Another thing about the Vevo 80s music video channel is that they seem to deliberately play some of the era's best ("Beat It," "Hungry Like the Wolf") and worst (Journey's "Separate Ways") videos. They also play alternative versions of popular videos that MTV probably never played. For example, I just saw "Version 2" of U2's "With or Without You," which looks a lot like Version 1 but not as good. They've also played the original version of Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me," which isn't good at all. It's supposedly directed by Russell Mulcahey, who did the classic Duran Duran videos among many others, but I guess metal videos weren't his thing. Or maybe he just hadn't seen one since '83 or so because it has that feel of an early Quiet Riot or Twisted Sister video where the whole concept is that the room is shaking while the band plays there. Anyway, the band at least recognized it wasn't good, so they got Wayne Isham of Motley Crue and Bon Jovi video fame to edit some footage for a concert film of the band's tour that he was shooting to make a new video. According to Isham, that video's concept was "just get the 12 hottest chicks in Denver and stick them in the crowd and film the hell out of the performance." Thus, perhaps sparing Leppard the indignity of becoming the next Billy Squier.
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