{"id":439,"date":"2006-08-18T12:25:15","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2006\/08\/18\/friday-night-videos-80s-cheese\/"},"modified":"2006-08-18T12:25:15","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T17:25:15","slug":"friday-night-videos-80s-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Videos: 80s Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Rush: Time Stand Still (1987)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ylViJpX1KBs\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ylViJpX1KBs\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/2006\/06\/23\/choose-your-own-awesome-videos\/\">Some time ago<\/a> I featured Rush&#8217;s video for Distant Early Warning, claiming that it edged out this video for awfulness. Upon reflection, it&#8217;s obvious that I was wrong as wrong can be. Seeing all three band members plus Aimee Mann sailing about under the influence of some video editor&#8217;s shaky hand may induce nausea, but it&#8217;s more than the abuse of green-screen technology that makes this video so bad. Given that the song is a lament about how fast time passes and how it would be nice if time would stand still for a moment, <i>why is everyone bobbing drunkenly about<\/i>? Don&#8217;t quit the video early or you&#8217;ll miss Aimee Mann, finally freed from her stint behind a video camera, floating on a never-ending sea of Rush.<\/p>\n<p><b>Billy Squier: Rock Me Tonite (1984)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Xelh0sFo3VY\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Xelh0sFo3VY\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, Freddy Mercury had nothing to do with this song or video &#8212; it wasn&#8217;t until two years later that he and Squier collaborated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush: Time Stand Still (1987) Some time ago I featured Rush&#8217;s video for Distant Early Warning, claiming that it edged out this video for awfulness. Upon reflection, it&#8217;s obvious that I was wrong as wrong can be. 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