The music video has been a unique art form for nearly 30 years. The
medium has produced some truly inspired works of art, especially out of
a format that is intended to be little more than a promotional tool. Of
course, for every Sistine Chapel there will always be a thousand
midi-laden, clip-art-infected websites from the mid '90's. Here I
present to you a mere 5 of the countless music videos that just never
should have been created.
First off, the criteria for selection:
Each one of these videos isn't merely bad or uninventive. Every video
here represents some exceptionally awful aspect of the art and the
people who make it. Without further ado...
Alphaville- Forever Young
Oh, boy. Where to start? I'm not giving much weight to the songs themselves
in determining the awfulness of these videos, but this gratingly
melodramatic pile of cliches doesn't help an already dire situation. In
its attempt to be taken seriously, the video for "Forever Young" looks
a lot like unwitting self-parody. Read more
