VH1's Awesomely Bad Videos

[pophector]

Videos mentioned:

Bad Dancing

Jessica Simpson "Irresistable"
Ashanti "Happy"
Mariah Carey f/Jay Z "Heartbreaker"
Pat Benetar "Love Is A Battlefield"

Bad Imports

T.A.T.U. "All The Things She Said"
Aqua "Barbie Girl"
Los Del Rio "The Macarena"
Las Ketchup "Asereje"

Bad Boyfriend/Girlfriend Cameo

Jay Z f/Beyonce "Bonnie & Clyde 03"
Enrique Iglesias "Escape"
Jennifer Lopez "Jenny From The Block"
Puff Daddy "Been Around The World"

Bad How Hot Am I? Videos

Lil'Kim "How Many Licks"
Ricky Martin "She Bangs"
Mariah Carey "Loverboy"
D'Angelo "Untitled(How Does It Feel)"

Bad Use Of Animations

Paula Abdul "Opposites Attract"
Billy Ocean "Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Shakira "Objection(Tango)"
Madonna "Music"

Bad Boy Band Videos

New Kids On The Block "Hangin' Tough"
N'SYNC "I Drive Myself Crazy"
O-Town "Liquid Dreams"
Hanson "Mmmbop"

Bad Use Of Animals

Ashanti "Rock Wit U(Awww Baby)"
Basement Jaxx "Where's Your Head At?"
Baha Men "Who Let The Dogs Out?"

Bad Crossover Act

Jennifer Love Hewitt "Barenaked"
Jamie Lee Sigler "Crybaby"
Eddie Murphy f/Michael Jackson "What's Up With You?"
Don Johnson "Heartbeat"


Bad Bang For Buck

Brandy "What About Us?"
Backstreet Boys "Larger Than Life"(2.1 million worth!)
Spice Girls "Spice Up Your Life"(worth 1 million!)

Bad Movie Imitations

Jennifer Lopez "I'm Glad"(peaked at #3 on the VideoChart)
Ja Rule f/Ashanti "Mesmerize"
Jay Z "Cant Knock The Hustle"

Bad Transformations

Jewel "Intuition"(#1 VideoChart for 6 weeks)
Liz Phair "Why Can't I?"(#1 VideoChart for 2 weeks)
Madonna "American Life"(#1 VideoChart for 1 week, technically it was the original that charted, the edited version was mentioned on the show)

Bad Celeb Cameos

Pamela Anderson in Lit "Miserable"
Jennifer Love Hewitt in Enrique Iglesias "Hero"
Iman, Eddie Murphy in Michael Jackson "Remember The Time"
Most of Melissa Etheridge's videos

[allow that]

I wouldn't call the Liz Phair or Jewel videos "Bad Transformations."

Vh1 always conflicts itself. Jewel was a #1 video for them very recently... and Liz Phair's video was made an "Inside Track." LOL, don't they realize they make themselves look kind of stupid by calling them "bad"?

[Edf85]

pophector said:

Bad Dancing

Mariah Carey f/Jay Z "Heartbreaker"

LOL

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Edf85 said:

LOL

You do a lot of hating for a fan.

[FriendsFan]

It was bad dancing.... but I do love it! So cheesy!!

[Edf85]

The said:

You do a lot of hating for a fan.

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pophector said:

Videos mentioned:

Bad Dancing

Jessica Simpson "Irresistable"

Bad Crossover Act

Jennifer Love Hewitt "Barenaked"
Jamie Lee Sigler "Crybaby"

Agree on Jessica Simpson's "Irresistible."

However, J-Love's been singing for a while and I can hardly call her crossover when she had several albums released before "BareNaked" (and her self-titled which cracked the Top 100 wasn't bad at all).

And with "Jamie Lee Sigler," I have a bone to pick with VH1. First, it's Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Second, she goes by Jamie-Lynn DiScala in ALL aspects of her life now that she's married. Even though "Wise Girl" is published under "Sigler," her publisher's site lists the book by "DiScala." The "Soprano" credits her by DiScala now. So if VH1 did their homework, it would be "Jamie-Lynn DiScala." She is set to star in "Going Down: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss," a USA TV Original movie.

Also, "Cry Baby" was a pretty good pop song. I even love it to this day. The sorority-themed video directed by Nigel Dick was really well done and Jamie looked better than ever in an USA flag top. It was filmed in Pasadena and Jamie had to learn the dance within a day or something! :o

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

I dont think D'Angelo shoudl be on their list. He was lookin HOT in that video! I remember when that video came on everyone just would just stare at the television until the song was over. I have never seen a video instantly mesmerize people like D'Angelos. The sex appeal of that video really works.

