Clichés

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Music video clichés. Proceed with caution, or with ROCK.

For more information, see our antville post or VH1's 100 Cheesetastic Video Tricks Exposed.

Some totally tricked out videos: Van Halen "Hot for Teacher," Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart," Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It," Y Kant Tori Read "The Big Picture," Meat Loaf "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)," Marty Callner's videography (with all due respect!).

40-ounce malt liquor in cans Back-alleys at night Ballcap backwards, sideways -- never straight Band at the beach, emoting Band clones Band in a desert, emoting Band in a boat Band in front of a blue or green screen Band in the forest Band in power plant / warehouse Band members as kids Band on rooftop Band walking around Bling Blowing spliff smoke Busting a sag Calendars with days going by Candles Car crashes and their aftermath Cars -- only the most expensive, incredibly pimped out Celebrity cameo, ironic Clocks spinning "Crazy" people Creepiness (bugs, surgical instruments, dirty cellars) Curtains flying in the wind Dance-offs Detective / mob stories Dreams that are not a dream Driving while rapping The Dutch angle The fade (editing technique) Fish-eye lens (unless used by Hype) Food fights Furries Gangs Girls -- always hos, never achievers Godfather homage Guns Hanging around the backyard Hanging around the pool Holding out chain medallion while smirking Hot chicks as hood ornaments Low riders "Make-up!" and retouching for the camera Mansions Midgets Mirrors

Money, counting Money, throwing all of it in the air Nerds Office workers, boring and lifeless Oily, writhing bodies Old people acting "hip" Orientals Parents who are uncool Pied pipers (i.e. Lionel Richie "Dancing in the Streets") Pole dancing Police harrasment Prison stories Reverse Rain Robots Runaways Scarface homage Signs, prophetic or otherwise Slow-motion emotive crooning Smoke machines Snare drums filled with liquid Soundtrack videos Spinny rims Spontaneous dancing Spraying liquor/40's Standing on a bridge, ready to jump Sunglasses, especially those worn at night Teachers, especially bad or grumpy ones The stick twirl (drummer) Street fights Swinging lightbulbs Tumbling objects that shatter on the floor Video ho's Waking up from a nightmare Wet streets Wind Writing on your body