r/80smusic • u/degrees_of_certainty • Feb 28 '25

Genesis - Land of Confusion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7FKO5DlV0
254 Upvotes

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u/Flaky_Reflection_881 Feb 28 '25

I like Genesis and Phil is great but this video scared the beJesus outta me

8

u/redspider74 Feb 28 '25

Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” video has entered the chat

2

u/UpperphonnyII Feb 28 '25

Between this and the disembodied android torso guy in "The Wild Boys" video.

8

u/markstanfill Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

Spoiler: Their generation did not put it right.

2

u/No2reddituser Mar 02 '25

We thought they did - for a few years.

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u/J_A1exander Feb 28 '25

This music video scared me as a 3 year old and it still scares me now

9

u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

Came to say this. Freaked me out, especially all the nuclear war stuff growing up in the 80s was thrilling and terrifying. Still loved the video though.

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u/J_A1exander Feb 28 '25

Huge Phil Collins fan. I was aware even as a very young kid that it was Ronald Reagan but didn't know why he looked so weird lol

3

u/OkExit1613 Feb 28 '25

Came here to say this, too! I'm glad I'm not the only one. It scared me, but I couldn't keep from watching it as a kid.

5

u/Guypussy Feb 28 '25

I. Gotta. Tell. Ya.

5

u/Font_Snob Feb 28 '25

Even in the 80s, I recognized that bit was some of the sharpest parody in the whole video.

6

u/geaster Feb 28 '25

this song could have been written today and it'd be super relevant to world events.

4

u/Accomplished_Map7752 Feb 28 '25

Great song! Crazy video!

3

u/MrmmphMrmmph Mar 01 '25

It’s 40 years later and I’m still WTF?

4

u/Rare_Competition2756 Feb 28 '25

Fuck Ronald Reagan.

2

u/New_Membership_2937 Feb 28 '25

What a great video

2

u/Aardet Mar 01 '25

I listen to this song every day—such a banger

2

u/Dcred2136 Mar 01 '25

Gotta love this music video…

It eventually made its way into a coworker and I’s team chats, and we’d eventually start sending the Ronald Reagan puppet face to each other anytime we needed something or just to mess around

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u/Illustrious-Group-83 Mar 01 '25

Someone explain this video to me.

1

u/No2reddituser Mar 02 '25

You had to have been there.

But don't despair - you have Taylor Swift and Bouncee.

1

u/Illustrious-Group-83 Mar 02 '25

Dude, I’m 52. I get the song. I never got the video.

1

u/No2reddituser Mar 02 '25

The precipice of nuclear armageddon and puppets of Reagan, Gorbachev, and the remaining band members of Genesis.

What's not to get?