Hair scraped back?
Vacant stare?
Tight dress?
Braless bosoms?
Musical instrument in hand (and no idea of how to play it)?

Yes to all of the above? Then we have a hot music video homage to this classic 80’s tune. I prefer the original, but the others are great too.

1986: Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer (Just read on wiki that this was supposed to be a duet with Chaka Khan, but her record company wouldn’t release her to work on Palmer’s label. She was still credited with the vocal arrangements. This song is awesome anyway, but imagine it with Chaka’s vocals! )

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1999: Man, I feel like a Woman - Shania Twain

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2003 Christmas is all Around - Bill Nighy (hilarious - shame I didn’t find this a couple of weeks ago, but Christmas season lasts until 6 January, so it’s still okay.)

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2007: Green Light - Beyoncé

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There was another video that I wanted to locate (On the Greener Side by Michelle Shocked) but it had been removed from youtube for legal reasons and was unavailable on any other sites. According to an article in the NY Times:

In the black-and-white video, colorized with touches of green, the singer is backed by six Ralph Lauren-type male models, expressionless in their gray suits and dark shades, plucking little green guitars. With perfect pitch and a good deal of bite, she sends the boys back where they belong: to the beach. Ms. Shocked sings a country love song in a skimpy green dress, green socks, Army boots and no makeup. Meanwhile, the men-objects are busy looking cool: dropping their guitars to slick their hair back, straightening their ties, pulling on their cuffs, later to appear in kinky green bikinis and silly goggles, coyly stroking their pecs - the entire repertoire of the narcissistic male. Ms. Shocked’s video is hilarious and dead-on; once you’ve seen it, it’s hard to watch another with a straight face.

Further reading: Parody and Pop Culture

Written by PJ | Posted in Eye Candy, music

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