History of "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" - Journey's Worst (Best) Music Video | Music Video Time
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2021
- Before the launch of MTV, American rock band Journey released their album "Escape" that catapulted them to great commercial success with hits like "Don't Stop Believin'". Once MTV made music videos effectively mandatory to be successful, their first ever concept video was made. Unfortunately holding the dubious honor of being of one the worst music videos of all time.
This episode of "Music Video Time" talks about one of the most notorious music videos of the 80s, which had a tumultuous production history just as worth talking about.
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Since Todd recommended you, I've had such fun watching every one of your videos - and I took particular pleasure in seeing this all time classic dissected. I love Journey and the bizarre video for "Separate Ways" has always delighted me to no end, and this video has made that joy even greater. Keep up the great work! 😊
Another Worst/Best early MTV video that everyone should see is Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonight." It's a fantastic song but the video reportedly spiked his career. Today we can appreciate and celebrate his forward thinking choreography from what's truly one of the greatest videos ever made.
True. Many videos back then were silly. That one for Billy Squier was literally, video killed the radio star! His videos like Journey's and other classic rockers were concert or performance videos. This one for him wasn't. For a great musician, singer, and live performer it branded him badly. Wasn't his fault, his label and management did it. I still bought his music regardless. Classic Rockers in the US rarely made videos for us before MTV. It was meant for European and foreign markets who were doing videos first.
While “Oh Sherrie” was an apology song, Steve Perry gets digs in about the “concept video” premise. The beginning of the music video shows some sort of medieval wedding scene, then Steve stops the shoot and says “this is ridiculous, I can’t do it.”
The vid itself says "Frontiers" was released at the same week as MTV began broadcasting. Difficult to realise in these internet days but Journey were figuring it out as they went along.
I ❤️ seperate ways
Those invisible instruments remind me of Live’s “I Alone” video where the drummer appears to have forgotten to bring his drum set to the shoot and just roams around like a dork! However…as campy as this video is…it rules because the song rocks!!!
Awesome video!
I've always loved this video. And the song itself. Go figure, this whole time I thought they were intentionally goofing off.
I don't think the video is 'cheesy' at all -- I think it's great . . . I love it !! 😍😍😍😍😍
I was there when MTV Premiered. 99% of the early videos were this bad.
Still looking at it...ouch. I remember me and friends making fun of it constantly
Dude, level out your volume evenly throughout the video.. when the music plays it blows up my speakers...
Just love the sum up to this narrative. This is also one of my favourite videos for all the wrong reasons, and yes, I also think this is a cracking song.
I'll take 80s lo fi low concept charm any day over 90s high concept big budget flash. 80s were the best decade for music videos, before multi-million dollar budgets made everything look more cookie-cutter.
I agree. With my exception being Duran Duran. Their videos were cool because they were filmed in great locations with good ideas, not on a soundstage or in the movie studio lot. As long as Classic Rock bands had instruments in their hands or a microphone featured in the video, the surrounding actions didn't tarnish their image or credibility.
@@seanswinton6242 I've started thinking my all time favorite music videos is just live footage montages in sync with the studio track. This is as raw you can get. Probably my all time fave isn't from the 80s tho. Blondie's "Heart of Glass."
It's funny that this video gets a bad rap. I remember when it came out and it kinda wasn't all that much goofier than a lot of the other nonsense that was around then.
I mean, music videos were new and nobody quite knew WTF they were doing.
And to you, the OP, great job with these critiques....have seen a few so far and am looking forward to checking out more
Spot on bro. I watched this video when it was new and it seemed just another video. I had no hate for it and no one talked about it being bad at the time.
I agree. I guess for me, many videos having been silly, it would be a fleeting thought and have no affect on whether I bought an album. It was just a matter of if the song was good.
This was a typical video for the time actually. Looking at those early 80's videos now makes me laugh but back then I loved them.
OH MY GOD WHAT A GREAT VIDEO
Adding to the discussion very late in the game here, but…with all due respect, you were not raised in the 80”s. You see, it was all about fun. This video was exactly that. No one took our rock stars that seriously at the time. We evaluated them on their music not their acting ability or sophistication of video. It was a brand new medium and we ate up everything that came along with excitement to see our bands up close. It is the lack of sophistication that made the early 80’s a place my children will never know, sadly. Teenage girls today wear false eyelashes and wear hairstyles that rival every media star today. We went to high school with little to no makeup and a barrette on our tousled hair. Our bands were normal, average looking people, when the whole thing started. Then came Michael Jackson and a shift began. So it isn’t fair to compare. Those of us who lived it know exactly what I mean and there is no getting this generation to un-know all you’ve even known.
ES-cape. Escape.
Not EX-cape.
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This is actually a great video. As a fan I did get to see the performers up close and it was a great song. I think you missed the whole point that this is a really great song. The song has a mystery about it in its tone and melodies and this video brought a little daylight to that and I got to watch Steve Perry literally Sing it on Camera.
do a history video on their other music videos
It was also voted into MTV's 25 Lame Countdown, which featured some MST3K style ribbing from Janeane Garofalo, Jon Stewart, Denis Leary, and Chris Kattan. Hilarious stuff.
"Excape". Subscribed.
The song Escape received an amazing amount of air play and the whole album for that matter.
The video for separate ways was a low budget one but the song received a ton of air play...
Billy Squires Rock Me Tonight is considered as the worst and said to have tanked his career universally. This is Journeys worst video...
But, at the time we LOVED it!!! Almost all of MTV was campy and definitely ALL of it now is cringe-worthy. But, Journey represents music of the 80s and we had a blast listening to it.
I just went and watched the video. I liked it! God knows what that says about me…
Boy I wanted a pair of those pink heels in the worst way!
Imagine if Tom Buckholtz had directed Thriller instead of turning it down for the Journey 3 'fer gig...
Not sure what you mean by "Chain Reaction" not being a single on Frontiers. It was. You might be thinking about "Ask the Lonely" or "Only the Young." These were written for Frontiers but were instead released on forgettable movie soundtracks. Instead, we got "Balk Talk" (lame) and "Troubled Child." Frontiers would have been much better with Ask the Lonely and Only the Young. In my mind, it would have been equal to Escape if sanity had prevailed. Nonetheless, Journey is the greatest band in history.
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This video was shot during Marri Gras in New Orleans? And they used an empty dock instead of the wildest most Intresring party in America ? Wtf
For The Algorithm!
It was all a dream! 😆
One of the worst videos ?
You mean one of the best
I actually think it was one of the best videos ever. Worst? I could name many many bad videos. This ain't one of them.
WinebaGO RV.
Do one of these on KISS...or Queen's Body Language, or Billy Squire's Rock me tonight....
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I don't like the girl either makes no sense at all!!!!
dude you obviusly dont get videos. and it has been proven music labels have no clue what they are doing