my favorite video of the eighties, and quite possibly my favorite video of all time:
Bastards Of Young | The Replacements | Music Video | MTV
forced by the record company to put out a video to promote the
Tim album, the 'Mats obliged by making a video so banal that it would bully the record executives into never again requesting another one from the band.
it didn't quite work, but the message was clear: don't mess with the 'Mats.
ironically -- for me, at least -- it turned out to be one of the most memorable videos i've ever seen. i was engrossed from beginning to end. especially impressive was the amount of decibels required to make an ashtray tumble off a speaker.
the Replacements will always be the first and last band that comes to mind when i think about music in the eighties.