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Candidate for the Worst MV of All Time!

I've seen a lot of music videos in my day.  MTV premiered in the US when I was in my 20s and it was something of a novelty, so we were all watching to try and figure out what a music video was and, more importantly, what it could be.  In the 80s the budgets were minuscule by today's standards, but creativity and an iconoclastic attitude about the medium led to a handful of (at least at the time) intriguing offerings.

It seems that things were different in Hong Kong.  Even a star as big as Leslie Cheung starred in his fair share of awful to truly horrendous videos in the 1980s.  (I think I can say this because I really love Leslie Cheung.)  The following is an example of absolutely the worst music video I have ever seen.  It is so bad that I laugh hysterically every time I see it.  If there is a lesson to be learned from this stinker I think it has to be:  never, ever let a bad director rent a cherry picker for a video shoot.  I can just hear the director saying:  "Get Leslie up in the cherry picker and we'll shoot some more footage.  We don't have to return the cherry picker for another hour, so why waste the opportunity to feature it in a few more shots."  The director most definitely should have resisted the urge.  Keep watching until the end--you'll see exactly what I mean.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhqif2WI3RQ

about 16 years ago 0 likes  6 comments  0 shares
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I really love Leslie too, but OMG, you're right, this MV is awful! As though the rest of the MV wasn't cheesy and bad enough, they just HAD to show the actual cherry picker spinning him around like he was on some Disneyland joyride. It was so bad I couldn't stop laughing! Thx for sharing~
about 16 years ago
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yes... there r many no good MVs in HK... becoz the pop market in HK is reli very small n the compnay dun wanna spend too much on making MVs... sigh =[ there was a MV... very long time ago, the MV of the canton-pop which has 3 shots only. the whole long shot 3mins long without cutting... though the song is reli nice =[ and i can't find the video from youtube, otherwise i can show u here
about 16 years ago
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Wait, I thought the song was about the son of a cherry picker who dreamed of being a famous singer. Am I missing something? The video totally fits the lyrics. Oh wait, I had the lyrics upside down. Yeah, that video hurts. Please, make it go away. That said, I'm apprehensive about placing a link to the video I just made for an artist. Hmm, what to do?
about 16 years ago

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In Memoriam Leslie Cheung 1956-2003 Our Leslie, beautiful like a flower. I love you today and always-- a part of my heart beats for you alone, tonight a

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