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 (six years ago) link
Like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjfBLcp0Fhw
― nashwan, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:32 (six years ago) link
You've got to include Rhythm Nation, surely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAwaNWGLM0c
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
Yes to both of those!
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:40 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf20Effo6ds
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:41 (six years ago) link
Another contender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VfmhAlTO8
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
All Saints - Never Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPXqkjpXZ_k
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:16 (six years ago) link
All the SNL live bands, for a long time
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
Good point! xp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1zec-toMac
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjElZ-O9EpM
― peace, man, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
Michael Damian - Rock On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlCV0tMgNOo
― peace, man, Monday, 13 February 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZ3QV_IJXc
― peace, man, Thursday, 31 August 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
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) link