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Music
Video, 1985
Text
by RD Reynolds
Note
from Triple Kelly: Alright, I kinda like the
song and the video. It's so wonderfully Rock
N' Wrestling MTV 80's. And it features Nikolai
milking a plastic cow. What could go wrong?
Not
sure if I've ever mentioned it or not, but
I am a child of the 1980's. And if I haven't...well,
to be fair, you'd probably have to be an knuckle
dragging mouth breather to have not
noticed it. Listen to one episode of WrestleCrap
Radio (come on, we really want to break a
dozen listeners!), and it becomes patently
obvious that my childhood chums were an Atari
800 and a Rubik's Cube. Heck,
even my infatuation with wrestling started
out in a very 1980's way, via the promotion
for the inaugural WrestleMania on MTV.
Ah, MTV. Now that there was my first true
love, watching hours upon hours of Duran Duran,
Madness, and Men Without Hats. Just one look
at that lineup and you will correctly infer
that I have always, in fact, been a total
dork and loser.
Still,
even my nerdiness knew its limits. Madonna?
Never got into that scene, nor did I ever
once think that Spandau Ballet was "hip"
in any way, shape, or form. And never once
did I wake up before...uh...go going with
Wham.
And
then there was the oddball case of Cyndi Lauper.
Now here was someone you'd think would have
an automatic bye into my own personal geekazoid
jukebox. Never happened. When you consider
that she was hanging out with my new heroes
like Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper, well...I
guess that says a lot about what my ear canal
thought of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
As
much as I hate hate HATED that stupid song,
she would later perform one far worse. One
that was from a movie that I loved - The
Goonies. Even more impostant than the
Spielberg tie-in, though, was the fact that
the video featured more wrestlers than your
average episode of WWF Superstars.
Thus
the reason it's featured here today on wrestlecrap.com
and not on wowdoesthissongandorvideosuckballs.com.
Although,
the intro scene, featuring the image
of Captain Lou Albano staring at one-eyed
Uncle Remus version of himself in a
giant wall mural just might be case
enough for him to appear on both sites.
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The
story goes thusly: Cyndi and her pop
(Captain Lou) have a gas station that
is about to get shut down thanks to
"those no good cheating creditors."
The
irony of the situation is that Great
Great Grandpappy One-Eyed Peg Leg Lou
Albano has treasures a plenty, but like
any good one-eyed peg leg, he's hidden
them.
Hey,
if my grandkids were Captain Lou and
Cyndi Lauper, I'd probably smelt down
every last dubloon and chuck 'em into
the sea. |
Hey
look! Customers!
And
who better to greet them than WWF
women's champion Wendi Richter, who
is outside the gas station selling
produce.
Heck,
that might have been her real job
at this point for all I know, as she
was strong armed behind the scenes
and canned right around the time this
video was shot.
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Back
to the video, as the "customers"
hop out of their limo, revealing themselves
to be the nogoodnik squad of "Rowdy"
Roddy Piper (dressed like he's going
to a wedding), "Classy" Freddy
Blassie (dressed like he's going to
The Sands), and the Iron Sheik (dressed
like he just got down humbling a camel
in the
old country way). |
Sheik
tells the Albano clan that their gas
station is now his "popurty",
and Piper punctutes that statement
by telling them to hit
the bricks. 
Just
when you think life could not possibly
get any better, the Fabulous Moolah
drives by in a pick up truck. And
in the bed of that truck is, naturally...
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NIKOLAI
VOLKOFF MILKING A GIANT PLASTIC COW. |
Please,
don't ask me to explain that one.
Instead, let us just move along to
the whole crux of the video, which
is that Cyndi has found a hidden cave
(which we know is such thanks to an
arrow and the word "HIDDEN CAVE")
and decides to head into the darkness.
What
a nice kid - her dad is headed for
debtor's prison, and she decides its
time to do some spur of the moment
SPELUNKING.
But
hey, her trip down the earth hole
isn't all for naught, as she runs
headfirst into...
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Chunk!
Mouth!
Short
Round!
The
GOONIES!
The
crew greets their new friend with a
TREASURE MAP to Peg Leg's hidden bounty.
We
then proceed to get about 60 seconds
of clips from the movie, none of which
feature Cyndi Lauper or Nikolai Volkoff
squeezing a pseudo bovine teet.
Boo! |
Soon
enough, though, we're back to matters
at hand - namely, Piper, Sheik, and
Volkoff dressed up as pirates and hunting
down our heroes.
I'd
ask why the bad guys are suddenly pirates,
but... |
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...then
I'd probably also need to explain
why, in the middle of the cave, there's
a Benihana and for that I have no
explanation.
Don't
be disappointed, friends. I admit
I'm usually a fairly clever guy when
it comes to just making up crap out
of the blue, but not today.
Do
you know why I'm not today?
Do
you REALLY want to know?
Then
take a listen to this. 
I
know what you're thinking, kids. "Oh,
RD, that little snippet's not that
bad. I'm sure the rest of the song
is ok."
But
it's not. You see, that little clip
is basically the whole damn song.
Just take that 30 second clip, and
loop it for four minutes straight.
That
same refrain over and over and OVER
AND OVER AND
OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
Good
luck getting that pile of crap out
of your head. I've been trying - and
failing - for the past twenty-two
years.
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So
Cyndi gets trapped on a rope bridge
as the song mercifully fades out.
As for Cyndi, no idea what happens
to here. Maybe she drowns, who knows.
She deserves far worse for that song.
All
I know is that I will now bow down
and thank GOD ALMIGHTY that my torture
is over.
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Cue
one last close up of Cyndi screaming
for help, begging anyone to help. Steven
Spielberg, are you listening? |
Awwww
dammit! He is!
His
advice for Cyndi?
Quote:
"I
don't know." 
Ok,
I totally forgive you for War
of the Worlds.
And
best of all, like I said, this stupid
video is over. Man, the things I put
up with for you guys.
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a minute...what the hell is THIS?
No.
No. NO NO NO!
DAMN
IT.
I
totally forgot - this was a TWO PART
VIDEO. They showed the first part of
it, then teased for you to watch the
conclusion later.
And
it contained the exact same annoying
ass song throughout them both! |
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So
Cyndi and the Goonies get captured and
put on the pirate ship, where she is
attacked by an octopus.
Hey
Calamari! Can you wrap your tentacles
around me ears until this damn thing
is REALLY over? |
Cyndi
and the kids escape, find Pappy's treasure,
and... |
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...take
it right to the Blassie and Sheik to
pay them off.
The
two will have none of it, however. deciding
they'd rather have a dilapidated gas
station than gazillions of dollars.
Note
to self: never have Sheik & Fred
Blassie handle my personal finances.
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Just
as things look most bleak, across the
parking lot appears a GIANT PINK CLOUD,
which produces... |
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ANDRE
THE GIANT! |
The
Eighth Wonder of the World promptly
pummels Sheik, Volkoff, Piper, and Blassie.
No
word if the plastic cow escaped Andre's
meaty mitts. |
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So
everyone sang and danced and lived happily
ever after.
You
can too...unless you dare click
this link!
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Iron Sheik (sounding, shockingly, DRUNK):
"Listen lady, this my popurty. NOW! Get
out of here you lazy American!"
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Roddy Piper: "Now why don't you take
your face back inside there and make a suitcase?
BYE BYE!"
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The most horrific song plays on and on forever
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Cyndi Lauper: "Steven Spielberg, how
do I get out of this one?!"
Steven
Spielberg: "Well, the first thing you
should...I don't know."
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