Worst Prog Music Videos?
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Topic: Worst Prog Music Videos?
Posted By: Sheavy
Subject: Worst Prog Music Videos?
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 19:54
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I just came across the Music Video for Kevin Ayers Caribbean Moon. Lord God almighty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-C2Ar4gpi8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-C2Ar4gpi8 Any other music videos from Prog bands that made your appreciation for said artist go down? ------------- 
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 20:08
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It didn't reduce my opinion of Rush any, but lordy, the video for "Time Stand Still" was awful. (worse cos it's one of my favorite songs of theirs) ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 21:12
Oh lordy, that's awful. Bad video for a bad song.  I don't even want to think along these lines at all. Time to say goodnight. And yeah, Time Stand Still is unwatchable.------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 21:16
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Time Stand Still came to mind first as well. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 21:36
I think you meant bad video for a great song ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Progosopher wrote:Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 21:54
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I'm still trying to picture a good prog video.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 22:19
 I think that's just British humor. 
Me? There's not a video for which I would like the band or its music any less. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGT0aZBK_Yk#t=2m23s" rel="nofollow - The one for Yes - "Everydays" looks really abominable, though. That's not the Yes I want people to know. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 23:10
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Nothing is worse than this one.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBMpHl-1WU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBMpHl-1WU
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 21 2013 at 23:14
really, cstack3, I'd rather forget that that video even existed  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 00:16
Thanks for confirming my judgement, ProgMetaller!! Yeah, amazingly putrid....some of the best musicians in prog history doing that stuff?? Ugh!! Then again....they sure made a lot of money at it!
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 00:33
that video actually disgusts me  Yes they did but lost some pride in the process ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: ScorchedFirth
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 01:25
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not necessarily prog, but i always though of UJR as prog-related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyk-gmydbHs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyk-gmydbHs not to mention this IQ video for Promises http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGs8HUMow74" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGs8HUMow74 ------------- breathing, eating, defecating, screwing, drinking, spewing, sleeping... 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 01:39
Well I like it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 01:46
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How about Pendragon's `Saved By You'?! Very cheesy video, but the song always makes me smile, and I actually really like their `Kowtow' album the song is from - a cool mix of new-wave, pop and prog, rather good!
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Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 01:47
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you ain’t seen nothing yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu2SkBK1mR4 ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 01:49
I have found it very funny, both the song and the video. I remember ti have laughed a lot the first time I watched it on TV. It was about 1977. It's a joke and has to be taken as a joke in the vein of Gong instead of Soft Machine. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 02:04
Iguana! I LOVE IT lol!! 
Man, that singer is wired in the `improvised movement' sections!! But that song is full of some great proggy bits all through the song, kind of cool lol! They kind of sounded like a more bent version of Saga or something!
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 02:04
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 02:26
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Posted By: awaken77
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 02:40
i'd say it is their best! (video, not song itself) but, Land Of Confusion is better
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 02:47
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This is the video Iguana posted a link for above, I thought I'd format it so everyone can just click and watch:
Who is this band?!?! Does anyone know anything more about them or any of the players? The band themselves are really quite good (love the Yes/Rush-styled chunky bass!), but man that singer is on some serious crack! Any info would be great! Thanks again to Iguana for the initial link! 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 06:41
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This one's kind of hard to watch. But again, video production values were different in the 1970s. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 10:39
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This is pretty terrible. And hilarious.
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Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 10:57
| For the record, I love maudlin of the Well though. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 11:02
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"Dont Kill the Whale" "Love will Find a Way" ------------- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQD8uhpWXCw" rel="nofollow - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Road Rage Edition |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 11:13
I'm wondering if you think that the lyrics to that song are something of a love song, or "YOUR" idea of what a Caribbean Moon is? There is a massive difference, and folks like Kevin, came out of the "beat" generation with a lot of literary folks, and the basic idea of going to the Carebbean is for a nice vacation and sunshine ... not a black hole and ... Kevin's humor is very English ... I'm not sure that everyone will get this, or appreciate the humor behind it. I like it ... a video has to kiss my bunnies, too, now! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 12:02
I really like this Yes song from "The Big Generator" (An album I also love), but when it to the video... I frankly was embarrased for them. So I never watched the video again... that is until a minute ago...again I was very frientened and I reguritated! Reminds me of ELP's Love Beach album cover. The video was just a product of the 80's.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiD2HsMItnY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiD2HsMItnY
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 13:50
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 14:15
| ^ Oh, ... John, John, John, ... Jonathan Wetton, ... . |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 14:16
The humour of it was completely lost on me. -------------
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 14:53
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 14:56
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^^ I hadn't noticed that before, but you're right -- Eddie Jobson is in there!
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 15:02
Okay, a lot of 80's videos were ridiculous, but this one is a pearl in its genre. I'm nearly sure the actress lost a bet to wear this helmet and to run under the rain in a swimsuit. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 15:02
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@HolyMoly: More like one of the funniest prog videos I've ever seen. Funniest =/= worst. Bravo, Anderson and Barre. Thank you, Steve.
