Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 okay so I'm watching that MTV Hits channel and the My Chemical Romance video comes on (not Helen, their first video)...another video follows, then after that, the Bowling For Soup video comes on (not 1985, the newest one)...in both of these videos, they play on the cliche of weird, outcast kids dealing with the rich, popular kids. I'm sorry, but I'm about tired of seeing that same ol cliche over and over again for years and years and years...okay we get it, you're "different", you're "weird", you're "not like the other kids"...I could tell that about you before you even came out with a video... anyway, are there any other video cliches that are starting to bug the hell out of people? are they stupid? played out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Michael Ian Black should post in this thread. Oh...and midgets. ... they are a cliche..not that they should post in this thread. Well...they could if they wanted too, just saying that I was answering the question not making a call for more midget posting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Seemed like for a while every rapper's first video was about growing up tough and poor in the ghetto...and their second video was cruising in Bentley's throwing hundred dollar bills around and dumping booze on stripper's asses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 I'm sick of seeing all these black people in rap videos. It's just racist. Oh...and midgets ... They're racist too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 All ghetto girl bands want to be beat up by their thug boyfriend. I be hating all of the damn Kayne West backup vocal gimmickry. All Mulatto singers want to be black. Fake ass beef between rappers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 In the old days, quite a few hair bands had videos with lame medievel sets, with the lead singer wandering around with a sword and singing, which is a weird cliche. One video, the singer put the sword on a pleiglass coffin, which lit up and transformed the sword into a Flying V guitar. THAT should be a cliche. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Seemed like for a while every rapper's first video was about growing up tough and poor in the ghetto...and their second video was cruising in Bentley's throwing hundred dollar bills around and dumping booze on stripper's asses. name one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 i always hated, in 80s hair metal videos, when they'd have the shot of the drummer hitting a drum and glitter or liquid splashes up out of it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Seemed like for a while every rapper's first video was about growing up tough and poor in the ghetto...and their second video was cruising in Bentley's throwing hundred dollar bills around and dumping booze on stripper's asses. name one. Cash Money Millionaires #1 Stunna.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Seemed like for a while every rapper's first video was about growing up tough and poor in the ghetto...and their second video was cruising in Bentley's throwing hundred dollar bills around and dumping booze on stripper's asses. name one. Cash Money Millionaires #1 Stunna.... Thier first video was about look at all my money. All of their videos are about look at my money. THE RECORD LABEL IS CASH MONEY RECORDS. what are they supposed to show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 A sense of responsibility for their words. Duh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 You know how sometimes when people play guitar they hop up and down? I hate that. It's not just in videos, but sometimes it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 i always hated, in 80s hair metal videos, when they'd have the shot of the drummer hitting a drum and glitter or liquid splashes up out of it... The best one of those will always be in the J. Geils' Band "Centerfold" video. Milk drum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angel_Grace_Blue 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 In his Comedy Central special, Patton Oswalt mentioned metal bands from the 80s that rocked so hard they could change the physical properties of things, like blasting holes in walls, or transforming crappy cars into sleek sports cars. According to him, the epitome/moment of shark jumpage for this concept was when Ted Nugent deflected bullets in a Damn Yankees video. Perhaps I'll reply with thoughts of my own at a later time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Seemed like for a while every rapper's first video was about growing up tough and poor in the ghetto...and their second video was cruising in Bentley's throwing hundred dollar bills around and dumping booze on stripper's asses. name one. Cash Money Millionaires #1 Stunna.... Thier first video was about look at all my money. All of their videos are about look at my money. THE RECORD LABEL IS CASH MONEY RECORDS. what are they supposed to show. Back That Ass Up was a ghetto block party concert. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Seemed like for a while every rapper's first video was about growing up tough and poor in the ghetto...and their second video was cruising in Bentley's throwing hundred dollar bills around and dumping booze on stripper's asses. name one. Cash Money Millionaires #1 Stunna.... Thier first video was about look at all my money. All of their videos are about look at my money. THE RECORD LABEL IS CASH MONEY RECORDS. what are they supposed to show. Back That Ass Up was a ghetto block party concert. that had them talking about money and pouring water on strippers asses. I still don't think that can count as growing up tough and poor in the ghetto cause...you know....stripper ass. The only thing that has changed about cashmoney's videos is the quality of the women in them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Rip, how about his video for "Ha!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 There were not strippers they were hoodrat chickenheads.........ghetto fabulous! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 There were not strippers they were hoodrat chickenheads.........ghetto fabulous! You ever been to a ghetto strip club? Thats what works there. Just because they weren't high class strippers doesn't change them from being strippers. ... with hair that is a good two feet high. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 One video, the singer put the sword on a pleiglass coffin, which lit up and transformed the sword into a Flying V guitar. Def Leppard - "Rock of Ages" My own personal favorite (as in not-favorite) cliché was during the height of the boy group craze when it seemed every video would feature a shot of the group's members walking in slow motion towards the camera. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Also, not really about clichés, but in the past week on VH1 Classics I've seen the videos for "All I Wanna Do", "Creep" and "Waterfalls" and it's made me feel rather fogey-ish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 I'm tired of seeing young'uns hanging around malls and convenience stores and suburban streets. ... that's a video cliche too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 I'm starting to dislike the sex & candy association being used today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Funnily I was just doing an image search for disco lemonade, which is mentioned in the song called "Sex and Candy", and look what I found: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Is that a percimmon on the kat's head? DAMN! I was thinking of the overplayed 50 Cent and Trick Daddy videos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Pomegranate, I believe. Trick Daddy lifted that from Talking Heads, so it's older than you think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Seemed like for a while every rapper's first video was about growing up tough and poor in the ghetto...and their second video was cruising in Bentley's throwing hundred dollar bills around and dumping booze on stripper's asses. name one. Cash Money Millionaires #1 Stunna.... Thier first video was about look at all my money. All of their videos are about look at my money. THE RECORD LABEL IS CASH MONEY RECORDS. what are they supposed to show. Yeah, cut the brothas some slack. They came form the worst slums in New Orleans, didn't have shit. So now you give them some money - what the fuck else are they gonna rap about? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 The guitarist/bassist spitting up blood in death metal videos. Hardcore videos with "scratched" black and white footage of them in concert, while the vocalist bounces up and down. ...Brian Fair swinging that fucking microphone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
death_by_burrito 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 Not really a cliche (or it might be, dunno), but I just remembered a cool Slayer video I saw a while back where they were dressed in suits, then covered in blood or something like that. What video is that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2005 You know how sometimes when people play guitar they hop up and down? I hate that. It's not just in videos, but sometimes it is. And they kick their legs up to the left, then to the right the next time. That's obnoxious. You're not punk rock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
