10. Herbie Hancock - Rockit(1984)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=S7dAxvj2mlU[/youtube]
Robots dancing in beat with music, what could be more awesome? Obviously not much as it was nominated for 7 MTV Music Video Awards in 1984 and won 5 (Best Concept Video, Best Special Effects in a Video, Best Art Direction in a Video, Best Editing in a Video and Most Experimental Video).

9. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=FfW46MZ6mb8[/youtube]
With an Indiana Jones-esque theme and directed by the Highlander director it’s unsurprising this was a smash hit music video of the 80s.
Fun fact: Bruce Campbell did a cover of this song for an Old Spice commercial

8. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance(1982)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg[/youtube]
Successful 80s music video check list, memorable dance check, repetitive lyrics check and a kooky midget check. The safety dance was the only hit for the group before they faded away into obscurity, yet the safety dance will always remain synonymous with the 80s

7. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing(1985)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=aNaKWXqXkhw[/youtube]
A song criticised for being sexiest, anti-gay and racist yet it still had a ground breaking CGI music video and for it’s time it was state of the art CGI.
Fun fact: The animators who worked on this founded Mainframe Entertainment which went on to do Beast Wars, Beast Machines & ReBoot.

6. Weird Al - Fat(1988)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jw00EUh0GT4[/youtube]
More Chins then China town. The second parody of a Jackson song by Weird Al and it was a 1988 Grammer winner(Best Concept Music Video)
Fun fact: Apparently MJ enjoyed the parody.

5. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer(1986)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0[/youtube]
Sperm, Dancing Skinned Chickens and whole lot of stop motion animation, how can you go wrong? Obviously you can’t as in 1987 it won 9 MTV Video Music Awards which is a record that still stands today.
Fun fact: Aardman Animations was responsible for the claymation and stop motion animation, in the following years Aardman animations would go on to produce the classic Wallace & Gromit.

4. Michael Jackson - Thriller(1983)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=rT90keJ51bY[/youtube]
With a Budget of $800,000(approx 1.7 million today) it was the most expensive music video of its time, the longest music video of its time and is still regarded by many as the best music video of all time.
Fun fact: You’ll notice that Michael Jacksons face appears normal when he’s singing the chorus with the zombies, according to the making of documenty this was because the mask was making his face feel unconfortable.. imagine that, MJ actually wanting to show his real face..

3. Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract(1989)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=FbknGnZXHUk[/youtube]
Come on’ a cool cartoon cat dancing with a presumably pre-alcholic babe, this really should be placed at no.1
Fun facts: Directed by David Fincer(Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac), and it was parodied in family guy

2. Genesis - Land Of Confusion(1986)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3MzShg7yXik[/youtube]
With a music video featuring such top class names as Arnold Schwarzengger, Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood, Leonard Nimoy, Prince, Madonna, David Bowie, Mick Jagger and many more it was destined for greatness.
Fun fact: The music video featured puppets from the UK Show ‘Spitting Image’, and the voices were provided by Chris Barrie(best know for playing Rimmer in Red Dwarf)

1. A-HA - Take on me(1985)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=CUod3jGQt0U[/youtube]
Directed by Steve Barron(the director of the original TMNT film), the pencil drawing effects were achieved by using a duckload of rotoscoping, much respect for the effort.
Fun fact: Was also parodied in Family Guy

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10. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL3ELKLvVyc[/youtube]
When he reveals his ‘fabulous secret powers’ and holds aloft his ‘magic sword’?…. Could something sly be lying beneath this innocent looking cartoon?
Fun fact: According to recent rumblings there is a new He-Man movie on the horizon(IMDB)

9. G.I.JOE (1985-1986)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdvbRRQynu4[/youtube]
Encourage children to be patriotic, recruit for the military and it has Starscreams voice as Cobra Commander, how can you go wrong?

8. Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers(1989-1990)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=2e5q6ubDlZE[/youtube]
Ch-ch-ch-Chip ‘n Dale. I almost developed a stutter singing this song as kid… Ah the memories

7. Inspector Gadget(1983-1986)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKeE3saeguY[/youtube]
Maxwell Smart as Gadget, Megatron as Brain and a theme tune that still causes migraines. LOVE IT~

6. M.A.S.K(1985-1988)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=R562_313v0Q[/youtube]
Masked Crusaders who work Overtime? I hope they get paid at least 1.5 times their standard hourly rate… Ahem, premises is pretty paper thin but that doesn’t stop it from having a rocking theme.

5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(1987-1996) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI0FbYe3lRE[/youtube]
How many times can you say “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in 60 seconds and still rock! Love it or hate it you know it’s going to be stuck in your head after listening to it.

4. Ducktales(1987-1990)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=34Sb0hGUNIQ[/youtube]
D-d-d-danger, watch behind you - Over pronunciation out to find you. Even for the folk who hated cartoons the theme tune would still ruin their spirit and lead them down the destructive path of a cartoon junkie.

3. Thundercats(1985-1990)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Qd_IsxgAf8[/youtube]
Thunder… Thunder… Thunder! Thundercats!! HO. The second biggest rock out in cartoon theme history. Apparently they had to limit the use of the word ‘Thunder’ to a measly 25 times to stop kids from going into hysterics.
Fun fact: In June 2007 Warner Bros announced they had optioned the rights to make a CGI feature film based on Thundercats(IMDB)

2. SilverHawks(1986)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=OMBfm3vUB6M[/youtube]
Thundercats in space, weak series but an amazingly awesome Theme.. insane guitar riffs, lyrics that rumble your adrenaline.. In one word MINDF’INGBLOWING!!
Fun fact: Many of the animators of Silverhawks would go off to join Studio Ghibli and work along side Hayao Miyazaki.

1. Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears(1989-1990) [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=loUNoy0Qub0[/youtube]
What can I say, cept “GUMMI BEARS!!!! BOUNCING HERE AND THERE AND EVERYWHERE!”

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Ack, Can’t launch Adobe Premiere.. “licensing for this product has expired” error msg. Error seems to be caused by having the CS3 Betas installed and not entirely removing them before installing the retail CS3.

Bugger~

Looks like I’ll be uninstalling/reinstalling all afternoon.

*Edit1: Reinstalling didn’t fix it

*Edit2: found a temp fix. if you set system date to before august 31st it’ll load.

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