You are a movie fan, and so you probably know that director David Fincher began his ridiculously successful career directing music videos. It’s a fun fact you can point out to your unsuspecting date during particularly tense scenes of “Gone Girl,” Fincher’s latest directorial effort, out October 3rd.
One fantastic side effect of a great director beginning his career directing music videos in the 1980s? A great director directed a LOT of ’80s music videos! And with the magic of the 2014 intranets, we can watch them all whenever we want, complete with a frothy mix of shame and amusement.
But which 10 Fincher-helmed music videos are the most “’80s,” exactly? There’s no correct answer — from a cultural perspective, the 1980s was probably the single most distinguishable decade in American history, after all — but my goodness, the following 10 videos are spectacularly ’80s.
10. “Most of All,” Jody Watley (1988)
Nothing like opening your video with a close-up shot of Alka-Seltzer dissolving in water, the resulting carbonation covering some shirtless dude as he touches himself suggestively. Ladies and gentlemen, Ronald Reagan’s America.
9. “Say You Will,” Foreigner (1987)
Like “Most of All,” Foreigner’s “Say You Will” is both black and white and features extreme close-ups of everything, which…somehow works and I’ve had this song stuck in my head for three days now?
8. “Love Will Rise Again,” Loverboy (1987)
Best part: The concert’s sprinklers go off around the two-minute mark because Loverboy just made everything too hot. But! No one dies from electrical ...
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