Big Hair Video Lair

  • Slippery When Lost

    Year: 1984 Song: “She Don’t Know Me,” by Bon Jovi You look at Jon Bon Jovi, and you think, sure, he’s probably at least a fair-to-middling hide-and-seek player. You would be wrong. “She Don’t Know Me” is a forgettable song sung in the key of but why DOESN’T this stranger I’m professing to be in love with want to…

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  • Screaming in the Night and Also During Literally All Other Hours

    Year: 1983 Song: “Screaming in the Night” by Krokus So this gem was introduced to me via VH1 Classic. The oddity of it all has been written about before but probably not by someone who forgot the band name AND the song title and very nearly had to google “that music video with vikings I think and…

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  • It’s the Great Pumpkin, David Coverdale

    Year: 1984 Song: “Love Ain’t No Stranger” by Whitesnake At first blush, this video is David Coverdale at his most relatable. We’ve all been there. The leaves are changing, there’s a nip in the air, and literally everything is a pumpkin. Halloween is nigh and you and your friends start talking about plans and then it happens:…

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