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Professional wrestling and music videos have a long history, to say the least. Most timelines start in 1983, when Cyndi Lauper and Captain Lou Albano teamed up for the ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ video, which catapulted both media forms into the the stratosphere. Lauper would reprise her wrestling links many more times, even going so far as to appear at multiple WrestleManias.
Ever since, a number of bands have tried their hand at incorporating pro graps into their clips, with varying degrees of success. Whether it is by including professional wrestlers in the story of the video, acting as wrestlers themselves or having tertiary performers play the roles, the similar nature of the two has proven a hit many times, if you’ll pardon the pun.
Because at the end of the day, professional wrestling and music videos are very similar. Both are in the business of storytelling,...
Professional wrestling and music videos have a long history, to say the least. Most timelines start in 1983, when Cyndi Lauper and Captain Lou Albano teamed up for the ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ video, which catapulted both media forms into the the stratosphere. Lauper would reprise her wrestling links many more times, even going so far as to appear at multiple WrestleManias.
Ever since, a number of bands have tried their hand at incorporating pro graps into their clips, with varying degrees of success. Whether it is by including professional wrestlers in the story of the video, acting as wrestlers themselves or having tertiary performers play the roles, the similar nature of the two has proven a hit many times, if you’ll pardon the pun.
Because at the end of the day, professional wrestling and music videos are very similar. Both are in the business of storytelling,...
- 9/24/2015
- by John Bills
- Obsessed with Film
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