1980s Professional Sports - MTV style
It seems like every child star on the Disney Channel these days is an actress/singer/fashion designer. It’s something that’s been going on forever. Somebody becomes famous for doing one thing well, then tries to do something completely different - counting on their accumulated fame to carry the new product. Scott Baio’s self-titled release should be proof enough. And Shaq, how did Kazaam work out for ya?
Apparently, someone in 1984 decided that athletes should be able to make that leap. They’re already like rock stars, so in somebody’s awesome logic (heavy sarcasm there), they should try to actually BE like rock stars.
Everyone knows the 1985 Super Bowl Shuffle, but did you know it wasn’t the first? Do you know these classics performed by other sports teams of the 1980s?
1984 We Are The 49ers The original
1985 Seahawks Locker Room Rock The same season as the Shuffle, but without the same results
1986 LA Rams - Ram It! Wow. Innuendo much?
1986 Silver & Black Attack Al Davis was only 90 years old when they made this
1986 LA Dodgers - Baseball Boogie Bunch Not as boring as a baseball game
1986 Glasgow Diamonds - Diamond Rap There was American football in Europe back then?
1987 Cats From Ol’ Mizzou Why should college sports not have a representative?
1987 Calgary Flames - Red Hot Check out those mullets!
1988 Liverpool FC Europeans don’t understand bad 80s rock….. or do they?
1988 Philadelphia Eagles - Buddy’s Watchin’ You This looks more like a benefit than a “rock” video
I’d like to get the Cowboys of the late 90s together to do a hip-hop video. They could all relate personal experiences - drugs, prostitutes, guns, cars, bling, you name it.
