Reviews filed under Extremely Dated Musical Entertainment.

WILD RIDES (1982)

A young Matt Dillon nervously stammers his way through introducing us to several different roller coasters of the early 80s. Attempting to cash in on the success of MTV, the producers selected the worst songs by their favorite bands, took the coaster footage, hired some bad actors and made a bunch of stupid music videos. Crappy songs you've never heard from The Who, Dave Mason, The Cars and ....

TINA TURNER – VIDEO 45 (1984)

Features videos for the songs "What's Love Got To Do With It," "Better Be Good To Me," "Let's Stay Together,"and "Private Dancer." The videos are boring and 80s and full of pastel colors, stupid lighting and Tina's bad mid-80s haircut. Not very exciting. Part of Sony's ill-fated and ill-advised Video 45 series of releases. Why did they think people would buy Video 45's when videos were ....

THE IKE AND TINA TURNER SHOW (1986 via 1971)

To cash in on Tina Turner's mid-80s success some third rate video company dug up some old footage of Ike and Tina performing at Caesar's Palace in 1971. The live concert footage is interspersed with some hilarious backstage Ike and Tina chatter. Songs include Sweet Soul Music, Honky Tonk Woman, Proud Mary, Everyday People and a few others. Ike Turner, he was a hero, and she tried ....

STREETS OF FIRE (1984)

25 years later Streets of Fire remains a misguided exercise in egomania and excess. It's like writer/director Walter Hill envisioned Hairspray, Grease, Blade Runner, and The Warriors having an orgy with Jim Steinman. Guest spots by Willem Defoe, Bill Pullman, and Lee Ving can't stop Michael Pare and Diane Lane from a theatrical crash and burn. Made at the time when studios were throwing money at filmmakers with ....

APRIL WINE – VIDEO 45 (1986)

April Wine was one of those Canadian guitar rock imports who suffered through the 70s trying to find a footing. Finally in the 80s (and with only one remaining original member), April Wine finally got a little success in the U.S. Then they made 4 awesome videos after they had peaked and released them on this Video 45 much to my delight. As for the Video 45 series, ....