Seminal video clips of the 80s

No special reason, just a couple of the songs I loved at the time, and which I still get a kick out of today. Part one in a (possible) series.

BRONKSI BEAT - Smalltown Boy



I can still remember the first time I saw this clip on Countdown; I was a gay teenager growing up in a small country town where I was bullied on an almost weekly basis, and you wouldn't believe just how much this clip resonated for me at the time...

THE BUREAU - Only For Sheep



Not quite sure why this one has always stuck with me, the jaunty ska rhythm aside. Maybe because it was one of the first examples of a song excoriating the emptiness of the 9-to-5 working routine?

MEN WITHOUT HATS - Safety Dance



So I had strange taste at 15. So sue me.

ADAM AND THE ANTS - Stand and Deliver



"It's kind of hard to tell a scruff the big mistake he's making." Wiser words were never spoken, Adam old son.