With the Power of Rock and Roll... (a crazy-ass music videos thrread)

**Reverend Joe** · 03-09-2010, 18:11

Hey all, I've been thinking of starting a collection of the most ridiculous music videos ever to have hit the air, with a special focus placed on those completely crazy ones where people make stuff happen (i.e. deflect bullets) simply by playing their guitars. I dunno what it is about moments like that; part of me finds it to be the most ludicrously funny thing I've ever seen, but another part can't help but think "damn, that's awesome." Here's my problem, though: as someone who wasn't around in the 80's, and as a relative newcomer to metal, I've only been able to find two such videos so far:

Judas Priest's Breaking the Law, and

Damn Yankee's High Enough. (The magic starts at 3:12 in this one, just in case you don't want to sit through three minutes of awful ballad rock; the link will take you right to the intended start position.)

So, I need the help of all the music lovers out there. The quality of the music itself doesn't matter so much (as you can see, I've got Judas Priest, probably the second greatest metal band ever, and Damn Yankees, which is probably Ted Nugent's absolute low point in terms of music) as the absolute ridiculousness of the video itself.

So: get postin'!

Edit: almost forgot another -- AC/DC's Shake Your Foundations. There was just too much rock and roll for that building to contain.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 03-10-2010, 00:31

EPICNESS!

Quiet Riot - Cum on, Feel the Noize. Awesome guitar, epic song. The supernatural powers of Rock and Roll and Big Hair!

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KISS - Crazy Nights.

Great song, but not really the kind of video you're looking for. Interesting though, is that two alternative takes surfaced on YouTube. Fantastic! Four guys trying to look Rock and Roll, through take after tedious take. It shows what great editing can do for a music video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hBp...eature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC_B...eature=related

Still very cool! There's something about four guys in ridiculous outfits, monkeying around on stage, sweating coolness from their pores. I should post it in the manliness thread for Hooah to see!

**Lemur** · 03-10-2010, 00:38

Originally Posted by Reverend Joe

ridiculous music videos ever to have hit the air, with a special focus placed on those completely crazy ones where people make stuff happen (i.e. deflect bullets) simply by playing their guitars.

This might fit the bill. Rock'n'roll magic begins at 1:30.

**Hooahguy** · 03-10-2010, 02:02

**miotas** · 03-10-2010, 03:09

No rock and roll magic but still, this one is pretty rediculous.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Azathoth** · 03-10-2010, 06:15

Jim Morrison is high.

**drone** · 03-10-2010, 17:11

Great thread idea. The only problem is that I'm wasting hours of time looking through old 80's hair metal videos trying to remember which had the magic guitars instead of just regular cheesy special effects. I thought for sure Rock You Like a Hurricane would have guitar magic, sadly no. I'm sure Motley Crue had some, but their label apparently is pretty anal about the YouTube. The best I could find so far is another Judas Priest:

Halford makes a guy's head explode at 3:50.

I refuse to parse through Helloween videos, even though I'm pretty sure there will be several "winners"...