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Posted By: Astral Traveller
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 16:52
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Owner of a Lonely Heart, Jon looked too stereotypically '80s. Jesus He Knows Me by Genesis is pretty awful. Same goes for A Trick of The Tail, Misunderstanding, and No Son of Mine. Matte Kudasai was somewhat ok. The Barbarian by ELP was godawful. ------------- 
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. -Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 16:55
| ^ I thought the video for "Misunderstanding" was OK. It's fa-a-a-a-a-ar from being the worst prog video. |
Posted By: Astral Traveller
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 17:01
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^ Misunderstanding to me is where Genesis made the transition from Prog Band to Pop Band. Its Phil's "collapsing love song". The video was very similar to what you would see on MTV today if it still ran videos constantly. A guy trying to win his girlfriend back, isn't that really what every current #1 pop song is about on a very basic level. -------------
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 17:03
| ^ I thought we were discussing videos, not songs. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 17:08
I liked the Trick Of The Tail Video ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 18:17
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All this talk of Genesis and no one mentioned "Illegal Alien"? /i know, it's scrubbed from your brain cells ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 18:39
Hey, I liked that video and song  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 18:51
^No you didn't 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 23 2013 at 01:54
this one?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 23 2013 at 01:58
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what do people make of this one?
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: January 23 2013 at 07:59
A lot of English humor goes right by most people ... don't feel left out, because you just missed the next joke! You are better off sticking with Mr. Bean reading the dictionary for you ... trust me ... it's good, and the meanings are not esoteric, strange or totally un-american!
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: sturoc
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 18:15
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Have to say being an ardent Genesis person from their early beginnings until after Duke (of which only parts I like) That any song such as 'Misunderstanding', 'We can't dance', 'Illegal Aliens' etc etc are truly not Progressive tracks at all. But more like Phil Collins ballads and mixed up pop music. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 18:20
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 18:24
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Posted By: otto pankrock
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 18:25
| How about Zero the Hero from Black Sabbath? Great tune, hilarius video. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 25 2013 at 01:58
The peformance bits are great but there is footage intercut with it that is a little odd admittedly.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 25 2013 at 02:14
do they have to be????? think about it ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Jonathan
Date Posted: January 26 2013 at 06:45
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IMHO probably "Prison Sex" by Tool. I've never watched the video but I've heard it's very offensive.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 26 2013 at 13:11
I quite like that video. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Theo_Green
Date Posted: January 28 2013 at 17:26
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Seven The Hard Way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P8GWqgibJk Great musicians but terrible song and video. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 28 2013 at 23:38
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All this talk about lame videos no one mentions Hearbeat by King Crimson
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: February 28 2013 at 23:45
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^ Just checked it out. 0:21-0:28 just sickened me and forced me to close the tab. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 28 2013 at 23:47
^^ I know it's one of those videos that makes one wanna 
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: fusaka
Date Posted: March 01 2013 at 06:56
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Asia - Face on the Bridge. It doesn't even have the excuse of having been filmed in the 80's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BnTSkqNG_o" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BnTSkqNG_o (Embedding videos doesn't seem to work on my end....)
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 01 2013 at 12:56
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Kansas from their Live Full of Whiskey CD. The video was released as a DVD companion disc with the 'Works in Progress' CD for some inexplicable reason. Walsh is toasted to the gills and rest of the band even seems a bit embarrassed by him: ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: March 02 2013 at 05:31
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No. No No. EVERYONE PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!!!!! Below is *the* WORST VIDEO (as well as song) .........EVER! This is so embarrassing! |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: March 02 2013 at 09:02
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¨Well, I don't think this is a bad video: it looks like an unreleased episode of Black Adder III. The music? Jethro Tull in his hard rock era. Not that bad, come on, it's even better than ZZ Top! |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 02 2013 at 12:46
No, they ain't. It seems that entertainment has always been Tull's forte, ... let alone adult entertainment. I quite liked the song. As per video, it's not as poorly conceived as that for "Heartbeat", ... though I do wish Ian had lost the tasteless aspect of his humor.
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Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 02:39
The whole album is pretty horrible. But that song........ ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 02:41
| ^ So, what, we have plenty of people despising the Michael Jackson style? |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 12 2013 at 00:55
That was hilarious!! By no means is that a "bad" video. I'd expect nothing less than that sort of humor from Tull, too. I've never seen that video, btw...thanks for posting it! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: March 12 2013 at 01:41
Honestly, knowing Toby's sense of humour, I'm wondering if that's supposed to be stupidly cheesy in a funny way.
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Posted By: Memory Cube
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 20:55
| "Illegal Alien" by Genesis I thought was pretty bad. Rush's "Time Stand Still" was definitely not well made, but at least it's kind of funny (sort of) as opposed to the other one. |