Horror Review: Yahtzee Croshaw’s Chzo Mythos Part 1 – 5 Days a Stranger.Horror Review: Yahtzee Croshaw’s Chzo Mythos Part 2 – 7 Days a Skeptic.Sci-Fi Review – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (dir.Newman would also direct the two sequels to Gimme All Your Lovin’, Sharp-Dressed Man and Legs. This video was directed by Tim Newman, who was the brother of Randy Newman. Gibbons may have simply been trying to get out of debt but the car went on to become the best-known symbol of the band. The Eliminator belonged to Billy Gibbons and, by putting it in the video and on the cover of the band’s latest album (which was also named after the car), Gibbons was able to write off, as a business expense, all the money that he had previously spent buying and restoring the car.
Instead, the members of the band had done several shots in which they watched the Eliminator drive by them and they came up with the gesture out of pure boredom. In particular, the famous ZZ Top hand gesture started with this video. It also introduced some of the best-known parts of the ZZ Top mythology. Though ZZ Top had been performing since 1969 and had a dedicated fan base of Southern rock enthusiasts, the video for Gimme All Your Lovin’ was largely responsible for introducing them to the MTV generation. This video follows a gas station attendant (played by Peter Tramm) as he not only gets to go on an adventure with the “ZZ Girls” but also gets to drive the ZZ car, a red, 1933 Ford coupe known as “The Eliminator.” At the end of the video, he wakes up to discover that it was all a dream. That was the plot of three of ZZ Top’s best-known videos, the first one of which was for Gimme All Your Lovin’. Five singles were released from the album: " Like a Virgin", " Material Girl", " Angel", " Into the Groove" and " Dress You Up".ġ986 Huey Lewis and the News reached number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States for three weeks with " Stuck With You", the first single from the band's fourth album, "Fore!".Judging from this video, the early 80s were a mystical time when the ghosts of ZZ Top haunted the desert and improved the lives of random people. The song was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterikġ985 Madonna went to number 1 on the Official German Album Chart with her second album " Like A Virgin". The album spawned five singles: " Crazy Little Thing Called Love", " Save Me", " Play the Game", " Another One Bites the Dust", and "Need Your Loving Tonight"ġ982 Survivor reached #1 spot on Australian singles chart for six weeks with " Eye of the Tiger", the theme song for the film "Rocky III". The album features the UK Top 20 singles "Breathing", "Army Dreamers" and " Babooshka".ġ980 Queen's eighth studio album " The Game" went to number one on Billboard 200 chart for five weeks. This Day In 80’s Music Birthday 1957 Alannah Joy Currie, a New Zealand born musician and former member of the UK pop group Thompson Twins was born.Ĭharts 1980 Kate Bush reached number 1 with her third studio album " Never for Ever" in the UK Albums Chart. Search Search 1980s Music Videos 1980s Music Videos ZZ Top