Volume
67. Dokken- Burning Like a Flame
66. Starship- Sarah
65. Eric Carmen- Make me lose control
64. Steve Winwood- Don’t you know what the night can do
63. Cutting Crew- I’ve been in love before
62. Europe- Rock the Night
61. Loverboy- Notorious
60. Bananarama- I heard a Rumor
59. Dokken- Heaven Sent
58. Robert Plant- Tall cool one
57. Beach Boys- Get you back
56. Kiss- Reason to live
55. Bruce Hornsby and the Range- the Old Valley Road
54. They Might be Giants- Don’t let’s start
53. Swingout Sister- Breakout
52. Hall and Oates- Everything your heart desires
51. Cheap Trick- Don’t be Cruel
50. Ollie and Jerry- There’s no stopping us
49. Bryan Adams- Heat of the Night
48. Kiss- Turn on the Night
47. Heart- There’s the Girl
46. Billy Idol- To be a lover
45. Cinderella- Somebody save me
44. Kenny Loggins- Nobody’s Fool
43. Glass Tiger- Someday
42. Foreigner- I don’t want to live without you
41. Fat Boys- Can you feel it
40. David Lee Roth- Stand Back
39. Whitesnake- Gimme all your love tonight
38. Yes- Rhythm of Love
37. Squeeze- 8535937
36. Pink Floyd- Learning to fly
35. Pretty Poison- Catch me I’m Falling
34. Bangles- Walking down your street
33. Dire Straits- Twisting by the pool
32. Yes- Love will find a way
31. New Edition- Did you get it yet?
30. David Lee Roth- Going Crazy
29. Jerry Harrison- Rev it up
28. Run DMC- Mary Mary
27. Jump in the Saddle band- Curly Shuffle
26. Rick Springfield- Rock of Life
25. Carly Simon- Tired of being blonde
24. Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks- City of Crime
23. George Thorogood and The Destroyers- You talk too much
22. Wax- Building a bridge to your heart
21. Europe- Superstious
20. Icehouse- Electric Blue
19. Fat Boys and Chubby Checker- The Twist
18. Men without Hats- Pop goes the world
16. Devo- Love without anger
15. John Parr- Naughty Naughty
14. David Lee Roth- That’s Life
13. 10,000 Maniacs- Like the weather
12. The Godfathers- Birth, school, work, death
11. Cheech and Chong- Born in East LA
10. Mojo Nixon- Elvis is Everywhere
9. Barnes and Barnes- Fishheads
8. Surf MC’s- Surf or Die
7. Cyndi Lauper- There’s a hole in my heart that goes all the way too China
6. Henry lee Summer- Wish I had a girl who walked like that
5. Julie Brown- Homecoming Queen’s got a gun
4. Thomas Dolby- Airhead
3. Bobby Jimmy and the Critters- Roaches
2. Dystopia- Feet don’t fail me now
1. Joe King Corrasco and the Crowns- Party Weekend
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