thrihyrne: Portland, OR (The Stranglers-Aural Sculpture)
Thrihyrne ([personal profile] thrihyrne) wrote2009-06-10 11:20 pm
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'real version' remakes of some early MTV videos

I'm hooked. I admit it; I became a fan of doing laundry in 7th grade solely because my mom said I could watch MTV if -- and only if -- I was folding laundry. Some of these literal remakes are genius and show just how awful some of the original videos were. This one, of Billy Idol's White Wedding, I have to embed. In fall of '83, I was the last one in my household to go to school. My sister and brother went off, and my mom went off to grad school. Once I had the house to myself, I would illicitly turn on MTV and then call my then-best friend, Kelly Killingsworth, with whom I shared a birthday, when this video came on.

Yes, it's Thev trivia. And the literal remakes are glorious camp. Any others born around 1970 or thereabouts... welcome to parodies of our early adolescence.

[identity profile] thrihyrne.livejournal.com 2009-06-11 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. He's a case, to be sure! I just adored this video in the day. Then again, I was 13. :P Good times!