[PerPlexied]

Next thing you know, VH1 will be doing "The Best and Worst of VH1's Lists List"

[mst3k]

Adonis said:

I dont think D'Angelo shoudl be on their list. He was lookin HOT in that video! I remember when that video came on everyone just would just stare at the television until the song was over. I have never seen a video instantly mesmerize people like D'Angelos. The sex appeal of that video really works.

Yeah, I'm a straight male and even I thought it was great... if I'm not mistaken, that video was on VH1's recent list of hottest/sexiest videos ever. Contradict themselves much?

[krazymack]

Also, "Cry Baby" was a pretty good pop song. I even love it to this day. The sorority-themed video directed by Nigel Dick was really well done and Jamie looked better than ever in an USA flag top. It was filmed in Pasadena and Jamie had to learn the dance within a day or something! :o

I totally agree with Mineable! I saw this episode on VH1 with my mom yesterday evening. I was telling her that I was totally sad that "Crybaby" flopped. :'( (no pun intended) I absolutely loved the track. It was the ultimate pop song. I still remember when my local station Z100 added it, it had a lot of potential. It never went anywhere. I was really sad about that. I know if I was a program director of a pop radio station, I would have put Jamie Lynn-DiScala in power rotation with that song.

[irice22]

I thought VH1 was picky with Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker," the dancing wasn't that bad and the exaggerated everything little thing a lot. It really irked me.

[George Tropicana]

krazymack said:

I totally agree with Mineable! I saw this episode on VH1 with my mom yesterday evening. I was telling her that I was totally sad that "Crybaby" flopped. :'( (no pun intended) I absolutely loved the track. It was the ultimate pop song. I still remember when my local station Z100 added it, it had a lot of potential. It never went anywhere. I was really sad about that. I know if I was a program director of a pop radio station, I would have put Jamie Lynn-DiScala in power rotation with that song.

I remember she did an interview with Hitmakers and was on the front page. Then people at the EFGForum were raving about it and I went to see what the buzz was about. "Crybaby" is a GREAT pop song. I don't understand why it flopped (did her now defunct label Edel America have anything to do with it?).

It's rare to find a song that's catchy and has a positive message, abstinence in this case, for teens.

However, her album "Here to Heaven" is another story. I plan to buy it, but from what I've heard, I'm not too impressed. "You Are My Heart (Tu Eres)" never went for adds as the follow-up, but it was listed along with a remix on AllAccess.

Have you read Jamie-Lynn's autobiography "Wise Girl"? I bought it and also requested my local library acquire it, which they did, because it dealt with eating disorders for teens . In the book, Jamie talked about how messy the album was made (Record label sent her songs, she recorded them in her off time from "Sopranos) and how the album had good songs but sounded like anyone could've sung them. She was also uncomfortable when they pressured her into posing in a bikini which, thankfully, did not make the album photos. Now that she's a "wise girl," she knows more about the music industry and said if she records again, it'll be on her terms and she wants to do ballads.

The "Crybaby" video works at Launch.com now. It's a fun video.

[joe]

Some of the videos mentioned on that list just don't belong...I'm not sure who made these lists at VH1, but they need to go back to remembering the '80s and leave the opinions to the "experts"...

I especially have a problem with "03 Bonnie And Clyde" making the list for bad boyfriend/girlfriend cameo...That video was excellently done and the story made perfect sense for the song...Yeah, Jay-Z and Beyonce are boyfriend and girlfriend in and out of the video, but it actually fits!...They should have put "Crazy In Love" on the list instead...Jay-Z's entirely wasted in that video...There's no plot to it, it's just some dancing and then all of a sudden there's Jay-Z, setting a car on fire, and rapping...And then he's gone! Now there's a bad cameo...

D'Angelo's "Untitled" is a classic video, one of the best in recent history...There's no way it belongs on any sort of "bad" list...

All of the "celeb cameos" worked in their specific videos...Not a single one belonged on that list...Especially not Jennifer Love Hewitt in "Hero"...That was an excellent video that needed a beautiful young woman in one of the leading roles...So what's the problem?...

[BFMR]

pophector said:

Bad Dancing

Jessica Simpson "Irresistable"
Ashanti "Happy"
Mariah Carey f/Jay Z "Heartbreaker"
Pat Benetar "Love Is A Battlefield"

i've never seen "Happy" (more because i change the channel before i can hear it, then never be played...) but the rest are decent choices

pophector said:

Bad Imports

T.A.T.U. "All The Things She Said"
Aqua "Barbie Girl"
Los Del Rio "The Macarena"
Las Ketchup "Asereje"

Las Ketchup i can see making this list, and heck even Macarena has a really chessy video... t.A.T.u.'s video could have been better had they not used the whole lesbo thing too much.. Aqua's video was cheesy, but i liked it

pophector said:

Bad Boyfriend/Girlfriend Cameo
Jay Z f/Beyonce "Bonnie & Clyde 03"
Enrique Iglesias "Escape"
Jennifer Lopez "Jenny From The Block"
Puff Daddy "Been Around The World"

Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs was not dating Jennifer Lopez at the time of the video... VH1 should know this since they made a "Behind the Music" on him...
the other choices, well i never liked JFtB whilst both B&C and Escape had weird ass videos

pophector said:

Bad How Hot Am I? Videos

Lil'Kim "How Many Licks"
Ricky Martin "She Bangs"
Mariah Carey "Loverboy"
D'Angelo "Untitled(How Does It Feel)"

Lil' Kim's "How Many Licks"? I thought it was a Sisqo song ft. Lil Kim! i've never actually seen the video so i can't say whether it's good or not... Ricky's video was just bad, ditto for Loverboy and i could not STAND watching more then 2 seconds of that gawd awful D'Angelo video...

pophector said:

Bad Use Of Animations

Paula Abdul "Opposites Attract"
Billy Ocean "Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Shakira "Objection(Tango)"
Madonna "Music"

i don't remember Paula's video... Billy Ocean well.. it was the 80's.. Shakira's animation wasn't THAT bad but it was still cheesy... "Music" didn't have too much animation, but on the whole, i disliked everything from this, song, video and all

pophector said:

Bad Boy Band Videos

New Kids On The Block "Hangin' Tough"
N'SYNC "I Drive Myself Crazy"
O-Town "Liquid Dreams"
Hanson "Mmmbop"

New Kids On the Block's video was funny (still really is to think about it), *N SYNC's video was a little on the "what the hell were they smoking?" side... O-Town's video was awful, the song (to me) was a joke.. never knew that Hanson was really considered a boy band... the video was goofy, but not entirely bad

pophector said:

Bad Use Of Animals

Ashanti "Rock Wit U(Awww Baby)"
Basement Jaxx "Where's Your Head At?"
Baha Men "Who Let The Dogs Out?"

never took the time to watch Ashanti's video... Basement Jaxx video was weird, but it was kind of fitting with the song... Baha Men.. errmmm what, they wanted them to have monkeys running all over the place on a song called "Who Let the Dogs Out?" the video wasn't a masterpiece.. but apart from myself, not too many people like these guys..

pophector said:

Bad Crossover Act

Jennifer Love Hewitt "Barenaked"
Jamie Lee Sigler "Crybaby"
Eddie Murphy f/Michael Jackson "What's Up With You?"
Don Johnson "Heartbeat"

Mineable1004 said:

However, J-Love's been singing for a while and I can hardly call her crossover when she had several albums released before "BareNaked" (and her self-titled which cracked the Top 100 wasn't bad at all).

no matter how long she's been singing, the fact is her voice really isn't that strong, and she is a pretty decent actress, she should dump the attempted singing career

i have no idea who Jamie-Lynn is, and never saw the video... but Don Johnson was just a lame duck that made him to be in an even bigger joke then he was (most people were already way tired of the Miami Vice stuff...) and i think i may have seen Eddie Murphy's video once, and it was pretty bad

pophector said:

Bad Bang For Buck

Brandy "What About Us?"
Backstreet Boys "Larger Than Life"(2.1 million worth!)
Spice Girls "Spice Up Your Life"(worth 1 million!)

i don't think i ever saw Brandy's video... i liked the song though... BSB's video was... well... "out there"... Spice Girls video was also pretty weird, it didn't fit at all with the song (at least to me)

pophector said:

Bad Movie Imitations

Jennifer Lopez "I'm Glad"(peaked at #3 on the VideoChart)
Ja Rule f/Ashanti "Mesmerize"
Jay Z "Cant Knock The Hustle"

i have not seen the Jay-Z video, but the other two are really THAT bad....

pophector said:

Bad Transformations

Jewel "Intuition"(#1 VideoChart for 6 weeks)
Liz Phair "Why Can't I?"(#1 VideoChart for 2 weeks)
Madonna "American Life"(#1 VideoChart for 1 week, technically it was the original that charted, the edited version was mentioned on the show)

transformation? Jewel just maybe changed her wardrobe, hardly called a transformation, her music is still basically the same... i don't know how Liz looked then, i don't know what Liz looks like now, so know comments here.... Madonna, did they mean her transformation to add little rap bits in her song? i didn't much like the video, nor the song (the video seemed like an attempt to re-create what they did with her "Die Another Day" video which i actually liked)

pophector said:

Bad Celeb Cameos

Pamela Anderson in Lit "Miserable"
Jennifer Love Hewitt in Enrique Iglesias "Hero"
Iman, Eddie Murphy in Michael Jackson "Remember The Time"
Most of Melissa Etheridge's videos

Pamela was not needed in Lit's video... isn'tt Lit in the "where are they now?" files anyway? ;) JLH was decent in the video with Enrique.. at least if they would have put Anna Kournikova instead of JLH they would of had just reason... Anna has NO FACIAL EXPRESSION at all! at least Jenn has some dramatic looks in her video.. i guess i haven't seen enough Melissa videos to be a judge of the cameos (then again, Melissa was barely played on Muchmusic...)

