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Set in the wall of a warehouse or factory, idly rotating as the band really sings their hearts out, maybe shafts of daylight diffusing through smoke from a fog machine.

I just sat through two dozen hair metal videos as well as some pop, rap, and r&b hits from the mid 80s through early 90s that I thought would be likely contenders. The only match I came up with was One by Metallica and that doesn't even show the fan, just the shadow of the fan on Hetfield's hair at the very beginning of the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw

how's life, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:26 (seven years ago)

Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjfBLcp0Fhw

nashwan, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:32 (seven years ago)

You've got to include Rhythm Nation, surely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAwaNWGLM0c

MikoMcha, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:39 (seven years ago)

Yes to both of those!

how's life, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:40 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf20Effo6ds

Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:41 (seven years ago)

Another contender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VfmhAlTO8

MikoMcha, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:42 (seven years ago)

2 unlimited is perfect. Alec Eiffel is another one where the fan itself isn't seen, but its presence is undeniable.

how's life, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:46 (seven years ago)

I thought that there were fans in the dance scene from "Footloose" but it appears it's just a wall of vents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8XGmZ8HDIU

get by with a little help from my fronds (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:47 (seven years ago)

More subtle here, but makes me think this was became a Eurobeat trope - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ka01Y_pYgM

MikoMcha, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:07 (seven years ago)

All Saints - Never Ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPXqkjpXZ_k

frogbs, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:16 (seven years ago)

All the SNL live bands, for a long time

Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:33 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUXAEzaC3Q

MJ opening the air duct grate @ 2:08

Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:43 (seven years ago)

Good point! xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1zec-toMac

how's life, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:44 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFCv86Olk8E

MC Hammer's stage set captured this aesthetic

Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:46 (seven years ago)

eight months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjElZ-O9EpM

peace, man, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:40 (six years ago)

four years pass...

Michael Damian - Rock On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlCV0tMgNOo

peace, man, Monday, 13 February 2023 18:37 (two years ago)

six months pass...

Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZ3QV_IJXc

peace, man, Thursday, 31 August 2023 17:36 (one year ago)

I'm not going to check because I'm at work, but surely Duran Duran "Wild Boys"

And probably a dozen other Russell Mulcahy videas.

Hideous Lump, Thursday, 31 August 2023 21:23 (one year ago)


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