From Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince to the Ramones and M.C.
By that I meanthe movie tie-in music video.
It was a strange time….
Yet things were strangest when it came to horror movies.
I would have watched the hell out of aGhostbusters 2starring John Candy and Peter Falk.
Everyones freaked out that one of them is a ghoul, and nobody knows who they belong to.
Not that it sticks, as the ending reveals Cooper as the boys dad.
Cooper offers to explain it, but the video ends, so screw us, I guess.
Instead, it creates an alternate narrative that seamlessly inserts movie footage.
Its a kickass video with a kickass song, culminating inFreddybeing defeated by how much Dokken rocks.
Freddy himself wakes up from a nightmare, angrily asking us, Who were those guys?
This is right around when Freddy became a cultural icon with Robert Englund playing up his goofier demeanor.
Its not that bad!
I call bullshit, as the Fat Boys were very obviously awake for all of this.
They werent the only hokey rap team who wanted a spot on the soundtrack.
Will Smith reportedly hugged his uncle while tearfully asking why New Line Cinema didnt want him.
They slapped him with a lawsuit and told Smith to keep Freddys name out of his fucking mouth.
Between this andScrooged, 1988 was all about smartass, unhygienic ghosts driving cabs, I guess.
Bobby Brown had some big shoes to fill with making a newGhostbusterstheme and… he does okay.
It peaks at its opening line, which is why he repeats it at various times throughout the song.
Just clips of him, his backup singers, and stuff from the movie itself.
Instead they all look confused at Browns rampage.
Appearances include Christopher Reeve, the Ramones, Rick Moranis, and a giant elephant in the room.
Pet Sematary (1989): Pet Sematary by the Ramones
Hey, speaking of the Ramones!
Then the band is buried alive during their performance.
Then they find themselves dreaming of being in a movie theater where Freddy has them watch the movie anyway.
There is no escape from sitting throughFreddys Dead!
This one lacks the energy and production values of the other Elm Streetvideos on the list.
Guess hes busy taking a shower.
Sorry, I mean just Hammer.
Riding the high of 2 Legit 2 Quit, Hammer could not be touched.
This would be his last major hit, doing the theme to the firstAddams Familymovie.
Then again, its Hammers fault for hitting on Morticia and instigating a sword fight with Gomez.
Gomez was perfectly happy just smoking a cigar and doing the Alex Wright dance from WCW.
The video rules, showing Pinhead and his Cenobites enjoying (?)
an otherwise undersold Motorhead concert, where they take a break to abduct and torture one of Lemmys fans.
Its a good time, though they probably show too much movie footage of Pinhead getting his just desserts.
Decades later,a new animated video was releasedthat mashed up the Ozzy and Motorhead versions of the song.
It works so well if you pull it off.
Its main soundtrack song was not.
Were supposed to have ourAddams Familysong done today!
We only have 15 minutes!
So they rushed out of bed and repurposed their big hit Whoomp There It Is into this… thing.
It feels like a cheaper version of what Hammers video was.
They just occasionally return to that same shot.
But hey,its not the worst variation of the song.
Is his hat still like a sharks fin?
Id certainly like to think so.
Its a tie-in that makes you feel like LL had everything figured out.
Why wasnt that part of the movie?!
Wed be onDeep Blue Sea 12by now if that was a plot point.
And it was Vincent Price, so I have no doubt that it would have been astounding weed.
Unfortunately, there is very minimal Scooby-Doo, as early 2000s CGI costs money.
Random movie clips thrown in here and there?
Appearances from movie characters?
Fitting as many references to the IP as possible into the lyrics?
Using the song to summarize the plot of the movie?
Backup dancers dressed to the movies aesthetic?
