Picture this: a bunch of pre and early teen tools riding their bikes home from swim team practice in early August 1981 to watch this new cable channel everyone was talking about. There were girls with us, sure, but as stated above we were tools so they couldn't have been less interested in us.

But damn there it was: MTV. Suddenly music was a whole package including visual. We loved it and watched every day. My parents thought our brains were going to rot out watching all these videos. There were no dumb reality shows just music video after music video. The music of the next 5-10 years pretty much defined my musical preference (Depeche, The Cure, The Smiths, Echo, Husker Du, Kate Bush, on and on and on).

For this Walrus I want to see music videos in the following categories:

1) Songs from 1981 or 1982 (preferably songs in which the video was in heavy rotation in those years on MTV). For whatever reason when I think of those years I think of this:



(Please don't submit "Video Killed The Radio Star")

2) Best Video from the 80's. I'm looking for a video and song that works together so both need to be solid. My vote that you shouldn't submit:



3) Best Video from the 90's. I'm looking for a video and song that works together so both need to be solid. My vote that you shouldn't submit (Arguably the best video of all time IMO):




4) Video that makes you like the song more. This can be anything from any era. For example, this Mumford video clearly articulated the meaning of the song to me and because I am an old sappy fool it made me love the song that much more.



I'll be fairly flexible here but make sure the song somehow reinforces the song or clarifies it's message or whatever. iFor this category only: It doesn't have to be the OFFICIAL ARTIST VIDEO

5) Post 2000 song that sounds heavily influenced by 80's music. I don't care about the genre or the artist just that it could have been an 80's song or was heavily influenced by 80's music.

I always thought this song could have been the ending of a John Hughes movie or something:



So that's it.

Scoring: I will judge based on the song AND the video
Due Date: Submissions due by August 1
Musical Preference: I prefer punk, post punk, indie, new wave, some hip hop, etc. to heavier stuff. But submit whatever you want outside of country. I'll probably be hard to please if you submit something like metal or hard rock tho.

I will probably reveal fairly quickly. Don't worry about pandering as much in this Walrus as a lot of the videos and songs I love will be obvious submissions. But if you can provide something off the beaten path that can only help!

Does the first song have to be from '81 or '82 or can it be from an earlier year as long as the video was in heavy rotation in '81/'82?

Sorry yes earlier is fine. Meant to be songs that were in heavy MTV rotation in 81/82

I worded that poorly

will in

best walrus ever

video killed the radio star was my first thought lol

there are not enough categories please make more. 5 is too few

In to submit every video in the OP and win

i'll probably give this a shot

Best walrus ever was the all Radiohead one. But this one is excellent.

I know something like this has worked in the past!

Will in, but no way was New Radicals "post-2000". Were they even still a band by then?

Weren’t New Radicals a band for the duration of one song?

ya that song was released in 98

<3

I understand it wasn't released in 2000+ just giving an example of a song that I thought sounds heavily 80's influenced

Will in probably

Have one entry in so far

I might get in this thing. It would only be my 2nd walrus.

It's infuriating that we ever even knew about that song. Worthless garbage filler songs aren't supposed to enter the broader public consciousness.

i just read about them. It was actually just one guy and the girl that was on Archie Bunker's Place sitcom plus session touring musicians. He basically quit because he was tired of touring a onehit wonder

He wanted to write/produce for others instead.

I kept hearing/reading EVERYONE say this was "SUCH AN 80s throwback" every time they mentioned it. I don't really see it much myself.
It doesn't sound like any 80s song I can think of.

Will be in later this week

I like the song for what it is. Bubble gum summer song. It's fine

Still only one submission at this point. Hopefully we get at least 10-12. Plenty of time though

Oops 2nd submission received

Don't get me wrong, I like plenty of vapid bubble gum music too. I just can't figure how that one broke through as well as it did.