[Zander]

I was shocked to see Liz Phair on their list, considering how much they kiss her ass the rest of the time.

[allow that]

kingofnyc79 said:

I was shocked to see Liz Phair on their list, considering how much they kiss her ass the rest of the time.

Exactly! VH1 is putting so many of their RECENT #1's hits, Inside Tracks, etc. on a Bad Videos List... It's like coming out and saying "Yeah, we only play bad videos." I never understand the logic behind VH1.

[Libra]

pophector said:

Videos mentioned:

Bad Dancing

Jessica Simpson "Irresistable"
Ashanti "Happy"
Mariah Carey f/Jay Z "Heartbreaker"
Pat Benetar "Love Is A Battlefield"

Haven't seen LIAB, no comment on the others other than they don't seem to belong.

Bad Imports

T.A.T.U. "All The Things She Said" While the lesbianism may have been a bit much, it still doesn't justify their placement on here.
Aqua "Barbie Girl" Haven't seen the video, but don't want to - the song itself is a Bad Import.
Los Del Rio "The Macarena" I can see why it landed here, as America became sick to death of it and there's not much to this video at all.
Las Ketchup "Asereje" See Aqua.

Bad Boyfriend/Girlfriend Cameo

Jay Z f/Beyonce "Bonnie & Clyde 03" Choices like these showcase VH1's stupidity at its finest.
Enrique Iglesias "Escape" See B&C.
Jennifer Lopez "Jenny From The Block" I can see why it landed here - Ben's cameo is almost blatant.
Puff Daddy "Been Around The World" Don't remember this video.

Bad How Hot Am I? Videos

Lil' Kim "How Many Licks" Not a good concept at all.
Ricky Martin "She Bangs" I can see why it landed here - the video is unadulterated cheese.
Mariah Carey "Loverboy" While not a very good video, how'd it end up in THIS section?
D'Angelo "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" I agree - BAD, BAD VIDEO!

Bad Use Of Animations

Paula Abdul "Opposites Attract"
Billy Ocean "Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Shakira "Objection (Tango)"
Madonna "Music"

Haven't seen the first two, but I can see why the last two ended up here - all their animations seem to do is kill time.

Bad Boy Band Videos

New Kids On The Block "Hangin' Tough" Haven't seen.
N'SYNC "I Drive Myself Crazy" Why is this here? The video fits the song. See also "B&C".
O-Town "Liquid Dreams" See "She Bangs".
Hanson "Mmmbop" Don't remember.

Bad Use Of Animals

Ashanti "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)"
Basement Jaxx "Where's Your Head At?"
Baha Men "Who Let The Dogs Out?"

No comment on Rock Wit U, but see "B&C" on the other two.

Bad Crossover Act

Jennifer Love Hewitt "Barenaked"
Jamie Lee Sigler "Crybaby"
Eddie Murphy f/Michael Jackson "What's Up With You?"
Don Johnson "Heartbeat"

AGAIN, see "B&C" on "Barenaked", while I haven't seen the other three.

Bad Bang For Buck

Brandy "What About Us?" The special effects do seem a bit much.
Backstreet Boys "Larger Than Life" (2.1 million worth!) Agreed.
Spice Girls "Spice Up Your Life" (worth 1 million!) Don't remember.

Bad Movie Imitations

Jennifer Lopez "I'm Glad" (peaked at #3 on the VideoChart) Agreed.
Ja Rule f/Ashanti "Mesmerize" Agreed.
Jay Z "Cant Knock The Hustle" Haven't seen.

Bad Transformations

Jewel "Intuition" (#1 VideoChart for 6 weeks)
Liz Phair "Why Can't I?" (#1 VideoChart for 2 weeks)
Madonna "American Life" (#1 VideoChart for 1 week, technically it was the original that charted, the edited version was mentioned on the show)

All I will say is plain and simple - based on these choices, this section doesn't even warrant existence. Typical VH1.

Bad Celeb Cameos

Pamela Anderson in Lit "Miserable"
Jennifer Love Hewitt in Enrique Iglesias "Hero"
Iman, Eddie Murphy in Michael Jackson "Remember The Time"
Most of Melissa Etheridge's videos

Same story, though I haven't seen Remember the Time.

Overall, this is par for the VH1 course. ;)

A few good choices, but for the most part the list was moronic.

[strong4PMB!]

Everyone's hating on Ashanti's poor elephant. I loved that animal. :(

[Chelsea Press 2]

I don't like any of Lil' Kim's videos.

[johnm1120]

Disco said:

I don't like any of Lil' Kim's videos.